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Seasonal' Maintenance <br /> Continued <br /> <br />· Repair or Maintain Site Amenities <br />Site amenities can include many things, each with unique maintenance requirements. Examples may <br />include st,fining benches and trash receptacles or interpretive signage might be updated. Boardwalks <br />also require frequent attention due to missing and loose boards or vandalism. In summary, the <br />maintenance tasks will be as varied as the amenities or objects in the landscape. <br /> <br />· Restoration of New Overlay Sections <br />[u any year that there are bituminous overlays completed, the edges of the new blacktop need to <br />be supported by soil. The shouldering process also prevents an abrupt edge to the trail's surface <br />from the 1.5" inch that is added. This shouldering has been most cost effective to perform with <br />in-house staff - but should remain an alternate in the bidding process to ensure that this analysis <br />and option remains available. <br /> <br />Summer and Fall <br /> <br />Much of the above trail system maintenance also can occur into autumn. One task that has not <br />been discussed so far is pruning and tree removal along trails. Certainly hazard trees are removed <br />xvhen encountered and storms frequently drop limbs and trees at any time of year. However, <br />maintenance pruning and removal usually is not scheduled until at least mid-summer for tree <br />disease prevention reasons. At about this time, the majority of the trees and shrub's growth has <br />occurred, which makes the limbs heavier at which point they sometimes swing down, (or grow <br />out) into the trail. In reaction to this growth, a cursory tr/mming operatton is dispatched to all the <br />likely ~vooded trail sites. <br /> <br />The more intensive trimming and removal is usually done in fall or winter for the following <br />reasons; the effort better fits within the overall workload. There are less trail users (and no children) <br />to operate equipment and fell trees and limbs around. Visibility into the actual branch structure is <br />improved when there are fewer leaves. And, if done during the dormant period, plant health is <br />best achieved. <br /> <br /> <br />