Fairlington Glen
No
significant contractual actions or community-wide decisions.
LANDSCAPE
SUBCOMMITTEE
The
Landscape Subcommittee will not meet in July. Also, the Subcommittee will not
meet on the second Tuesday in August. Instead, we will have our fall walk‑through
on Saturday, August 17th. We will meet at the big traffic circle at
36th Street and South Stafford Street at 8am
GLEN
BUDGET COMMITTEE
If
you are interested in serving on the Glen Budget Committee (which will be
putting together the budget for 2003) please call Pat Phillips at 703-671-0868
no later than July 12th. The first Budget Committee meeting will be
held in Room 1 at the Fairlington Community Center on South Stafford Street on
July 19th at 7:30pm
SEWER
REPLACEMENT
The
replacement of the sewer in the rear area of Courts 13 and 14 is scheduled to
start on July 15th. Affected residents have been notified and will
be kept updated the work progresses. Glen Board Member Pat Phillips will be
assisting Ricky Solares in the oversight of this effort. Please feel free to
contact Pat (703-671-0868) if you have any questions or problems as the project
proceeds.
WATERING
Residents are requested to
water the landscaped areas around their units. A number of new plantings have
died recently due to lack of water. Particular attention should be paid to new
plantings and the saplings along the Quaker Lane tree line which require water
several times a week to ensure their survival. In addition, please water the
lawns that border our beautiful street trees where the root structures grow.
Watering the mulch under the trees or placing hoses next to the trunks does not
allow the trees to take in any water ... placing a sprinkler along the front
and side yards that border our trees allows the roots to receive water. Please
help us ... this is your community and our landscaping increases the value and
beauty of the Glen.
MAINTENANCE
OFFICE PHONE CALLS
If you need to contact Ricky or
the chairpersons of the Landscape Subcommittee and the Pool Committee by
calling 703-820-9567, please remember that your phone number and address are
essential and must be understood. Please speak slowly when providing this
information and consider repeating it to ensure it will be understood by those
accessing your messages.
RICKY=S CORNER
$
Installation
of the new shutters in Courts 5-8 should be completed by July 19th.
Residents of Court 8 are requested to keep their patio gates unlocked to allow
the crew into the patio area for shutter installation.
$
Preventive
maintenance has been completed on all sewer laterals. Please be careful about
what you put in the sewer system as discussed elsewhere in the newsletter.
REMINDERS
TRASH. Normal household trash must be put
out during the week by 8am and on Saturdays by 9am. Please do not put trash out
the night before pickup or on Sundays since this will only provide a temptation
to rodents, birds, and other pests. In addition, please do not put your
household trash in or near the community trash containers.
TRASH PICKUP FOR MAJOR ITEMS. Large items that you need to dispose
of will be picked up on the first Saturday of every month. They must be placed
on the curb at the street by 9 a.m. These pickups are free. Please do not put
large items out at any other time ... THEY WILL NOT BE PICKED UP.
DOGS. Dogs are to be kept on a leash at all times. No dog is to
be tethered to any object in the common areas. Dogs are not permitted to run
free except in designated Aoff-leash@ exercise areas in Arlington County.
The closest dog exercise area to the Glen is currently at Utah Field.
SEWER LINES. Sewer backups are an unpleasant
occurrence and Ricky and his crew do everything possible to ensure they are an
infrequent one. However, we need to support his efforts by keeping items that
contribute to sewer blockages and backups out of the sewer system so that
neither you nor your neighbors have to experience a backup. Please be considerate
by not putting sanitary napkins, dental floss, baby wipes, paper towels,
condoms, tampons, or diapers down the commode. In addition, please inform your
guests, house sitters, babysitters, etc. that our sewer lines are fragile and
must be treated accordingly.
RECYCLING. Materials that can be recycled are:
$ Plastics with a 1 or 2 in the recycle symbol.
$ Aluminum and tin cans with lids removed (aluminum foil is not acceptable).
$ Mixed glass including clear, brown, and green bottles and jars (not household items such as china, light bulbs, drinking glasses, etc.). Please remove plastic caps and rings.
$ Newspapers in paper bags or tied with string (not in plastic bags since this adds to the recycling expense). Magazines, newsletters, and other paper products and not acceptable.
$ Broken down corrugated boxes.
Please note the recycling of everything other than paper products does not need to be sorted prior to being placed in the containers. This is done after the recyclables are picked up so feel free to mix your glass, plastic, and aluminum. Please rinse all containers since containers with contaminants can not be recycled. Do not put recyclables in plastic bags.
VARIANCES. Changes to a unit, including both
exterior appearance and interior structural modifications, require permission
from the Board prior to the start of work. If you desire to make any changes to
your unit, please refer to Chapter 5 of the Fairlington Glen Handbook. If there
is any doubt regarding the need for a variance, please check with the
applicable individuals listed in the Handbook before taking action.
SATELLITE DISHES. Any co-owner wishing to install a
satellite dish or other exterior antenna must submit an application to the
Board for approval. The satellite dish or antenna can not be installed such
that any portion shows above the top of the fence or is attached to any portion
of the unit (both brick and windows).
REPORTING PROBLEMS. If you have a problem or concern,
you can contact Ricky and the chairpersons of the Landscape Subcommittee and
the Pool Committee by calling 703-820-9567. You can leave a message by pressing
A1" for the Landscape
Subcommittee, A2" for the Pool Committee, and A3" for Ricky. Please be courteous
and don=t call these people at home ... they
will take care of your concerns as soon as possible. If you have an after-hours
emergency maintenance problem or can not reach Ricky after a reasonable time,
please call the Legum & Norman 24-hour emergency repair number ...
703-600-6000
HANDBOOK. All residents and co-owners should
have a copy of the Fairlington Glen Handbook dated November 1999. Please review
it occasionally since it provides essential information to ensure that you and
your neighbors enjoy the wonderful experience of living in the Glen.
MEETINGS
All Glen meetings are held in the Fairlington Community Center at 3308 South Stafford Street. All residents are welcome.
$ Board of Directors, 7:15pm, 1st Tuesday of the month
$ Building and Grounds Committee, 7:30pm, 3rd Tuesday of the month (no meetings in August, November, and December)
$ Landscape Subcommittee, 7:00pm, 2nd Tuesday of the month
Visit "http://www.fairlington.org/Communit.htm#FairlingtonGlen" for draft Board minutes, newsletters, and the Handbook. Please contact John Fuller if you have comments on Fairlington Glen information on this site.