Recycling

I have made a terrible mistake! I just reread Republic's Holiday schedule.

Republic will be picking up WVC recycling tomorrow, December 30.

I am so sorry!  Thank you Jim Traylor!

Bobbie

SECOND LEAF PICKUP SCHEDULE UPDATE

CARDINAL WILL BE WORKING IN THE CLUSTER ON MONDAY DECEMBER 18 AND TUESDAY DECEMBER 19.

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IMPORTANT NOTE:  CLUSTER COMMON AREAS ADJACENT TO THE STREAM VALLEY AND TO THE CLOSED RA PATH, WHICH ARE NOT ACCESSABLE TO CARDINAL TRUCK AND LEAF REMOVAL EQUIPMENT, WILL BE CLEARED UPON COMPLETION OF THE STREAM RENOVATION.

COMPLETION OF STEAM VALLEY RENOVATION IS ANTICIPATED MID-TO-LATE JANUARY 2018, (WEATHER PERMITTING). THE WORK IS CURRENTLY ON SCHEDULE.

Leaf Pick up rescheduled

WATERVIEW CLUSTER RESIDENTS

DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS, SECOND/LAST LEAF PICKUP HAS BEEN DELAYED TO WEEK OF DECEMBER 18TH.  DAYS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Just a friendly reminder

Please Avoid Using Rock Salt on Cluster Sidewalks and Pathways

Rock salt is incredibly damaging to concrete surfaces. With the advent of winter weather, the Cluster Board would like to urge you to consider alternatives to rock salt as a means of controlling snow and ice near your house. Rock salt is not only damaging to concrete, it also can have significant adverse effects on pets and plants. Here are the recommended alternatives, in order of preference:

1. Sand

2. Pet-friendly products, such as Safe Paw (see below)

3. Magnesium chloride

4. Potassium chloride

5. Calcium chloride

Stream update

Please find the below listed items discussed at today’s site meeting. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns regarding these minutes. So far things are progressing well and I am happy with the communication within the team.

Schedule

·         Weekly meetings will continue to be held at the stock pile area weekly on Wednesdays at 8:30;

·         Orange fence and construction entrance are installed;

·         Clearing is completed;

·         Stream Construction 12/1-1/31/18. Second crew the week of 12/4. Construction will commence at the top of the main channel on 12/1 and in tributary 1 the week of 12/4;

·         Equipment and material deliveries to commence immediately.

Site Access

·         No issues with parking or community at this time. Ongoing communication will be necessary as the project progresses with the HOA liaisons.  

·         Orange fence will be strung across construction entrance when construction is NOT active, to prevent pedestrian traffic.

Clearing

·         Discussed again- T38662 (holly on the upstream side of the confluence of main stem and trib 3) to remain if possible. We will revisit as construction gets closer to this tree. The flagging was removed today to prevent premature removal;

·         Karen and Charlie requested to keep a group of small hollies along the right bank of trib 3 if at all possible. We will revisit as construction gets closer to these trees.

General

·         A work order for removal of the light along the trail has been placed. Bob Hayler is the POC. Work has been scheduled;

·         TDS will remove the garbage can along the trail at the top of the site and replace after construction is complete;

·         The first contractor on site in the morning is responsible for closing the gates along the pedestrian pathways and the last contractor to leave the site for the day is responsible to open the gates in the evening;

·         WSSI provided PPE for HOA liaisons’ during construction meetings. It is best if they do not enter the site during construction for safety reasons;

·         Bridge permits are still in county review but we still anticipate installation in early January. I will provide the HOA with the maintenance and projected life of bridges for future maintenance budgeting;

·         The current alignment of the step pool at station 11+10 will result in a portion of the left bank of the structure will be on Sunderbriar property. A request to adjust the pool to the right was made to keep the activity off the Sunderbriar property.

