Lewis-McChord Communities July 2020 Resident Newsletter

LMC Resident Newsletter JBLM | July 2020

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Spouses Mixer page 5

Holiday News page 3

Fireworks JBLM REGULATION With the 4th of July around the corner JBLM Fire Prevention would like to remind everyone that the use of fireworks on the Installation including housing all housing areas are prohibited. Question please give us a call at 253-966-7164.

Lewis-McChord Communities will be closed on July 3rd in observance of the 4th of July holiday

Living Green How to Live Green:

empty · clean (quick rinse) · no lids Recycle plastics by shape.

Ignore numbers/symbols on packaging.

In This Issue Fireworks and JBLM

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Living Green

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Holiday News

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jugs

Pet Safety

buckets

tubs

(remove handle)

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Community Events

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Spouse Mixer - July Landscape Schedule

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Maintenance Tips

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Resident Handbook boxes and bags

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JBLM News

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PoolNO and A/C Policies GLASS

NO PLASTIC BAGS OR WRAP Caught On Camera NO BAGGED RECYCLABLES

It means that you help out in your community; you spread the message of conservation with friends foam trays crinkly plastic and neighbors. and containers plastics packaging all cartons

aluminum foil, pans and plates

SINGLE-USE This month, take ITEMS: a look around your community and see what you can do to make a difference in your environment. You can volunteer to clean up a park or plan a community outing to clean up the beach. Here are a few things you can do to continue to “Live Green.”

paper plates

paper towels and napkins

plastic cups

paper cups

utensils and straws

coffee pods

Energy Savings – Change out light bulbs from incandescent bulbs to energy saving LED bulbs.

NO ELECTRONICS

Social Media Giveaways

Community Update

To “Live Green” means more than just Want to know why some things belong in the garbage?

GARBAGE recycling.

It means that you incorpo- piercecountywa.gov/reminders rate small changes in your everyday life to help sustain and conserve resources.

NO HAZARDOUS WASTE

Recycle or dispose of batteries and chemicals properly - hazardous waste cannot be placed in the trash or recycling bins. Visit www.earth911.org and find local locations to recycle hazardous waste, batteries, by zip code. shredded paper etc. search prescription all lids pizza boxes (use a shred event) bottles Donate/Reuse/Buy usedgreasy items

DROP-OFF

Find locations for these items plus options for electronics, appliances, mattresses, clothing, foam packaging and more: piercecountywa.gov/recyclemenu

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PREPARATION

District Office Holiday Hours: All District Offices will be closed on July 3rd in observance of the 4th of July holiday.

glass

plastic bags and wrap

(at participating grocery stores)

household hazards

District Trash Collection Schedule Have your trash cans curbside by 5:30 AM on your designated day Please Note: If your trash day falls on a holiday, pickup may be delayed by one business day

District Office Hours: Monday - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Tuesday - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday - 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Thursday - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Friday - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Saturday & Sunday Closed Important Numbers: Roadside America: Lincoln At Your Service:

888-895-1744 888-578-4141

Monday: Evergreen, Madigan, New Hillside Tuesday: Broadmoor, Davis Hill, Greenwood, Parkway Wednesday: All McChord Field Thursday: Beachwood, Beachwood II, Eagleview, Meriwether Landing Friday: Clarkdale, Discovery Village, Hillside, Town Center Centralized Garbage Container Service: • Tuesday: Parkway and Town Center • Friday: Parkway and Clarkdale

Location: • JBLM Main - Bldg. 5290 (12th and Nevada, across from the JBLM Main Commissary) •

JBLM McChord Field - Bldg. 516 (South Gate Rd., behind the BX & McChord Field Commissary

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JBLM Main - Tue - Sat 0730-1600

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JBLM-McChord Field 24/7 Electronic drop off Mon - Sat 0730 - 1600

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Closed all federal Holidays

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Recreational Vehicles

Holiday News

Pierce County Refuse Holiday Schedule

Recreational Vehicles Recreational vehicles are not allowed to be stored in the Lewis-McChord family housing areas or anywhere on the premises.

