HCA ROAD STORM SERVICE UPDATE

Based on the early morning NOAA National Weather Service forecast, it appears Reston will not receive significant snowfall during the storm today and tomorrow.  However, the snow management crew may plow if two or more inches of new snow falls, depending on actual conditions.

HCA REGULAR MEETING CHANGES @ FEB MAR MAY 2019

HCA Regular Meetings will be held at the Reston Museum during February, March, and May, 2019 rather than the usual RCC Lake Anne Rose Gallery location.  As always, Bylaws-required quarterly April, July, and October Regular Meetings will be held at TWC.  All Regular Meetings start at 7:30 p.m. regardless of location.

HCA TRASH + RECYCLE SERVICE UPDATE @ JAN 14-19

TWC forwarded the following Republic Services information to HCA this morning:  "Operations has made a decision to close today (Monday) January 14^th due to the current road conditions across Northern VA.  
TRASH ... If your community has twice a week trash, the next trash service will be on the community’s next trash service day (Thursday, January 17). ...
RECYCLING ... If your community has recycling pickup today (Monday, January 14), the recycling will be serviced on Wednesday January 16^th, 2019.  ... 
TREES ... If your community has Christmas tree pickup normally on Wednesday (January 16), the Christmas trees will be serviced on Saturday January 19^th, 2019.  
We apologize for the inconvenience and we appreciate your patience."  Italics and underlines added for posting purposes.

HCA ROAD STORM SERVICE UPDATE

The NOAA National Weather Service forecasts more snow this week for midday Thursday January 17 through Friday January 18.  Our snow management contractor will plow HCA roadways if accumulation exceeds 2 inches.

HCA ROAD STORM SERVICE UPDATE

Snow management contractor Perfect Landscapes reported to Directors yesterday that they are prepared to provide weekend storm snow plow services as necessary based on HCA agreement during the December 2018 Regular Meeting to auto-renew the annual contract.  The contractor will typically plow once snowfall exceeds 2 inches depending on weather forecasts.

RESTON LAVC ARCHITECT CONKLIN PASSES

Architect William J. Conklin, who along with late professional partners Julian H. Whittlesey and James S. Rossant designed Lake Anne Village Center, passed away in Maryland on November 22, 2018 at age 95 as reported this week by the New York Times and the Washington Post.  Along with Hickory Cluster designed by Conklin local contemporary Charles M. Goodman, the Village Center is part of the original Reston First Village envisioned by late Reston Founder Robert E. Simon, Jr.  Conklin was profiled in a 1982 American Architecture Now video interview and a Winter 2011 Reston Magazine article.  He studied architecture under modernist Bauhaus School founder Walter Gropius at Harvard University as did retired architect, HCA Block 3 Member, and former HCA Director Ralph Youngren.  Conklin is shown at far right in the photo along with former New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, former New York Mayor John V. Lindsay, and late Architect Philip C. Johnson.  Whittlesey passed away in 1995, Rossant in 2009, and Simon in 2015.

HCA TRASH + RECYCLE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 2018-19

Republic Services holiday schedule for Fall 2018 through Fall 2019 is available online and includes trash and recycling schedule information for:
THANKSGIVING DAY, Thu, Nov 22, 2018 ... no service, resumes next week
CHRISTMAS DAY, Tue, Dec 25, 2018 ... not a regular service day
NEW YEARS DAY, Tue, Jan 1, 2019 ... Thu service this week delayed to Fri
UPDATE ... January 15: Republic did not post Christmas tree recycling schedule information on their public website and they are not otherwise pro-actively notifying customers.  However, a customer service representative located non-public information and advised today that trees are scheduled to be picked-up on Wednesdays January 9 and 16.

HCA REGULAR MEETING CHANGES @ NOV DEC 2018

The HCA Board of Directors agreed during its October 17 Regular Meeting to a new November Regular Meeting date to allow for additional 2019 Annual Budget discussion, timely notification to Members of the agreed budget, and to allow full enjoyment of the November 22-25 Thanksgiving Day weekend.  The November meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, November 21 at RCC Lake Anne.  The new meeting date is Wednesday, November 14, the new location is Lake Anne Elementary School, and the meeting will start as usual at 7:30 p.m.  HCA encourages Members to attend the November meeting and provide 2019 Annual Budget input during individual three minute Member Forum comment periods.

Fairfax County also recently advised HCA that RCC Lake Anne will be unavailable for the scheduled Wednesday, December 19 Regular Meeting due to construction.  The new location is the Reston Historic Trust and Museum in the Lake Anne Village Center.  The date remains unchanged, and the meeting will start as usual at 7:30 p.m.

HCA LANDSCAPE REPAIRS + PERIMETER CLEARING

Following Fall planting season arrival and unexpected weather delays, the HCA grounds maintenance contractor replaced several warranted Dogwood and Schip Laurel plantings at both Blocks 1 and 3 entrances at no charge to HCA on October 16.  The contractor will also provide watering services up through the Winter dormancy period on an as-needed basis to ensure survival of the new plants, and install on November 7-8 almost 100 new Big Blue Liriope plants damaged or destroyed during 2017-18 HCA street repaving, VDOT, Dominion Energy, and Comcast projects.  In addition, Directors approved a contract to "Clear brush from behind (Blocks 1/2/3) town homes where it is not walkable.  In these areas a space of approximately 10-15 ft. in width will be cleared.  This does not include the removal of trees other than saplings.  All resulting debris will be removed from property for disposal." as generally indicated on this site map.  HCA encourages residents to remove unauthorized personal property stored or planted within these Common Areas before the work.  UPDATES November 3:  The contractor requested scope clarification before proceeding, and tentatively plans to walk the Common Area perimeter with a Director next week.  A new perimeter clearing date is now pending.  November 6:  Due to weather delays, the contractor has tentatively rescheduled Liriope replanting for Friday, November 9, and perimeter clearing for Friday, November 16, following a planned Saturday, November 10 site walk.  November 14:  Perimeter clearing has been rescheduled for Monday, November 19 due to the November 15 storm.

RELAC A/C 2018 SERVICE EXTENDS TO OCT 12

From Reston RELAC President Mark Waddell yesterday:  "Tuesday October 9th was the last official day of service.  But due to the 80 degree days we have stayed operational.  The low on Thursday night is (forecast to be) 54 and the high on Friday is 62 therefore on Friday October 12th we will be ending the 2018 season.  Shutoff will be in the morning. ... "  With local ownership and schedule flexibility, RELAC also started 2018 season service several weeks early because of warm Spring weather.  For additional information, see the RELAC website or the HCA webpage.