Capitol Services
Chosen as Trash and Recycling Contractor
apitol
Services of Virginia has been selected as the Commons trash and recycling
contractor. Capitol currently provides
trash and recycling services to our North and South Fairlington neighbors. Capitol will begin providing recycling
services to the Commons on Wednesday, September 30th and trash
service on Thursday, October 1st.
The
selection of Capitol as our trash and recycling contractor will result in a
number of significant changes, including:
Six-Day Per Week Trash Pickup. Trash will be collected Monday through
Saturday. Trash must be in plastic or
paper bags. The use of trashcans to
place trash out for pickup will not be permitted, and any trashcans placed at
the curb will be collected along with the trash.
Recycling Procedures. Recycling will still be picked up on
Wednesday morning; however, Capitol will place recycling barrels at approximately
18 locations throughout the Commons each Tuesday afternoon for residents to
place recycled items. Paper recyclables
should be placed beside the barrels for pickup.
All other bins including personal containers or those provided by other
trash and recycling contractors that are placed in recycling areas or left in
the general common element will be collected.
Large or Bulk Item Pickup. For the first time, the Commons will have a
regularly scheduled bulk pickup. Large
items will be collected on the first Saturday of each month.
Doggie Depot Service. Capitol will empty and replace the dog waste
collection bag at each of our two Doggie Depots. Commons volunteers will continue to restock
the small, individual pickup bags at the top of the Doggie Depots.
Additional detailed information
regarding our new trash and recycling service is attached to this newsletter
and posted online.
No Warning Parking
Enforcement Begins
ur August newsletter talked
about changes in enforcement of our parking policy due to an increasing number
of complaints from Co-Owners regarding violations, an increase in the number of
cars parked in our parking lots, and the commensurate increase in the amount of
time necessary to respond to each complaint.
Those changes are in effect with
distribution of this newsletter.
The single most significant
change is that a vehicle parked in violation of our Parking Policy may be towed
even without warning tickets being issued.
Additionally, the towing company
has been granted permission to conduct random patrols of our parking lots and
to tow any vehicle found in violation of our Parking Policy. As a reminder - our parking policy is very
simple. With a few minor exceptions, any
vehicle parked in one of our parking lots must display a Fairlington Commons
hangtag on the rearview mirror or be subject to towing at the owner’s
expense. The Parking Policy is available
on the web at:
http://www.fairlington.org/CommonsParkingPolicy.pdf.
Applications for parking passes can be found at:
http://www.fairlington.org/CommonsParkingPassApplication.pdf
Annual Meeting
Reminder
he
annual meeting of the Fairlington Commons Council of Co-Owners will be held
Tuesday, October 13th in Room 134 of the Fairlington Community
Center located at 3308 S. Stafford Street, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The
purpose of the meeting will be to elect Board members and to discuss topics of
interest.
Painting Contract
hamrock
Painting (John Healy) has been selected as our painting contractor for 2010 and
2011. Shamrock was selected after the
Board voted not to exercise the contract option with the 2009 painting
contractor due to a number of issues.
Trash Fines
ver
the past year the Commons has experienced a significant increase in the number
of violations of our trash and recycling rules.
These violations include trash being put out early or after pickup and
residents placing items such as construction trash, wallboard, car batteries,
and paint cans out for pickup even after being requested in countless
newsletter articles to properly dispose of these items. Our previous method of dealing with
violations was to send a letter to the culprit, and, if violations persisted,
to refer the matter to counsel, a cumbersome and expensive method at best.
At
its October meeting and on advice of counsel, the Board will consider
establishing an enforcement mechanism, including fines, for violations of our
trash and recycling rules. One model
under consideration is that utilized by North Fairlington. There, violations are assessed against the unit owner's
condominium unit at
a maximum of $50
for a single offense, $10 per day for any offense of a continuing nature, and a $25 late fee if the fine
is not paid within the prescribed time limit.
In accordance with Virginia Code § 55-79.84, unpaid fines will become a lien against
the unit owner’s condominium.
Co-Owner
comments are invited.
Thank You!
huge
Thank You! to Arnie and Cathy Malin for once again putting
on an outstanding year end pool party.
It was a great party - your efforts are very much appreciated!
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Fairlington
Commons Board of Directors
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President
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John Sinks
jsinks@comcast.net
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703- 931-2660
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Vice President
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Christine Sivigny
csivigny@hotmail.com
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Secretary
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Bernie Weaver
WeaverBW@comcast.net
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703- 671-7024
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Treasurer
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Arvy Myers
Arvy.Myers@gmail.com
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At Large
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Jim Sharpe
grosharp@msn.com
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