Brookshire Cluster Association

Welcome to Brookshire Cluster Association. Information to get you started in our neighborhood follows.

Dues:

Trash:

Common grounds:

Fairfax County Leash law:

Design and Architectural Overview:

Board of Directors:

Dues:

There are 26 homes in Brookshire Cluster. BCA’s dues are $245 per house per quarter and include lawn and common ground maintenance, trash collection, leaf removal, and snow removal (from the parking lot and drive). Included in the $245 is a special assessment of $25 for renovation and repair. Dues statements are distributed in January, April, July and October.

Trash:

AAA disposal service, Inc. collects trash on Monday and Thursday mornings. Trash is collected on holidays except Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day and New Year’s Day. AAA can be reached at (703) 818-8222, from 8:00AM to 4:30PM. Recycling (newspapers, glass and cans) are picked up every Monday morning. AAA asks that you have your trash out for pick-up by 6:00AM.

Newspapers should be bundled in paper bags or tied with strong twine. Bundles may include slick inserts and magazines, but should not exceed 20 lbs. Glass bottles and jars (green, brown and clear) should be rinsed. Remove caps and lids and separate by color. Aluminum and metal food cans may be co-mingled. AAA does not recycle plastics at this time.

Residents should set trash in the parking lot no sooner than the night before scheduled pick-up. Trash must be in closed containers or in bags which are fastened shut. These rules should ensure keeping rodents from setting up camp in our parking lot.

Larger items can be disposed of by special pickup services and/or renting a dumpster during the cluster cleanup sessions (see Common Grounds) or by special request to AAA Trash & Recycling.

Common grounds:

are maintained by Cardinal landscaping. Cardinal provides garden maintenance, mulching and pruning, grass mowing service through the summer, lawn seeding and leaf clean-up twice during the fall months. Cluster members get together twice annually (once in Spring, once in the Fall) in a Cluster Clean-up to plant trees & plants, paint, weed, prune and remove debris (sticks, deadwood etc). Members are asked to pitch in during the year, especially in the summer, to help maintain our common areas by watering and weeding our flower beds. Contact the landscaping director with any questions or concerns about dead trees, limbs or bushes. Brookshire Cluster is one of the largest green-space-per-household clusters in Reston.

Social events:

Each year, the cluster holds a number of social activities for the whole cluster:

Cluster Clean up: in April and October is a great way to meet and greet neighbors, and make a difference in your community.
Yard Sale: in late spring/early summer to allow members to clear out storage spaces and sell unwanted items. Members are asked to keep the visitor parking spaces free for this event to allow shoppers to come in, park and browse.
Picnic: the cluster holds a neighborhood picnic in early summer.
Ad hoc: parties throughout the neighborhood, throughout the year.

Parking:

each townhouse unit is assigned one reserved parking space which is marked as such. Guest spaces are available on a first come, first served basis. Due to the limited number of available parking spaces, each unit is limited to keeping no more than two cars on Brookshire court. Any additional cards could be parked on Moorings Drive. Large recreational vehicles need to park on Moorings Drive or in the Reston RV parking lot which has prerequisite electricity and water. Cars should not be parked in a visitor’s spot for more than 30 days, or it will be subject to being towed. Parking is restricted to assigned parking spaces only, cards parked in fire lanes or blocking sidewalks will be ticketed and/or towed by Fairfax county authorities.

Neighborhood watch:

Brookshire Cluster participants in Fairfax County’s neighborhood watch program. Residents are encouraged to report any suspicious activity to the police non-emergency telephone number at (703) 691-2131. Emergency situations should be reported to 911.

Wildlife habitat:

Reston is the third certified National Wildlife Habitat in the US with the National Wildlife Federation. Reston’s Community Wildlife Habitat project includes Backyard Wildlife Habitat sites at single family homes, clusters, apartment buildings, schools and daycare centers, workplaces, churches, and other community locations. Brookshire cluster actively supports wildlife by paying special attention to native plants, animals, pesticides and levels of nighttime lighting for the nocturnal habitat.

Fairfax County Leash law:

Dogs should be kept on a leash or under the owner’s control. Owners are responsible for cleaning up after their dogs on cluster property. Extra bags are provided on the public walkways for simple, safe removal of dog debris.

Design and Architectural Overview:

The Lake Anne area in Reston is an historic site so buildings and landscape need to be preserved and in harmony with nature. Architectural and design layout changes need to be reviewed and approved by Reston’s Design Review board. Contact the Reston Association Covenants Administration at 703-437-9580. Paint guidelines with the matching paint palette is available online with paint samples available at Home Deport as needed.

Board of Directors:

The cluster is governed by a 5-member Board of Directors elected annually by its owner-residents. The association’s meeting is scheduled annually around February. The by-laws, amendments, annual treasurer’s report for the last two years, with plan for current year, are enclosed.

Questions not covered in these materials may be answered by any of the current Board members:

Home	Personality	Position	Email	Home Phone
1567	Aaron & Jill Vinson	Presidents	Brookshire1567@yahoo.com	(703) 481-3120
1546	Dave Safford	Secretary	daveheather724@yahoo.com	(703) 468-1048
1532	Ann M Deegan	Treasurer/Finance	adeegan@madeira.org	(571) 203-1348
1552	John Fay	Landscape	jfay@clark.net	(703) 481-0944
1555	Diana Boss	Social Directors	dboss1978@yahoo.com
1557	Shari True	Social Directors	ACSShari@aol.com	(703) 481-1994