Park West Community Association
Your Community Association (Fairfax, VA)
Notices about Community Events for the Social and other committees.
Good morning to all. I’ve had several questions on a power outage in our community.
There is a power outage in our community impacting 81 residences due to a vehicle accident. Crews are working the solution. Power is currently estimated to be brought back online for the impacted customers between 0800 and 1100 this morning.
I’ve attached a screenshot from the Dominion Energy Power Outage map.
Regards,
Mark
Good evening. Please see below for current items for your review.
PERMANENT LINKS:
PWCA Website: https://parkwestcommunity.org/
PWCA Meeting Packets: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UQIfzyb72xFD9Y7_mshcRNVRE5wv8m5h?usp=share_link
ACC Documents: https://parkwestcommunity.org/architectural-control-committee/
Parking Documents: https://parkwestcommunity.org/parking/
Trash and Recycling Information: https://parkwestcommunity.org/our-environment/
Newsletters: https://parkwestcommunity.org/newsletters/
Quarterly Assessment Timeline: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LpwaIZ5NVobKPDzCmuTnOy20KcwpxXXg?usp=share_link
SEASONAL LINKS:
2023 Pool Application: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X5vE-ynAfWoDrMIIYwTpEgVq7obm8MtE/view?usp=share_link
Pool Sign-In System: https://www.signupgenius.com/tabs/13576df05a6cdeac1aa3-pwcasign#/
2023 J&J Individual Home Maintenance Program: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jVoOGfz0pZBZCO78YPB16S6FY–syCk3/view?usp=share_link
INFORMATION ITEMS:
1. JULY 4TH SOCIAL EVENT; TUESDAY, JULY 4, 2023; SETUP – 10:30AM; EVENT 12:00PM (noon); POOL. Our largest event of the season is TWO DAYS AWAY!!!! We will be accomplishing this event in the same manner (though slimmed down in the variety of items) as in 2019 – a catered meal from Red Hot & Blue. There is no rain date planned for this event – should adverse weather cancel the event we will request you to come down to the pool house with some storage containers to grab food so the meal doesn’t go to waste. Thank you to the volunteers who have stepped forward and as always – more volunteers are always helpful, please email Diane Barnhard at social@parkwestcommunity.org for further information.
2. NO TRASH PICKUP!!!!!; TUESDAY, JULY 4, 2023. Due to the Fourth of July holiday there will be NO trash pickup on Tuesday. Please keep your trash within your back yards until Thursday evening. Trash collection will resume on Friday. Recycling and Yard Waste pickup is not effected.
3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING; TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2023; 7:00PM; VIRTUAL. The monthly board meeting will be conducted via the RingCentral virtual meeting framework. See the website under ‘Meetings’, select the year (2023), then the meeting (07 – 20230718). Document #01-1 contains the information to join the meeting.
4. SUNDAES ON SUNDAY; SUNDAY, JULY 23, 2023, 3:00PM, POOL. Please come join us for our second of two Sundaes on Sunday planned for the 2023 season! We’ll have various ice creams and toppings that are sure to please both the young and young-at-heart! As always, a volunteer or two for this event would be greatly appreciated.
5. TREE AND GROUNDS CARE WORK. The Spring 2023 Arbor Care work is completed. We’ve also been working on removal of several trees that rapidly failed or have been recently storm damaged. The remaining timber for the Willow Oak on lower Carriagepark Road is planned to be removed on Wednesday, July 5th. We will also be parking on Gainsborough Drive and using a track loader to remove the remainder of the leads still standing in the stream bed.
6. 2023 POOL PASS APPLICATIONS. For those who haven’t submitted, please do so when you can. Please see the separate message providing the on-or-after date your passes will be ready for pickup barring any holds active at the time. Please submit either electronically or by dropping your completed pass applications.
7. INDIVIDUAL GROUNDS CARE OFFER FROM J&J LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT, APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Due to numerous requests, our grounds care contractor is offering residences in our community the ability to have the private yards maintained. Please refer to the link listed above for details or contact myself if you cannot access the form. If you would like to advantage of the offer please contact them as soon as possible.
8. COMMUNITY SECURITY. While I have not heard of anything lately I thought I might remind everyone of the following. If out-of-the-ordinary events occur and you are concerned for your safety or security please notify the Police non-emergency number (703) 691-2131 to report the occurrence. While we advertise a Neighborhood Watch on our signs there has been a lack of interest in the past to actually set one up. If you are interested in participating please let me know. If we have sufficient interest we will restart the process with the County but not before we see sufficient volunteers to make the effort worthwhile. As always, please consider leaving your porch lights on throughout the night, remember to lock your vehicle doors, and notify the non-emergency number should you experience some kind of security event in the future.
9. STREET LIGHTS. All street lights should be operating normally. Reminder, while we have periodic contractor visits to check our street lights we don’t always notice in a timely manner when street lights malfunction. Please let the Streets and Sidewalks Committee at streets@parkwestcommunity.org know if you notice something I haven’t spoken about in a message. Street light status may also be found in the board packets.