·         Design team will review restoration activity at station 10+00 - 10+35 main stem due to proximity of ornamental tree;

·         The concrete at the construction entrance has a crack, that was present prior to construction activities. This concrete will likely be replaced at the end of the project due to construction traffic;

·         TCOT is working with Waterview Cluster to have several trees removed off site. Rick will coordinate with TDS for access to these trees through Lake Anne West construction site. This work should be done sooner than later.

Have a good evening.

Jason

Final Clusterwide Leaf Pickup

SECOND / LAST LEAF PICKUP of 2017: 

MONDAY and TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 AND 12

If you'd like your leaves picked up at this time, please rake them into piles either in the street along the curb or to common areas, but be careful not to pile them at storm drains.

AFTER THIS SECOND and FINAL SCHEDULED LEAF PICKUPON DECEMBER 11 AND 12, RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BAG THEIR LEAVES AND PUT AT CURBSIDE FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED WEDNESDAY YARD WASTE PICKUP. 

RESIDENTS ARE NOT TO LEAVE UNBAGGED LEAVES ON CLUSTER COMMON AREAS. THEY WILL NOT BE PICKED UP!

Stream Renovation Update

Please find the below listed items discussed at today’s site meeting. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns regarding these minutes. So far things are progressing well and I am happy with the communication within the team.

Schedule

·        Weekly meetings will continue to be held at the stock pile area weekly on Wednesdays at 8:30. We will not have a meeting on November 22^nd.

·        Work will not occur on site November 23 or 24 due to the Thanksgiving Holiday

·        Orange fence and construction entrance are installed;

·        Clearing upstream of the construction entrance and tributary are complete. Completion anticipated November 29^th.

·        Stream Construction 11/27-1/31/18.

Site Access

·        No issues with parking or community at this time. Ongoing communication will be necessary as the project progresses with the HOA liaisons.  

·        TDS will install a 4’ gate at the Tributary 3 bridge

Clearing

·        Discussed again- T38662 (holly on the upstream side of the confluence of main stem and trib 3) to remain if possible. We will revisit as construction gets closer to this tree. The flagging was removed today to prevent premature removal;

·        Karen and Charlie requested to keep a group of small hollies along the right bank of trib 3 if at all possible. We will revisit as construction gets closer to these trees;

·        TCOT is to repair orange fence damaged during clearing operations.

General

·        A work order for removal of the light along the trail has been placed. Bob Hayler is the POC; Meeting to be held November 16^th at 1:00.

·        TDS will remove the garbage can along the trail at the top of the site and replace after construction is complete;

·        The first contractor on site in the morning is responsible for closing the gates along the pedestrian pathways and the last contractor to leave the site for the day is responsible to open the gates in the evening;

·        WSSI provided PPE for HOA liaisons’ during construction meetings. It is best if they do not enter the site during construction for safety reasons.

·        Bridge permits are still in county review but we still anticipate installation in early January. I will provide the HOA with the maintenance and projected life of bridges for future maintenance budgeting.

·        Rick will consider providing additional pieces of equipment to aid the clearing operation in the removal of felled logs chipper.

·        TDS will have a Porta potty delivered to the site this week.

Happy Thanksgiving!

John P. Connelly, PWS, CPESC |Manager-Restoration

ISA Certified Arborist MA-4857A

No trash service on Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

Just a reminder that there will be no trash service on Thanksgiving Day.
Please refrain from putting your trash and recycling at the curb until Sunday evening
the 26th of November.  Our neighbors and their guests thank you in advance.

Thank you.

October 2017 BOD Minutes

Here is a link to the October Minutes of the board meeting.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ksSpGk7fcV_1hEQ6mVKe47CH1FQkBoUi/view?usp=sharing

November Board Meeting

The Waterview Cluster Board of Directors will meet at 11463 Waterview on Monday, November 13, 2017  at 7:00 PM.

