Newington Community Association Monthly Newsletter November 2015

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

President’s Corner ............... p. 1, 3

Directory .................................. p. 2

9/23 Minutes ............................ p. 3

10/7 Minutes .................. p. 4-6, 8-9

2016 Draft Budget ................... p. 9

Budget ............................... p. 10-12

Ad Hoc Bylaws ...................... p. 12

Community News ............. p. 13-14

Reminders .............................. p. 14

Calendar ................................ p. 16

2015 NCA BOARD OF

DIRECTORS MEETINGS

November 4

December 2

President’s Corner By Beth Rodriguez

November is here and I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! November also reminds me to talk to you about cold weather and how it relates to you and our community. If the trash contractor decides that it is to hazardous to send out crews to pick up trash & recycling, it will NOT be picked up until the next scheduled trash/recycling pick up day. It is YOUR responsibility to bring in your trash & recycling material. There are 2 ways for you to find out if this is the case. The first is to call the community office and listen to a message on the answering ma-chine. The second is to provide your email address to the communi-ty manager so she can put you on the email notification list. The manager's email address is manager@newingtoncommunity.org. The next thing you need to be aware of is that when we have snow, it is YOUR responsibility to shovel the sidewalks in front of your residence. It is also prudent to clear the snow away from the fire hydrants. The Community Association ONLY pays for a contractor to plow community owned streets. If YOU do not shovel the side-walks and clear the fire hydrants, it will not be done. Being part of a community association means more than obey-ing covenants/rules and paying homeowners association dues/assessments. It also means BEING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. This could be “mottofied” as follows:

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THEN DO SOMETHING!

Our community needs everyone to be involved. This includes homeowners, renters and landlord-homeowners. While renters cannot serve on the HOA Board & ad hoc committees, we still need their partici-pation in working for the betterment of our community. Doing something includes reporting rule violations; damaged community trees; lights out; common ground appearance; damage to anything in common grounds to the community manager, but more importantly it includes each of us voluntarily, actively working for the good of the community. It can be as simple as not littering up the streets and sidewalks or picking up litter that you see in the community. Community trash cans can be found at every tot lot, the ball field, the tennis

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Newsletter Distributors

Kathy Anderson Jennifer Firman Al Owens

Amanda Baird Donna Kellam Lori Randall

Cyrille Barr Patrick Lent Roche Family

Abdul Berlas Mike Smith Pat Levister & Sandra Wolford

Karen Chauvin Spinelli Family

Gladys Diaz William & Mary Loy Regina Watson

Nicole Drummond Sharoyn Marshall

Ethan Richard Neimeyer

NCA COMMUNITY OFFICE

703-455-3606 Fax: 703-455-0013

Hours: Monday / Wednesday /Thursday

10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Tuesday / Friday

9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Community Manager: Lori Randall Assistant Community Manager: Tina Queen Email: manager@newingtoncommunity.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President - Beth Rodriguez (Aug ’18) Email: president@newingtoncommunity.org Note: Email to NCA President is pr ivate and only read by the President.

Vice President - Kevin Benore (Aug ‘17)

Treasurer - Louise Whitt (Aug ‘17)

Secretary - Chris Hammel (Aug ‘16)

Director - Florence Smoczynski (Aug ‘18)

Member - Mark Polansky (Aug ‘16)

Member - Vacant (Aug ‘16)

To send an email to the above Board members, use board@newingtoncommunity.org (this includes a copy to the Community Manager). ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE Chair - Cameron Mulloy FINANCE COMMITTEE Chair—Louise Whitt PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Chair—Lou Tobat Liaison - TBN RECREATION COMMITTEE Chair - Volunteer Needed Liaison—TBN MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE Chairs - Lori Randall

USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Emergency 911

Non-Emergency (Police & Fire) 703-691-2131

Including barking dog complaints

American Disposal Services 703-368-0500

Animal Control/Shelter 703-830-1100

Cox Cable 703-378-8422

Domestic Violence Hotline 800-838-8238

Dominion Towing 703-730-1177

Dominion Virginia Power 1-888-667-3000

Fairfax Connector 703-339-7200

www.fairfaxconnector.com

Fairfax County www.fairfaxcounty.gov

Fairfax County Housing Authority

Selena Davis 703-704-6758

Fairfax County Storm Water

Management (not State streets) 703-877-2800

Fairfax Water 703-698-5600

Key Middle School 703-313-3900

Lee High School 703-924-8300

Lorton Fire and Rescue 703-339-5141

Lorton Landfill 703-690-1703 Poison Control 202-625-3333

Pool (emergencies only) 703-455-9873

Saratoga Elementary School 703-440-2600

Streetlights 1-888-667-3000

Summit Management 703-360-0904

Supervisor Gerald Hyland 703-780-7518

Virginia Highway Department

(Snow—State Roads Only) 703-383-8368

Virginia Railway Express 1-800-RIDE VRE

Voter Information 703-222-0776

West Springfield District Police 703-644-7377

NEWINGTON STATION DIRECTORY http:\\www.newingtoncommunity.org

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NEWINGTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING – September 23, 2015

Minutes of the Meeting – NCA Pool House Meeting Room

At 7:15 pm President Beth Rodriguez called the meeting to order. Other board members present were Vice President Kevin Benore, Treasurer Louise Whitt, and Secretary Chris Hammel. Directors Mark Polansky and Flo Smoczynski were not in attendance. GENERAL BUSINESS -- New 2016 Draft Budget – The budget committee chair, Treasurer Whitt, reviewed the draft budget with the board. Management provided their recommended changes to the budget. Major points of discussion included: Aligned budget of utility expenses (water, electricity, phone) to actuals. Common Ground maintenance lines including improvements, replacement trees, general repairs

and tree removal will be left same as 2015 except for $1,000 reduction of improvement line. The snow removal line. Will be left same as 2015. Curb painting. This line can be reduced because minimal painting is needed for next year. The

street/curb reserve line was increased. Durer is being considered for yellow curb painting only. Newsletter printing, ADP service costs, Audit and Tax prep, delinquency processing, and Sum-

mit’s postage budget lines were adjusted to coincide with actuals. Recreation Activities and office equipment were left the same as 2015. The late fees income was adjusted slightly.

After all adjustments, the budget currently shows a .46% increase for the townhomes and a .45% increase for the single family homes in line with the CPI-U increase. Pending the Board’s dis-cussion at the October board meeting, the budget will be in the November newsletter and up for vote at the November monthly board meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 8.55 pm.

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courts and the office/pool so you don't have to take the litter home. It can also mean being willing to serve on ad hoc committees as well as the HOA Board. It has really bothered me that we have a very ethnic & racial diverse community, BUT ad hoc committees and the HOA Board are dominated by ONE ethnic & racial group. Who is willing to serve is the only reason for this disparity. There is currently a need for people to volunteer to serve on an ad hoc committee to amend the By-laws and a committee to plan and implement holi-day parties for our children as well as other opportuni-ties.

REMEMBER: A Community is only as good as the participation of the residents.

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NEWINGTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING – October 7, 2015 Minutes of the Meeting – NCA Pool House Meeting Room

At 7:06 pm President Beth Rodriguez called the meeting to order. Board members present were President Beth Rodriguez, Treasurer Louise Whitt, Secretary Chris Hammel, Director Mark Polansky and Director Florence Smoczynski. Vice President Kevin Benore was not in attendance. PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS In order to keep the meeting running smoothly, she requests that anyone at the meeting who wants to speak, should raise their hand and wait for her to call on them. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Director Smoczynski made a motion to accept the September 2nd monthly board meeting minutes as written. Treasurer Whitt seconded the motion. Vote: 4 yes, 1 abstain (Polansky). President Rodriguez made a motion to accept the September 2nd monthly board meeting executive session minutes as written. Secretary Hammel seconded the motion. Vote: 4 yes, 1 abstain (Polansky). Secretary Hammel made a motion to accept the August 13th annual meeting minutes with revisions. Secretary Whitt should be changed to Treasurer Whitt. The words “from the Burke and Herbert account” were added to the second bullet in the Treasurer’s report. A

