Architecture Control - Architecture Control Committee (ACC) Guidelines
February 2011: application form updated with Greg’s contact information
Maintenance
February 2011: Bob Ray’s contract as Maintenance Coordinator renewed. Efforts continuing to clean up from this year’s harsh weather. Residents are asked to be sure that any tree cutting service they use knows that dumping wood chips on our common areas is not allowed.
January 2011: Contracts for Bob Ray, Sunrise and Franks were discussed. Bob will be asked to continue to oversee maintenance activities and we will solicit bids from Sunrise and Franks for both the upkeep of the sign beds and mowing of the common ground. Paul and Carolyn Beck continue their beautification work in the grove of trees near the Ft. Lee common area and will present a plan to the Board for the conifer planting they’d like to do in the Spring.
Transportation and Safety - Transportation Committee Charter (PLEASE NOTE: this is the original charter from 2009, the names have changed. Please contact current people with questions.)
December 2011: Proposal has been approved for both Folkstone Drive and Westwood Hills. We are now awaiting installation of traffic calming devices
October 2011: Westwood Hills Drive proposal approved by neighborhood votes. Next step is approval by the Board of Supervisors.
September 2011: Folkstone Drive proposal approved by neighborhood vote. Next step is approval by the Board of Supervisors.
June 2011: Re-cap of community meeting held at Crossfield:
About 50 community members turned out for the traffic calming meeting on Wednesday, June 22 with Mike Coyle from Supervisor Frey’s office and Steve Knudsen from FCDOT. After a brief introduction by Bill Creighton, a member of the Folkstone task force, Mr. Coyle reviewed the established Fairfax County Operating Procedures for Traffic Calming procedures and answered community members questions about funding, the ballot process, installation of devices, signage, etc. Ballot boundary area maps were presented for Folkstone and Westwood Hills.
The Folkstone proposal includes 2 speed hump locations and the Westwood Hills proposal currently includes 3 speed hump locations. Some community members inquired about a 4th device being included on Westwood Hills, closer to Fox Mill Road. The task force will be looking into this option, and will coordinate with Mr. Coyle and Mr. Knudsen to include this in the final proposal if the required affected resident approval(s) is/are obtained.
The next step in the process is a community vote. One ballot will be sent out to each homeowner in the affected areas, which will need to be returned to Mike Coyle in Supervisor Frey’s office to be tallied. The Folkstone Dr. ballots will be tallied separately from the Westwood Hills Dr., as they are considered two separate projects by the county. A minimum of 50% of the ballots need to be returned and 60% of the returned ballots need to approve the proposal in order for the county to move on the the next step in the process.
If the proposed traffic calming plans are approved by the community, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will need to endorse each plan before FCDOT can schedule installation of the devices. There would be a sign at the entrance to each street indicating that there are speed humps in the neighborhood, and an additional sign would be placed directly at each device location.
- Traffic Calming Project Process
- Traffic Calming Ballot Boundaries
- Traffic Calming Engineering Review
Communications
Automatic feed of news from the Fairfax County Police was added to the home page.
Events
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