PWCA Information for Members and Residents (April 2020, Message #2)

Good evening to all. Several items for your consideration tonight.

All items from the March 2020, Message #3 remain in force and may be found on our website.

Various links provided for your awareness of the current situation with novel coronavirus pandemic.

Links:
CDC guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Johns Hopkins GLobal COVID-19 Map and Coronavirus Resources:
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
State-wide analysis and guidance:
http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/
County-specific guidance: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/covid19/
County Emergency Preparedness:
https://fairfaxcountyemergency.wpcomstaging.com/category/coronavirus-covid-19/

ITEMS:

  1. MONTHLY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 200, 7:00 PM. The April meeting will be held through the RingCentral virtual meeting framework. Please see the website for further information on how to join the meeting.
  2. EARTH DAY 2020, April 22. All community and county activities are canceled. Please consider helping our environment by doing some personal clean-up activities that day or even consider my ‘free-a-tree’ request. I know of one of our residents who took action and freed a dogwood – thank you!
  3. PATRIOT SPECIAL OFFER FOR SLIGHTLY USED TRASH/RECYCLING CONTAINERS. Patriot is offering slightly used, clean Toters in various sizes available for a one-time rental fee of $25 as compared to the normal fee of $45 for a new Toter. See the attached document for additional information.
  4. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY MASTER PLAN AND INTERACTIVE SURVEY OPEN TO APRIL 17th. From the attached document, “George Mason University has begun the process for a University Master Plan that will serve as a decision-making framework for the use of physical space at our Fairfax, Arlington, and Science and Technology campuses, and guide Mason’s mission for decades to come. The community-at-large is invited to visit the website for more information and participate in the interactive online survey which is open April 2-17.”
  5. COMMUNITY SUPPORT REQUEST. There continues to be a need from the Olde Creek Elementary PTA for items to support their at-need families, please see the attached document for information.

Stay safe and well; please enjoy your evening.

Regards,

Mark

Last night’s fire (April 11, 2020)

All, good morning. As many of you are aware, we had a fire in our community last night.

The fire occurred at 4717 Gainsborough Drive and had varying effect on the two neighboring residences. No occupants were harmed during this event. The cause was determined to be accidental/electrical.

Please keep the impacted occupants in your thoughts and prayers.

Also – as a reminder. In this time, when extra-ordinary events occur please remember to maintain your social distancing. We do not want an outbreak to occur within this community due to lapses in attention.

Stay safe and well,

Mark

PWCA Information for Members and Residents (April 2020, Message #1)

Good afternoon to you all. All items from the March 2020, Message #3 remain in force. Please see below for additional information and a couple of requests. For those who are new to this distribution, Message #3 may be found on our website.

Various links provided for your awareness of the current situation with the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Links:
CDC guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Johns Hopkins GLobal COVID-19 Map and Coronavirus Resources: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
State-wide analysis and guidance: http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/
County-specific guidance: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/covid19/
County Emergency Preparedness:
https://fairfaxcountyemergency.wpcomstaging.com/category/coronavirus-covid-19/

ITEMS:

  1. TRASH, RECYCLING AND YARD WASTE PICKUP. We received some additional clarification of this. Yard waste debris will be picked up in conjunction with regular trash pickup on TUESDAY and FRIDAY. Recycling pickup remains on WEDNESDAY. Do not place out large amounts of yard waste for one pickup – Patriot Disposal is working with us on this, do not abuse the privilege. Also, we are experiencing large issues with people placing out trash/recycling after pickup or on non-pickup days. All trash and recycling needs to be out NO EARLIER THAN 6:00 PM the night before pickup and NO LATER THAN 6:00 AM the day of pickup. Recycling has been coming early for the last few weeks and people are placing out recycling after the pickup has occurred. Please be aware of your surroundings. If you missed the pickup, take your items back until the next pickup date. Additionally, we have people placing out trash on non-pickup days during the week. If you notice this, remind people of the correct days for pickup. Also, let environment@parkwestcommunity know of ongoing problems. We have ways you can assist us with helping to keep our community clean.
  2. COMMUNITY SUPPORT REQUEST. Our thanks to those who have responded to the support request we sent out on April 2nd. The request is either attached or linked to this message if you did not receive previously.
  3. COMMON AREA CLEANUP REQUEST. I have seen several families out picking up loose trash around our community recently. My thanks for your efforts. For everyone, please consider giving some of your time to get outside and get a little exercise while also helping our community out. If we can just get a person or two to clean up their town home block our community would look so much more clean. Please consider this.
  4. “FREE A TREE” REQUEST. If the trash request doesn’t interest you, perhaps this might. While we have made great strides taking care of our common areas we still have some trees throughout the property that are getting overtaken by vines. If you could take a pruner and cut the vines at the base of those trees that would “Free the Tree” and help the community. Recommend you wear long sleeves and jeans or take care not to touch the plants as we have a mixture of invasive plants in our community – some which will cause an allergic reaction.

Thank you for taking the time to review this. Stay safe and well.

Regards,

Mark

Community Support Request, COVID-19

Good afternoon to all. Please see the attached support request from
Marguerite Wiese.

I also integrated the various links provided through different
mechanisms into one list for you.

Links:
CDC guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Johns Hopkins GLobal COVID-19 Map and Coronavirus Resources:
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
State-wide analysis and guidance:
http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/
County-specific guidance: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/covid19/
County Emergency Preparedness:
https://fairfaxcountyemergency.wpcomstaging.com/category/coronavirus-covid-19/

Regards,

Mark