Moorings Cluster Fall 2000 Meeting
Monday, October 30
O'Malley House
Cluster President, Karen Compton, called the Fall 2000 meeting of the Moorings Cluster to order at 7:50 PM at Al and Nancy O'Malley's home since the church was locked.
MINUTES AND TREASURER'S REPORT
Laurie Corkey moved that the minutes be approved. Motion passed.
Ron Taylor announced that all cluster dues were paid. We are sticking to our budget, but we still haven't spent the funds for the grounds and the tot lot. Mary Buff moved that the Treasurer's Report be approved. Motion passed.

ELECTIONS
Mike Kelly nominated Andrew Nachison for the Block 2 Rep. Joel Compton moved that Andrew be approved as the Block 2 Rep. Motion passed.
Carol Matthews agreed to serve a second term as the Block 4 Rep. Karen asked if anyone else in Block 4 would like to be nominated. When no one else volunteered, Karen moved that Carol be approved as Block 4 Rep. Motion passed.
Sigrid Jackman declined to run again for Block 6 Rep. Art Lambert nominated Bill Jackman to be the Block 6 Rep. Motion passed.
GROUNDS COMMITTEE REPORT
The Grounds Committee has had three meetings. Jan Aminoff passed out Jeanne Julian's Grounds Committee report just prior to the meeting. It is too long to be properly perused right now. Allen Lenz read Pat's report. The Cluster has been certified as a Natural Backyard Wildlife Habitat. Karen, who is also a member of the Grounds Committee, said that the committee had not seen Jeanne's report prior to its being passed out at this meeting and felt it would be better if the committee discussed the report at their next meeting, as it includes a lot of information. Recommendations will come up at the Cluster Spring Meeting. As for the plum trees, we must inform RA and homeowners that the trees must be removed and include the arborist's report advising that the trees are beyond saving and should be removed.
LAKE COMMITTEE REPORT
Tim Cohn told the Cluster that there are several possible contributing factors in the degradation of the lake quality: 1) aerators may be undersized and unable to function as they should and possibly contributing to worse conditions by stirring up bottom soil; 2) regional drought the past few years; 3) too many geese; 4) construction around Lake Newport, which feeds into Lake Anne. The committee is trying to sort out and present their report to the RA. Nothing is yet resolved. Tim is a hydrologist. Dave Rickerts is very much involved with water quality at USGS and has written papers about Lake Anne.
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
Karen reported on the Neighborhood Watch meeting she attended. Fairfax County has the second largest gang force police contingent in the US. Gangs are mostly Latino and Asian and generally comprised of kids between 12 and 18. Gangs have chapters around the country and communicate via the Internet. They reportedly carry machetes, rape, steal and get drunk. We are advised to call the police if we see graffiti on walls in this area. So far the police have been relatively successful with dispersing gangs. Some gang has marked our area as part of their territory, but the police have picked up the leader of this gang and feel they have things under control. Pat Taylor and Pat Lenz are the Cluster Neighborhood Watch people. If you wish to learn more about gang problems, enter restonevillage.orgmooringscluster and ask for a password.
OLD BUSINESS
Art Lambert wanted to know the latest on the Wyndemere Cluster trees which pose problems to our cluster residents. Karen said that RA told us to send Wyndemere Cluster a certified letter with our complaints so that if something would happen we would have a case. Carol Matthews will be asked to draw up this letter, as she is an attorney.
AAA-Rainbow has announced that Christmas trees will be recycled if they are put out January 3 or January 10.
SIDEWALKS
Mike Kelly discussed bids he received. He has discovered that Brothers don't seem to stand behind their work. Five Star was the company RA used and their work was not too good. Souza gave us the highest bid, but the O'Malley's used them for their front patio and are very happy with the work that they did. Cluster residents were told that they may ask for slab work on their property to be done at the same time, but at their own expense. Ron Taylor asked that all bids be clarified, i.e. separate the basics and the extras. John Alciati moved that the Cluster approve up to $13,000 to make the repairs as shown on the bids and added that bids should be clarified, cluster residents should have the option of having private work done and that the Cluster BOD should select the contractor. Motion was passed.
Joel Anne Lambert moved that we send out flyers to the Cluster asking them to submit work requests for private repairs to garage slabs by May 22, 2001. John Alciati then moved that we evaluate all Cluster aprons for repair. Motion passed.
SNOW REMOVAL
Only two bids have come in. The BOD will decide which contractor to use.
Art Lambert moved that the meeting be adjourned. Motion was passed. Meeting was adjourned at 9:10 PM.
Mary Buff
Secretary