Your District Manager may issue a 72 hour pass to allow you to bring such vehicles to your home for packing and cleaning.

There will be a limit of two (2) such passes issued per month to each resident.

A recreational vehicle is defined as any vehicle that is not designed primarily as a passenger vehicle and includes motor homes, travel trailers (self-contained and pop-up), 5th wheel trailers, campers (mounted on trucks and not mounted), motorboats, sailboats, jet skis, ATVs, any type of trailer and boat trailers of any kind.

At no time are any vehicles permitted to be parked on the lawn, grass, yard or common areas. Please confirm with your District Manager permitted locations for parking RVs within housing.

Our offices are closed and no service is provided on: • Thanksgiving Day • Christmas Day • New Years day Pick-up on or following all other holidays remains unchanged. If you have any further questions please contact your District Office

Pets, Pet Safety & Resident Responsibilities

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Summer Pet Safety Tips

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Community Events

Spouses Mixer July: Update

SUMMER FUN! Social Media Giveaway!

Follow us on Facebook for fun summer giveaways!

District Information UPDATED Landscaping Schedule 2020 Lewis Main Schedule:

Lewis West Schedule

McChord / Madigan Schedule:

Broadmoor:

Parkway

All McChord Thursday

Town Center:

Davis Hill

Friday All Homes Thursay All Buildings

Clarkdale:

Monday All buildings

Bricks All Homes

Monday All Homes

Tuesday All Homes

Greenwood

If you have any questions please contact your District Office.

Hillside

Westcott Hills Friday All Homes Olympic Grove Monday All homes

Thursay All Homes Monday All Homes

Lewis Main District Office BLDG 5133 - Lewis Main Phone: 253-912-3460 lewismain@lpsi.com

If you have any questions please tact your District Office.

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Lewis West District Office BLDG 5133 - Lewis Main Phone: 253-912-3493 lewiswest@lpsi.com

Carter lake Monday South of Oak St and East of Woodbrook Dr. Thursday North of Oak St. and East of Woodbrook Dr. Heartwood Tuesday North of Redwood St. and West of Woodbrook Drive Wednesday South of Redwood St. and West of Lincoln and 4501 - 4527 on Dogwood St.

Lewis North Schedule:

Lewis East Schedule

Meriwether Landing Thursday

Discovery Village

Stony Oak Wednesday All Homes

Friday

Tuesday

Cascade Village Thursday All Homes

Shannon Woods 10342 - 10373

Monday 7266 - 7298

Ordway Heights 10200 - 10237 Clarks Point 10240 - 10272 Pryer Crossing 10000 - 10081

7110 - 7195, 7210 - 7265 and 60101 60167

Beachwood North and South Wednesday All Homes

Wednesday All Homes

Eagleview

Thursday All Homes If you have any questions please contact your District Office.

Lewis North District Office BLDG 10400 - Lewis North Phone: 253-912-3475 lewisnorth@lpsi.com

Evergreen

New Hillside

Wednesday 6741 - 6798 Thursday 6501 - 6598, 6601 - 6698 and 6701 - 6738 Friday 6301 - 6388, 6800 - 6872 and 6901 - 6982 If you have any questions please contact your District Office.

Madigan Friday All Homes If you have any questions please contact your District Office.

McChord / Madigan District Office BLDG 3209 - McChord Field Phone: 253-589-0523 mcchord@lpsi.co

* Carter lake and Heartwood, for more detailed information regarding your boundries please visit your District Office for a map.

Lewis East District Office BLDG 60100A - Lewis Main Phone: 253-912-3485 lewiseast@lpsi.com

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Maintenance Tips

How Can We Help?

Maintenance Requests, Suggestions or Residents Concerns Do have a needed repair, a suggestion, or a concern? Lincoln Military Housing is committed to enriching the lives of military families through providing quality home and vibrant communities. Your feedback is an important piece in helping us accomplish this goal, and we want to ensure we provide you with an avenue to initially address your needed repair, suggestion or concern and the process to escalate it, should that be necessary. Below is an outline of our easy Three- Step process for concerns and opportunities to provide feedback.

