What is the proposed change?

Right on!

Here's the letter telling me I can't park in front of my own house anymore. rfm

Very unprofessional. No letterhead, no signature, incomplete information (Town of Gilbert...) and fuzzy map.

sounds like you all have narrow streets to have this new enforcement taking place

that is cause it did not come from the Town of Gilbert, it came from your HOA

The HOA and Town of Gilbert keep passing the buck as to how it originated.

Here is a copy of the email I received from the Town of Gilbert. My opinion, this action is premature and did not take account the opinions of all the residents of Lowe Estates. I, for one, was never asked. I believe the HOA acted outside of it's actual responsibilities in requresting the change. If you agree, contact the HOA.
Finally, the note from Gilbert states " they [the HOA] asked to be the primary contact for residents of the community with questions or concerns regarding the changes". This contradicts the unprofessional note from the HOA that states, "If you have any questions, please direct them to the Town of Gilbert and not the Association,"
Keep this going!
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“Hello Mr. Bosler,
I would be happy to provide information on the proposed parking changes to your community, Lowes Estates. The Town was contacted by Spectrum Association Management, the management company for Lowes Estates and requested that the existing parking restriction be adjusted to from NO PARKING SCHOOL DAYS to NO PARKING ANYTIME. The request asked to restrict parking to one side of the street. Staff went out and evaluated the community and provided information to the management company that highlights the current parking restrictions being installed throughout the community.
Once staff was notified of the concerns being discussed by your community, we contacted Spectrum Association Management and provided updates to them and asked them to contact their community members to discuss their concerns. During our conversations with Spectrum, they informed us that this was an ongoing request for 3 years, the community had been requesting a parking solution to their concerns. Based on those conversations with Spectrum, they asked to be the primary contact for residents of the community with questions or concerns regarding the changes. I hope this helps with the concerns you have inquired about for Lowes Estates. Please feel free to contact your HOA management company with questions about this process. If you have questions for me, my contact information is provided.
Sincerely,
Tony Hernandez
Senior Traffic Engineering Specialist
Public Worksthr”

What restriction; "NO PARKING SCHOOL DAYS"? I've lived on Cullumber since the '80s. I have never seen that anywhere.

South end of development, close to Gilbert HS.

Also contacting the HOA today, we’re willing to take any group action against the HOA, we believe this is outside their jurisdiction in representing us as homeowners

Go for it!!!

Contacted Spectrum and talked to our manager there Brenda Sanchez. I suggest contacting her and staying on hold until you talk to her. She finally confirmed it WAS the HOA/Spectrum that is doing this NOT the town. They cannot do it without the approval from them. She says the hoa has been working on this for years??!! I’ve lived here almost 19th a and have NOT hear anything!! The board must have done it without the approval of the homeowners or talking to any of us!! She said she is meeting with the old property manager today(Brenda Steele). She said she had no clue we all didn’t know until the letter was sent out so EVERYONE CALL HER!! She also acknowledged that she thought the correct way to have done this would have been to get the input from the community and a traffic report from the town etc. and then go from there. I told her that this was NOT done that way. Again call Jasmine Sanchez and tell her how you feel, the more the better!

acknowledged

How can we get the whole community involved? I don't think the HOA will take the initiative.

Signs on our street went up today. :(

Jasmine Sanchez at Spectrum Association Management personally promised to address the issue with the Town of Gilbert, Tony Hernandez Senior Traffic Engineering Specialist Public Works, as Jasmine claims this was organized by Brenda Steele who is no longer with the Spectrum Management and she was unaware of the request with the Town and said she’s already contacted the Town to have the project stopped, so either Tony at the Town of Gilbert is not being Honest with us in the community who he serves or our management company is doing things without the request of our HOA / property owners. If this is something that was submitted to the Community and the Community voted for then we’d be supportive of the new restrictions, but that was not done. Tony at the Town of Gilbert is telling the community that the only way this would be done is at the request of “property owners” or “HOA management company, ie Spectrum” Jasmine stated that the new restrictions “will not be enforced” though I don’t think she has that authority to make that statement unless Tony told her and assured her that it wouldn’t be enforced??

Spectrum Association Management
Jasmine Sanchez
480.719.4524
https://spectrum.cincwebaxis.com

And the beat goes on.

This was completed today. The signs went up all over the neighborbood. I can not park in front of my own house I have lived i since the 80's.

If you are upset, as many are, write or call the HOA to express your feelings. This whole thing was improperly done.

Let your voices be heard...

The Board of Directors for the Lowe Estates Homeowners Association has scheduled a regular meeting.

Meeting Information
When: Thursday, January 27, 2022
Time: 6:00 p.m.

