Specifications include, but are not limited to: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS The Contractor shall provide timely and professional services in accordance with the requirements and provisions specified herein. The Contractor shall work closely with the Town of Hilton Head Facilities Management Division to assure quality landscape maintenance and litter control. The Contractor shall employ workers who are competent and properly trained to perform the required work. Employees of the Contractor shall not be considered employees of the Town of Hilton Head Island. The Contractor shall be responsible for supervising the work to assure compliance with all requirements specified herein. The Contractor shall provide by the first of each month a schedule of all regularly scheduled maintenance activities, as well as additional services stated herein, such as spraying for insect/disease control, mulching, major pruning, application of seed and fertilizer and any other required tasks planned for that month. The Contractor shall request and receive the Town’s approval for any changes to the maintenance schedule submitted at the beginning of each month prior to making said changes. LITTER CONTROL Litter shall be defined as paper, cardboard, landscape debris, shopping carts, cigarette butts and any other miscellaneous item as determined by the Town. The Contractor shall be responsible for removing all litter and debris prior to mowing and performing any other landscape services. Litter shall be removed from medians, both road shoulders up to the tree or fence line, bridges, pathways, road surfaces and open spaces. Shopping carts shall be returned to the appropriate stores. Litter in any area shall not be picked up from the window of a vehicle in which the worker is riding. No vehicle shall be driven in medians or on pathways. Litter shall be picked up weekly on Shelter Cove Lane, Folly Field Road, Starfish Drive, Singleton Beach Road, Mathews Drive, Marshland Road, and all parks. Litter shall be picked up every other week on all other roadways. All litter shall be disposed of at the Contractor’s cost. Any large or hazardous litter spills shall be picked up immediately upon notification by the Town. MAINTENANCE AREAS The Contractor shall be responsible for providing landscape maintenance to the following areas: A. Shelter Cove Lane and pathway B. Shelter Cove Park Expansion (Veteran’s Memorial Park) and pathway C. Folly Field Road and pathway D. Starfish Drive E. Mathews Drive (Folly Field Road to William Hilton Parkway) and pathway F. Mathews Drive (William Hilton Parkway to Beach City Road) and pathway