sixth bullet was added to the Treasurer’s report that states “When TIPS investment expired, $208,000 was invested in a treasury note at .75% for 3 years.” President Rodriguez seconded the motion. Vote: 4 yes, 1 abstain (Polansky). Mark Polansky was not a board member as of the last two meetings. HEARINGS Lots 275, 371, and 577 all had a scheduled hearing as an opportunity to comment on a rule violation but were not in attendance. Lots 350, 349, 371 and 373 (via written correspondence) addressed the Board on their violations. COMMUNITY FORUM Mike Smith had three items he wanted to address with the Board. First, he felt insinua-tions had been made and noted in the NCA minutes but the CM, Lori Randall has not made the details public. He wanted to address any allegations made by noting he has a behavior disorder and suffers from paraphilic infantilism. He has since the age of 10. He believes the CM is taking advantage of the fact he has this behavior since he confided this to her. He described attire he may have been seen wearing such as diapers or a dress with panties. He is concerned she may have told the Board differ-ent stories, that she may have alleged being touched inappropriately by him or his using sexually suggestive language. If she has, than he wanted it noted that it is not true. He also stated he may have come to the office in described attire but wore adult clothes over out-fits.

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Second, Mike said several people approached him recently about something the CM had done in the past. The house at the top of Godolphin, 7830, where the owner had passed away, before going on the market, the grass was very high. The CM was mowing it and raking the leaves and stuffing the leaves in the storm drain. He didn’t see in the minutes that the house had been cited for tall grass and wasn’t sure she was reporting all violations. A statement was made that being neighborly includes mowing someone’s lawn on their own time. Another resident commented that as a licensed realtor, they are a realtor 24/7. He also thinks that the CM is a CM 24/7. Mike stated that the CM does architectural inspec-tions. He reviewed the bylaws noting the Architectur-al Committee was made up of the President, Vice President and Secretary or designees and they can’t be compensated for performing inspections. He stated that in the CCRs there was a discrepancy between the general rules and the rules for single family homes as to whether a designated person could be paid to perform these inspections. He also stated that all viola-tions resulting from a paid person doing the inspection were invalid. Another Member asked ‘When things need to get done and there are not a lot of volunteers, how qualified does one need to be?’ Lori Randall, stated she mowed the lawn during the weekend and was not paid to do so, and that she did not push leaves in the storm drain and she has not made public her concerns with Mike Smith returning to the Board out of fear of being sued if she were to state details. Robert Fasick read a letter to the Board stating that the Community Manager, Lori Randall, had verbally accosted him outside the meeting, charged at him and was concerned she was going to physically assault him. He stated that Tina Queen and Flo Smoczynski had to restrain her. He felt his letter should be in her personnel file. Lori Randall stated that Bob’s letter was inaccu-rate. A resident asked if the trash contractor will pick up construction debris. They are not required to and if they don’t the CM can make other arrangements for picking up the debris. There was also a statement made about bushes and trees that encroach on the sidewalk. How it is handled depends on if the tree is on private property or common grounds. COMMITTEE/BUSINESS REPORTS Treasurer’s Report, Louise Whitt The 2016 budget is on the meeting agenda.

Community Manager (CM) Report, Lori Randall General Disclosure Packets: 7761 Durer, 7766 Euclid, 7725 Du-

rer Asphalt paths/stream crossing update: County has ap-

proved bridge design. Bid accepted by board. Contract requested. Sent contract but missing a section of work.

Survey ends August 30th: 50 electronic, 25 paper. All paper responses added to survey in computer and pre-pared for Board. See agenda regarding participation drawing.

Door to door architectural inspections: Kitchener COM-PLETE, starting LeMoyne

Yellow curb painting in Newington Place (four plexes) – COMPLETE

Follow up on Durer. After street flooded from blocked storm drain, County rep recommended rip rap at opening to storm drain behind 7700 Durer. A work order was put in but because of the number of utility lines in that area, the project was denied.

Final audit was received. Attended meetings to address a grievance against a

board member. Called private hauler for construction debris on Gwyn-

edd, concrete debris on Durer and soccer goal metal end on ballfield.

Common grounds improvement landscaping on Brandeis and Euclid complete.

Annual Tree inspection approved at previous meeting. ALL COMPLETE

Follow up with Fairfax County on exposed sewer pipes in stream. They will need to reinforce under the pipe and bring in rip rap to secure bank. I will coordinate with them when path is started to discuss best equipment ac-cess.

Follow up with Dominion on watchlights on Brandeis and Moline. New work orders put in. New light out on Matisse.

Follow up with Dominon on vapor lights on Northumber-land. Three near school may be complex and they are aware they are out. New light at Rowanta reported.

