March 12
Board members present: Jessica Joyner, Sarah Keally, Kristina Meyer, Sandy Mohler, Cyndi Hartman, and Kelly Fairbank
Question from a resident regarding approval of Hardiewood:
- Reston Association will deny the application unless our board has updated our guidelines
- Sandy is working on the updates for the colors and materials on the guidelines and will take it into account
- Resident sent an email to the board the details of what he found and the board will review
Financials:
- Discussed financials
Cluster Cleanup Plan
- Tot lot trash can – Sandy working on a new enclosure for the new trashcan. A resident is providing a large rolling trash can to replace existing trashcan.
- The board approves $300 worth of materials
- Issues with erosion rocks being moved by neighborhood children by the tot lot and the board will talk to the parents and put something in the Wheelwrighter
- Pavers – ones by the tot lot need to be redone during the cleanup with some new sand/dirt to support or use the leftover peat gravel that we already have
- Entrance sign cleaning
- Annuals – buy some for the front entrance sign? Looking at local native plants instead that might do better.
- Maybe removing invasive plants? Northern Virginia Native can help us with identifying the invasive plants.
- Hedging and clipping the overhang from the little free library and stairs will be done by the landscaper since we have a credit.
- Will provide coffee, sweetener, creamers, and napkins for the coffee
- Kristina will be in charge of the food for the cluster cleanup and schedule hazardous waste collection for same weekend as cluster cleanup
EDIT – Spring Cluster Cleanup has decided to be postponed to a later date to be announced due to Coronavirus 19 concerns.
Dumpster- we haven’t been getting the voucher; Sarah will reach out to Bates to request the dumpster for the weekend.
Sustainable Symposium
- Kristina attended on behalf of the board
- Provided a handout as a summary of the symposium
- Recommendations include:
- Using ground cover to cover shaded areas and bald spots
- Pollinator gardens to help with butterflies and wildlife
- Erosion – Kristina will work with the erosion person to walk the neighborhood and identify areas to address and landscaping to address
- Will include a representative from the County’s soil and water conservation program
- Looking at working on this in the fall
- Note: the in-person walkthrough has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. Some comments have been provided over email with some pictures. Walkthrough will be rescheduled.
Spring landscaping requests
- Pruning and cutting back
- Mulching already completed
- Stump that fills with water – plant another plant in the middle to help with the water collection
Tree work:
- Sandy met with tree committee and they are concerned about a tree behind 2261 and 2263 – looking for quotes for tree removal, but requires crane removal
- Looking at other potential tree removal companies for our tree work
- Cyndi requested that they look at the tree between 2231 and 2233 that is dropping branches on the sidewalk
Shingles work
- Sandy researching roof shingle colors and pulling samples that would work with our colors and potential new colors for the roofs/siding
- List all the colors and brands that would look good together and keep samples as part of the cluster box for residents as much as is reasonably possible
- All of this would need to go through DRB approval
- Board members reviewed several samples of roof shingles that are available and will discuss further at the next meeting with siding samples
- Board will submit application for additional shingles approval to DRB
Sandy will work on Wheelwrighter and update the look and feel of the newsletter
Next meeting scheduled April 16, 7 PM, Virtual