Appendix L
Maintenance Level Guidelines
Power mowing involves a specifically planned and scheduled mowing program to maintain a healthy, vigorous, and aesthetically pleasing turf. Activity includes operation of power riding mowers over 72” in width, along with performing litter pickup and visual spot-check inspection. Maintenance Level Guidelines Park areas are ranked in priority as a means of scheduling the frequency of mowing. This priority system is prepared with the intent of assuring that quality turf maintenance is first administered to the most critical areas within the park district property. The priority rating system is divided into six categories, which indicate the time period which can be expected for a given site or area to be mowed. 1.2 Trim Mowing This activity includes the use of manual and power trim mowing equipment to maintain turf, which cannot be accessed with large mowing equipment. Activity includes pickup of litter and rocks and a visual spot check of playgrounds and amenities. Maintenance Level Guidelines All turf areas will be maintained and cut according to Mode I, II, III, or IV standards. This service is based on a 30-week trim schedule, from April 15 through November 1. Trim mowing will follow a prioritized cutting cycle coordinated with the power-mowing program. Standards for elapsed time between trim and power moving cycles should not exceed more or less than one day. 1.3 Turf Maintenance and Turf Establishment Maintenance Level Guidelines Mode I parks will have adequate fertilization applied to plant species according to their optimum requirements. Application rates and times should ensure a supply of nutrients, which follows the requirements from our Illinois Department of Agriculture County Extension Service. Mode II and selected Mode III turf areas will receive one to four pounds of available nitrogen, in a fertilizer form, with application date guidelines of May 1, June 15, September 1, and November 1. All fertilizer will be applied uniformly using a broadcast-type spreader. Soil tests will be conducted in cases where turf exhibits a poor response to prior fertilization cycles. In 2018, eight parks will be designated as natural/organic. All treatment in these parks will use controls that are considered natural/organic. This includes controlling broadleaf weeds growing in the turf areas and all applications of fertilizer to the turf will be natural/organic. In addition, all weed control in the planting beds and around the playgrounds will also be natural/organic. The eight parks are: Cress Creek Park, Kroehler Park, Knoch Park, College Park, Dorethea Weigand Park, Columbia Commons Park, Kingshill Park and Crestview Knoll Park. We will be monitoring these eight parks for a two year period. 1.4 Turf Renovation
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