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LMC Resident NewsletterJBLM | September 2019

Featured Story

Are you prepared for a Disaster?for more information visit: https://www.ready.gov/

Do you and your family have a distaster prepardeness kit or how about an emergency evacuation plan? A natural disaster can occur at any time without warning such as storms, flooding, earthquakes and unforseen power outages.. The best way to prepare is to have a plan before it strikes.

1. Build a Kit of Emergency Supplies• Think first about fresh water, food and clean air.• Consider two kits. In one put everything you

will need to stay where you are and the second kit should be smaller and light weight to take with you.

• For more information on how to build a kit visit: https://www.ready.gov/build-a-kit-landing

2. Make a Plan• Plan in advance what you will do in an

emergency. Be prepared to assess the situation.• Develop a Family Communication Plan. Your

family might not be together when disaster strikes, so plan on how to contact one another.

• Create a plan to shelter in place. • Create an evacuation plan to get away. Plan in

advance how you will assemble your family and anticipate where you will go. Choose several destinations in different directions.

3. Be Informed• By beginning a process of learning about these

specific threats, you are preparing yourself to react in an emergency. Go to www.ready.gov to learn more about potential terrorist threats and other emergencies or call 1-800-BE-READY (1-800-237-3239) for a free brochure.

In This IssueAre You Prepared?Living GreenMaintenance TipsResident HandbookDistrict InformationCommunity Events Spouse Mixer - September Spouse Mixer - October A Night At The Movies JBLM NewsCalendar Of EventsCommunity ServicesWe Need You!Find Us On Facebook!

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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

• JBLM Main - Tue - Sat 0730-1600

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

• Closed all federal Holidays

District Trash Collection ScheduleHave 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

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

District Office Hours:Monday - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PMTuesday - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PMWednesday - 8:30 AM - 4:00 PMThursday - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PMFriday - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PMSaturday & Sunday Closed

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Important Numbers:

Roadside America: 888-895-1744Lincoln At Your Service: 888-578-4141

Living Green

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Important Reminders from Pierce County Recycling:

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Living Green Tips:

• Use reusable lunch bags for children to take their lunch in. Pack healthy fruits and vegetables instead of pre-packaged snacks and a reusable water bottle or thermos for them to take their drinks in instead of prepackaged drinks.

• Academic paper use generates mountains of waste. Choose processed chlorine free (PCF) paper, avoiding releases of dioxin and mercury in the bleaching process, and the highest percentage of recycled post-consumer waste (PCW) available.

• Choosing refillable pens and pencils will not only save on waste, but will also save your wallet!

• Cover school books in paper instead of plastic. Not only will it protect children’s books, it will be environmentally friendly and they can decorate it to fit their own personal style.

• When parked and waiting for your child after school, turn off your igni-tion. Every 30 minutes of idling costs you nearly one-tenth of a gallon of fuel and produces 29 oz. of carbon dioxide.All Lewis-McChord

Communities offices will be closed on September 2nd.

Living Green in School

Maintenance Tips

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How Can We Help? Maintenance Requests, Suggestions or Residents Concerns

Do you have a needed repair, a suggestion, or a concern? Lincoln Military Housing is committed to enrich-ing the lives of military families through providing quality homes 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 av-enue 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.

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Three-Step Process for Resident Concerns

Identify the issue and contact Lincoln Military Housing:

Lincoln At Your Service24-HR Toll-Free Hotline: 888-578-4141LincolnServiceTrack.com

~ 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

If the issue is incomplete contact Lincoln Military Housing:

General Management Office253-912-2111

If the issue is still unresolved contact:

Government Family Housing253-966-2888

Resident Handbook RemindersParking / Traffic Control

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Parking/Traffic Control

To better accommodate our residents, we have im-plemented rules concerning parking. Your assigned parking is your carport, garage and your driveway. On street parking, if available is on a first come, first served basis in all Lewis-McChord Communities.

The street area directly in front of your home is not your exclusive parking area.

You may not use your parking area for storage of any kind.

Vehicles including motorcycles are not allowed to be parked on the grass, in front of dumpsters, or in any other area not appropriately marked for vehicle parking.

No one is allowed to park in a marked handicap space unless the legally required handicap insignia is dis-played in the vehicle.

