Category: President Message

Good evening to all. A few additions and some repeats tonight for
everyone:

1. PERMIT PARKING PASS DISTRIBUTION (RESIDENT OWNERS and NON-RESIDENT OWNERS ONLY):
— Thanks to those who picked up their passes last weekend. The second and last official distribution window will be TOMORROW (Saturday, April 13th) between 10:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. at the Pool Parking Lot.
— TENANT PERMITS ARE NOT IMPACTED.
— We are down to four owners who have not submitted their applications in at this time. Those owners should be ready to request temporary permits from your local parking official or park off community property until you provide the application, allow for the process to occur, and obtain your new permits. Registrations are requested with the applications to ease the issuance process – if you elect to bring your registrations on the 13th and the vehicle registration address and name does not synchronize with the owners’ information exactly you may have to set up a specific time with the Underwoods to pick up your permits.
— EFFECTIVE MAY 1st – ANY VEHICLE WITH A GREEN PERMIT WILL BE TOWED AS THOSE PERMITS WILL BE EXPIRED.

2. TOT LOT AND SURROUNDING AREA CLEAN-UP. SATURDAY, APRIL 20th, 8:30 A.M.:
The area around the tot lot needs some work prior to the children hunting for Easter Eggs. Please consider giving some of your time to clean these areas. We will meet at 8:30 A.M. at the tot lot – trash bags will be supplied.

3. EASTER EGG HUNT. SATURDAY APRIL 20th, 11:00 A.M.:
Our first social event of the year! The event will occur on Saturday, April 20th, from 11:00 A.M. to around 1:00 P.M., at the Tot Lot. Children under the age of 12 are invited to participate in the hunt. Snacks and drinks will be provided, if anyone wanted to contribute food for the event some Easter-themed cookies would be appreciated.
Volunteers to help set up the event would be even more greatly appreciated – setup will occur at 9:30 A.M. at the Tot Lot. Flyer may be found on our website.

4. ROAD RAIDERS CLEANUP EVENT TOMORROW, APRIL 13th, 7:30 A.M.

From Road Raiders:
Rain or shine … we can clean up for 30 minutes! I hope to see you
there!!

Folks,

Hello, we are planning to clean up Rabbit Branch Park on Tapestry Dr
this Saturday morning.

0715 Coffee & Donuts
0730-0800 Clean-up period
0800 Group photo & on to the rest of your day
After a great 30 minutes of community spirit and making our community a little bit better!

Purpose: Clean up the park for both trash and plastics. There might be small amount of gardening to do; if you want to support.

Equipment needed:
1. Trash bags, gloves
2. Rakes, clippers

We need VOLUNTEERS with garbage bags & gloves.
PLEASE pass this email to friends, neighbors, Scouts & Students.

Robinson Students – happy to support your need of service hours!!

Recommend you park on Tapestry near the Rabbit Branch park sign.
Any questions, please let me know.

Thanks as always to the many volunteers and to Sue & Judy for the
donuts!!

Cheers,
Tom McCook
703 839 5205

Now the regular section: Please consider joining these broader community initiatives. They occur each month – speak to Matt Strain or myself for more information. The Spring Parks & Lake clean up at Royal Lake and Lakeside parks will be Saturday April 27th. Flyer on the website.

5. POOL SEASON AND APPLICATIONS
Multiple projects will be occurring at the pool over the next SIX weeks. With Joan’s passing we REALLY need people to step forward to help with the social aspects of the pool operations. Please contact pool@parkwestcommunity.org or social@parkwestcommunity.org if you can give some time to help your community. If you have not, please send your application in. Application forms may be found on the website and an online form will also be available for you this year.

