Who maintains the landscaping within the LMD?
City Maintenance crews (Public Services Department) perform the majority of the maintenance City crews are supplemented with the use of private landscape contractors. Prior to 2003, the City put out to bid and contracted out all the work to private landscape contractors. What kind of maintenance do the City crews do? For turf areas: mow, edge, aerate, fertilize, adjust/check/repair irrigation system, weed control, litter pickup, clean hardscape (meandering paths, concrete pathways) areas, and rodent control. For groundcover areas: prune, edge, apply post/pre-emergents & plant growth regulators, fertilize, litter pickup, adjust/check/repair irrigation system, weed control, rodent control and dead-heading (removal of dead blooms). For shrub & tree areas: structural pruning, sucker removal, pest/disease control, sight/sign clearing (removal of branches or trimming shrubs that might impair line of sight when driving or blocks signage), fertilize, clean hardscape areas, adjust/check/repair
