HCA ROAD STORM SERVICE UPDATE

According to the NOAA National Weather Service, snowfall is expected to be less than 2 inches and short-lived due to relatively warm ground temperatures and warming air temperatures.  The HCA snow management contractor typically does not provide service for less than 2 inches of accumulated snow.

LAKE ANNE FELLOWSHIP HSE DRB MTG @ TUE NOV 12

The project team notified HCA affected party neighbors in a letter dated October 29, 2019 that they requested an RA DRB meeting on November 12, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at RA Headquarters to " ... present and receive approval of an artistic garage screen as the public art element for the development."  Materials to be presented to DRB and the public on November 12 have been uploaded to the following project team webpage, and any further updates were uploaded there no later than 12:00 noon on November 5:  https://thelandlawyers.sharefile.com/d-saeec020255c4b9a8.  The November 12 DRB Meeting Agenda and Application Packet are available on the RA website.  DRB previously approved site plan and general massing concepts, the overall site plan, New Lake Anne House and associated townhomes architectural drawings, site lighting and signage, and minor modifications and clarifications to prior approvals for retaining walls, site lighting, canopy design, and one approved color. 

HCA STANDARDS PAINTS 30% OFF @ THRU NOV 30

The 1993 HCA General Resolution 5, Exterior Painting Standards and Maintenance of Concrete Beams, Appendix A, specifies numerous paint colors and finishes for key Hickory Cluster architectural elements and details, including exterior walls, beams, doors, and trim.  More recently, the 1993-98 Cluster Standards 2018 Equivalent Products guide describes current versions of former Duron and other brand paints now available at 30% off with a coupon from the local Sherwin Williams store at 495A Elden Street in Herndon, just past the Fairfax County Parkway and Safeway store, telephone (703) 471-1484.  This information is for reference only, not an HCA endorsement or guarantee. 

RELAC A/C 2019 SERVICE ENDS @ WED OCT 9

Local air temperatures are forecast to be moderate for the near term, so RELAC President Mark Waddell reported in a letter to customers that 2019 community air conditioning chilled water service will end on the SCC tariff date today at 12:00 noon.  Nearby Dulles International Airport recorded 62 days of 90F+ temperatures as of October 2, making 2019 the third hottest summer recorded since 1963.  Customers can schedule system repairs during the related annual pipe drain period as noted in the letter at right.

HCA PAVERS AVAILABLE @ BLOCK 2

As part of his rear patio re-design, a Block 2 HCA Member graciously made available several former Block 3 Common Area garage deck stone-surface concrete pavers for re-use by other HCA Members free of charge.  They are currently stacked at the Block 2 dead end of Maple Ridge Rd. on the rowhouse side.  Note:  Individual pavers are heavy and awkward, and may require a handcart or vehicle to move more than a few dozen feet. 

HCA ENTRANCE SIGN DESIGN DEADLINE @ SAT OCT 19

As described in the official announcement posted at right and mailed September 13, 2019, the HCA Board of Directors is inviting residents and Member homeowners to submit proposed designs for Maple Ridge Rd. and Hickory Cluster entrance signs.  HCA Block 3 Member Ann Youngren suggested entrance sign design clusterwide participation at the 2018 HCA Annual Meeting.

Although RA has DRB Design Guidelines for Cluster Common Area Signs, HCA previously considered unique non-DRB-compliant designs as part of the 1998 Hickory Cluster Common Area Improvement Project, but the signage portion of the project was not completed and the Maple Ridge south side sign location proposed in 1998 is now an overly active bus stop.  More recently, HCA reserved sign space on north corners of each entrance during 2016-17 landscape projects. 

Also noteworthy are sign designs for other Goodman residential communities in DC, Maryland, and Virginia including Hammond Wood, Hollin Hills, River Park, and Rock Creek Woods. 

Proposed designs should include detailed information such as dimensions, materials, finishes, supports, and whatever else is necessary to explain concepts.  Submission deadline is October 19, 2019 for hardcopy or email to:
HCA VP Matt Collins at 11522 Maple Ridge or mattcollins@hickorycluster.org
HCA Director Sylvia Merrill at 11541 Hickory Cluster or sylviamerrill@hickorycluster.org.

