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*'''Vegetation''': Perform routine vegetation maintenance tasks (i.e., watering, weeding, trimming) at recommended frequencies (weekly or as required to maintain optimal soil moisture) over the two-year establishment period for the plantings; and replace plants that don't survive the initial establishment period (assumes 10% and 20% of plant material does not survive the first year for Minimum Recommended and High Frequency maintenance scenarios, respectively). Replacement of dead/diseased plants once established shall take place every 6 months or yearly dependent upon the minimum of 80% vegetation coverage. Remove any undesirable vegetation (invasive, seedlings etc.) every 3 - 6 months, and ensure proper pruning, cut back and thinning of shrubs and plants every year.

*'''Vegetation''': Perform routine vegetation maintenance tasks (i.e., watering, weeding, trimming) at recommended frequencies (weekly or as required to maintain optimal soil moisture) over the two-year establishment period for the plantings; and replace plants that don't survive the initial establishment period (assumes 10% and 20% of plant material does not survive the first year for Minimum Recommended and High Frequency maintenance scenarios, respectively). Replacement of dead/diseased plants once established shall take place every 6 months or yearly dependent upon the minimum of 80% vegetation coverage. Remove any undesirable vegetation (invasive, seedlings etc.) every 3 - 6 months, and ensure proper pruning, cut back and thinning of shrubs and plants every year.

For more detailed guidance, refer to STEP's Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Practice Inspection and Maintenance Guide and The City of Toronto's, Design Criteria for

For more detailed guidance, refer to STEP's [[https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/low-impact-development/low-impact-development-stormwater-practice-inspection-and-maintenance-guide/ Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Practice Inspection and Maintenance Guide] and City of Toronto's [https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/965f-ecs-specs-gi-design-criteria-manual-Sep2021.pdf/ Design Criteria for Green Infrastructure in the Right-of-Way] documents.

Green Infrastructure in the Right-of-Way documents, both of which can be accessed [https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/low-impact-development/low-impact-development-stormwater-practice-inspection-and-maintenance-guide/ here] and [https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/965f-ecs-specs-gi-design-criteria-manual-Sep2021.pdf/ here].