Good afternoon. Please find my current items of interest for review at your convenience…..
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 and Associated Information: 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/
2026 J&J Individual Home Maintenance Program: https://parkwestcommunity.org/our-environment/
2026 Pool Documents: https://parkwestcommunity.org/pool/
INFORMATION ITEMS:
1. RESIDENT OWNER AND NON-RESIDENT OWNER HANGTAG TOWING IS ONGOING. Any vehicles using the 2025-2026 resident owner or non-resident owner hangtags (green background, white lettering, expiration date 4/30/2026) will be towed from the community. I recommend you have your visitors park their vehicle off property until the next regularly scheduled parking pass distribution window. Owners with questions may call or email the Parking Committee Chair for further information.
2. GRADUATION EVENTS AT EAGLEBANK ARENA, MAY 12,2026 THROUGH JUNE 17, 2026. Graduation season is here and we will see increased traffic impacts on our roads. Please see our website or the May 2026 Park West Pages for the list of the 44 graduations planned. Anticipate major traffic delays before and after each event so plan accordingly when you travel from/to our community.
3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING; TUESDAY; MAY 19, 2026; 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 (2026), then the meeting (2026-05-19). Document #01-1 contains the information to join the meeting.
4. POOL SEASON, 2026; MAY 23, 2026; 11:00AM. The pool opening day is just under two weeks away! Pool application and entry will again be conducted through PoolEntry, a phone-based system. Please review the Pool Rules for specific information along with additional information found on the website regarding the application and entry system.
5. POOL APPLICATION AND ENTRY SYSTEM, 2026. We plan to use PoolEntry as our phone-based application and entry system again this year. There’s been some challenges with getting the system operational for this season. We have a meeting scheduled for tomorrow that I hope will operationalize the system for you. Here’s some parameters that I think will be used for the season.
– For our resident-owner families that participated last year, you should be able to verify your information from last season, update as needed, and submit without having to accomplish the remainder of the steps.
– For our renters and any resident-owners that did not complete the application in 2025, you will complete all the steps (required information, picture, and for our renters, the current lease information).
– Guest passes will operate as they did last year They are digital and issued per home with the approved application. Additional guest passes will be available for purchase through the application at a reduced cost of $2.00 per pass. The system will charge you a fee for the transaction – by reducing the cost per pass we keep your actual cost a little under the $3.00 per pass we charged under our previous system.
– We will possibly trial a new way to conduct pool party reservations through a new capability in the system. For now please utilize the existing form for any reservation – found at the last two pages of the Community Rules, Pool section.
6. POOL OPERATING HOURS; 2026 SEASON HOURS. Our hours are normal for this season.
Opening Day – End of Fairfax County Public School Year (June 17, 2026)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 1:00PM – 8:00PM
Thursday: 1:00PM – 9:00PM
Saturday: 11:00AM – 9:00PM
Sunday: 11:00AM – 8:00PM
Exception – for any Holiday, the pool will open at 10:00AM (i.e. Memorial Day; Monday, May 25, 2026 )
Regular Summer Hours (from June 18, 2026 to Labor Day, September 7, 2026)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday: 11:00AM – 8:00PM
Thursday, Saturday: 11:00AM – 9:00PM
Exception – for any Holiday, the pool will open at 10:00AM
Weekend after Labor Day (September 12, 2026 and September 13, 2026)
Saturday: 11:00AM – 7:00PM
Sunday: 11:00AM – 6:00PM
7. PARK WEST PAGES, MAY 2026 EDITION. The May 2026 edition of Park West Pages has been released – please see the website for the document. There will be some printed copies available at the pool or from the Hospitality Committee.
8. SPRING 2026 TREE WORK. Tree pruning and tree/shrub fertilization requirements are complete. Tree removals are in-work.
9. PWCA COMMUNITY CLEANUP DAY; SATURDAY; APRIL 18, 2026; REVIEW. We had zero participation in the clean-up this year. There are other ways to clean our naturalized areas – just at a cost to the Association and thereby to all Members of the Association.
10. INDIVIDUAL GROUNDS CARE OFFER FROM J&J LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT, APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 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.
11. SOCIAL COMMITTEE REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEERS. Those residents who have had some history in our community will remember some of the social events we staged in the past. These events have fallen on hard times due to a lack of volunteers to plan, prepare, stage, and conduct the events. Contact the Social Committee if you’d be able to take on some of the responsibilities of these events. July 4th is just around the corner – catering orders need to be in as soon as possible to ensure support for the event.
12. GROUNDS CARE REMINDERS. As a reminder, please keep the following items in mind during the growing season. #1 – keep your vehicle bumpers off the curb during mowing days as the crew cannot mow, edge or trim (as appropriate) when your vehicle is parked on top of the turf. #2 – For those of you who have landscaped up to the sidewalk – you are responsible to keep the sidewalk edge nearest your residence clean if the edger cannot be operated safely. #3 – Keep all items stored inside your fence / or your property for those without rear fences. See the ACC and ECC Rules for additional information.
13. COMMUNITY SECURITY. If out-of-the-ordinary events occur and you are concerned for your safety or security please notify the Police non-emergency number (703) 691-2131 to report the occurrence. While we advertise a Neighborhood Watch on our signs there has been a lack of interest in the past to actually set one up. If you are interested in participating please let me know. If we have sufficient interest we will restart the process with the County but not before we see sufficient volunteers to make the effort worthwhile. As always, please consider leaving your porch lights on throughout the night, remember to lock your vehicle doors, and notify the non-emergency number should you experience some kind of security event in the fure.
14. OWNER ACCOUNT PORTAL. This is a recurring topic for many of our owners. Each owner has the ability to access their account through a portal Summit Management offers. To access the portal, please go to our website and select the ‘Living in PWCA’ tab. Scroll down the page to the button ‘Vantaca Owner Login’. If you have not already done so, Vantaca will prompt you to create a login. Once you login you’ll be able to access your owner information to include the status of your account. This also provides an avenue to pay any balances due on the account.
15. OPEN DIRECTOR POSITION. Request your consideration to place your name forward to fill our open Director position. We are looking for people who are invested in making a better community for all who reside here. If you are interested please complete and submit an Application for Candidacy that may be found on our website and is listed above in the links. The Nominating Committee will reach out to you after you complete that step. If you have questions I’m also available to speak with you about more specifics.
16. WEBSITE AND MAIL INSTABILITY. We experienced a multi-day outage on our mail system and our website framework. This seems to have been remediated but for those who noticed and provided feedback I greatly appreciate it. Thank you to our current and one of our previous webmasters for taking the time to troubleshoot, isolate, and remediate the challenge. This is another of our many needs for volunteer support – another direct correlation that reduces the professional support expenses we incur to keep operations ongoing.
Regards,
Mark