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PWCA Information for Members and Residents (February 2024, Message #1)

Good evening!  Please see below for several items for your review.

PERMANENT LINKS:
PWCA Website: https://parkwestcommunity.org/
PWCA Meeting Packets: https://parkwestcommunity.org/association-meeting/ 

ACC Documents:  https://parkwestcommunity.org/architectural-control-committee/

Parking Documents: https://parkwestcommunity.org/parking/

Newsletters: https://parkwestcommunity.org/newsletters/

Quarterly Assessment Timeline: https://parkwestcommunity.org/living-in-pwca/ 

Trash and Recycling Information:  https://parkwestcommunity.org/our-environment/

SEASONAL LINKS:

Director Application for Candidacy: https://parkwestcommunity.org/board-of-directors-chairs-and-managers/ 

2023 – 2024 Snow Removal Policy: https://parkwestcommunity.org/living-in-pwca/ 

2024 Annual Assessment Notice and Timeline:  https://parkwestcommunity.org/living-in-pwca/ 

2024 J&J Individual Home Maintenance Program:  https://parkwestcommunity.org/our-environment/ 

2024 Parking Permit Renewal for Resident and Non-Resident Owners: https://parkwestcommunity.org/parking/

2024 Pool Application: https://parkwestcommunity.org/pool/

INFORMATION ITEMS:

1.  TREE AND GROUNDS CARE WORK; WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY; FEBRUARY 7 – 9, 2024.  Our Fall 2023 Tree Pruning actions and the 2023 Bartlett Crew Day will occur through the remainder of this week.  Residences impacted have been notified for the first couple of days of work.  A large section of the lower (4800-addresses) island has been blocked off along with a section of Treasure Court.  There will be additional assigned parking required on Carriagepark Court for Thursday and Friday – those will be marked and notices placed in impacted homes doors tomorrow.

2.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING; TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2024; 7:00 PM; VIRTUAL.  The monthly board meeting will be conducted via the RingCentral virtual meeting framework. For the virtual meeting information, see the link listed above in the Permanent Links section.  Scroll down the the Meeting Materials and Minutes section, select the year (2024), then the meeting (20240220). Document #01-1 contains the information to join the meeting.

3.  RESIDENT OWNER AND NON-RESIDENT OWNER PARKING PERMIT RENEWAL (STICKERS AND HANG TAGS); COMPLETED APPLICATIONS DUE WEDNESDAY; FEBRUARY 21, 2024.  REMINDER – this IS NOT applicable to tenants.  For Resident and Non-Resident Owners – you should of received a letter and a parking application form either through the mail or via electronic means. If you did not please follow the link listed above in the Seasonal Links section.  Please return the completed application by the date listed above so our volunteers have appropriate time to generate all the packets necessary to conduct the distribution windows at the pool in April.  Further details to follow on times and dates for those distribution windows.

4.  INDIVIDUAL GROUNDS CARE OFFER FROM J&J LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT, APPLY BY MONDAY; MARCH 25, 2024.  Our grounds care contractor is again offering residences in our community the ability to have your private yards maintained.  The care options include turf care, lawn care, and leaf removal.  Please refer to the link listed above in the Seasonal Links section, just scroll down the page to the applicable information, or contact myself if you cannot access the information.

5.  PARK WEST PAGES, FEBRUARY 2024 EDITION.  The February 2024 edition of Park West Pages will be released imminently.  This edition focuses on environment-related topics along with our normal sections.  The pool application is also found within this edition.  The website will have the electronic version – link is above in the Permanent Links section.  The Communications and Hospitality Committees will each have some hard copies of the edition if you’d like a printed copy.  The hard copies will be available on-or-after February 12, 2024.

6.  YARD DEBRIS COLLECTION.  Any yard debris you generate now should be placed out with regular trash.  Our contractor recommends placing yard debris into your trash containers to ensure the debris gets picked up.  Regular Yard Debris collection will resume on March 6, 2024.

