PWCA Information for Members and Residents (March 2023, Message #1) 

Good afternoon.  Please see below for several items for your review. 

Two items are from our current Association contractors. 

There is one request from Atlantic for seasonal lifeguards so if you have anyone who might want to earn money and spend some time at a pool this summer this might be for them!  

The second item is an offer from J&J Landscape Management.  This is the contractor we employ for our community grounds care work.  They are offering to care for your private yards for the season – see the item and link below…  

COVID-19 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/

INFORMATION ITEMS:

1.  TREE AND GROUNDS CARE WORK.  The Spring 2023 Arbor Care work will occur over the next two months.

2.  ENVIRONMENT SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING, SYNOPSIS; FOCUSED ON 2023 TRASH AND RECYCLING COLLECTION CHANGES.   Effective January 1st, all bulk and/or special items incur a fee for pickup.  The Environmental Control Committee sub-group initially met on February 13, 2023 to address changes to our pickup rules to minimize impact to the Association of the changes in our bulk and special item pickups in 2023.  Minutes from that meeting may be found in the February 2023 BoD meeting packet and will be attached as an Appendix to the meeting minutes.  

3.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING; TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 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 (03 – 20230321). Document #01-1 contains the information to join the meeting.

4.  INDIVIDUAL GROUNDS CARE OFFER FROM J&J LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT, APPLY NO LATER THAN MARCH 27,2023.  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. 

5.  EASTER EGG HUNT; SATURDAY APRIL 8, 2023; 11:00 AM; PLAYGROUND.  Our first social event of the year!  Children under the age of 12 are invited to participate in the hunt.  Volunteers to help set up the event are needed – setup will occur at 9:30AM at and near the playground.  

6.  RESIDENT OWNER AND NON-RESIDENT OWNER PARKING PERMIT (HANGTAG) RENEWALS; SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023; 12:00PM to 2:00PM and SUNDAY, APRIL 16,2023; 12:00PM to 2:00PM; POOL PARKING LOT.  Our annual owner guest (“hangtag”) permit renewal will occur on April 15th and 16th this year.  Both dates will be from 12:00PM through 2:00PM.  See the February 2023 newsletter for additional information.  After April 23rd all vehicles using the current resident-owner guest and non-resident-owner hangtag permits will be subject to towing from the community.  Owners with questions may call or email the Parking Committee Chair for further information.

7.  CURRENT HANGTAG TOWING COMMENCES; APRIL 23, 2022.  Our annual resident and non-resident owner hangtag permit renewal will have occurred by this time.  Any vehicles using the current hang tags will be towed from the community starting on this date.

8.  LIFEGUARD EMPLOYMENT REQUEST.  Atlantic Pool Service is looking for lifeguards to work this season.  Please refer to the link listed above for details or contact myself if you cannot access the form. 

9.  POOL SEASON, 2023. We are less than 3 months away from our pool opening for the season. The Pool Application link is listed above and it may also be found on our website.  The applications have started to to arrive – please send them in at your earliest convenience to assist our volunteers who have to create the passes for you.  If you have any interest in helping with this process please contact the Pool Committee.

Winter is not yet finished so please do not let your guard down.  However, daffodils and some of our trees are blooming and Spring is well underway…    

Regards,


Mark

MLK Day of Service – Rabbit Branch Park 9AM start

Good morning – a reminder of this Day of Service event.  If you cannot make it there then please consider giving some time today to pick up trash within our community.  The areas recently cleared of invasives have brought to light numerous items that have been dumped over the years on our property.

Supposed to be quite nice weather today for mid-January – sunny and a high of 50….  Hope to see you either at Rabbit Branch or within our community.

Regards,

Mark

——– Original Message ——–

    —-Edited Thread—–

From: Tom McCook <kpwroadraiders@gmail.com>

Subject: KPWCA – MLK Day of Service – Rabbit Branch Park 9AM start

Date: Jan 11, 2023 at 8:54 AM

To: “undisclosed-recipients:;” <>

Good morning, I hope the new year is treating you well.

Our annual park & nature discovery, plus park & watershed clean-up is
scheduled for next Monday, Jan 16 starting at 9AM.  I hope you can
join us!!

Details in the attached and following:

Where:   Rabbit Branch Park (off Tapestry Blvd).

