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walk behind Jacobsen Eclipse2 reel mower along priority turf areas. Note that the Contractor shall perform quality sport turf mowing and detailing to the Director's Representatives satisfaction regardless of the equipment and methods the Contractor elects to use. The Director's Representative shall direct the Contractor to mow the priority turf lower than 1/2" if necessary. Note that the ball diamond infield maintenance contractor shall be responsible for mowing turf infields, including foul territory turf area, 36" beyond the skinned infield arc, and other designated ball diamond turf areas. Infield maintenance shall not be part of this RFP. 1.3 Edging and Detailing Edging/detailing of the entire site shall be performed at the same time mowing occurs The City prefers that all edging shall be performed with the use of a McLane's edger or approved substitute walk -behind or fixed blade stick edger. Contractor shall edge all turf adjacent to all improved hard surfaces such as concrete, decomposed granite, asphalted concrete paved areas, pavers, etc. Edging/detailing may occur with string trimmers around park amenities that are not immediately adjacent paved surfaces. Chemical detailing of turf may occur only with the Director's Representatives approval. If chemical detailing is performed, the Contractor shall spray maximum 3" and use the string trimmer to remove the treated turf within one (1) week after symptoms of phytotoxicity become recognizable. The Director's Representative may require the Contractor to use string or rope lines to edge straight lines if the Contractor's staff fails to achieve this quality without this method. The Contractor shall detail around trees, along walls/fences and other park amenities first using a sharpened shovel cut to establish a concentric round circle around trees, poles, etc. Once the initial detailed circle is established a string trimmer may be used to maintain the circle. Should the circle begin to deform the Director's Representative shall direct the Contractor to repeat the detail process. Shovel cut detailing shall be repeated a minimum of every 3 months to maintain crisp evenly round lines. The Contractor shall detail turf not greater than 1" away from park amenities walls or fences. Detail lines shall be made straight and shall be maintained straight. The Contractor shall, at his own cost, supply sandy loam top soil and an approved turf sod to reduce any existing bare soil areas along walls/fences that are greater than 1 ". 2.0 Irrigation 2.1 Contractor shall ensure irrigation systems are continually monitored and repaired in a timely manner and per the Director's Representatives direction. The Contractor shall visually check all sites each morning and physically check each sites systems monthly indicating in writing the: 1) site name; 2) the controllers manufacturer, model and serial number; 3) controller letter/number; 4) run days; 5) start times; 6) station run times; 7) 7-067