President Larry Velte called the meeting to order at 7:32 p.m.; a quorum was present; Tom Coldwell was absent.

Following a reading of the August 3, 2005, minutes, Armand Fournier moved to accept them, Fred Fredericks seconded; the minutes were accepted.

A discussion of the 2005-2006 assessment payment rate followed, based on a status report by RCS Management. The board considered a draft "reminder" letter to those who were late, but decided it may need more work, and wanted to compare it to the letter sent last year. Larry Velte will edit and submit electronically to the board for approval.

It was noted that none of the members who have incurred liens because of non-payment of last year’s dues has paid the 2005-06.

Larry Velte reported that Sharon Bulova’s office received the board’s letter regarding past due tax payments to Fairfax County dating from 1984 and 1985. Her office indicated that she would work the issue and get back to us. There was an indication that we would get some limited relief, but not a full cancellation of the debt.

Goldklang and Associates have signed a contract with KPWCA to prepare our taxes for this year and conduct an audit. Both are being prepared.

Swim Club on Tapestry—no response to our overture about meeting with their board, the Civic Association and the adjacent townhouse boards. It was noted that the swim club board has not met since our last correspondence with them.

The annual reincorporation certificate and check was mailed to Richmond.

In organizing and keeping a filing system for KPWCA, it was agreed to keep the original ballots for reincorporation and the amendment to the maximum assessment structure, along with the associated background paperwork.

The board had received a member complaint about some common ground on Commonwealth, next to Robinson Secondary School. The complaint was about noxious weeds and trash. Bernie Shinal agreed to ask the Boy Scouts about picking this up as a project, to avoid having to pay a maintenance company.

Sharon Bulova was sponsoring a meeting Thursday, September 8, to discuss replacing the dam at Royal Lake. Apparently, a state inspection revealed that the dam needs repair. This will be the first of three meetings on this subject. Although not affecting KPWCA members directly, it is of concern to those of our members who live closest to the lake.

Communications from Members:

• One member wanted the bridges replaced and the paths cleaned up behind Bessmer Lane. Such an expensive undertaking is not supported by the general membership, based on the informal survey done at the annual meeting.
• The repair of the steps on Tapestry are almost complete. Steps at Allenby still need to be repaired, but can wait until the repairs on Bessmer are completed.
• A concrete walkway on Bessmer, going down to the aforementioned bridges and paths, is in very bad shape and creates a serious tripping hazard. Replacement of the path is a part of the approved Reserve Study. It was agreed to have the concrete professionally removed and replaced with stone dust, which will create a hard surface. The edges would be lined with timbers, and landscape fabric would be placed under the stone to prevent grass and weed growth. It is necessary to replace the walkway with something, even though we are not going to rebuild the bridges and paths, because of severe water runoff. Fred Fredericks will ask the maintenance committee to lay the stone dust.

A motion was made by Armand Fournier, and seconded by Dina Gorrell, to amend the Reserve Study to allow for stone dust to be used instead of concrete. Motion passed.

• A complaint about tall grass at a house Tapestry, far exceeding the 12 inch limit prescribed by Fairfax County ordinance, was noted. Larry Velte discussed the complaint with the renter living at that address, however, as of the Board meeting, no corrective action had been taken. The board agreed to send a letter to the property owner about the situation, with copies to the County and the Civic Association. (The grass has subsequently been cut.)
• A dog pen remains in the front yard of another Tapestry residence and a letter will be sent noting the prohibition against fences in the front yard. Fred Fredericks agreed to speak to the owner about this.
• Dan Barney recommended a letter to VDOT thanking them for the repaving job on Commonwealth.

Fred Fredericks moved to adjourn, Armand Fournier seconded. Motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 9:05 p.m.