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Lake Manassas o n n e c t i o n COfficial Publication of the Lake Manassas Residential Owners Association Spring 2013 Volume 9, Issue 2 LAKE MANASSAS ROA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Inside This Issue 3- Lake Manassas ROA Board of Directors - resident’s Report President’s Report Official Publication of 6- Management Report P The Lake Manassas Residential Owners Association 8- Community Information Volume 9, Issue 2 9- We Need Your Help - Residents When I moved to Lake Manassas, I would not have thought that I would eventually become so Lake Manassas Resident Owners’ Association 10- Budget & Finance Report involved in LMROA activity. 14900 Turtle Point Drive 11- Communication Report My history of involvement with the Association began four years ago when I was asked to try to Don Minogue Gainesville, VA 20155 12- Community Safety & Visitor Access Report get a tennis program started with a professional due to my high school, college and Junior Vet President 13- Covenants Report tennis experience. I was then asked to chair the rst resident controlled Modications Committee BOARD OF DIRECTORS [email protected] 14- Environmental Report as I had some experience with construction of car dealerships in my former corporate career. Don Minogue, President 571.261.3248 15- Modications & Construction Report (MCC) [email protected] Then, after expressing concern to keep our assessments from continually being increased, I 16- New Development Committee Report decided to run for the Board of Directors and was elected as Treasurer. Now I understand that our Bob Hale, Vice President 17- Swim and Tennis Center Report community owes a lot of thanks to our former Presidents Rowland Bowers, Bob Hale and Errol [email protected] 703.819.0257 18- Community Information Unikel – whether you agree or disagree with everything they did, few can appreciate the amount of 20- Lake Manassas Map Grete Bravo, Secretary & Treasurer 703.395.8508 time, effort and hard work these men have contributed. [email protected] 22- The Sequester Storm of March 6 24- Time to Think about Spring Gardening Under the Declaration of Covenants that governs the operation of our community, the LMROA Website: www.lakemanassasroa.com 25- Mother’s and Father’s Day - The History developer (Declarant) Lake Manassas LLC relinquished control of the Lake Manassas Residential 26- Governor McDonnell Announces Barboursville Owners Association (LMROA) to the owners of residential units on December 31, 2012. We now COMMITTEES Vineyards 2013 Governor’s Cup have a three member all-resident Board of Directors until our next Annual Meeting in September, Budget and Finance Jim Short, Chair 27- Resident Spotlight - Hannah Chait when, in accordance with our By-laws, we will elect a new five member resident Board of Directors. [email protected] 703.753.3539 28- A Resident Perspective - Seventy Sucks Bob Hale Our three member Transitional Board consists of me as President, Bob Hale as Vice President and Communications Anne Jeffery, Chair 30- Festivals, Fairs, Garden Shows & Expos Grete Bravo as Secretary/Treasurer. Bob Hale's knowledge and business acumen and Greta [email protected] 703.753.2234 Vice President 32- Area Activities & Events [email protected] Bravo's fresh perspectives have provided great assistance to me and the community as a whole. Covenants Cara Campbell, Chair 33- Real Estate Sales in Lake Manassas The LMROA has made a smooth transition to resident control and, over the next six months, it is [email protected] 703.743.9520 Properties Under Contract our commitment as Board members to continue to strengthen the Association's management and Community Safety/Visitor Access Rowland Bowers, Chair 34- Community Clubs operation, while maintaining our strong financial position. [email protected] 703.753.1765 35- Favorite Places - Try This Our committees are the key component to the successful operation of our Association. To Environmental Allan Thomas, Chair Attention Lake Manassas Graduates & Families [email protected] 703.973.8550 36- Community Calendars - April, May & June this end, I would like to acknowledge and thank all of the committee chairs and members for giving up their spare time to help run our community and I'd like to comment and update you on activities Modifications & Construction Diane Boyle, Chair 37- Community Calendar July [email protected] 571.261.1589 Community Management & Committee Meetings of these committees and our current financial condition. 