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Lake Manassas Connection Official Publication of the Lake Manassas Residential Owners Association SUMMER 2014 Volume 10, Issue 3 Inside This Issue F 3- Message from the Board rom the Board 4- Visitor Information Official Publication of COMMUNITY REPORTS The Lake Manassas Residential Owners Association 6- Management Report Volume 10, Issue 3 8- Stonewall Ad Hoc Committee Report 9- Budget & Finance Report, Communications Report 14900 Turtle Point Drive - Gainesville, VA 20155 Lake Manassas Community Website www.lakemanassasroa.com 10- Covenants Report 11- Community Safety & Visitor Access Report BOARD OF DIRECTORS 12- Environmental Report Don Minogue, President 571.330.3108 13- Enjoy the Beauty of Nature in an Educated Way [email protected] 14- Modications & Construction Report (MCC), Bob Hale, Vice President 703.819.0257 Community Volunteers Needed LAKE MANASSAS ROA BOARD OF DIRECTORS [email protected] 16- Swim & TennisCenter Report Peter Metrinko, Secretary FEATURES [email protected] 703.743.9986 18- Real Estate In Lake Manassas - 20- Protect Your Home From Burglary Gary Frisard, Treasurer 571.969.3918 22- What’s Wrong With Me? [email protected] 23- Healthy Snacking, Another Quick Healthy Snack, Corn on the Cob - quick! Ed Orsini, Director 703.624.6417 24- Some fun, quick helpful household tips... [email protected] Mountain Apple Cobbler Recipe COMMITTEES 25- The DC/VA Area Wine Trail Ad Hoc Joe Greenlee, Chair 26- A Waystation for Monarchs in Your Garden [email protected] 27- Closet Organizing 10 Great Tips Budget and Finance John Coyle, Chair AREA ACTIVITIES & EVENTS [email protected] 703.753.2234 28- The Civil War Experience 30- Culpeper Thursday Concert Series Communications Vacant, Chair COMMUNITY INFORMATION [email protected] 30- Community Clubs Covenants Cara Campbell, Chair 32- Resident Spotlight [email protected] 703.743.9520 33- Important Numbers Lake Manassas Connection Deadlines Community Safety/Visitor Access Rowland Bowers, Chair 34- Community Calendars - July, August, September [email protected] 703.732.2471 35- Community Calendar - October Community Committee Meeting Information Environmental Allan Thomas, Chair 36- 2014 Pool Information [email protected] 703.973.8550 Modifications & Construction Diane Boyle, Chair [email protected] 571.261.1589 Advertising & Publishing Contact IMAGERY attn: Lake Manassas Connection New Development Rowland Bowers, Co-Chair [email protected] 703.753.1765 43488 White Birch Way - Ashburn, VA 20147 Marc Schlather, Co-Chair Email: [email protected] [email protected] 703.753.6887 (please list Lake Manassas Connection in the subject line) TEL: 703.723.3400 - FAX: 703.724.9002 Swim & Tennis Center Grete Bravo, Chair [email protected] 703.395.8508 DISCLAIMER – TheLake Manassas Connection is an official quarterly publication of the Lake Manassas Residential Owners Association. 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Articles submitted are subject to editing for clarity and length and [email protected] 703.753.7745 should not be self promoting or promoting a family member, friend, business, etc. The Fax 703.753.1886 Adrienne Harper, Portfolio Manager subject should be of general interest to our Lake Manassas residents. Articles and [email protected] 703.230.8597 photographs appearing in TheLake Manassas Connection may not be reproduced in any manner,without the express permission of Imagery. Customer Service Center 703.631.7200 2 Inside This Issue F rom the Board Don Minogue, President Bob Hale, Vice President Peter Metrinko, Secretary Gary Frisard, Treasurer Ed Orsini, Director LAKE MANASSAS ROA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Summer and our new Fiscal Year are upon us! You should other suggested improvements. In addition, the master have received a mailing during the rst week of June that association (LMA) has contracted with KCS Landscaping to contained an explanation letter and a copy of the nal Board replace some of the shrubs on TurtlePoint Drive. approved FY 2015 Budget. Stonewall & Amsterdam Gates Budget The Stonewall Ad Hoc Committee will be making While the Board worked to contain costs wherever recommendations on improvements to the Stonewall Guard possible, there was a need for a slight increase $1.77 (1%) to the House and entrance gates for Board consideration. In addition, base assessment, which is now $178.61. Note that the the Community Safety and Visitor Access Committee will maintenance portion of your assessment did not change. continue to monitor and make suggestions for security Maintenance assessments vary depending on where you live in improvements at the Stonewall