HCA MEETING LOCATION CHANGE @ WED SEP 18

From HCA VP Matt Collins today:  (Regular) Meeting for September will now be at St. Anne's Episcopal Church 1700 Wainwright Dr.  ... TWC is working on confirming all upcoming meeting locations ... ."  Reston Museum and Historic Trust reserved the RCC Lake Anne Rose Gallery for a special Radical Suburbs author presentation and book signing on the typical HCA monthly Regular Meeting date of September 18.

HCA TRASH + RECYCLE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE @ 2019

As noted on the current Republic Services schedule:
LABOR DAY ... Monday Sep 2 no change
THANKSGIVING WEEK ... Monday Nov 25 no change, Thursday holiday pick-up delayed to Friday
CHRISTMAS WEEK ... Monday Dec 23 no change, Thursday after holiday pick-up delayed to Friday
As always, and to comply with Fairfax County, RA, and HCA rules, trash and recycling materials should be placed curbside no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before pick-up.

LAKE ANNE FELLOWSHIP HSE DRB MTG @ TUE SEP 17

The project team notified HCA affected party neighbors in a letter dated August 28, 2019 that they requested an RA DRB meeting on September 17, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at RA Headquarters to " ... present and receive approval of minor modifications and clarifications to the prior approvals for retaining walls, site lighting, canopy design, and one approved color."  DRB previously approved site plan and general massing concepts, the overall site plan, New Lake Anne House and associated townhomes architectural drawings, and site lighting and signage.  Materials to be presented to DRB and the public on September 17 have been uploaded to the following project team webpage, and any further updates will be uploaded there no later than 12:00 noon on September 10:  https://thelandlawyers.sharefile.com/d-saeec020255c4b9a8.  UPDATE ... In a letter dated September 24, RA DRB formally approved this Fellowship House proposal.

RESTON, GOODMAN, HICKORY BOOK TALK @ WED SEP 18

CityLab Senior Editor Amanda Kolson Hurly will discuss her new book Radical Suburbs:  Experimental Living on the Fringes of the American City at a September 18, 2019 RCC Lake Anne Rose Gallery event sponsored by the Reston Historic Trust and Museum.  Ms. Hurly, who specializes in architecture and urban planning, also recently discussed another major planned community and book chapter in a similar program at the Greenbelt Museum on July 18, 2019.

In Radical Suburbs, Ms. Hurly writes about Reston in Chapter 6:  The Fight Over the Soul of a New Town, from origins through recent developments, and mentions both Architect Charles M. Goodman and Hickory Cluster: " ... Two prominent architects from Washington filled in the edges of Lake Anne Village with more small-scale Modernist housing.  Charles Goodman, the designer of nearby Hollin Hills, produced Hickory Cluster, ninety townhouses tucked gently into a wooded hillside overlooking the lake.  The houses vary in size and height, but they all bear the same grid in front, a concrete frame that is sometimes enclosed with large panes of glass, sometimes left open as a patio. ... "  Ms. Hurley also quotes Goodman in her Conclusion chapter. 

In another similar book published in 2013, Covert Capital:  Landscapes of Denial and the Making of U.S. Empire in the Suburbs of Northern Virginia, author and Haverford College Assistant Professor of History Andrew Friedman writes about Reston, Goodman, and Hickory Cluster as notable elements of the Dulles Corridor between CIA Headquarters and Dulles International Airport where foreign service lives, places, and architecture merged as professional and personal community expressions of modern, post-World War II, post-colonial, U.S. foreign policy promoted by the CIA.  The book also mentions former HCA Block 3 Member homeowner and CIA Officer Karl Ingebritsen who passed away August 16, 2019.

Both books confirm the noteworthy roles Reston, Goodman, Hickory Cluster, and local residents have played and continue to play in international, national, and regional policy, culture, and history.