Specifications include, but are not limited to: East Traffic Median Maintenance. The work under this contract shall take place in the planted traffic medians and traffic calming devices in East Madison, as identified in Attachment A. The average size of each median planting bed is 680 square feet. This project consists of removing expired plants or shrubs as directed by the Project Manager, providing, installing, watering, establishing, and maintaining newly installed plantings and maintaining existing plantings. General maintenance includes weeding, trash/ debris removal, removing old mulch and installing new mulch one time at the beginning of the growing season, and deadheading spent flowers as appropriate for each plant species. The use of herbicide is prohibited unless a noxious weed is identified and special instructions are provided by the Project Manager.