7.  2024 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE AND ASSESSMENT TIMELINE.  If you have some kind of manual payment occurring to pay your assessments – please remember to adjust your payment.  We have several accounts that have paid last year’s amount and therefore still have an account balance.  As presented at the Annual Meeting, the Annual Assessment for 2024 has increased to $440.00 per quarter due on the first day of each quarterly assessment period – the first quarter’s payment was due on January 1st. The 2024 Assessment Notice and the Quarterly Assessment Timeline have been mailed/emailed to you and may also be found on the website – link provided above in the Seasonal Links section.

8.  BRADDOCK ROAD STOP SIGN AND MESSAGE BOARD, POOL PARKING LOT STOP SIGN.  Replacement actions have started.

Enjoy your evening.

Regards,

Mark

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PWCA Information for Members and Residents (January 2024, Message #2) 

Good evening!  Please see below for several 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/

Newsletters: https://parkwestcommunity.org/newsletters/

Quarterly Assessment Timeline: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LpwaIZ5NVobKPDzCmuTnOy20KcwpxXXg?usp=share_link

Trash and Recycling Information:  https://parkwestcommunity.org/our-environment/

SEASONAL LINKS:

Director Application for Candidacy: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cnn33EERkBdAG-qMTEiiV4PWyHv3BnxJ/view

2023 – 2024 Snow Removal Policy: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gtAkDqOQlg3InT0bmEnm6rrHYRaQrdnr/view?usp=sharing 

2024 Annual Assessment Notice and Timeline:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QxBqENaj8L2i8worak-rQyBrnLPSp6GB?usp=drive_link 

INFORMATION ITEMS:

1.  MLK DAY OF SERVICE; COMMUNITY AND RABBIT BRANCH PARK CLEANUP; REVIEW.  Thank you to the people wo showed up for our community cleanup.  While the weather wasn’t great we did get four from our community and about 20 from the overall Kings Park West community participating.  Really appreciate you giving some of your Monday to help our community!

2.  SNOW EVENT #1; REVIEW.  Another thank you to all who cleaned their sidewalks and shoveled the parking area edges.  With the continued cold weather that’s a really fantastic action that will pay dividends for multiple days.  For this event we had one plow session and three salting activities.  I do not anticipate doing anything else for our streets in response to this storm. 

3.  POTENTIAL SNOW EVENT, FRIDAY.  This continued cold weather takes us right into another potential storm in two days.  If you have not reviewed the Snow Policy for this season, I urge you to do so.  Again, really appreciate all those who care for the common sidewalks and nearby fire hydrant as needed to make moving around and safety in our community a little easier for all.   

4.  TREE AND GROUNDS CARE WORK.  Our Fall 2023 Tree Pruning activity will occur over the next couple of weeks.  Contracted leaf removal for Fall 2023 is complete.  For those who did not take advantage of the visits to move your leaves to common ground please clean your yards and deposit into bags for removal.  

5.  YARD DEBRIS COLLECTION.  Any yard debris you generate now should be placed out with regular trash.  Our contractor recommends placing yard debris into your trash containers to ensure the debris gets picked up during the next two months.  Regular Yard Debris collection will resume on March 6, 2024.

6.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING; TUESDAY, February 20, 2024; 7:00 PM; VIRTUAL.  The monthly board meeting will be conducted via the RingCentral virtual meeting framework. For the virtual meeting information, see the website under ‘Meetings’, select the year (2024), then the meeting (20240220). Document #01-1 contains the information to join the meeting.

7.  2024 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE AND ASSESSMENT TIMELINE.  If you have some kind of manual payment occurring to pay your assessments – please remember to adjust your payment.  We have several accounts that have paid last year’s amount and therefore still have an account balance.  As presented at the Annual Meeting, the Annual Assessment for 2024 has increased to $440.00 per quarter due on the first day of each quarterly assessment period – the first quarter’s payment was due on January 1st. The 2024 Assessment Notice and the Quarterly Assessment Timeline have been mailed/emailed to you and may also be found on the website – link provided above in the Seasonal Links section.

