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FCPS Overplanting Trees w/ No Mowing
Posted by:
Woodsy tEh Tickman
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Date: May 22, 2014 02:25PM
Our school just completed a rennovation/expansion. Part of the project was reworking the grounds. FCPS planted literally over 100 trees/shrubs on an embankment and in the front - it looks absurd. Add to that the fact that now they are calling those areas some kinda 'natural vegetation areas' or some such thing and the are not mowing the area. The result is waist-high grass growing 1/4 as high as most of the new trees. It looks pretty bad. Im wondering what kind of critters (including ticks) will take up residence in the new areas the kids walk by every day...
Re: FCPS Overplanting Trees w/ No Mowing
Posted by:
que?
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Date: May 22, 2014 02:42PM
You mean Fairfax Villa Elementary and the random crap they threw in around the edge of the field?
Re: FCPS Overplanting Trees w/ No Mowing
Posted by:
Ththth
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Date: May 22, 2014 03:34PM
Didn't they have any remnants of AstroTurf they could have put down in he area? No need to pay for trees or mowing.
Think, fcps, think!
Think, fcps, think!
Re: FCPS Overplanting Trees w/ No Mowing
Posted by:
Canterbury
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Date: May 22, 2014 03:42PM
It is Canterbury Woods ES on the Queen Elizabeth Blvd. side of the school/field.
Re: FCPS Overplanting Trees w/ No Mowing
Posted by:
vWFcF
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Date: May 22, 2014 06:08PM
i heard fairfax county democrats are deep in with hiring illegal aliens
also i heard fiarfax democrat insiders have allot of family interest / ownder ship in landscaping businesss
may that's why fx. co. spends shit loads of time on forcing dick grass projects of private businesses
also i heard fiarfax democrat insiders have allot of family interest / ownder ship in landscaping businesss
may that's why fx. co. spends shit loads of time on forcing dick grass projects of private businesses
Re: FCPS Overplanting Trees w/ No Mowing
Posted by:
Reforestation Area
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Date: May 23, 2014 12:59PM
A message from CANTERBURY WOODS ES
Dear Canterbury Woods Elementary School Families,
There have been many inquiries regarding the school’s property, specifically the hill, at Queen Elizabeth. Today a maintenance company will come to clean up the area, being careful not to destroy the many plants that have been placed on the hill. There will be, as there has been prior to renovation, a contracted service to keep the fields and other areas of the school well maintained. Below is an explanation that has been given to me from our FCPS Office of Facilities and Transportation regarding the planting on the hill at Queen Elizabeth. Please feel free to pass on the information to your neighbors and other community members who may have shared their concerns with you.
“As part of the improvements to Canterbury [WOODS] ES, the slope along Queen Elizabeth Blvd and on school property is known as a “Reforestation Area”. This is provided to comply with Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 17) as it pertains to Water Quality requirements. Such areas are intended to establish a forest ecosystem, reduce runoff (so it must be strategically placed to intercept stormwater runoff) and encourage infiltration, thereby reducing the overall load on the stormwater system. Therefore they are required to be left undisturbed and may not be mowed (Public Facilities Manual Chapter 6-1311 Reforestation).
The reforestation includes a code required mix of overstory, understory, and shrub type plantings, the total of which is based on the acreage being reforested and is independent of the number of trees being removed during construction. Tree removal was intentionally kept to a minimum and done only where unavoidable. The planting of trees is not always a one new tree for each one removed ratio, but it is based on acreage.”
Dear Canterbury Woods Elementary School Families,
There have been many inquiries regarding the school’s property, specifically the hill, at Queen Elizabeth. Today a maintenance company will come to clean up the area, being careful not to destroy the many plants that have been placed on the hill. There will be, as there has been prior to renovation, a contracted service to keep the fields and other areas of the school well maintained. Below is an explanation that has been given to me from our FCPS Office of Facilities and Transportation regarding the planting on the hill at Queen Elizabeth. Please feel free to pass on the information to your neighbors and other community members who may have shared their concerns with you.
“As part of the improvements to Canterbury [WOODS] ES, the slope along Queen Elizabeth Blvd and on school property is known as a “Reforestation Area”. This is provided to comply with Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 17) as it pertains to Water Quality requirements. Such areas are intended to establish a forest ecosystem, reduce runoff (so it must be strategically placed to intercept stormwater runoff) and encourage infiltration, thereby reducing the overall load on the stormwater system. Therefore they are required to be left undisturbed and may not be mowed (Public Facilities Manual Chapter 6-1311 Reforestation).
The reforestation includes a code required mix of overstory, understory, and shrub type plantings, the total of which is based on the acreage being reforested and is independent of the number of trees being removed during construction. Tree removal was intentionally kept to a minimum and done only where unavoidable. The planting of trees is not always a one new tree for each one removed ratio, but it is based on acreage.”
Re: FCPS Overplanting Trees w/ No Mowing
Posted by:
Fairfax Taxpayer
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Date: May 23, 2014 01:19PM
Thanks for providing helpful information.