From the McLean Patch: The City of Falls Church water authority, which serves the bulk of McLean residents, is up for sale. The City of Falls Church City Council voted unanimously Monday night to send out a "Request for Expressions of Interest" to see if public or private utility companies, including the Fairfax County Water Authority, would be interested in buying the Falls Church water system.

The decision to sell the Water Authority comes after several years of fighting with Fairfax County over water rates. Ninety percent of Falls Church customers live in Fairfax County including most McLean residents.

From Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust: Here is an important notice regarding upcoming wide-load deliveries related to the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project construction. Six components of a Traction Power Substation are beling delivered in large flatbed trucks in the area of Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) and Beulah Road on February 7 and 8 beginning at approximately 9:30 a.m. Traffic disruptions will take place as the trucks and escort vehicles move along the roads.

More detailed information from DullesMetro.com

If you have books that you no longer need, there are two places to donate them to:

One is our Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library on Route 7. You can donate books, audio CD and video DVDs to them at any time. They hold used books sales every few months. Their next sale is April 14 & 15.

The other is the local chapter of the American Association of University Women:

From Fairfax County: The Fairfax County Animal Shelter is experiencing the positive results of a trap, neuter and return (TNR) program that the municipal agency enacted in October 2008. Since the humane solution was implemented for feral cats (outdoor cats not socialized to people), the shelter has noted a significant decrease in the number of feline offspring entering the shelter’s foster care program.

The shelter saw a 58 percent decrease in the number of feral offspring in the shelter’s foster care program in 2011 versus in 2010. In addition, foster data from 2008 through 2011 show a 41 percent decrease in the number of bottle-fed kittens entering the shelter and a 9 percent decrease in the total number of kittens less than 8 weeks of age (pediatric kittens) needing foster care when comparing 2010 to 2011.

The above is the title of a blog post from the blog Greater Greater Washington and the article and comments are interesting to read and relevant for us in Pimmit Hills. Some of the comments refer to the impact the redevelopment of Tysons Corner will have on its next door neighbor--us. Read More

From Fairfax County Police: An 86-year-old Springfield area woman was told last week she had won the lottery. But there was a catch; she needed to wire money to the “caller” in order to collect her winnings. She did as she was asked.

A 91-year-old Fair Oaks area man was upset and concerned when he got a call from his “grandson” who said he’d been arrested and jailed in Peru a few weeks ago. Doing what any loving grandparent would, the man wired over $13,000 in an attempt to help.

An 80-year-old woman wired $4,800 to Bolivia to her “granddaughter” who was there for a wedding and had gotten into a serious accident; then sent $5000 more for medical expenses.

From Fairfax County:

At its January 24 meeting, the Board of Supervisors endorsed the Tysons Corner Urban Design Guidelines.

Tysons Urban Design Guidelines

While the land use plan for the area sets out the vision for Tysons as a walkable, green, urban center, these guidelines give specific recommendations on how to achieve this goal through urban design. The new guidelines offer principles for the design of streets, sidewalks, street lighting, signage, parks and buildings.

From Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust:

Dranesville District Dispatch January 2012 newsletter (.pdf)

Dear Dranesville Resident: Happy New Year! Best wishes to you and your family in the coming year. I hope all of you are enjoying this relatively mild winter.

Pimmit Hills residents should be receiving their January/February 2012 issue of the Pimmit Hills Dispatch newsletter in the mail. You can also read it online. The deadline for the March/April 2012 issue is February 10.

Pimmit Hills Dispatch (January/February 2012)

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The next Pimmit Hills Citizens Association (PHCA) Community Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 7:30pm at the Pimmit High Center (school) on Lisle Avenue. This is going to be a very important meeting and we would like to have as much community input as possible. A town vote on an important issue will be taken.

At this meeting, the association will be getting a presentation on a Fairfax County proposal to tear down the Barns on Cherri Drive and build a universally accessible house for six physically disabled people, a group home.