You may not park anywhere a No Parking Sign is in-stalled.

You may not use any parking space to park a vehicle that is inoperable, leaks fluid onto the pavement, is unsightly, is a safety hazard, or has an expired license plate.

You may not use any parking space to perform vehicle maintenance or repair to include changing the oil.

If you violate any of these parking policies, your car may be towed without notice and at your expense.Visit your District Office for more information on parking spaces.

Recreational Vehicles

Recreational Vehicles

Recreational vehicles are not permitted to be stored within your neighborhood. Recreational vehicle parking lots are available through MWR. Please visit the JBLM website for more information.

For temporary passes for your recreational vehicle please visit your District Office for the process.

BBQ/ Fire Pits

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

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 over-hangs, 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 materi-als, keep a fire extinguisher or water source readily avail-able and supervise all fires by an adult until extinguished.

The burning of leaves, garbage and paper is strictly pro-hibited.

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 respon-sibility to maintain weed-free. Failure to maintain may result in fines.

BBQ / Fire Pits and Landscaping

Landscaping

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Resident Handbook Reminders

Pet ResponsibilitiesPet droppings are odorous, unsightly, and a nuisance. More importantly, they can be a health hazard, especially for children. Therefore, pets must be kept under control so they do not defe-cate on parade fields, playgrounds, troop forma-tion areas, sidewalks/walkways, common areas, miniature playgrounds of the housing areas, and neighbors' yards. You will immediately clean up droppings when your pet defecates outside of your residence yard.

Droppings in your residence, including your yard, will be removed daily.

Pet owners are responsible for disposing of their pet's waste, whether the pet is on a leash or in a fenced area. A pet owner who does not properly dispose of his/her pet's waste will be subject to a fine of $25 for each offense plus $5 per day that the violation persists.

With the spring season comes heavy rain. If you have a pet that spends time in the fenced yard, make sure you are taking the best care possible of your four legged family member.

* Make sure your pet has shelter from the elements * Make sure your pet has food and water. * Bring your pet in when the weather is extreme.

We want you to enjoy our playground facilities. Only you, your occupants and guests are allowed to use the playground facilities.

You agree that you, your occupants and guests will avoid conduct that we deem inappropriate or dis-ruptive.

You, your occupants and guests assume all health risks and all risks of personal injury, death, property loss or other damages that may result from the use of the recreational facilities and release us from liability for injury or loss.

It may also be necessary to occasionally close facil-ities for maintenance.

Playground Facilities

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

• 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 sched-ule 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.

• You must provide us with a valid forwarding address.

• 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.

Community Centers

All Community Centers are for the use of residents of Lewis-McChord Communities exclusively. Any resident in good standing (i.e. no balance owing) of any community may reserve any Community Cen-ter for personal/social events if the center is avail-able at the desired time. All reservations require a security/cleaning deposit. (Restriction may apply)

A Community Center may be reserved for military functions such as FRG meetings, unit picnics, etc. on any available Mon-Thurs. No military functions will be scheduled on Fri-Sun. A housing resident will need to complete the reservation form and bring the security/cleaning deposit at the time the agreement is signed.

Please visit your District office for more information on reserving a center.

Moving Out

District Information

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District Information

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Community Events

Spouses Mixer September: Shadow Boxes

Spouses Mixer October:Halloween Signs

Resident Event Spooktacular Night At The Movies!October 18, 2019

Join us for a spooktacular night of trunk or treating and movie magic!

Friday, October 18th, event starts at 5pm.

* This event is for all LMC Residents* Sign up through the Resident Portal with your Tenant ID* RSVP list opens September 18th at 7AM. * Spots are limited / While supplies last.* Complimentary snack box included with every ticket. Snack box includes soda, candy and popcorn

Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2019Time: Trunk or treat 5-6pmTime: Movie starts at 7pm

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JBLM News

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Back To School - Buying Green at JBLM

Elementary School Supply Lists2019-20

Kindergarten1 Backpack1 Pencil box/pouch24 Ticonderoga pencils2 Boxes Crayons - 24 count

First Grade1 Backpack1 Pencil box/pouch24 Ticonderoga pencils2 Boxes Crayons - 24 count