Follow up with VDOT on blocked drains on Northumber-land and Godolphin. Work orders are still open.

Resident Complaints/Issues/Comments Is scuba equipment allowed in the pool? [This request

was denied due to the damage a heavy tank can do to the coping stone. Will consider addressing in 2016 pool rules.]

Blank parking space has been used by same car for two months on Kitchener. [pictures show a different car one month ago but monitoring spaces in this area anyhow.] Complaint states one house with multiple cars is taken same space repeatedly.

Request for an outside electrical outlet on their home. [No prohibitions in rules.]

Watchlights still out on Moline and Brandeis. [contacted Dominion power again and spoke to agent about delay in getting lights fixed. New work orders generated.]

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Increase in solicitors in the neighborhood. [No solicit-ing signs are posted at entrance to Delong and North-umberland and Godolphin. Anyone can remind the so-licitors of the signs or call police to let them know the signs are being disregarded.]

Common grounds landscaping on Euclid looks great. A resident is extremely unhappy that the County Health

Department was called on his property. He wanted to know who did it. I explained that anyone can call the County, it doesn’t have to be management or the Board. A resident can call.

Complaint about appearance of one house that has no shrubs in garden, wood above windows, and unpleasant color of green shutters.

Tree branches from common ground tree hit his car in heavy winds.

Tree branches from a resident’s front yard are too low. Common ground tree fell on a house over the weekend.

[Resident was directed to call their insurance company.] Regarding the eighth bullet above, the CM stated she could probably only enforce putting plants in the garden. The Board felt that no violation existed if a person did not have plants in an area of the yard set up as a garden. Planning and Development, Lou Tobat Lou noted there are backups on Rolling Road at the Fairfax County Parkway as they continue to develop the ramp into two lanes. Also he felt Route 1 construction at the Tulley Gate is being handled very well. Amending CCRs Committee, Beth Rodriguez Beth reported that the Amending CCRs Committee met. She provide the Board with their draft recom-mended changes. She would like the Board to review and provide comment. They eventually will have a question/answer session with the community but are not there yet. They would need 75% of the communi-ty to approve any changes. Next meeting of the Amending CCRs Committee is October 19, 2015 @7:00 pm. GENERAL BUSINESS – Old Draft Budget –Board held a special meeting to discuss the budget on September 23rd. There will be one more CPI announcement before the Board votes on the budget. Treasurer Whitt made a motion to put the draft budget in the newsletter for the community to review. Comments can be made at the next Board meeting. There is a formula problem in the spread-sheet that will be fixed before it goes in. Secretary Hammel seconded the motion. Vote: 5 yes. Director Polansky would like to address the budget

expense line of $40,000 for a collection attorney. This topic can be added to next month’s agenda. GENERAL BUSINESS – New Review of 2015 Annual Meeting Election Proce-dures – There was a complaint at the September meet-ing that the annual meeting elections were not proper because there were unexpired Board vacancies that could be included in the elections, as had been done in 2010. Based on a review of past elections, it was noted that this happened in 2004, not 2010. There was an article in the August 2010 newsletter that there were four positions up for election, one being for a one year term. The Annual Meeting letter to the own-ers, the minutes, and the ballot all reflect four expiring terms up for election for another three years. It was noted that the bylaws are confusing and need to be revised. Bylaws state that unexpired terms are filled by appointed to the Board. The Board is not obligated to repeat a mistake made in the past. A member felt that the bylaws should allow unexpired vacancies on the Board to be voted on at an annual meeting if no appointment has occurred. There were statements about the need to keep the elections staggered so that there were expired positions every year. There was discussion about developing a committee to amend the bylaws. Secretary Hammel made a motion to put an article in the newsletter seeking volunteers to partici-pate on an ad hoc committee to amend the bylaws to look at election procedures and other areas that need updating. Director Polansky seconded the motion. Vote: 5 yes. Mike Smith offered to chair the commit-tee. The Board agreed there was no additional action needed on this topic. There is no mechanism in the bylaws for fixing mistakes. The elections were held per the bylaws. Emails to Board@ -- As follow up to a resident’s concern that there is an expectation of privacy when a member of the community sends an email to the Board using the board@newingtoncommunity.org email ad-dress, the CM stated her job description includes being the interface between the community and Board. She is included in the distribution of those emails since she responds to them. The website was revised after the last meeting to include a statement of who is part of the shared mailbox. If privacy is necessary, the Board President is the only recipient of emails that go to president@newingtoncommunity.org. The newsletter will be updated as well. Doorhangers for all Violations – Regarding a state-ment in a previous meeting that door hangers should be used for all violations, the Board agreed that door hangers will continue to be used only for tall grass violations.

