HCA MEETING LOCATION CHANGE @ WED DEC 18

The HCA Board of Directors advises that the December 18 monthly HCA Regular Meeting will be held at the Reston Museum, in the Lake Anne Village Center at 1639 Washington Plaza North, due to earlier scheduling conflicts at RCC Lake Anne.  Regular Meetings are scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. and are open to the public.

RESTON HISTORIC BLDG SURVEY MTG @ TUE DEC 17

In 1991, the Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources initiated a Survey and Planning Cost Share Program to assist local governments.  The program also supports the DHR mission to identify cultural resources statewide and record them in the DHR VCRIS digital database.  More than 120 Virginia communities have competed to participate and receive limited matching annual funding, and with DHR have conducted 150-plus projects in every region of the Commonwealth.  As a result, each year the DHR inventory of architectural and archeological resources grows with the addition of more than 4,000 newly recorded properties. 

In 2019, DHR selected Fairfax County to participate in a survey covering all of Reston except within the existing Lake Anne Historic Overlay District as designated by Fairfax County.  DHR thoroughly documented and added Lake Anne Village Center to the Virginia Landmarks Register in 2017, which led to listing in the U.S. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places.  DHR listed Reston overall in 2014.

For the 2019 Reston survey project, DHR will hire expert consultants to photograph, map, and document properties with information about building style, construction date, architectural description, and preliminary evaluation of relative significance.  The sites or buildings can then be nominated to be included in the County Inventory of Historic Sites, the Virginia Landmarks Register, or the National Register of Historic Places.  Although such honorary designations do not ensure a building's survival, Bauhaus Professor and Master Architect Marcel Breuer's 1964 Reston API Building, the only Breuer building in Virginia, was permitted for 2016 demolition primarily because it was not listed within the incomplete and outdated Fairfax County inventory that covered Hunter Mill District sites and buildings through only 1920.  Sadly, the permitted developer replaced the bold modernist Breuer API Building with typical, nondescript, cookie-cutter townhomes.

DHR and Fairfax County will hold a joint public information meeting this evening to kick off the project at RCC Lake Anne at 7:00 p.m.  They will also brief the community on completed survey findings early next year.

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.