Second Grade1 Backpack1 Pencil box/pouch24 Ticonderoga pencils2 Spiral Notebooks (wide ruled)

Third Grade1 Backpack1 Pencil box/pouch24 Ticonderoga pencils1 Package lined paper (wide ruled)3 Spiral Notebooks (wide ruled)

Fourth Grade1 Backpack1 Pencil box/pouch24 Ticonderoga pencils1 Package lined paper (wide ruled)4 Spiral Notebooks (wide ruled)

Fifth Grade1 Backpack1 Pencil box/pouch24 Ticonderoga pencils1 Lined paper (college ruled)3 Spiral Notebooks (wide ruled)

Middle School1 Backpack1 College ruled composition book1 2” or 3” binder1 Set 5-tab index dividers4 Pkg college ruled notebook filler paper1 Pencil pouch2 Pkg No. 2 pencils1 Pkg pens (blue or black ink)1 Pkg colored pencils (optional)1 Set highlighters (optional)

Backpacks should be large enough to carry folders that are more than 8 ½ x 11(no wheels). Please be sure to put your child’s name on the backpack tag

All students should have tennis shoes for PE class

Clover Park School District Back To School Supply Listhttp://www.cloverpark.k12.wa.us/

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JBLM News Cont.

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DISTRICT OFFICES

LEWIS MAIN LEWIS NORTH MCCHORD FIELDLewis Main District Office

Broadmoor, Town Center and Clarkdale

BLDG 5133 - Lewis MainPhone: 253-912-3460lewismain@lpsi.com

District Manager: Angela CardosaMaintenance Supervisor: Sean Ryan

McChord District Office

All McChord and Madigan

BLDG 3209 - McChord FieldPhone: 253-589-0523mcchord@lpsi.com

District Manager: Amy VanPevenageMaintenance Supervisor: Joe Mavega

Lewis East District Office

Discovery Village, Evergreen and New Hillside

BLDG 60100A - Lewis MainPhone: 253-912-3485lewiseast@lpsi.com

District Manager: Lesley BonnellMaintenance Supervisor: Dale Kimball

Lewis West District Office

Parkway, Davis Hill, Greenwood and Hillside

BLDG 5133 - Lewis MainPhone: 253-912-3493lewiswest@lpsi.com

District Manager: Lance ChapmanMaintenance Supervisor: Dale Kimball

Lewis North District Office

Meriwether Landing, Beachwood North, Beachwood South and Eagleview

BLDG 10400 - Lewis NorthPhone: 253-912-3475lewisnorth@lpsi.com

District Manager: Jessica FlansburgMaintenance Supervisor: Sean Ryan

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Event CalendarLMC / September 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Labor Day LMC offices are closed.

Swap Ideas Day.

Wife Appreciation Day!

International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

National Good Neighbor Day!

Oktober Fest Begins In Germany!

National Salami Day!

Cheese Pizza Day!

Community Services

Thank you to all the all the lovely ladies that joined us for August Spouses Mixer!

join the conversationLike us on Facebook, find us on Twitter, look for us on Instagram and

Pinterest, you can even find us on snapchat.

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.

Lincoln Military Housing is not responsible for information from other organizations published in this newsletter.

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Email:lewismcchordcommunities@gmail.com

Office Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PMClosed Saturday and Sunday

Community Services

Community Services Coordinator:Hope Schwickerath

Community Services Director: Marcia McDowell

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join the conversationLike us on Facebook, find us on Twitter, look for us on Instagram and

Pinterest, you can even find us on snapchat.

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.

Lincoln Military Housing is not responsible for information from other organizations published in this newsletter.

We are looking for model homes in the following communities.

• The Bricks• Greenwood• Hillside• Madigan• Olympic Grove• Stony Oak

We would like you to use your home for promotional material, marketing, social media and so much more.

We are asking for images of your living / dining rooms, kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, entry way and front / back yards.

If you are interested please email lewismcchordcommunities@gmail.com

for more information.

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Email:lewismcchordcommunities@gmail.com

Office Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PMClosed Saturday and Sunday

Community Services

Community Services Coordinator:Hope Schwickerath

Community Services Director: Marcia McDowell

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