Lake Forest Community Association Board of Directors
Minutes of Nov, 2001
The Board met at the home of Dave Wilson’s on 8 November 2001. In attendance were Steve Gilbert, Jim Evans, Evelyn Hempstead, Gene Cole, Dave Wilson, Tom Quigley, Harry Hopkins and Beverly Franklin. We noted Jennifer is the only Board Member absent tonight!
The draft minutes of the October meeting were read and approved via email.
We spent $1835 on grounds fees for mowing, plants, and fertilizer. This covered services for the last two months. We also spent $115 for Community Day, and $100 for use of the Church for our General Meeting next month.
Evelyn mentioned she had eggs on her house the weekend before Halloween. Police were called; they encouraged residents to call the Springfield Police if further incidents of this type occurred again. Gene Cole mentioned he had paintballs shot at his home.
Evelyn asked the neighbors next to the Cervantes and Modisto entrance signs to water the flowers. The neighbors agreed to water the flowers, much to the appreciation of the Board. She will ask Jennifer if she will continue to water the plants across the street from her or Evelyn can ask the neighbors next to the east entrance to water the plants. Evelyn suggested we plant seasonals in clumps in the future to make it easier to water, and to provide for heartier plants. She also reminded all about not putting garbage cans or brush out earlier than the evening before pickups. Also, homeowners need to be reminded about keeping garbage cans away from the front of homes. Beverly will put these reminders in the Community Newsletter. Evelyn also suggested that we arrange for rides on a horse drawn trailer or in nostalgic cars for next year’s Community Day to generate a stronger sense of community during the event.
Jim Evans raised an issue about residents dumping branches, and suggested Steve sign a letter to one offender Jim identified. The Board agreed, and Jim will draft a letter for Steve’s signature. Several members of the Board provided input to the letter.
Dave Wilson called the County about shared jurisdiction over our roads so we could enforce our covenants with boat and trailer parking. The County responded that the only way we could achieve a shared jurisdiction is if we assumed maintenance of the roads in the community. Those costs are excessive, so this issue is dead. Dave also called AAA and they quoted a contract price of $17.95 for once a week pickups, and $21.00 for twice weekly pickups. The Board will bring this information to the General meeting next month. Dave will call AAA to determine the minimum # of participants needed for this contract rate.
Harry indicated that all the photos from the Community Day have been scanned and are posted on our Web site. We need residents to submit captions to the photos that can be added to our post. We paid $45 to renew our Web site address for another 2 years.
Beverly brought a draft newsletter, to which she added several items tonight. The newsletter will be mailed out within the next few days.
Steve announced a public meeting on Nov 19 at 7 pm at Sangster Elementary to discuss the Burke Lake Park Master Plan Amendment. Details can be found at www.co.fairfax.va.us/parks . Steve asked about an audit of our books, which is long overdue. Gene will try to have this done before the general meeting. Sprint has applied to the County to construct a monopole at Fire Station #35 near the east entrance to the community. The public is invited to a meeting on 27 Nov at 7:30 pm in Supervisor McConnell’s temporary office at 8438 Bauer Drive (behind the Post Office) to discuss this issue. This meeting will be highlighted in the newsletter, as Steve is encouraging wide attendance from the community to ensure all interests are represented. We decided to conduct judging of Holiday decorations on Tue 18 Dec. Meet at Steve’s home at 7:30 pm.
We had no old business to discuss.
Next meeting will be the General Meeting on 6 Dec at the Sydenstricker Methodist Church; 7:30 pm.
Next Board meeting will be held on 10 Jan at Gene’s home at 7:30 pm, 9207 Paloma Lane.
Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.