August 24th, 2022

Happy Wednesday Hackberry Creek Residents! The rain was a very welcome sight but hopefully no one experienced any localized flooding. Early yesterday morning we did do a thorough drive of the neighborhood and did not see any major street flooding issues. We did notice a few slow city drains but by lunch all were draining properly.

Also, be sure to mark your calendars for the Board Candidate Forum to be held via Zoom on September 12th, 2022 at 7:00pm. Your Village Manager will do a brief review of how voting and the election process works, then introduce all candidates running for a board of director seat. Candidates will have an opportunity to introduce themselves, make a brief statement and answer questions. All candidates will be calling in via Zoom from their own private connection so the sound and video quality should be very good.  More info to come!

If you plan on running for the Board - please submit your nominations NOW and do not wait until the last minute so we may prepare the candidate bios for inclusion in the annual meeting packet!

Other news in this Mid-Week Update includes...

• 2022 Prelimary Tax Values
• Village Vehicle Restrictions - Did You Know?
• Board Nomination Period Closes September 4th - 11 days remaining
• Annual Meeting / Election Questions Forum Category Added
• Last Call for Your Vacation Photos for Hackberry Creek Living Magazine!
• September Board Meeting - Save The Date
• Last Call for Garage Sale Volunteers
• Last Food Truck of the Year Tomorrow!

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

2022 Preliminary Tax Values

Your 2022-2023 Assessments were based on the taxable value of your home from the 2021 Appraisal District valuation figures.

The 2021 total taxable value of all homes in Hackberry Creek was:

$617,633,250

The 2022 preliminary tax values for all homes in the neighborhood amount to:

$753,807,710

This represents a total increase of $136,174,460 or 22.05% from last year

Does this mean HOA dues will go up 22% for the next fiscal year? Absolutely not! 

Your Association budget (income needed - therefore total aggregate assessment dollar amount needed from entire neighborhood) is based on anticipated expenses, not home values. For example, if expenses raise 3% for the association in the next year then your total assessment (dollar amount paid) would likely only increase by roughly the same amount. As another example: if the expenses for next fiscal year are exactly the same as this fiscal year and the board adopted the "same" budget... even though tax values increased 22% your total assessment amount (actual dollar amount paid) would stay the same. If expenses do not rise significantly, then the assessment rate (cents per $100 of value) decreases - because a higher tax value at a lower assessment rate produces roughly the same amount of income. 

Be sure to mark your calendars for the Board Candidate Forum to be held via Zoom on September 12th, 2022 at 7:00pm. Your Village Manager will do a brief review of how voting and the election process works, then introduce all candidates running for a board of director seat. Candidates will have an opportunity to introduce themselves, make a brief statement and answer questions.  All candidates will be calling in via Zoom from their own private connection so the sound and video quality should be very good. More info to come!

If you are new to Hackberry Creek and have any questions (or even if you are a long-time resident) about the Annual Meeting and Board of Director Election process works, feel free to submit your questions on this forum category! 

We've added a few of the more common questions here already for your information!

Stay informed and in-the-know!

Installment 4 - Vehicle Restrictions, Guest-Visitor-Contractor Parking, Inoperable Vehicles

Each week we will be highlighting a portion of the recorded village rules for Hackberry Creek. Over the next few months we will post the complete set of rules in small segments. If you read the NewsFlash and Mid-Week Update each week, at some point in the future you will have read through them all!

The Village Rules were last updated on 12/15/2021.

VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS / GUEST-VISITOR-CONTRACTOR PARKING / INOPERABLE VEHICLES

Vehicle Restrictions

The following types/categories of vehicles must be, if brought within the Village by or with the permission of any Owner, Member or Resident, be stored, placed or parked within the enclosed garage on the appropriate Lot:

Any commercial vehicle, vehicle displaying a conspicuous commercial sign, truck (excluding pickup trucks with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 14,000 lbs. or under), bus, boat, jet ski, boat trailer, trailer, mobile home, golf cart, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, camper, and any vehicle other than a conventional automobile.  

Any vehicle too large to park in the garage is prohibited from parking in the Village.  

Exceptions to this restriction are:

a.   RV’s during loading and unloading for a period of no more than three hours.   When preparing for a trip and loading and unloading happen on different days, a resident’s RV may come in to load the day before the trip no earlier than 5:00 pm and must be gone by 8:00 am the next morning. The same rules apply with vehicle returns. The RV can enter no earlier than 5:00 pm the day returning from a trip and must be moved outside of the Village the following morning by 8:00 am. Requests for variances for special circumstances must be made in advance to the HOA office. Visitors with an RV are also held to the 3-hour maximum time in the Village.

b.   Moving vans/ contractor/vendor work vehicles during the permitted working hours. 

Guest/Visitor/Contractor Parking – All guests, visitors and contractors must park their vehicles in the resident’s driveway or on the street immediately adjacent to the resident’s lot, if possible.

Inoperable Vehicles

Inoperable vehicles shall only be stored, placed and parked within the enclosed garage of the Property Owner’s Lot.

An inoperable vehicle is a vehicle that falls within one or more of the following categories:

a)     A vehicle that does not have lawfully affixed to it a current state issued motor vehicle registration decal.

b)     A vehicle that is wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled or discarded.

c)      A vehicle that has one or more flat tires and that has been parked on a Lot outside of a garage without movement for more than 48 hours.

To read all of the Village Rules, click the button below to go to the website page where the document is located!

The Board of Director nomination period is about to close! Submit your nomination NOW in order to provide your association staff the time to prepare!

An online form is available to submit your nomination. If you'd like to self-nominate, please use the online form (log-in first) or contact the office in-person or by mail.

We will need a simple, written consent form from you stating your desire to run for the board with a brief biography with a maximum of 500 words. The nomination period closes on September 4th at 5:00pm.

Since the 4th is a Sunday and the 5th is a holiday, if you plan to turn in your nomination in-person, we will need to receive it in the office by 5pm (closing time) on September 2nd, 2022.

Please do not wait until the last minute to submit your nomination.

The September Hackberry Creek HOA Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 at the Hackberry Creek Country Club, 1901 W Royal Ln, Irving, TX 75063. The Open Session begins at 7:00pm.

An agenda and more details will be published closer to the meeting. 

The upcoming October/November issue of Hackberry Creek Living Magazine will feature our annual Best Summer Vacation Ever photos! Please submit your photos to Nancy Miller at: studio.design1@hotmail.com, along with a short description including who is in the photo and where it was taken and by September 10^th.

Becca Piriano has volunteered to lead the effort to have a neighborhood garage sale later this year! Our last neighborhood garage sale was in 2020. Becca will provide more information as it becomes available. If you can volunteer to help please click button below to email her!

LAST FOOD TRUCK OF THE YEAR!

COUSIN'S MAINE LOBSTER

Food Truck will be in Hackberry Creek 5-8pm

This is the last food truck of the year!