Updates

IMPORTANT CHANGE IN FUTURE POSTINGS FOR LEAF PICKUP SCHEDULES AND FOR STREAM RENOVATION UPDATES. THESE WILL ONLY BE POSTED AT:   waterviewcluster.org

Notice of this change is being posted  to Yahoo group list.  Please pass this along to any neighbors you know who may not be on the yahoo group list as they may not have received this information.

FIRST LEAF PICKUP: November 16 and 17, Thursday and Friday of next week. If you'd like your leaves picked up, please rake them into piles either in the street along the curb or to common areas, but be careful not to pile them at storm drains.

SECOND LEAF PICKUP: Dates TBD  in early to mid-December.  Exact dates for this pickup will be posted as soon as they are available but only on the cluster website. 

Minutes of Stream Restoration meeting

Please find the below listed items discussed at today’s site meeting. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns regarding these minutes.

Schedule

·         Orange fence and construction entrance are installed;

·         Clearing has begun and is anticipated until 11/29 (Staging area, Trib 1 and top of main stem to be completed first);

·         Stream Construction 11/20-1-1/18/18.

Site Access

·         1 parking spot adjacent to Construction Entrance will need to be reserved/ blocked off. No complaints as of the time of the meeting.

Clearing

·         T38662 (holly on the upstream side of the confluence of main stem and trib 3) to remain if at all possible. We will revisit as construction gets closer to this tree. The flagging was removed today to prevent premature removal;

·         Karen and Charlie requested to keep a group of small hollies along the right bank of trib 3 if at all possible. We will revisit as construction gets closer to these trees;

·         TCOT is to repair orange fence damaged during clearing operations.

General

·         A work order for removal of the light along the trail has been placed. Bob Hayler is the POC;

·         RA pathway crew will no longer be maintaining the trail within the LOD;

·         TDS will remove the garbage can along the trail at the top of the site and replace after construction is complete;

·         RA has placed trail closed signs but, will be adding additional language;

·         The first contractor on site in the morning is responsible for closing the gates along the pedestrian pathways and the last contractor to leave the site for the day is responsible to open the gates in the evening;

·         WSSI/RA to provide PPE for HOA liaisons’ during construction meetings.

Jason Beeler ISA Certified Arborist MA-5442A, PWS, CPESC, CESSWI, CISEC

Principal Restoration Specialist/Assistant Manager

Stream Renovation Update

Waterview Cluster Stream Renovation Update

October 30, 2017

On Friday Oct 27 Charlie and Karen (liaisons) met on site with WSSI and Nicki Belleza, RA Watershed Manager. We reviewed the white-ribbon staked areas, which did not reflect changes made after the original plan was produced. We also reviewed requests for modifications that would preserve valuable trees, and discussed plant rescue for which we needed RA assistance. Final marking of tree-save areas, reflecting updated and requested changes, will be done this week of Oct 30^th. Those markings will be made using orange snow fencing, which will better protect the save areas during construction. Plant rescue will also be done week of Oct 30^th in cooperation with RA.

TAKE NOTE: Clearing is scheduled to begin week of November 6^th and is anticipated to take a couple of weeks. Reston pathway running along the stream will be marked by RA sandwich boards as closed. Please take other routes.

If you have questions contact

Karen Noel: knowitt@comcast.net  or

Charlie Saunders: chasbsaunders@gmail.com 

Thank you one and all

WATERVIEW CLUSTER VOLUNTEERS,

TAKE A BOW !!  WE ARE LOOKING GOOD !!

 

FALL ’17 WORKDAY STATS:

 

All 5 planned projects, completed beyond expectation

 

10’s of contractor bags and yard waste containers, filled for regular yard waste pickup

 

3 piled-high truckloads of debris, delivered to the dump

 

Piles of over-sized debris, too big for trucks or bags, left for Care of Trees to chip and take away

 

FALL ’17 WORKDAY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

 

 HUGE THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME OUT, WORKED HARD, AND ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH.