Enjoy your Friday evening,

Regards,

Mark

Good morning to all. Here’s several items coming up I’d like to make you aware of:

1. PERMIT PARKING PASS DISTRIBUTION (RESIDENT OWNERS and NON-RESIDENT OWNERS ONLY):
   — The new PWCA owners’ parking permits will be distributed between 1:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M. this Sunday, April 7, 2019 and between 10:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the Pool Parking Lot.
   — TENANT PERMITS ARE NOT IMPACTED.
   — We still have several owners who have not submitted their applications in at this time. Those owners should be ready to request temporary permits from your local parking official or park off community property until you provide the application, allow for the process to occur, and obtain your new permits. Registrations are requested with the applications to ease the issuance process – if you elect to bring your registrations on the 7th and the vehicle registration address and name does not synchronize with the owners’ information exactly you may be asked to return on the 13th to pick up your permits.
   — EFFECTIVE MAY 1st – ANY VEHICLE WITH A GREEN PERMIT WILL BE TOWED AS THOSE PERMITS WILL BE EXPIRED.
2. TOT LOT AND SURROUNDING AREA CLEAN-UP. SATURDAY, APRIL 20th, 8:30 A.M.:
   The area around the tot lot needs some work prior to the children hunting for Easter Eggs. Please consider giving some of your time to clean these areas. We will meet at 8:30 A.M. at the tot lot – trash bags will be supplied.
3. EASTER EGG HUNT. SATURDAY APRIL 20th, 11:00 A.M.:
   Our first social event of the year! The event will occur on Saturday, April 20th, from 11:00 A.M. to around 1:00 P.M., at the Tot Lot. Children under the age of 12 are invited to participate in the hunt. Snacks and drinks will be provided, if anyone wanted to contribute food for the event some Easter-themed cookies would be appreciated. Volunteers to help set up the event would be even more greatly
   appreciated – setup will occur at 9:30 A.M. at the Tot Lot.
4. ROAD RAIDERS CLEANUP EVENTS
   Please consider joining these broader community initiatives. They occur each month – speak to Matt Strain or myself for more information. The Spring Parks & Lake clean up at Royal Lake and Lakeside parks will be Saturday April 27th.
5. YARD DEBRIS COLLECTION. EVERY WEDNESDAY through DECEMBER.
   The 2019 Wednesday pickup of yard waste began this week (April 3rd). Fairfax County mandates yard waste be placed out in paper bags or in containers marked ‘YARD WASTE’. For brush or limbs; the bundles should be no longer than 4 feet in length, the overall bundle must be less than 2 feet in diameter, and no single limb or piece of brush in the bundle shall be larger than 4 inches in diameter. See our website or http://www.patriotdisposalservices.com for further information.
6. POOL SEASON AND APPLICATIONS
   Multiple projects will be occurring at the pool over the next seven weeks. With Joan’s passing we REALLY need people to step forward to help with the social aspects of the pool operations. Please contact pool@parkwestcommunity.org or social@parkwestcommunity.org if you can give some time to help your community. If you have not, please send your application in. Application forms may be found on the website and an online form will also be available for you this year.
7. COMMUNITY SECURITY
   With the warmer weather upon us you’ll be opening windows and such – please remember to secure your vehicles and homes. We have not had any major issues with break-ins recently but I wanted to remind everyone to keep your assets locked and thereby prevent a thief from having an easy opportunity. As a reminder, the Police non-emergency number is (703) 691-2131 to report any suspicious activity or break-ins. Also consider leaving your porch lights on throughout the night.

Enjoy your Friday and weekend,

Regards,

Mark

Good morning. Too many things on my plate so I missed two other items in yesterday’s email.

1. YARD WASTE COLLECTION: will start next week. For those new to our community, during the season between March/April and December Fairfax County also mandates a yard waste collection service. This occurs on Wednesday (first pickup April 3rd) and usually runs through December with the following two Wednesdays in January for Christmas tree pickup. Fairfax County mandates yard waste be placed out in paper bags or in containers marked ‘YARD WASTE’. For brush or limbs; the bundles should be no longer than 4 feet in length, the overall bundle must be less than 2 feet in diameter, and no single limb or piece of brush in the bundle shall be larger than 4 inches in diameter. See our website or http://www.patriotdisposalservices.com for further information.

2. VOLUNTEER LANDSCAPING PROJECT: SATURDAY, MARCH 30th, 8AM, Braddock Road entrance. Keeping our community well kept takes work. We use volunteer projects to augment our paid support contracts, thereby allowing us to make the best use of our funds. On Saturday morning we plan to sod an area at the Carriagepark Road bus stop and split some of our large grasses and replant them in other areas of our community. The work should take no longer than two hours – amount of work accomplished is dependent on how many volunteers we get out. Shovels, gloves, and another wheelbarrow would be appreciated…

Thanks for bearing with me two days in a row to read this message…

Regards,

Mark

Good evening to all. Several items for your consideration and potential
action tonight.