Three-Step Process for Resident Concerns Step One Identify the issue and contact Lincoln Military Housing: Lincoln At Your Service 24-HR Toll-Free Hotline: 888-578-4141 LincolnServiceTrack.com

Step Two If the issue is incomplete contact Lincoln Military Housing: General Management Office 253-912-2111

Step Three If the issue is still unresolved contact: Government Family Housing 253-966-2888

~ Lewis Main District Office | 253-912-3460 ~ Lewis West District Office | 253-912-3493 ~ Lewis East District Office | 253-912-3485 ~ Lewis North District Office | 253-912-3475 ~ McChord District Office | 253-589-0523

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Pets & Resident Responsibilities

Resident Handbook Reminders BBQ / Fire Pits and Landscaping

It is your responsibility to take care of your pet(s)

BBQ/ Fire Pits

Any and all pet(s) and animal(s) approved by Lessor must be kept inside the residence at all times except when on a leash or when securely confined in your fenced backyard, provided the fence is approved by management and is of adequate size and strength to restrain the animal.

If you wish to cook outdoors, Town Center residents please refer to your lease documents for limitations on grilling in your neighborhood.

Pets are not to be tied up and left unattended if there is no fence.

Pet owners are responsible for disposing of their pet’s waste immediately, whether the pet is on a leash or in a fenced area.

Please see your resident handbook or your District Office for a list of prohibited pets here at JBLM.

Moving Out When it’s time to move out, we have a few simple requirements:

1) You must visit your District Office to complete a Notice to Vacate. At that time a pre-inspection appointment will be made. You will also schedule the date and time of your final inspection which is the date and time you will turn over keys and walk away from the home.

2) You must provide us with a valid forwarding address.

3) As required by your lease, you must leave your home in the same clean, undamaged and ready-to–rent condition as when you moved in, taking ordinary wear and tear into account. Ordinary wear and tear would include such things as traffic wear across the carpet, but not burns or stains.

When you vacate your home, any personal property left in your home will be considered abandoned and may be disposed of, without liability to us, subject to applicable laws.

If we incur costs for cleaning and or repairing your home or for removing trash or other items left behind after you move out, we will pass those costs through to you.

Meriwether Landing/ Westcott Hill communities that have common BBQ/fire pit areas will need the cover to be replaced once the fire pit has completely cooled. All Residents are responsible to remove all trash/debris to be ready for the next resident to use.

For all other communities, all BBQ grills must be used at least 15 feet from your home to prevent damage to the siding. BBQ grills/fire pits are not to be used under overhangs, eaves in garages or carports.

Only commercially purchased above ground fire pits are allowed in family housing and must be used at least 15 feet from your home and within your own yard.

All communities need to properly store flammable materials, keep a fire extinguisher or water source readily available and supervise all fires by an adult until extinguished.

The burning of leaves, garbage and paper is strictly prohibited.

Landscaping Landscaping Landscaping services are currently included in your rent.

On your lawn service day, you will need to ensure that your lawn is free of toys and personal belongings so the mowers can cut your grass. You can have one large non moveable item in your yard such as a swing set or trampoline. Please see your District Office for Outdoor Policies. The mowers will cut within two (2) feet of the item. You will be responsible to cut the grass under and the two (2) feet around the item.

You may choose to maintain your own lawn if desired.

Contact your Community Office for a sign to put in your window.

If the home you live in has a fence either provided or installed by you, you are responsible for the maintenance of your yard.

All flowerbeds adjacent to your home are your responsibility to maintain weed-free. Failure to maintain may result in fines.

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Community Update

Lewis McChord Communities is looking forward to the following capital improvement projects kicking off this Summer and later in 2020!

Renovations are happening on both McChord Field, Lewis West and Lewis East!