8.  COLD WEATHER PREPARATION.   With the current weather this remains for one more message…  Check the November newsletter for an article on this important subject.  Each year there are challenges faced by homeowners – consider taking the identified steps to take to be prepared for winter and limit potential damage to your home. The PWCA snow policy is posted on the website and is linked above in the Seasonal Links section; please read and understand it before any snow emergency might be declared for the Community.  If/when snow or ice storms occur all residents are requested to shovel and de-ice the sidewalks in front of your home. Help your neighbors and your community by assisting others if needed, clearing around fire hydrants, and clearing the mail boxes

9.  BRADDOCK ROAD STOP SIGN AND MESSAGE BOARD, POOL PARKING LOT STOP SIGN.  We are awaiting better weather to repair the stop signs and message board.

Enjoy your evening – stay warm and be careful if you walk outside with all the black ice that’s out there now that the sun is gone.

Regards,

Mark

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PWCA Information for Members and Residents (January 2024, Message #1) 

Good morning!  Please see below for several 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/

Newsletters:  https://parkwestcommunity.org/newsletters/

Quarterly Assessment Timeline:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LpwaIZ5NVobKPDzCmuTnOy20KcwpxXXg?usp=share_link

Trash and Recycling Information:  https://parkwestcommunity.org/our-environment/

SEASONAL LINKS:

Director Application for Candidacy:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cnn33EERkBdAG-qMTEiiV4PWyHv3BnxJ/view

2023 – 2024 Snow Removal Policy:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gtAkDqOQlg3InT0bmEnm6rrHYRaQrdnr/view?usp=sharing 

2024 Annual Assessment Notice and Timeline:   https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QxBqENaj8L2i8worak-rQyBrnLPSp6GB?usp=drive_link 

MLK Day of Service Flyer:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ztOec02XXnAQarifVraDzP2gZKbJ6Z_p/view?usp=drive_link

INFORMATION ITEMS:

1.  MLK DAY OF SERVICE; COMMUNITY AND RABBIT BRANCH PARK CLEANUP; MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 2024; 9:00 AM; EITHER POOL PARKING LOT OR TAPESTRY DRIVE AT FOOTPATH.  THIS MONDAY!!!!!!!  Our District Supervisor will be at the Tapestry Drive location to kick off the event  Whether you walk over there to participate or just come down to the pool to grab a bag and select an area of our community please give an hour or two of your time Monday to help keep our grounds clear of the loose trash that has collected and thereby help lessen the impact of our environment and those downstream of us.  Please come prepared to walk through naturalized areas – some areas will be wet.  Gloves are highly recommended.  There will will trash bags, maps of our common area, and trash grabbers at the pool for you to use.  Please return the grabbers when you are finished – You may either bring the trash collected back to the pool or just deposit it at one of the trash collection points for removal on the Tuesday collection.  See the flyer in the Seasonal Links list above.  Here’s the email from KPW Road Raiders on this and several other park improvements occurring in our immediate vicinity – the flyer referenced in the email is the flyer in the Seasonal Links section: 

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From: Tom McCook <kpwroadraiders@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 8:44 PM

Neighbors,

KPWCA is sponsoring  again this year our annual “discover nature” in a small & great area of KPW.

Rabbit Branch Park, off Tapestry weaves it way south with walking footpaths all the way to Crooked Creek Park (off Commonwealth) and maybe by this time next year, we’ll have an established trail from Commonwealth all the way to Royal lake (in planning stages, will be done, just no guarantees on timelines).  WOW!!

AND … the renovation is (almost) complete on Shane’s Creek, the “other watershed” to Royal Lake – WOW, I walked with my dogs on Saturday morning before the rain from the Lake to Roberts Road … as soon as the vegetation gets a foothold and begins to grow – we will have another DYNAMIC small park and numerous footpaths around the lake!!!!  [please note – the vegetation has just been planted, needs time to establish and begin to grow; so we will not have any organized activities in this area for a while – but … check it out when you can].

For Monday, January 15 @ 9AM, please plan to stay as long as you can to support the community & parks.