1. PERMIT PARKING RENEWALS: For Resident and Non-Resident Owners. The new PWCA owners’ parking permits will be distributed between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 7, 2019 and between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the Pool Parking Lot. TENANT PERMITS ARE NOT IMPACTED. A postcard has been mailed to you with additional information. There are 30+ resident owners who have not submitted at least their applications in at this time. EFFECTIVE MAY 1st – ANY VEHICLE WITH A GREEN PERMIT WILL BE TOWED AS THOSE PERMITS WILL BE EXPIRED. If you have not submitted at least your application in – please do so AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. You are at risk to not have new permits ready for you in time – if that is the case you will either need to get temporary visitor permits or park off community property until you obtain your new permits. Registrations are requested with the applications to ease the issuance process – if you elect to bring your registrations on the 7th and the vehicle registration address and name does not synchronize with the owners’ information exactly you may be asked to return on the 13th to pick up your permits.

2. 2019 SPRING TREE WORK: is in final stages. Sod will be placed over the stump locations. If you are near those locations we are looking for volunteers to potentially water the sod. The Association will supply a flow meter and all equipment to water the sod. Please contact either president@parkwestcommunity.org or environment@parkwestcommunity.org if you are open to help.

3. ROAD RAIDERS CLEANUP EVENTS: please consider joining these broader community initiatives. They occur each month – speak to Matt Strain or myself for more information. The Spring Parks & Lake clean up at Royal Lake and Lakeside parks will be Saturday April 27th.

4. EAGLE SCOUT PROJECTS: Should any of you know aspiring Eagle Scouts, the Association has several projects that would fit the requirements. Please contact president@parkwestcommunity.org if you are interested.

5. POOL SEASON: multiple projects will be occurring at the pool over the next two months. With Joan’s passing we REALLY need people to step forward to help with the social aspects of the pool operations. Please contact pool@parkwestcommunity.org or social@parkwestcommunity.org if you can give some time to help your community.

6. EASTER EGG HUNT: will occur on April 20th from 11AM to 1PM. I’ll include the flyer in the next message or see the website. There will be a cleanup event staged that morning – more information to follow.

Have a great evening!

Regards,

Mark

Good evening to you all. This update mainly concerns the parking permit renewals for those effected. I’ve also kept the other upcoming items as reminders for you.

1. PERMIT PARKING PASS RENEWALS: For Resident and Non-Resident Owners. Your form is due TOMORROW – February 28th. The Parking Committee has been reminding individuals that a hard copy is needed for this renewal. This form can be mailed or placed in their entry door. We are targeting a mid-April dissemination of passes. Tenants, you are NOT impacted by this update. The letter explaining the details of the process may be found in the “FEBRUARY 2019 NEWSLETTER AND INSERTS” post.

2. ACC INSPECTION: is planned to occur on March 9th. Please consider volunteering a few hours of your time to accompany one of the inspection teams and learn some of the processes we use to help keep our community looking great.

3. SPRING TREE WORK: the first phase is complete. The second phase will occur 11-13 March. Those impacted will get a letter in their door(s) before that time if their assigned spaces are impacted. For visitor and curb parking, those areas will be signed and taped off the day prior. If you park a car in a no parking zone at the times specified on the notices your vehicle will be relocated and relocation fee charged to your account. This covers all parking spaces in the community (assigned and non-assigned).

4. ROAD RAIDERS CLEANUP EVENTS: please consider helping us and the greater Kings Park West activities through the following. We’ll be cleaning up our land on Tapestry Drive adjacent to Roberts Road and part of the Rabbit Branch park on March 9th from 7:15AM – 8:00AM. Additionally, the Spring Parks and Lake cleanup at Royal Lake will occur on April 27th.

5. NEW WEBSITE: Lastly, as several noted, there was a extra character in the link I provided last time. Our website is: https://www.parkwestcommunity.org That’s three ‘w’s…

Thanks for taking to time to read this, have a great evening.

Regards,

Mark