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Giant Food and A+ Bonus Bucks

Don’t forget to renew you’re A+ Bonus Bucks. For more info, go to: www.giantfood.com click on the ‘our stores’ tab, then the ‘A+’ tab. Type in your Bonus Bucks card number and the school you want to support.

Saratoga’s ID: 02098,

Key Middle School’s ID: 02072

Lee High School’s ID: 02073

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come up with a recommendation. The topic is tabled until next month. At 9:54 pm President Rodriguez made a motion to convene to executive session to discuss hearings, probable cause for hearings, maximum violations and seeking injunctive relief. Treasurer Whitt seconded the motion. Vote: 5 yes. At 10:36 pm Director Smoczynski made a motion for the Board to reconvene to the regular meeting. Treasurer Whitt seconded the motion. Vote: 5 yes. Regarding Lot 275, Director Smoczynski made a motion to assess a $50 charge for a tall grass violation. President Rodriguez seconded the motion. Vote: 4 yes, 1 no (Whitt). Regarding Lot 350, Director Smoczynski made a motion to not assess a charge for a tall grass violation. Director Polansky seconded the motion. Vote: 4 yes, 1 no (Whitt). Regarding Lot 371, Director Polansky made a motion to not assess a charge for a tall grass violation. Director Smoczynski seconded the motion. Vote: 4 yes, 1 no (Whitt). Regarding Lot 372, Secretary Hammel made a motion to not assess a charge for a tall grass violation. President Rodriguez seconded the motion. Vote: 4 yes, 1 no (Whitt). Regarding Lot 373, Director Polansky made a motion to not assess a charge for a tall grass violation. Director Smoczynski seconded the motion. Vote: 4 yes, 1 no (Whitt). Regarding Lot 577, Secretary Hammel made a motion to assess a $50 charge for a tall grass violation. Director Smoczynski seconded the motion. Vote: 4 yes, 1 no (Whitt). Regarding Lot 349, Director Polansky made a motion to not assess a charge for a tall grass violation. Director Smoczynski seconded the motion. Vote: 4 yes, 1 no (Whitt). Regarding Lot 84, Secretary Hammel made a motion to assess the maximum charge of $900 for architectural violations. Director Smoczynski second-ed the motion. Vote: 4 yes, 1 no (Whitt). Regarding Lot 189, Secretary Hammel made a motion that there was probable cause for a hearing on architectural violations. Director Polansky seconded the motion. Vote: 3 yes, 1 abstain (Smoczynski), 1 no (Whitt). Motion passes. Regarding Lot 269, Secretary Hammel made a motion that there was probable cause for a hearing for the missing shutter. The letter should state that the rear siding needs to be cleaned. President Rodriguez seconded the motion. Vote: 4 yes, 1 no (Whitt). Regarding Lot 437, Director Polansky made a motion to consult with counsel to seek injunctive relief for violations listed in maximum fine letter dated

Recording of Minority Votes in the Minutes – Sec-retary Hammel made a recommendation to record minority votes to provide extra clarity on who the dis-senters were in a vote. President Rodriguez made a motion to record minority voter’s names in the minutes. Director Polansky seconded the motion. Vote: 5 yes. Pool Winterization – The CM provided the Board with a quote for winterizing pool services. She recom-mended the Board continue with the same services of the prior years. A monthly watch was not needed. Director Smocynzski made a motion to accept proposal for pool winterizing services for a total of $1,585. Treasurer Whitt seconded the motion. Vote: 5 yes. Code of Conduct Revision – The Board reviewed changes made to the Board Code of Conduct that include adding employees and management to the list of people to whom the Board is required to act civilly and respectfully. Additionally a section of the Board’s Responsibility Policy was incorporated into the Code of Conduct to make clear the CM’s role regarding vendors and community members. There were mini-mal changes to the policy but the Board felt a vote should be tabled until all six board members were in attendance. Community Survey and $50 Drawing – The CM provided the Board the results of the community survey. She shared a draft newsletter article. She was going to provide a section of survey with responses to the comment sections. The Board agreed that the results of all 75 questions should be put in the newslet-ter and the responses to the comment sections should be prepared a section at a time and provided on the website. She will provide a list of comment responses for the Board to review over the next three or four meetings. President Rodriguez pulled the winning survey door prize. 7751 Euclid Way won $50. Tree Removal by a Resident – A resident asked permission to remove three trees on common grounds that are close to his home. Director Polansky made a motion to allow the resident to remove the trees at his expense as long as he ground out the stumps, removed the grindings and put soil/seed down where the tree was. Director Smoczynski second the motion. Vote: 5 yes. Benches in woods along path – A resident asked if a bench could be put in the woods at the base of the steep section of walking path located near 7853 Godolphin. The cost associated with purchasing and installing a bench would be approximately $800. There was concern about the fairness of putting only one in and incurring an expense at the request of one resident. The Board members will walk the paths and