McChord Renovations are underway in Heartwood II & III, new features will include air conditioning, upgraded Quartz countertops, new appliances, new plumbing, roofs and siding.

Similar renovations are also upcoming in 2020 in bothe Davis Hill and New Hillside.

Fence Replacement: Olympic Grove (finish up), Carter Lake, Evergreen.

Adding fencing to: Beachwood South New Planter bed with irrigation system installed at Beachwood South, Madigan, Heartwood, Clarkdale. These planter beds will then be maintained by our landscaping contractors.

Installing garage door openers at The Bricks community.

We have paint projects starting this summer in New Hillside & Heartwood. New updated color schemes will match the newly renovated Heartwood II & III homes.

We will be continuing our current project of converting existing carports into garages in the Madigan neighborhood. As well as executing a new project in Beachwood South making those conversions as well.

We are adding irrigation to the parks in Meriwether Landing New street signs will be installed in Beachwood North and South, as well as Madigan.

Making improvements to sidewalks, concrete and asphalt, to eliminate any trip hazards throughout housing.

In Greenwood, we are installing a large parking area that will increase parking in that area and decrease the number of cars parked on the road.

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JBLM News

PCS Season during COVID

By Cathy Hamilton-Wissmer, DPW Sustainability JBLM Refuse & Recycling Information Joint Base Lewis-McChord recycles as much as possible in an effort to protect the environment, to meet the Department of Defense goals by diverting non-hazardous solid waste from landfill disposal, and to wisely steward financial and natural resources by minimizing waste. These efforts combined will sustain resources allowing JBLM to be a premier training installation well into the future.

When in doubt, throw it out! Your curbside recycling container is only for those items that are currently accepted. The JBLM recycling and refuse website is a great spot for the latest information and handouts: https://home.army.mil/lewis-mcchord/index.php/my-Joint-Base-Lewis-Mcchord/all-services/public_ works-environmental_division/recycling.

Do you have cleaning, home improvement, automobile maintenance, lawn and garden care, hobbies, or paint to leave behind? Housing residents can take household hazardous waste to bldg. 1210, Environmental Operations during the hours of 1300-1600 Monday –Thurs and 1300-1500 Friday. Call 253-967-4786 for more information. They can also answer questions about any hazardous materials that you may have stored.

Please contact your LMH neighborhood center to find out about bulk pickup of large items during your move out.

Other local resources for refuse, large item and household hazardous waste disposal: • Tacoma Landfill, 3510 S. Mullen St., Tacoma WA 98409 | Phone: 253-591-5418 (www.cityoftacoma.org) • Thurston County Waste and Recovery Center, 2420 Hogum Bay Rd NE, Lacey WA 98516 | Phone: 360-867-2912 (www.co.thurston.wa/solidwaste) • Hidden Valley Landfill, 17925 Meridian St. E., Puyallup WA 98375 | Phone: 253-847-7555 (www.lriservices.com) and (Pierce County Solid Waste)

Follow Sustainable JBLM on Facebook and keep up with Environmental!

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JBLM News Cont.

RECYCLING

GARBAGE

PREPARATION

empty · clean (quick rinse) · no lids

PLASTIC

Want to know why some things belong in the garbage?

piercecountywa.gov/reminders

Recycle plastics by shape.

Ignore numbers/symbols on packaging.

crinkly plastics

plastic packaging

all cartons

foam trays and containers

aluminum foil, pans and plates

SINGLE-USE ITEMS:

bottles

(non-prescription ok)

jugs

tubs

PAPER

buckets

(remove handle)

paper plates

paper towels and napkins

paper cups

plastic cups

utensils and straws

coffee pods

NO ELECTRONICS NO HAZARDOUS WASTE

boxes and bags

METAL

cardboard

NO GLASS NO PLASTIC BAGS OR WRAP NO BAGGED RECYCLABLES

aluminum cans

metal cans

all lids

(flat)

greasy pizza boxes

DROP-OFF

shredded paper

(use a shred event)

prescription bottles

Find locations for these items plus options for electronics, appliances, mattresses, clothing, foam packaging and more: piercecountywa.gov/recyclemenu Revised 6/20

mixed paper

glass

plastic bags and wrap

(at participating grocery stores)

household hazards

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Airconditioning Requests

Air Conditioner Standards - Be in the know before you install!

