Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. It should be understood that, unless otherwise specified herein, the contractor is responsible for full lawn and garden services; including Spring/Fall cleanup of leaves and debris on lawns, among beds, rock gardens, shrubs and along building and tracks. Leaves shall be removed from premises. Spring cleanup is to be completed no later than May 1 of each year, unless otherwise approved by the Contract Manager. Fall cleanup is to be completed in the third or fourth week of November. The contractor will remove all debris and leaves from site. The contractor shall dispose of all material from the cleanups off site. At no time should any lawn maintenance contractor use district dumpsters for disposing debris. The contractor shall be financially responsible for any disposal/recycling fees. 2. In addition, any imperfections in the yard (holes, divots, sod missing, bare ground) shall be filled in with topsoil and reseeded. The contractor shall be financially responsible for the materials needed for this portion of spring work. The (School District) Contract Manager shall provide the grass seed. 3. Litter shall be removed from the grounds and disposed of prior to each mowing. 4. All material from the cleanups shall be disposed of and/or recycled off-site by the contractor at the contractor’s expense. 5. Grounds shall include all yards, beds, rock gardens, borders and concrete/asphalt surfaces, including the parking lots, aprons and sidewalks. 6. Mowing shall be completed weekly during the spring and wetter months and biweekly during the drier months, or as needed, to be determined by Flint Community Schools, Director of Operations. 7. Edging sidewalks shall be completed monthly during the mowing season. 8. Trimming/pruning of all bushes, trees and shrubs to promote growth and improve appearances, must be done at least TWICE during each season. Please Note: The contractor is only responsible for trimming trees up to 6 feet from the ground. 9. All trimmings to be hauled away by contractor. Disposal and recycling fees shall be at the contractor’s expense. 10. Herbicides and Pesticides may only be sprayed on weekends or school holiday days, and other days when students are not in session. 11. The turf fertilizer used will be a dry format similar to Lebanon 25-10-10 with 10% sulfur coated urea for delayed release. Contractor will provide specification for approval before contract begins.