and Amsterdam Gates. Lake Manassas. Please be sure to make the adjustment in your As of press time, the Amsterdam Gate was entering into records and accounts so that the correct assessment is paid the nal stages of construction with Comcast internet and each month. security camera installation scheduled prior to the installation of Financial Position the sliding gates. Note that in FY2014 costs to make repairs to the gates due to age as well as damage sustained by vehicles or Our current nancial position for Repair and Replacement vandalism approached $7,000. Upon the installation of security Reserves is slightly under funded due to the massive snow cameras at all gates, it is the hope of the Board that these removal costs we incurred this past winter as well as other incidences will diminish greatly or that persons responsible will expenditures that included: Stonewall Guard House paint and be caught and held accountable for repair costs. repairs (interior and exterior); Swim and Tennis Center paint and repairs (exterior), removal of rusted xtures and lockers in Security Patrols the lifeguard ofce as well as in the men's and women's dressing In addition to the random weekly Prince William County rooms and replacement of defective sidewalks at the Swim and Police security patrols, we have contracted with our guard Tennis Center; Landscape replacement projects for beds that contractor, Securitas, to perform night time and weekend contained dead/diseased/dying plants [note that landscape costs patrols for parking violations. Violations will be reported to the in FY 2014 which included new projects, routine maintenance onsite Covenants Administrator and Covenants Committee (mowing, mulch, annuals), tree removal and replacing dead who will follow up with parking violation notices and possible plants in existing beds, totaled approximately $119,000]. nes. Pipe Stem Update Concrete and Asphalt Repairs All resident and non-resident owners of homes on pipe Brothers Paving will be doing concrete and asphalt repairs stems have been contacted regarding the additional cost for throughout the community beginning in July. While the majority maintenance that will be assessed to their accounts. As our of the work is scheduled for the Western Peninsula (Stonewall attorney prepares individual easements for those homes, side behind shopping center), there will be some work on the management will contact owners and make arrangements for Eastern Peninsula (access through main entrance on Baltusrol or them to be signed and notarized. unmanned gate near Amsterdam Court) side as well. Residents Project Updates will be notied through email blasts and will see signs posted once a date for these repairs has been conrmed. Please be The Environmental Committee surveys the community on patient as the road repairs (particularly on the Western Peninsula) a regular basis and is working with landscape contractors to are underway since this will undoubtedly create inconvenience make recommendations to the Board on areas that are in need due to lane closures. of replacement plantings for things such as dead shrubbery or (continued) 3 F rom the Board (continued) VISITOR INFORMATION: Q: How do I expedite guests and vendors through our two FIOS manned gates? Can I get a Visitor Pass? Verizon in conjunction with the LMROA, has been investigating the status of easements in the community in the hope A: For long term visitors (guests who will be staying at your of bringing the option of FIOS to residents who live on the home for an extended period of time), please contact the onsite Western Peninsula. As more details become available they will be manager at 703.753.7745 or by email at mwingo@cmc- communicated via blast email and posted on the Lake Manassas management.com to request a vehicle guest registration form. website www.lakemanassasroa.com Upon returning the form to the onsite manager, your guest will be provided with a temporary visitor pass which will allow them Lake Manassas Professional Village to enter at ease into the community throughout the duration of A sketch plan (see below) has been submitted to Prince their visit. For daily visitors, residents may notify the gate house William County for the commercial pad site located on Lake of all visitors and vendors coming to Lake Manassas prior to their Manassas Drive across from the Cancer Center. The plan can be arrival by calling the Baltusrol Gatehouse at 703.745.9465 or the reviewed at the Ofce of Planning, Prince William County Stonewall Gatehouse at 703.754.9951. Give the guard the name Government, 5 County Complex Court, Suite 200, Prince of you visitor and your name and address.