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DRAFT 2016 BUDGET

Inflation is almost flat so CPI-U change allowed for minimal increase in the budget. Contracts were increased slight-ly and higher contributions to street re-serves (townhouses only) are reflected. The less than 1/2% increase means the single family owners will pay $.89 more per quarter for a total of $199.24 while the townhouse owners additional $1.13 equates to $245.40 quarterly. Any questions you have will be ad-dressed at the November Board meeting when the budget will be finalized.

10/4/12. President Rodriguez seconded motion. Vote: 4 yes, 1 no (Whitt). Regarding Lot 189, The Board will table the decision to seek injunctive relief until next month after a hearing for two additional architectural violations. The Board would like to know at that time if the maximum fine from previous violations was paid. The Board considered concerns brought up in Commu-nity Forum. The Board has no response to the concern of insinuations being made. The Board has no reaction to what Lori Randall did as a volunteer. The Board agreed that the following needed to be added to the agenda; review of bylaws and policies regarding the Community Manager, as a paid employee, performing architectural inspections. As direct Supervisor to the Community Manager, the Board President will handle the complaint in the letter provided by Bob Fasick. The CM felt that letter should not be in her employee file. President Rodriguez will summarize the concerns, interview those identified in the letter (Tina and Flo) and prepare a conclusion to the investigation for the CM’s personnel file. At 11:30 pm Director Smoczynski a motion to adjourn. Director Polansky seconded the motion. Vote: 5 yes. NEXT BOARD MEETING: Wednesday, November 4, 7PM - NCA Pool House. All residents encourage to attend.

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Lawn Services for Hire

Do you have lots of leaves or untamed grass? Do you not have the time or energy to take care of it? Hire me - a responsible, able-bodied teen looking for some work. I have expe-rience with yard work and contribute to the com-munity regularly. Price: $20/hr. (min. 1 hour)

Contact: John Paul Spinelli, 703-451-1779

LOOKING FOR BABYSITTING/ PETSITTING?

Tween sitter, with references, looking to babysit, to be your mother's helper, or to pet sit. Call the Spinelli residence @ 703-451-1779

Ad Hoc Committee for the Revision of the Bylaws The NCA Board is considering the creation of a committee to address the confus-ing language of the bylaws, especially to address concerns with election proce-dures for annual election vacancies and unexpired term vacancies as well as other sections that need updating. Committee members and a Chairperson are needed. NCA bylaws contain provi-sions of the association's operations including meetings, elections of members and officers and general duties of the Board. Please get involved in this very important aspect of community governance.

SIGN REMINDER As election season begins residents are reminded of the rules on signs. Per NCA Covenants, "no sign of any kind larger than one foot square shall be displayed to the public view on any lot, except tempo-rary signs of more than four square feet advertising the said lot for sale or rent".

Streets and Kids Don’t Go Together. NCA discourages children from being allowed to play in the street.

ALWAYS Drive Slowly where children are at play!

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F ALL: NCA’s grounds contract includes two leaf removals. The first will be completed by November 30th and the second before December 30th. The

contractor removes leaves from common ground turf areas only.

As a reminder, please do NOT pile the leaves from your yard onto common grounds. Piles of leaves left for days will kill the grass. Please do not blow or rake your leaves into the street. The leaves get wet and slippery or can clog storm drains. All residents should bag the leaves from their property and place them out for trash removal. Townhouse residents may place their leaves out with regular trash pick up. Single family residents have a yard debris pick up every Wednesday through Wednesday, December 23, 2015. Placing bags of leaves out on the curb prior to scheduled pick up is considered early trash!