Window mounted Air Conditioner Unit for first floor windows only.

Window mounted Air Conditioner units above the first floor windows of your home are not allowed and no structural modifications are allowed to accommodate window AC units.

Also, the following restrictions will apply: • Unit Size: 6,000 BTU maximum • Unit Weight: 46 pounds maximum • Power Requirements: 110 Volt, 5.6 Amp maximum. No 220 Volt units are permitted • Clear plexi-glass material or plywood material painted to match the color of the window frame must be used for all exposed areas of installation.

• LMC will not be responsible for added electrical loading imposed by your equipment. (i.e. added utility costs on your Minol utility billing).

• LMC will not be responsible for any damage to the window or structure, including but not limited to window warping, mounting hardware damage, condensation leakage, or residue from foams or tapes, charges may apply for these damages.

Mobile/Portable Air Conditioner Units Mobile/Portable Air Conditioning Units, where the unit remains inside the home and vents through a window are allowed on all floors (1st & 2nd story rooms) with the following restrictions.

• Unit Size: 14,000 BTU maximum • Unit Weight: 80 pounds maximum • Power Requirements: 110 Volt, 10.8 Amp Maximum. No 220 Volt units are permitted • Clear plexi-glass material or plywood material painted to match the color of the window frame must be used for all exposed areas of installation.

• LMC will not be responsible for added electrical loading imposed by your equipment of existing usage (i.e. added utility costs on your Minol utility billing).

• LMC will not be responsible for any damage to the window or structure, including but not limited to window warping, mounting hardware damage, condensation leakage, or residue from foams or tapes, charges may apply for these damages.

Seasonal Reminders Personal Swimming Pools

Wading pools are allowed without prior written approval. Wading pools are defined as being no more than 18 inches in height. They are temporary and seasonal and do not include ladders or pumps. For safety and health concerns, they must be emptied and put away daily.

You may install an above ground pool in your fenced backyard. You are responsible for getting annual prior written approval from your District Manager. You will be required to fill out the necessary paperwork and pay all deposits associated with pool. You must display the Lewis McChord Communities Approved Pool sign in a visible street facing window any time the pool is set up.

All requests must be made annually in writing and include the following: • A drawing that details the location of the pool.

• Size, to include height and capacity of pool.

• Approved fence request form, fence must be a 6ft privacy fence with self-latching gate. Fence must be approved and installed prior to submitting pool request.

A refundable deposit of $100 will apply. This deposit is refundable at move out.

Additional Policies: • Pools are only to be in place from Memorial Day to Labor Day • Pools must be removed and stored no later than September 10 • Pools are only allowed in fenced back yards that have self-latching gates.

• Pool cannot be taller than the fence.

• Only ladders made for the pool are allowed.

• No temporary structures are allowed around the pool.

• Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by children the age of 14 or older at all times when using the pool.

• Prior to move out, you will be required to remove the pool and repair any damage to the premises • Any changes to the original request must be submitted in writing and are subject to approval by the District Manager.

• Acceptable use of pools is at the sole discretion of management.

• Management reserves the right to require that a pool be removed at any time.

• You are liable for any issues that arise from use of the pool.

• In the event that Lewis McChord Communities calls for water rationing, you will be required to follow post water conservation guidelines.

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Community Services

Caught On Camera - 2020 Graduates!

Community Services Email: lewismcchordcommunities@gmail.com Office Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Closed Saturday and Sunday Community Services Coordinator: Hope Schwickerath Community Services Director: Marcia McDowell

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Community Services Mission Statement Our mission is to improve the quality of life for our military residents through programs designed to strengthen personal connections between neighbors, and to partner with like minded local organizations to support this goal.

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