 

Thanks to Project Leaders for their work and guidance: Charlie Saunders, Raj Banga, Judy Over, Debbie Seret, and Bobbie Kennedy

 

Special thanks to Bill Barber and his truck and making 2 trips to the dump, and to Karen Wilkens for making 1 trip in a rented Uhaul

 

Thanks to Bobbie Kennedy for breakfast setup

 

Thanks to ALL who brought side dishes to the picnic and to Steve Over, grill master

 

Thanks to Peter Deahl, visiting master arborist and pruner, for his expertise and advice where we needed expert assistance

 

Thanks, in advance, to All Offerers of work on projects outside of workday 

REPUBLIC HOLIDAY TRASH SCHEDULE

Mark Your Calendars!

The 2017-18 Holiday schedule will be as follows:

Thanksgiving – Thursday, November 23rd

·         All communities that are serviced on both Monday and Thursday for trash will be serviced on the next service day, Monday, November 27^th. 

Recycling will  be picked up Monday, November 27.

Christmas – Monday, December 25th

·         All communities that are serviced on both Monday and Thursday for trash will be serviced on their next service day, Thursday, December 28^th. 

·         This week begins the off season and all yard waste will now be serviced with the trash 

New Years – Monday, January 1st

·         All communities that are serviced on both Monday and Thursday for trash will be serviced on the next service day, Thursday, January 4^th.

·         All communities that are serviced on Monday for recycling will be serviced on Saturday, January 6^th (for recycling only).

Christmas Trees -

·         Communities with regular yard waste service on Monday or Tuesday will receive Christmas tree pickup on Saturday, January 6^th and 13^th.

·         All other communities will receive Christmas tree pickup on their regularly scheduled yard waste service day during the 1^st two weeks in January.

The information provided in this email will supersede any additional notification you may receive. 

Happy Holiday’s from your Republic Services HOA Team.

FALL WORKDAY REMINDER

FALL WORKDAY REMINDER

Saturday October 21^st 

 

SCHEDULE

 

8:30  AM                    Coffee and “continental breakfast” at the marina

 

9:00  AM                    Join workday Project Leaders

 

12:30  PM                  Hot dogs on the grill and bring a side dish to enjoy with neighbors

 

PROJECT LEADERS

           

Charlie Saunders: Woodland regrowth above OL trash pick-up area

Project:                      Remove flagged young trees; desirable trees will remain

 

Raj Banga:               Woodland border across from OL 1114 through 11452

Project:                      Remove flagged exotic invasives and vines growing up tree trunks                                     (ivy, euonomus and Virginia creeper)

 

Judy Over:                Woodland border along Tot Lot and playfield.

Project:                     Remove flagged exotic invasives and vines growing up tree trunks                                     (ivy, euonomus and Virginia creeper)

 

Debbie Seret:          Woodland border from marina to WV11437

Project:                     Remove flagged exotic invasives and vines growing up tree trunks

 

Bobbie Kennedy:   Woodland border from marina to WV11437

                                    Remove flagged exotic invasives and vines growing up tree trunks

 

Karen Noel:              Throughout the Cluster

Project:                     General pruning, weeding, assisting

 

Prepare:                    Work clothes and shoes, long pants and sleeves recommended

Bring gloves and gardening tools

 

 

SPECIAL NOTICE TO CARPORT USERS: Please tidy your carports and remember wood storage is fire hazard not allowed.

 

Rain Day: Sunday October 22^nd

 

October BOD Agenda

Waterview Cluster Association

Regular Board of Directors Meeting

Monday October 2, 2017 7:00 PM

AGENDA   

1.      Call to Order & Welcome - Karen Wilkens

2.      Approve September meeting minutes

3.      Capital Improvements - Charlie Saunders

4.      Stream Restoration – Charlie Saunders and Karen Noel

5.      Landscape Report – Karen Noel

6.      Covenants Committee – Tiffany Lockhart

7.      Fall Workday

8.      December Public Meeting

9.      Next Meeting Date

10.   Adjourn