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

Reminder for all Vehicles parked on the Property

All – good morning. Our first mow of the season is ongoing.

For those who have concrete to the curb – this message is not applicable for you.

For our parking spaces that have a grass verge between the sidewalk and curb, please ensure your vehicle bumper (and oftentimes the vehicles themselves) are not overhanging the curb to allow our edgers and trimmer to take care of that specific grass verge area. Historically this isn’t much of an issue since many of our vehicles are gone to work on mow days.

Thank you for helping our mowing crew care for our property.

Regards,

Mark

PWCA Information for Members and Residents (March 2020, Message #3)

Good afternoon to all:

As I’m sure most of you know by now, our Governor has issued a stay-at-home order effective immediately. This order is in effect through June 10 and may be extended or rescinded by another executive order.

As currently reported, Fairfax County and Fairfax City have 2 of the 25 deaths and 225 of the 1,020 cases (positive test results) in the state. This cases number includes 37 additional cases reported today.

See http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/ for state-wide analysis and guidance.
See https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/covid19/ for county-specific information and guidance.

ITEMS FOR YOUR AWARENESS:

  1. ACC SPRING 2020 INSPECTION. Postponed until further notice.
  2. TOT LOT AND BASKETBALL COURT. Closed until further notice.
  3. LENDING LIBRARY PATIO. Closed until further notice. All the books that were in the library have been removed and disposed of. Please do not put any of your personal books in the library.
  4. COMMON AREAS. Closed until further notice.
  5. YARD WASTE. Collection will occur on April 1st. Collection will then be suspended until further notice. The County requests you mulch your grass.
  6. BULK TRASH PICKUP. Suspended until further notice. Bulk items include furniture, mattresses, construction debris, or any other large item that would normally be collected with a rear-load trash truck.
  7. GLASS RECYCLING (PURPLE CONTAINERS) SUPPORT. Suspended until further notice. Containers will be removed from existing locations throughout Fairfax County. Residents can bring glass to containers at the I-66 transfer station or glass can be placed in the trash.
  8. FAIRFAX COUNTY DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENTS. Postponed until further notice.
  9. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING FOR APRIL (AND MOST PROBABLY MAY) 2020.
    Held either by the voice conference bridge as employed during the March meeting or by using one of the online meeting platforms. Specifics are under discussion.
  10. 2020 EASTER EGG HUNT. Canceled for this year.
  11. RESIDENT OWNER AND NON-RESIDENT OWNER PARKING PERMIT (HANG TAG) RENEWALS. Postponed until further notice.
  12. POOL INFORMATION. Please continue to hand in your pool applications. Our pool management company continues to prepare for a 2020 pool season – time will tell what will actually occur.

I believe that’s it for now. The county website has a large amount of information – I recommend you review the site.

Stay safe and well,

Mark