Attachment 3 Grandfather District Mowing SOW.pdf

GRANDFATHER RANGER DISTRICT MOWING CONTRACT

DISTRICT OFFICE, MORTIMER CAMPGROUND AND CURTIS CREEK CAMPGROUND

Scope of Contract

Contractor will furnish all equipment and labor to perform landscape maintenance on the Grandfather Ranger District in accordance with the Statement of Work, terms and conditions of this Request for Quote and the terms and conditions of the resultant contract.

Statement of Work

Mowing and weed trimming will be performed on each site on a bi-weekly basis (every 2 weeks) from April 15 through October 15 with debris (i.e. limbs and incidental debris including leaves and grass clipping) removal. All grass is to be mowed or trimmed to a 2.5 inch height. Caution should be taken to avoid weed-eater damage to trees and wooden barriers.

Additionally, all developed space inside each area will have leaf and debris removal on each site on a bi-weekly (every 2 weeks) basis during leaf-fall season which is normally in September to October. Leaf litter will be able to be blown just off site.

Bi-weekly means that each site must be visited and necessary maintenance performed at least once every two weeks.

Remove all natural and non-natural debris from the grounds each bi-weekly visit. All garbage will need to be removed before mowing.

Due to typical recreational use patterns, Monday thru Thursday will be the acceptable work period with some discretion as COR deems acceptable.

Extra caution may be required if work is being performed in occupied recreational areas. At Curtis Creek and Mortimer Campgrounds, when single camp sites are occupied and the contractor can’t mow, the site will need to be revisited at the next available opportunity to complete the work.

Contractor must furnish all equipment and supplies to complete work as described.

Specifics Per Site

See the attachments for graphics of each of the three sites that will be included in this contract.

Sites included for bid will be Grandfather District Office, Mortimer Campground and Work Center, and Curtis Creek Campground

These sites are located on the Grandfather Ranger District.

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Attachment 3 SOW/Specs

GRANDFATHER DISTRICT OFFICE – SEE IMAGE #1

109 East Lawing Drive, Nebo, NC

The Grandfather District Office is located in McDowell County off I-40 exit 90 adjacent to Nebo Quick Stop gas station.

The Grandfather District Office site has approximately an acre of maintained landscape surrounding the office. In general, this includes a narrow strip of grass on left, open front yard bordering Lawing Drive, and open area on the right side having some plantings, trees and path to maintain grass and weeds around.

There is a circular drive with parking in front with a narrow strip of grass (approx. .1 ac) on left to mow, the center mowed area (approx. ¼ ac) is open with the portal sign on left of yard and drainage ditch in front paralleling the road. The ditch is approx. 150’ long and is maintained with weed eater. The strip of grass (approx. 60’ by 3’) between sidewalk and building landscaping should be mowed.

The right side yard (approx. .8 ac) contains info board, planting beds and gravel path to mow and weedeat. There is a drainage ditch paralleling road approx. 200’.

All the parking areas and sidewalks should be blown clean and free of debris. Maintain gravel beds and walkways with approved herbicide. See attached IMAGE #1.

MORTIMER CAMPGROUND AND WORK CENTER – SEE DIAGRAM #1

8410 Edgemont Road, Collettsville, NC

The Mortimer Campground and Work Center is located in Caldwell County approx. 8 miles north of Adako Rd SR 1337 following Brown Mtn Beach Rd SR 1328 to Hwy 90 then left and Work Center and campground is on right.

There are 3 primary areas to mow for approximately 2 acres total:

1. work center grounds approx. ¾ acre surrounding to mow (weedeat bank bordering Hwy 90 monthly)

2. lower loop of campground including area around picnic shelter, sites 1-5 and lower bathhouse and host site approx. 2/3 acre to mow /weedeat

3. upper loop of campground around sites 6-17 and upper bathhouse approx. ½ acre to mow / weedeat

Maintain gravel drives and walkways with approved herbicide. Herbicide should not be used on tent-pads. All the campsites, parking areas and sidewalks should be blown clean and free of debris.

CURTIS CREEK CAMPGROUND– SEE DIAGRAM #2

5072 Curtis Creek Road, Old Fort, NC

The Curtis Creek Campground is located in McDowell County. From I-40 take exit 75 then go north on Greenlee Rd approx. 1.2 miles to intersection with Hwy 70. Go straight through intersection on to Curtis Creek Rd SR1227 for approx. 6 miles to beginning of campground.

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The campground area includes road side sites, paved loop, walk in sites, upper field sites and borders of west side of camp for approx. 3.8 acres total. There are 5 primary areas to mow:

1. Road side SITES 1-5 approx .9 ac (2 sites on left , 3 on right with SST) approx. .9 ac

2. Paved loop including HOST SITE, SITES 6-11, 15-17 with fee station and 2 SST’s approx. 1.1 ac.

3. Walk in SITES 12-14 including grass strips 20’ along gravel trail approx. .5 ac

4. Upper field SITES 18-24 with restroom approx. .9 ac.

5. West side road including CCC plaque area and picnic area approx. .3 ac.

Maintain gravel drives and walkways with approved herbicide. Herbicide should not be used on tent-pads. All the campsites, parking areas and sidewalks should be blown clean and free of debris.

The mowing in Mortimer and Curtis Creek Campgrounds will have to be done Monday through Thursday. Friday through Sunday is when the greatest number of guests would be in the campground.

This work would need to be done in a timely manner. The entire campground would need to be done in the same time period. To leave one area from one week to another would not be acceptable. Use of a commercial mower would be a necessity due to the size of the area, and the time to complete. Mowers and weed-eaters would have to be safe to operate and have all safety equipment. The contractor will have to work with campers in order to be able to mow all the area in a timely manner and this may mean that the contractor has to return to the site in order to clean up an area that was skipped due to number of tents in one area.

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