5.3. SR 05-03-2010 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Planting of native grasses shall be by means of Truax drill or approved equal. Planting of native wildflower seeds shall be by broadcast and raked in. Any species listed that are not possible to be established by means of seeding shall be planted as plugs at the time of seeding and in the proportions listed. Seeding rate of the native grass mix shall be 15.0 lbs per acre. Seeding rate of the wildflower mix shall be 4.35 lbs per acre. Seed will be paid per pound per type of mix. Seeding of native grasses will be paid per acre seeded. Seeding of native wildflowers will be paid per Square Yard of area seeded. Seeded areas shall be covered by erosion control blanket (category 1) per MnDot spec 3885. The contractor will be paid per Square Yard of erosion control blanket installed. A cover crop of oats shall be planted along with the native seeding to aid in establishing the native seeds and prevent erosion. Seeding of the cover crop shall be at 25 lbs per acre. Payment for this cover crop shall be based on acres covered and shall be payment for materials and work needed to add the cover crop to the native seeding. Perennial end cap plantings shall include a combination of the following plant materials: Echinacea'Ruby Star' (Coneflower) Schizachyrium (Little Blue Stem) Nepeta 'Kit Cat' (Catmint) Rudbeckia'Goldstrum' (Black Eyed Susan) All plants shall be one gallon size. Placement of these plant materials is anticipated to be similar to the plantings in place on the end caps on Orono Parkway near city hall in Elk River. The End caps are anticipated to cover approximately a 16' x 16' area at the ends of the medians. The plant material shall be nursery stock potted plants and arranged as follows: Two rows of little blue stem as a separating line (blue). Outer ring is nepeta (white), middle is rudbeckia (yellow), and inner area is echinacea (green). The density of these plantings shall be submitted along with the proposal. The entire area of the end cap planting shall be covered with Cypress mulch to a depth of 4 inches. The Perennial end caps will be paid based on total square foot of area covered by perennial plantings.