When:    9-11AM (please start at 9 and continue as long you can)

Who:      All members of our community

How;      trash bags will be available

Why:      _“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are
you doing for others?'”  Martin Luther King_

Scout & Student service hours can be earned, please use the sign-in
sheets so that we can track who participated (send notification
requests to Tom McCook, kpwroadraiders@gmail.com

Please note – Sarah Lennon will lead this initiative, I am out of town
this weekend.

According to the weather forecast, it looks to be a beautiful day,
please be prepared to walk through tall grass, potentially wet &
muddy.  This event is a “go” unless hazardous weather conditions and
then please stay safe, at home.

Any questions, please give me a call/text/email.

Tom McCook

703.839.5205

Fwd: KPWCA – MLK Day of Service – Rabbit Branch Park 9AM start

Good morning – I did not get this in my message yesterday so wanted to forward to you as this is one of the important ways we can give back to our environment.

Please consider giving some time to help make our environment better for all who live around us….  As we own some of the land focused on during this cleanup this has even greater impact on our community….

Regards,

Mark

——– Original Message ——–

    —-Edited Thread—–

From: Tom McCook <kpwroadraiders@gmail.com>

Subject: KPWCA – MLK Day of Service – Rabbit Branch Park 9AM start

Date: Jan 11, 2023 at 8:54 AM

To: “undisclosed-recipients:;” <>

Good morning, I hope the new year is treating you well.

Our annual park & nature discovery, plus park & watershed clean-up is
scheduled for next Monday, Jan 16 starting at 9AM.  I hope you can
join us!!

Details in the attached and following:

Where:   Rabbit Branch Park (off Tapestry Blvd).

When:    9-11AM (please start at 9 and continue as long you can)

Who:      All members of our community

How;      trash bags will be available

Why:      _“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are
you doing for others?'”  Martin Luther King_

Scout & Student service hours can be earned, please use the sign-in
sheets so that we can track who participated (send notification
requests to Tom McCook, kpwroadraiders@gmail.com

Please note – Sarah Lennon will lead this initiative, I am out of town
this weekend.

According to the weather forecast, it looks to be a beautiful day,
please be prepared to walk through tall grass, potentially wet &
muddy.  This event is a “go” unless hazardous weather conditions and
then please stay safe, at home.

Any questions, please give me a call/text/email.

Tom McCook

703.839.5205

Power Outage, PWCA, 13 April 2022

All – some of you are without power at this time. A transformer has blown to the rear of 4818 and 4828 Treasure Court. This caused one side of our main transformer to fail.

Dominion is on site isolating the damaged Treasure Court transformer from the circuit containing the other transformers effected.

Once the damaged transformer is isolated – and barring any other challenge at the main transformer – the circuit will be re-energized providing most impacted residences with power.

I am unclear which residences feed off which sub-transformers. If you are located between 4812 and 4846 Treasure Court you may be fed off the damaged transformer. Please monitor the Dominion outage map for updated information. Dominion currently estimates a restoral of power between 10:00PM and 1:00AM but this is just a forecast and may change depending on the severity of the damage to the transformer.

For all residences currently impacted but not fed from the damaged transformer. In order to isolate the damaged transformer the cable will be re-energized in a non-redundant configuration. Any further damage to the circuit will cause a loss of power that will take more effort to remediate. Just be aware and watch the outage map. Once power is fully restored we will back in a normal (redundant) configuration.

I have attached a snapshot of the outage map. This map may be found at:

https://outagemap.dominionenergy.com/external/default.html

Hope this clarifies the situation for those impacted. May our power be fully restored shortly….

Mark

Upcoming Community Service Events

Good morning to all. A reminder of two different community service events taking place this weekend. Please consider joining one (or both!) of them.

1. VOLUNTEER WATERSHED MARKER PROGRAM; TODAY!!!; Saturday, October 9, 2021; 9:00 AM; Pool Parking Lot. Meet with us at the pool house to join two crews who will be going out to learn about local watershed protection and do our part by marking the Park West Community Association storm drain basins (sidewalks). Crews can receive volunteer hours for students or adults signed by our Environmental Committee for supporting the Fairfax County Program. The volunteering activities will include light walking, lifting, and application of drain markers. We have attached a one page write-up from the County which outlines our shared watershed responsibilities to watershed management and how it affects local environments, water and soil. If you have any questions, please contact
Environment@parkwestcommunity.org.

2. ROAD RAIDERS CLEANUP EVENT; Monday, October 11, 2021; 8:00 AM, Gainsborough Drive and Claridge Court intersection. See attached/linked files for further information.

Thanks in advance,

Mark