The time for the BOCS meeting on October 11 has been changed.
The new meeting time is 7:30 p.m. on October 11. If you wish to speak plan on arriving by 6:30 to sign up. Wear Green!!
Location: 1 County Complex Ct. Prince William, VA 22192
We hope to see you there!!
PWC Parks wants to create a new road, parking lot, and facilities at the end of Doves Lane. This would create a new second park access point down a narrow, quiet gravel road surrounded by private homes. PWCS will not send a bus down Doves Lane because of the bus drivers’ concerns about the road and PWC maintains the road just twice a year due to erosion and washout. There is also no sidewalk for children to use who are forced to walk to the bus pick-up, some as far as .8 miles each way. To see what the Doves Lane road looks like https://youtu.be/zv5pT35rvcw
The current park access point does not have a gate to close the park after dark and neighboring residents consistently report paraphernalia and suspicious activity and persons at the park.
The county contends that the new access point will not create increased traffic but for a dead-end road any traffic open to the general public will be a substantial increase. Secondly, if the county believes there will be very little increased traffic, why do they believe they need a second parking lot to supplement the parking lot they already have on the paved portion of Doves?
Creating a second parking lot with water access will absolutely increase the traffic on the gravel portion of Doves Lane, which will negatively impact the current dead-end road by eliminating the privacy and security the residents currently have. Given the fact that there is no sidewalk, the neighboring 12 children who have to walk to/from the bus stop on Doves Lane will no doubt be affected by the strangers, trucks, SUVs, and trailers coming down the narrow “unpassable” gravel road.
Click the link to access the new page: http://bradleyforest.org/doves-landing-park/
The next meeting of the Bradley Forest Recreation Association will be held on Saturday April 2nd at 10 a.m. The meeting will be followed by payment of dues and exchanging of 2021 keys for 2022 ones.
We will meet at the clubhouse on Smithfield Road.
Following the February storm, members John Youngblut, Ryan Bishop, and Sean Polin began clean up at the Broad Run BFRA location.
The plugged culvert coming off the road, and running under the BFRA property towards the run, has caused significant erosion of the left hand side of the boat ramp. This erosion is interfering with members ability to back their trailers into parking positions. 
They also brought in 3 tons of stone to fill the eroded area. John, Ryan and Sean also unblocked the input side of the culvert with some success. A work order has been submitted to VDOT to clear the pipe.
More work is needed on this area. BFRA relies on volunteers to help complete repairs and maintenance.
A total of 22 tires were dumped at the Broad Run. Some were still on the rims. Vice President John Youngblut took 4 to the county dump and Mike Melville picked up the remaining 18 tires. We were able to drop 4 off for free. The cost to BFRA to dispose of the remaining tires was $19.50. Please do not leave tires, car parts, or trash at the Run. Clean up after yourself. We appreciate the help.
A big shout out to BFRA member Jeff Thornton who mowed the grass at the Broad Run in preparation for the Memorial Weekend.
The Bradley Forest Recreation Association met on Saturday April 10, 2021 from 10 a.m. to noon. The purpose of the meetings was to pay annual dues, exchange keys to the Run and hold officer elections. Unfortunately no one stayed longer than to get the key and pay dues. The officers will continue in the present positions until next year’s meeting.
If any member in good standing would like a copy of the 2020 Income and Expense Report contact Anne Melville via email. Use the email she used to send reminders about the meeting
One member asked what their dues are used for:
What is asked of members?
A special thank you to members Mrs. & Mrs. Lyons who conducted a clean up of the boat ramp and the back gate to pond on Smithfield road areas on Sat. 20 Mar. They also cleaned up the bridge and the approaches to the bridge. They collected 5 bags of trash, several pieces of scrap metal, construction debris, and a rusted out gasoline tank. Mr. Lyons pulled a motor cycle out of the run. At another time they picked up the 4 tires that were dumped down by the boat ramp area and took them to the dump.
Mr. Thornton has volunteered to pick up the motor cycle body at the run and dispose of it.
Respectfully submitted
Anne Melville-Secretary/Treasurer
BFRA officers met via email and agreed that one of the trees near the water at the run was dead and posed a threat to members using the run. It was unanimously agreed to pay for the tree to be cut down. The tree was removed on 6/10/2020. The Club President paid $500.00 to Lester Heath for the removal of the tree. The Secretary/Treasurer will write a check from club funds to reimburse her.
Respectfully submitted, Anne Melville Secretary/Treasurer
Due to Coronoavirus, it was decided to not hold the BFRA annual meeting until a later date. The key exchange took place on Saturday April 25, 2020 outside the club house. Members were required to wear masks and observe social distancing.