We wish you and your family a joyous holiday season and a wonderful 2022!!
Once the snow shoveling season starts, please be kind to your neighbors, emergency responders, our delivery and letter carriers, and our visitors by not pushing snow into the streets. You may be shoveling after the final plowing. In that case, the snow will remain in the street to hamper drivers, refreeze or sit until it melts.
If a neighbor has cleared the sidewalk, the area around your mailbox or any of the fire hydrants, please don’t bury these areas when shoveling your walk, parking space or driveway. And please don’t shovel snow on to your neighbor’s property.
If you can, shovel out your nearest fire hydrant as a buried or frozen water supply delays firefighters in the event of a house fire.
The Water’s Edge Board of Directors held a virtual (Zoom) annual homeowner’s meeting on Nov. 18th at 7:00 PM. The meeting was well attended.
The meeting included updates from your Board about community projects, the annual budget, and 2021 dues. Additionally, the Board updated residents on 2020 accomplishments and 2021 projects.
2022 Dues
Dues for 2021 will increase 5% vs. 2020.
• Townhomes: $368.55/quarter
• Single Family*: $244.65/quarter
If you currently pay your HOA dues automatically via online banking, auto credit card payment or other automated method, please ensure you update the monthly or quarterly amount to avoid short-paying and incurring late fees.
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As a reminder, ALL yard waste material must be placed in bio-degradable brown paper bags or a personal container labeled “yard waste”. No yard waste combined with trash or in plastic bags will be collected. American Disposal picks up yard waste on Wednesdays for single family homes and Thursdays for townhomes.
Yard waste should only be placed out for removal on your weekly scheduled yard waste collection day.
As a reminder, yard waste season runs from March 1st through December, 24th.
Thank you for your cooperation.
REMINDER to Townhouse Residents...
Fire Pits & Chimeneas are Illegal
For townhome residents in Fairfax County, using ANY type of portable outdoor fireplaces, including fire pits, chimeneas or other forms of solid-fuel portable fire places are illegal per Section 307.4.3 of the Fairfax County Fire Prevention Code.
This law was created to reduce risk of house fires, property damage, occupant displacement, and personal injury or death from the operation or storage of portable outdoor fireplaces in or around townhouse structures. Potential fire risks associated with misuse of portable outdoor fireplaces is high. A popping ember, an unattended fire pit or improper disposal of leftover ashes can result in accidental ignition of a deck, patio, furniture, or vegetation that could start a fire that burns not just your townhouse, but several of your neighbor’s townhomes.
For violators, Fairfax County can assess a fine up to $2,500 and up to 12 months in jail, or both for each violation.
This law does not apply to single-family homes, but single-family homeowners are reminded to use any fire source safely and responsibly and always have a fire extinguisher nearby.
Please do not place large boxes that are not broken down and flattened next to your recycling bin for pick-up. Please break them down flat and place them in your recycling bin. If you have more boxes than can fit into your recycling tote, please flatten all of them for easier handling by our hard-working trash collectors.
Good Neighbor Parking...
With more people at home due to Covid, we ask all residents to please be a good neighbor and fully utilize ALL of their private parking spaces, including your garage and driveway BEFORE parking your vehicles in our limited number of guest parking spots.
We thank you for your neighborly cooperation.
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--- Upcoming Meetings & Events --- Note All Meetings Are Now Virtual Contact SCS to Participate |
ARC Meeting
Tuesday, January 25th, 6:30 at Virtual
Board of Director's Meeting
Tuesday, February 8th, 6:30 at Virtual
ARC Meeting
Tuesday, February 22nd, 6:30
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Water's Edge News |
New mailboxes have been installed in Water's Edge, replacing all old boxes. A couple mailboxes had already been replaced with similar boxes to the new and more secure cluster boxes that were just installed. In addition, these new boxes also have a parcel locker for smaller packages.
If you have a package delivered to the parcel locker by the letter carrier, they will leave the key to the locker in your mailbox. Simply insert that key into the parcel locker and your package can be retrieved. The key will remain in the locker once it is inserted.
New mailbox keys were distributed to all residents.
Board and ARC Meetings Remain Virtual
The monthly Water’s Edge Board of Director's meeting and ARC meetings will continue in a virtual format using Zoom videoconferencing service. This change is for the safety and health of all participants. The Board and ARC will continue to meet monthly at their usual dates and times. The virtual format will continue until further notice.
Please be assured that the Board and SCS will continue to manage the HOA's operations as well as the ARC to review Exterior Applications and assist homeowners in projects.
If as a homeowner you have a critical need to attend a Board meeting, please contact Anastasia Demos, our Community Manager at 703-631-2003 or via email at ademos@scs-management.com and let her know the specific issue or question you have. We will attempt to conference in the homeowner by providing a link to the meeting or address the issue offline.
If you need the ARC's assistance, have questions or need advice on an exterior project, please contact them at WatersEdgeARC@gmail.com.
Please watch this web page for updates and additional information regarding Board meetings or other HOA news.
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Homeowners - How to Register |
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To access any of the features or information in the Members section, homeowners and residents must register and login.
To register, select the Register option on the left navigation menu. All you'll need is your name, address, email address, and Water's Edge Account Number*.
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Other Local News & Tips |
Or visit Farfax County's Covid-19 page at: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/covid19/
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Volunteer to Help |
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The Association is looking for several volunteers for help out on a couple committees:
- Architectural Review (ARC)
- Landscaping and Grounds
- Social
- Website & Newsletter
The community needs a couple people for the ARC and the Landscaping and Grounds Committee to keep our community looking good and property values high. It's also tough to create a "sense of community" without getting to know your neighbors so a social Committee is needed to help people get out and meet their neighbors on a social basis, plan a few friendly events and get people involved. And lastly, the website and expanded newsletter won't create itself without a few volunteers for the Website and Newsletter Committee helping write and edit our resident communications.
If you would like to volunteer for a committee, and WE NEED YOUR HELP. Please use the Contact Us form and send your message directly to the specific committee. You may also complete the Committee Volunteer form and submit it directly to SCS. The form is located on the Forms & Documents page.
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