Teleconference Information
Zoom Link: https://spectrumam.zoom.us/j/98406605362?pwd=SU8veVJHa2VvN2d6Uk5iNGErNEZKdz09
Zoom Password: 1850
Dial-in: US: +1 408 638 0968 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
Meeting ID: 984 0660 5362
International Dial-in: https://spectrumam.zoom.us/u/ady5nNJRIc

The street parking CC&R and these signs need to go. Using Gilbert PD to enforce a CC&R isn’t ok. Why do we get a violation in the mail for weeds, but other violations go ignored? Search for selective enforcement. I’ve asked about it several times and Spectrum just denies doing it. I’m willing to bet there hasn’t been one violation sent for street parking but plenty for other things. They can’t pick and choose what to enforce. It’s on their own website. The only way to remove a CC&R is to have enough homeowners involved. I’d be willing to work with others to get these signs and the CC&R removed by finding enough homeowners to agree. There were way more cars parked on the street than members on the board.

Change.org petition for this:

https://chng.it/tLXQSb89MZ

Signed

Thanks. Need to spread the word. I’m thinking about going door to door.

https://www.change.org/p/lowe-estates-homeowners-remove-no-parking-signs-and-the-no-parking-cc-r-in-lowe-estates?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_32094419_en-US%3A3&recruiter=1247800111&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=tap_basic_share

The recent parking changes was initiated by Lowes Estates Homeowners Association. Spectrum requested the parking restrictions be modified from No School Parking 10 AM to Noon School Days to NO PARKING anytime.
Staff discussed the requirements and explained that we would follow the Town of Gilbert PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING STANDARDS that provide directions on parking allowances for public roads within the Town of Gilbert public right of way. Engineering Standards 4.7.3 Parallel Parking Allowances – Street Width Requirements.

Requirements: (all measurements are from face of curb to face of curb) 1. 32-foot street width, parking on both sides. 2. 26–32-foot street width, parking on one side. 3. Less than 26-foot street width, no parking.
The discussion provided Town staff with direction to restrict parking from one side of the road. Staffed provided guidelines that included, parking would be restricted where fire hydrants are located. Town of Gilbert Code of Ordinances 62-67 No parking areas, (6) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant. Fire hydrants are located on the north side of the roads within the community. As parking restrictions are required to be contiguous, the north side was proposed to be the side restricted.

In working with Spectrum, staff was provided information that the HOA had been working with the community for 3 years to resolve the ongoing parking concerns. Staff provided Spectrum with a proposed location map of the proposed parking restrictions. Once the locations were approved be Spectrum, Town staff begin the process of creating Traffic Engineering work orders that would have the new restrictions installed.

Spectrum Association Management is the governing body for Lowes Estates community and requested the parking changes that have occurred. Town staff followed procedures and worked with Spectrum to provide information to the community on the ongoing parking changes.

If you have additional questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks Debbie for that clear update, as homeowners for 20yrs here we were never contacted or informed by the HOA of the changes that Spectrum claims they received from the HOA.

This makes it clear that the HOA or Spectrum isn’t being honest with the Homeowners.

Thanks again Debbie

Don't forget... board meeting this Thursday. Be heard!

Debbie, why does the “No Parking” stop in the middle of Concord and not include the whole street, the width of the street doesn’t change and according per code you provided “Requirements: (all measurements are from face of curb to face of curb) 1. 32-foot street width, parking on both sides” why does your department and the Town of Gilbert chose only certain homeowners to apply/impose this restriction too? Not only does it not include our whole neighborhood street but the town chose to stop in the middle of Concord St. if this Code is for safety and safety vehicles it seems it would apply to the entire street unless the width of the street changed?

Dear 311 User -

North of E. Page St. is a different community.

Regards,
Traffic Engineering

Per the code you quoted above it is the town of Gilbert that requires 32ft width for the street to be able to park on both sides not the community. Also there are a couple homes on Concord including 261 N Concord St that are both in “our” community and can park on both sides of the street.

Since Town Code/Ordinances are going to be enforced and restrictions placed upon property owners, “for safety” that it would be done equally upon all homeowners of the street and not at the discretion of a town department?

Why is the town restricting a partial street?
If the restriction is only being placed on a certain community why is it not the entire “community” as you stated?

Just curious why restrictions are only being placed on some citizens of the community, at the Towns discretion and not equally throughout the “community”?

Thanks for the replies and helping us to have a better honest understanding of the reason behind the new change.

When I spoke to Spectrum said they are NOT enforcing the No Parking signs. Guess they lied about that too!

I think a recall of the HOA BOD is in order.

Hi Debbie, again
@ Traffic Engineering

You stated “North of E. Page St. is a different community.” Again it is part of the Lowe Estates Community, the community ends half way between 261 & 267 N. Concord St, why are signs not being installed in the entire community equally? Why is parking allowed on both sides of N. Concord St. in that area?

If new restrictions are going to be placed upon property owners by the town why are they not being done equally? If they are not going to be installed equally per the “Towns Assessment” they should be removed! What criteria is the town using as discretion to not equally install signs? Lot size, gender, ethnicity, income, etc.???

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