38- Important Numbers New Development Rowland Bowers, Co-Chair Financial [email protected] 703.753.1765 Lake Manassas Connections Deadlines Marc Schlather, Co-Chair We are currently in better financial shape than in recent years. Our delinquencies are down [email protected] 703.753.6887 and our reserves are up. In 2012 we spent approximately $160,000 out of our reserves to replace Advertising & Publishing Contact Grete Bravo and/or repair roads and trails. The community is now 18 years old and we will continue to monitor Swim & Tennis Center Jeffrey Epstein, Chair IMAGERY attn: Lake Manassas Connection [email protected] 703.894.8058 Secretary & Treasurer road repairs and other fixed assets. A Reserve Study will be completed this spring to assist us in 43488 White Birch Way - Ashburn, VA 20147 an orderly plan to assure dollars are reserved for future repair and replacement of our Newsletter Contact [email protected] [email protected] Email: [email protected] infrastructure. Cover Photographs Shashi Mehta (please list Manassas Connection in the subject line) TEL: 703.723.3400 - FAX: 703.724.9002 Modifications Committee MANAGEMENT COMPANY DISCLAIMER – The Lake Manassas Connection is an official quarterly publication of In addition to their role in reviewing proposed homeowner modification requests (decks, Community Management Corporation (CMC) the Lake Manassas Residential Owners Association. Publication in the newsletter of pools, etc.), the Committee monitors all new construction, including the Turtle Point Townhome 4840 Westfields Blvd., Suite 300 - Chantilly, VA 20151 resolutions, rules, regulations and meetings duly adopted or called by the Board of project, ensuring all construction and landscape features meet with our appearance/structural Michelle Wingo, On-Site Community Manager residents of meetings or the adoption and implementation of these enactments of rules for the purposes of enforcement. Neither the Lake Manassas Resident standards. The Modification Committee members work in conjunction with the enforcement [email protected] 703.753.7745 Association, the Board of Directors, the Communication Committee, the Board of responsibility of the Covenants Committee. It is the essential key to continuing the quality we have Fax 703.753.1886 Governors, staff nor Members make any representation as to the validity or come to expect. Adrienne Harper, Portfolio Manager qualifications of any advertisers. The Lake Manassas Connection staff reserve the right [email protected] 703.230.8597 to decline any advertisement for any reason it deems appropriate. Submitted articles Environmental Committee are the opinion of the author and do not reflect the opinions of the newsletter team, Customer Service Center 703.631.7200 or the Association. Articles submitted are subject to editing for clarity and length and There are currently 15 proposed landscape projects ranging from replacing dead shrubbery Website: www.cmc-management.com should not be self promoting or promoting a family member, friend, business, etc. to expanding and renovating much of the common areas in the community. The subject should be of general interest to our Lake Manassas residents. Articles and After-Hours Emergency 703.631.7200 photographs appearing in The Lake Manassas Connection may not be reproduced in any manner, without the express permission of Imagery. (Continued) 2 3 LAKE MANASSAS ROA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Inside This Issue 3- Lake Manassas ROA Board of Directors - resident’s Report President’s Report Official Publication of 6- Management Report P The Lake Manassas Residential Owners Association 8- Community Information Volume 9, Issue 2 9- We Need Your Help - Residents When I moved to Lake Manassas, I would not have thought that I would eventually become so Lake Manassas Resident Owners’ Association 10- Budget & Finance Report involved in LMROA activity. 14900 Turtle Point Drive 11- Communication Report My history of involvement with the Association began four years ago when I was asked to try to Don Minogue Gainesville, VA 20155 12- Community Safety & Visitor Access Report get a tennis program started with a professional due to my high school, college and Junior Vet President 13- Covenants Report tennis experience. I was then asked to chair the rst resident controlled Modications Committee BOARD OF DIRECTORS [email protected] 14- Environmental Report as I had some experience with construction of car dealerships in my former corporate career. Don Minogue, President 571.261.3248 15- Modications & Construction Report (MCC) [email protected] Then, after expressing concern to keep our assessments from continually being increased, I 16- New Development Committee Report decided to run for the Board of Directors and was elected as Treasurer. Now I understand that our Bob Hale, Vice President 17- Swim and Tennis Center Report community owes a lot of thanks to our former Presidents Rowland Bowers, Bob Hale and Errol [email protected] 703.819.0257 18- Community Information