HOLIDAY PARTY CHAIRPERSON NEEDED

NCA sponsors a holiday party which is held every December. However, a chairperson is needed to coordinate the event or the event will not happen. The Chairperson’s tasks involve reserving party location, publicity, entertainment, food. The Chairperson may format the event any way they like. If the past format is unchanged, additional volunteers will be needed for baking cookies, taking pictures with Santa, holiday face painting, buying food, coordinating Santa’s gifts, preparing food, setup and cleanup, etc. This has been a wonderful tradition within our community, please sign up to volunteer. Contact Community Manager at 703-455-3606 for more information or email: manager@newingtoncommunity.org

Winter Trash Schedule

For Christmas and New Years— last two weeks in December - only one scheduled trash pick up per week (Tuesdays: 12/22 and 12/29). NO TRASH PICK UP ON Fridays: 12/25 and 1/1. No next day pick up after these two Fridays. Refer to NCA monthly calen-dar.

For single family homes: After Wednesday, Decem-ber 23, place yard debris out with Friday trash pick up.

Christmas Trees will be collected Wednesdays, Janu-ary 6 and Jan. 13. Tinsel and decorations must be re-moved. Do not place in plastic bags.

Inclement Weather—if roads are deemed unsafe due to snow or ice, trash collection will be suspended until next regularly scheduled collection day. TRASH MUST BE BROUGHT BACK IN!!

Experienced Babysitter

Experienced full time nanny looking for : full time or part time.

3 years experience for babysitting/nanny

Great references

CPR / first aid certified, also Newborn spe-cialist.

Hourly rate: $10 and up. My name is Bianca Angulo

Contact info: 253.243.5292

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Artistic Contracting LLC

Windows, Doors, Siding, Roofing, and Gutters

Licensed and Insured

For quality work from professionals with over thirty years of experience in Northern Virginia

Artistic Contracting is the practical choice.

Jobs as small as one door or four (4) windows. Less than four windows priced slightly higher.

Call Tom at:

571-242-4139

Artistic will be happy to provide an in-home consultation and free estimate.

Artistic sells and installs many products including the highly rated Energy Star Simonton Window.

Artistic offers high quality products and installation. Customer Satisfaction is Artistic’s Main Objective.

Do You Need Energy Efficient Doors, Windows or New Siding? Don’t Pay Other Retailers To Advertise On Radio And Television

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1Contact American Disposal Customer Service at 703-368-0500 24 hours in advance of pick-up. There is an additional cost to residents for this service.

** Board meetings are open to all NCA residents. * For Single Family Homes Only

NCA Calendar November 2015

Saratoga Elementary School Neighbors and Friends,

The Saratoga PTA is asking for the community’s support in raising funds by saving the Box Tops for Education on several General Mills products and submitting them to the school. Each Box Top earns the school 10¢ which can easily add up to hundreds, if not thousands of dollars! This money goes to support the school and many educational programs we sponsor for the students. You can find Box Tops on many nonfood items too including Kleenex Tissues/Scott paper products, Avery school/office supplies, Ziploc, and Hefty products. Please see complete Box Tops product list at: http://www.boxtops4education.com/participating-products Please clip your Box Tops, with the valid expiration date intact, and give them to a neighbor who has a Saratoga student, or you can drop them off at the school office or mail them to:

Saratoga Elementary School PTA/ Box Tops 8111 Northumberland Rd

Springfield, VA 22153

The Saratoga Elementary School PTA thanks you in advance for your support!

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White Goods Pickup1 Trash & Bulk p/u

Yard Debris*

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Trash & Recycling

White Goods Pickup1

Yard Debris* Trash & Bulk p/u

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Trash & Recycling

Newsletter Deadline White Goods Pickup1 Trash & Bulk p/u

Yard Debris*

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Trash & Recycling

Trash & Bulk p/u

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No School

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

7pm NCA Board

Mtg**(Pool House)

No School - Studen Holidays

FCPS 2 Hour Early

Dismissal

Trash Timing Monday & Thursday- Placed out for pick-up NO EARLIER than 5PM Tuesday & Friday - Placed out for pick-up NO LATER than 6AM

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