Specifications include, but are not limited to: Qualified contractors to mow, trim, and remove grass clippings from sidewalks and entranceways, and includes mulching. The first mowing should be completed after April 8th and before April 13th unless notified otherwise, at a height of 2.5” on all sports fields and 3.5” in all common areas. Grass must be mowed every 7 days, outside of the second mowing of the year which should take place 14 days after the initial cut, and at a height of 3”on all sports fields and 3.5” in all common areas, which will be the maintained height of cut through the spring until June 21st. All turf should be mowed at a height of 3.5” from June 21st- August 15th, continuing with the mowing frequency of every 7 days, barring an extremely dry period of no rainfall, in which case the Parks and Sports Field Manager should be contacted to coordinate adjustments to mowing frequency. Following August 15th sports fields should again be mowed at a height of 3”, and common areas at a height of 3.5”, on a 7 day interval for the duration of the growing season through October 15th.” This should work out to be 28 mowing weeks, but is subject to change. In the fall we will add a number of soccer fields for our youth programs and mowing in these areas should fall under the cutting heights for sports fields once the season begins.