HACKBERRY CREEK NEWSFLASH

May 27th, 2023

Dear Residents,

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! As a reminder, the Association office is closed on Monday for the holiday. We will return to the office at 8am on Tuesday.

If you didn't catch the Wednesday Mid-Week update - (new) data is in from the radar cameras and courtesy notices going out the last 7 days. Please see below!

Monday is Memorial Day and trash day will be WEDNESDAY next week.

Have a great week and as always, if you have any questions, please call the Hackberry Creek office at 972-401-4946.

You can also reach the Village Manager through the Hackberry Creek HOA app, or by emailing Randy Smith at villagemanager@hackberrycreek.com

For the Memorial Day Weekend trash day will be delayed one day. Trash should be set out TUESDAY evening May 30th for pickup WEDNESDAY May 31st.

After one full week of issuing courtesy notices for speeding, here are the statistics from 12:01am Wednesday, May 17th through 11:59pm Tuesday, May 23rd:

Speeding at Gate 1 Bridge - Summitview - Notices Issued = 132

112 to Residents (84.8%)

19 to Visitors (family, temporary or permanent) (14.4%)

1 to Contractors (0.8%)

The fastest speed noted at the Gate One bridge in the past week was exiting at 48mph by a resident vehicle at 12:16pm May 23rd.

Speeding at Gate 4 Bridge - Bradford Pear - Notices Issued = 74

53 to Residents (71.6%)

17 to Visitors (family, temporary or permanent) (23.0%)

4 to Contractors (5.4%)

The fastest speed noted at the Gate Four bridge in the past week was entering the community at 53mph by a visitor vehicle at 5:55pm on May 21st.

Speeding on Southern Oak Drive - At Southern Oak Park - Notices Issued = 335

268 to Residents (80.0%)

52 Visitors (family, temporary or permanent) (15.5%)

15 Contractors (4.5%)

The fastest speed noted on Southern Oak in the past week was travelling westbound towards Summitview at 40mph by a resident vehicle at 5:16pm May 22nd.

Total Speeding at all Locations in last 7 days - Notices Issued = 541

433 to Residents (80.0%)

88 to Visitors (family, temporary or permanent) (16.3%)

20 to Contractors (3.7%)

The intention of the installation of radar cameras is to change behavior regarding speeding - not to generate revenue. No fines are being issued by these three radar cameras at this time. 

Courtesy notices (no fines) are now going out in order to give those speeding an opportunity to alter their driving behavior, if needed. This grace period is also a good opportunity to educate/remind guests and visitors on our speed limits to avoid future fines.

As a reminder, Southern Oak between Summitview Drive and Sumac is a 20mph zone. The speed limit is a 20mph zone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year. Please obey the posted 20mph zone signs. All other streets in the community are 30mph zones.

Notices issued by the three radar cameras will come with the Hackberry Creek logo and photo / speed / location data noted. The camera system uses license plate recognition and captures 1 to 3 images of each vehicle traveling over the trigger speed (37mph in a 30mph zone and 24mph in a 20mph zone). On the notice will be a map of the location, a photograph of the vehicle, information on posted speed, time and recorded speed. The license plate number will also be listed.

The license plate listed by the LPR system is checked manually by the office staff by visually checking each image using a zoom function (internal to the computer) to ensure the plate listed by the software actually perfectly matches the image of the plate so there can be no question as to validity of the plate number. If the zoomed image of plate number cannot be clearly visually verified no notice will be issued

The plate number is entered into the GateKey database to find owner of vehicle and whether or not it is registered as a resident, visitor or contractor. If the plate is not listed in GateKey the plate is run through the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. If the owner of record has a Hackberry Creek address the notice will be sent to that address. In the first paragraph of the notice it will list address of vehicle, plate number (visually verified by office staff), validation method of ownership (GateKey or DMV), and who validated the notice and printed it.

Any resident who has a registered visitor will receive a notice if their visitor vehicle was observed speeding. In those cases, please ensure your visitors are aware of the speed limits in the community.