We’ll be holding our annual “clean the park”  that elusive plastic trash is usually not next to the easy walking paths, but hidden and away from the beaten path – PLEASE come prepared and dressed for walking in the woods, tall grass and bush areas.

NO rain is in the forecast for next weekend; hopefully the area will dry before Monday.

Martin Luther King day, a day of service, not just a day off (federal, state and school holiday).

Please help us out & please see/post the attached flyer, so that we can maximize the event.

I hope to see you there.

If you’d like to join us, please send me an email @ KPWRoadRaiders@gmail.com 

AND if you have an area of our community neglected by VDOT or sidewalks and Parks that need special attention, please let me know!

Any questions or concerns, please let me know.  

Tom McCook

703.839.5205

kpwroadraiders@gmail.com, 

2.  TREE AND GROUNDS CARE WORK.  Our Fall 2023 Tree Pruning activity will occur over the next couple of weeks.  Contracted leaf removal for Fall 2023 is complete.  For those who did not take advantage of the visits to move your leaves to common ground please clean your yards and deposit into bags for removal.  

3.  YARD DEBRIS COLLECTION.  Any yard debris you generate now should be placed out with regular trash.  Our contractor recommends placing yard debris into your trash containers to ensure the debris gets picked up during the next two months.  Regular Yard Debris collection will resume on March 6, 2024.

4.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING; TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2024; 7:00 PM; VIRTUAL.  The monthly board meeting will be conducted via the RingCentral virtual meeting framework. For the virtual meeting information, see the website under ‘Meetings’, select the year (2024), then the meeting (20240116). Document #01-1 contains the information to join the meeting.

5.  2024 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE AND ASSESSMENT TIMELINE.  As presented at the Annual Meeting, the Annual Assessment for 2024 has increased to $440.00 per quarter due on the first day of each quarterly assessment period – the first quarter’s payment was due on January 1st. The 2024 Assessment Notice and the Quarterly Assessment Timeline have been mailed/emailed to you and may also be found on the website – link provided above in the Seasonal Links section.

6.  COLD WEATHER PREPARATION.  With the change of weather occurring next week on us, I thought I’d keep this item in for one more message.  Check the November newsletter for an article on this important subject.  Each year there are challenges faced by homeowners – consider taking the identified steps to take to be prepared for winter and limit potential damage to your home. The PWCA snow policy is posted on the website and is linked above in the Seasonal Links section; please read and understand it before any snow emergency might be declared for the Community.  If/when snow or ice storms occur all residents are requested to shovel and de-ice the sidewalks in front of your home. Help your neighbors and your community by assisting others if needed, clearing around fire hydrants, and clearing the mail boxes

7.  BRADDOCK ROAD STOP SIGN AND MESSAGE BOARD, POOL PARKING LOT STOP SIGN.  We are awaiting better weather to repair the stop signs and message board.

Enjoy your day – hope to see you on Monday!

Regards,

Mark

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REMINDER – NO TRASH COLLECTION TODAY

All – a reminder that all services are postponed ONE DAY for the next two weeks.  I’ve attached the item from the previous President Message and it’s also posted on both of the entrance signs.

Regards,

Mark

5.  HOLIDAY TRASH, RECYCLING, AND CHRISTMAS TREE PICKUP/YARD WASTE SCHEDULE.  Each trash or recycling day will change for the weeks of Christmas and New Years. All pickups are delayed one day for those two weeks.  See below for specific dates.

CHRISTMAS WEEK:
Wednesday, December 27, 2023:  Trash Pickup #1
Thursday, December 28, 2023:  Recycling Pickup
Saturday, December 30, 2023:  Trash Pickup #2

NEW YEARS WEEK:
Wednesday, January 3, 2024:  Trash Pickup #1
Thursday, January 4, 2024:  Recycling Pickup and Christmas Tree Collection #1
Saturday, January 6, 2024:  Trash Pickup #2

Christmas trees will be collected on THURSDAY during the first week of January and on WEDNESDAY (January 10, 2024) during the second week of January.  All trees must be placed on the curb with all tinsel/decorations removed and trees should not be placed in plastics bags.  See the website for further details.