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

ECC Trash and Recycling Meeting at 6:30PM this evening (Feb 13th), Finance Meeting tomorrow (Feb 14th), and monthly Board Meeting on Feb 21st 

Good afternoon.  Reminder of our upcoming meetings:

1.  ENVIRONMENT SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING, FEBRUARY 13, 2023; 6:30PM; VIRTUAL; FOCUSED ON 2023 TRASH AND RECYCLING COLLECTION CHANGES.   Effective January 1st, all bulk and/or special items incur a fee for pickup.   We will use the RingCentral Meeting framework for this meeting – login information is the same as for the monthly Board meeting.  The Environmental Control Committee sub-group will initially meet as specified above to address changes to our pickup rules to minimize impact to the Association.  As a reminder – based on the 2022 bulk-item analysis I anticipate up to $20,000 non-budgeted Association impacts based on non-attributable bulk item pickups without changes to our current rules.  I advocated for pickup in front of homes at the Annual Meeting which was met with pushback from individuals who lived through the last implementation of this policy.  As such I’ll leave it to the sub-committee to bring up new solutions but without changes to our rules our Members should anticipate increases in costs based on historical trends.  Just one of the bulk dumps from May 2022 would of cost us more than $1,100 dollars – and that was one of many bulk dumps that occurred throughout our community.  Our trash crew elected to take all the items from that dump so we were lucky on that pickup.  I’d like to get whatever trials we want to start initiated by March 2023….

2.  FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING; TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2023; 7:00PM; VIRTUAL.  We will use the RingCentral Meeting framework for this meeting – login information is the same as for the monthly Board meeting.  The February 2023 Finance Committee Meeting will focus on the re-rolling of maturing CDs in our fund ladders.

3.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING; TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2023; 7:00PM; VIRTUAL.  The February board meeting will be conducted via the RingCentral virtual meeting framework. See the website under ‘Meetings’, select the year (2023), then the meeting (02 – 20230221). Document #01-1 contains the information to join the meeting.

Enjoy your evening.

Regards,


Mark

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

Good afternoon.  Please see below for 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

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

Newsletters:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1e3sSwLuvg3GlRM6oGY_bylxPtVRFeJwJ?usp=share_link

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

SEASONAL LINKS:
2022 – 2023 Snow Removal Policy:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gtAkDqOQlg3InT0bmEnm6rrHYRaQrdnr/view?usp=sharing

2023 Pool Application:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X5vE-ynAfWoDrMIIYwTpEgVq7obm8MtE/view?usp=share_link

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.  MLK DAY OF SERVICE REVIEW.  Thank you to those who participated in the day of service!  Not sure if any of our residents went down to Rabbit Branch Park but a team of 8 people from other parts of Kings Park West crossed Roberts Road and helped me cleanup our naturalized area located behind the pool house.  We collected multiple bags of trash from the stream bed and surrounding area.  To all those who showed up – appreciate your efforts!

2.  TREE AND GROUNDS CARE WORK.  The 2022 Bartlett Crew Day just finished – they worked on multiple , but not all, of the areas marked out for them.  The remaining areas will  roll over to future work on the property.  DCP-tasked Fall 2022 Tree Removal work remains ongoing and is awaiting colder or drier weather to reduce impact to the turf where they will be operating.  The Spring 2023 Arbor Care work will occur over the next two months.

3.  FEBRUARY 2023 NEWSLETTER.  The latest edition of the Park West Pages is published and available on our website.  If you would like a hard copy there will be a limited number available for pickup from either the Communications Committee or the Hospitality Committee once they are printed by our vendor. 

4.  ENVIRONMENT SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING, FEBRUARY 13, 2023; 6:30PM; VIRTUAL; 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 will initially meet as specified above to address changes to our pickup rules to minimize impact to the Association.  As a reminder – based on the 2022 bulk-item analysis I anticipate up to $20,000 non-budgeted Association impacts based on non-attributable bulk item pickups without changes to our current rules.  I advocated for pickup in front of homes at the Annual Meeting which was met with pushback from individuals who lived through the last implementation of this policy.  As such I’ll leave it to the sub-committee to bring up new solutions but without changes to our rules our Members should anticipate increases in costs based on historical trends.  Just one of the bulk dumps from May 2022 would of cost us more than $1,100 dollars – and that was one of many bulk dumps that occurred throughout our community.  Our trash crew elected to take all the items from that dump so we were lucky on that pickup.  I’d like to get whatever trials we want to start initiated by March 2023….

5.  FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING; TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2023; 7:00PM; VIRTUAL.  The February 2023 Finance Committee Meeting will focus on the re-rolling of maturing CDs in our fund ladders.

6.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING; TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2023; 7:00PM; VIRTUAL.  The February board meeting will be conducted via the RingCentral virtual meeting framework. See the website under ‘Meetings’, select the year (2023), then the meeting (02 – 20230221). Document #01-1 contains the information to join the meeting.

7.  POOL SEASON, 2023. We are less than 4 months away from our pool opening for the season. The February newsletter contains the Pool Application and it may be found on our website.  See link listed above.  We are also planning to make available an online form this season but it is not ready yet – I’ll inform you once it’s available. 

8.  RESIDENT OWNER AND NON-RESIDENT OWNER PARKING PERMIT (HANGTAG) RENEWALS.  Our annual owner guest (“hangtag”) permit renewal will occur in April 2023.  See the newsletter for additional information.  Specific dates will be disseminated after the February Board Meeting.  Owners with questions may call or email the Parking Committee Chair for further information.

I hope you are enjoying this warmer-than-normal season.  Don’t let your guard down but the trees and daffodils are already readying for Spring arrivals…

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