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ATTACHMENT A <br />THE CITY OF RAMSEY <br />MOWING AND TRIMMING STANDARD SERVICE LEVELS <br />1. Mowing and Trimming General Requirements: <br />1.1. All services provided by the Contractor shall be consistent with quality standards of the <br />grounds maintenance industry. <br />1.2. Contractor shall confine to the greatest possible extent, all operation, equipment, <br />apparatus and placement of materials to the immediate work area. Contractor shall <br />comply with all rules and regulations in effect on the work site, including but not limited <br />to parking, traffic laws, use of walks, security restrictions, hours of allowable entrance <br />and departure. <br />1.3. Storage of equipment shall be offsite, not on city property. Contractor or their <br />authorized representative must be present to accept delivery of all equipment and/or <br />material shipments. It shall be the Contractor's responsibility to assume liability for <br />equipment and materials delivered to the job site. <br />1.4. Contractor shall notify the City Parks Supervisor verbally or in writing of any defects <br />noted in such surfaces that are to receive their work, if such defects may affect lawn <br />mowing operations or present a safety concern. The Parks Supervisor will direct such <br />surfaces to be repaired and will coordinate that work to be done and may direct the <br />immediate area be skipped from mowing at no loss to the Contractor. <br />2. Mowing Requirements <br />2.1. All grass shall be mowed at a height of 2.50 inches at the front of the deck and slightly <br />higher at the back of the deck. <br />2.2. Contractor shall remove all trash and litter from the entire area to be mowed prior to <br />initiating any mowing. All trash and litter removed shall be disposed of by the <br />Contractor appropriately. <br />2.3. Contractor shall remove no more than 1/3 of the grass height during mowing. <br />2.4. No damage to trees, shrubs, flower beds and other vegetation will be acceptable — and <br />any damage will be fully reconciled as directed by the Park Supervisor and addressed by <br />these specifications. Contractor shall not "spin circles" when moving around trees and <br />other objects. Further, the mowing patterns are to be varied weekly so as to not cause <br />patterns in the grass, or rutting in the subsurface in sloped areas. <br />ill <br />