10. TRASH, RECYCLING AND YARD WASTE. Reminder – please have your containers or paper bags out no later than 6:00AM the day of pickup. Especially with yard waste – the truck has been through here during the last two weeks shortly after 6:00 AM and I’ve noticed multiple people setting out their bags after pickup, resulting in paper yard waste bags that sit a week on the curb. Also – please check what kinds of items are special pickup items. Pallets, grills, exercise equipment, refrigerators and multiple other items are special items. See the website for the process to get those kinds of items removed for you.
11. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR WEBSITE AND INFRMATION TECHNOLOGY FRAMEWORK SUPPORT. We have had two volunteers step forward to offer to help – thank you! We could still utilize another person to share the load in maintaining the website and several of our support structures. We have relied on volunteers in the past and while that’s great in principle when we lose that support things start to go sideways.
Have a great rest of your evening – hope to see you at the pool on Tuesday!
Regards,
Mark
REMINDER – there is NO trash pickup on Tuesday. Please help your community and get your trash out this evening or wait till next Thursday evening.
Regards,
Mark
All – due to the amount of parking that is required (spaces 181 through 208) and the visual aspect of a large crane operating in the community I wanted to notify everyone about the upcoming work. Due to the location of the tree in question the crane is the optimal way to remove the tree without impacting surrounding homes located on portions of Treasure Court, Gainsborough Drive and Carriagepark Road.
Due to the area requirements to support the crane and associated support vehicles, all parking at the lower end of the large island of lower Carriagepark Road will be impacted. Three spaces (185 through 187) will be impacted through Thursday of next week for timber storage of portions of the tree that are unable to be removed on Friday.
All impacted residences have received letters on their doors this afternoon. Spaces are marked and signs installed in all areas.
While I’m normally much more diplomatic on the parking aspects of tree work , this time I will be direct.
PLEASE ENSURE ALL VEHICLES ARE REMOVED ON FRIDAY MORNING.
If you live in the area, please remind your neighbors. Renting a crane is a massive expense – literally every minute on our clock is around ten dollars so there cannot be work slowdowns or stoppages caused by our inaction. I do not plan on knocking on doors Friday morning – we will just relocate your vehicle if it is parked in any of the spaces (181 through 208) and charge the residence identified on the permit.
Thank you in advance for your support in making this project a success…
Regards,
Mark
This is a late post due to lack of volunteer support with these kinds of actions…..
Good evening. I thought I’d provide you full information on pool pass distribution and some information on pool operations for the season in a separate message.
APPLICABLE LINKS:
PWCA Website: https://parkwestcommunity.org/
2023 Pool Application: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X5vE-ynAfWoDrMIIYwTpEgVq7obm8MtE/view?usp=share_link
ITEMS:
1. 2023 POOL PASS APPLICATIONS, APPLY NO LATER THAN SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2023. Please submit either electronically or by dropping your completed pass off by April 30th. If you do not make the April 30th deadline your passes will not be ready for Opening Day or any of the Memorial Day weekend. All electronic submissions should have a response email acknowledging receipt. If you have any questions whether your application is in the process please check the pool pass application status reports on the website as described in Item #2.
2. POOL PASS APPLICATION STATUS REPORTS. Current status of pool passes may be found on our website. Go to ‘Living in PWCA’, then select ‘Pool”. Scroll down to below the map and you will see a sentence referencing the pool pass application status. Select that link to see several reports that provide a status by address of the applications in process as of the date of the report.
3. 2023 POOL PASS HOLD CRITERIA. Most applications that are on the hold list mainly fall in to two categories. #1 – for renters, we need a copy of your current lease with the names of the lessees and the end-of-lease date. #2 – assessments in arrears of more than $30. Owners (both resident and non-resident) – recommend you verify your arrears status if you see your address on the hold list.
4. 2023 POOL PASS DISTRIBUTION; WEDNESDAY; MAY 3, 10, 17, 24, AND 26, 2023; 6:30PM – 7:00PM, POOL PARKING LOT. If your application is submitted by April 30th and is not being held for a specific reason your passes will be ready for pickup at any of the dates and times listed in this item. All residences will be listed on the document “2023 Pool Pass, Residences with Passes for Pickup”. This document may be found with the other Pool Pass Application Status Reports as delineated in Item #2 of this message.
5. POOL ADMISSION. We are utilizing the SignUpGenius framework again this year. Recommend you create an account to allow you to sign in easily on your phone. The lifeguards will be enforcing this – please do not plead your case for why you don’t have to sign-in. This is an integral part to our operations – make it easy on yourself and the guards and just create the account.
6. POOL RULES. Please familiarize yourself with our pool rules prior to the start of the season.
7. 2023 POOL OPENING DAY; SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2023; 11:00AM. You will need a pool pass to enter the pool deck over the Memorial Day weekend – April 30th is fast approaching if you have not submitted your application.
8. FOLLOW-ON POOL PASS DISTRIBUTIONS; WEDNESDAYS; VARIOUS DATES; 6:30PM – 7:00PM, POOL. Follow-on distribution dates will occur on Wednesdays from 6:30PM – 7:00PM. These dates assume that your residence does not have a hold associated with the property. For example, if you submit after April 30th and by May 27th; your passes will be ready on May 31st. If you submit between May 28th and June 7th, your passes will be ready on June 14th. For all dates within the season please see below:
Hope this clarifies some of the questions raised this year. We look forward to a great season – please let us help you enjoy it from Opening Day by getting your applications in by tomorrow.
Regards,
Mark