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The message is getting out: Trailwood Hills HOA is serious about quality of life issues that impact their residents. Monday May 4, 2009 was just like any other day in Trailwood Hills. It was a great Spring morning with a light breeze and the flowers blooming. And parking citations were being handed out left and right. That’s right, parking citations were blooming like wild flowers today after some neighbors were fed up with the parking violations. A frustrated resident sent an email to the neighborhood mailing list that sparked calls to the non-emergency number to report the violations. The results: almost 20 parking citations being issued. Raleigh Police Department (RPD) has been very supportive of correcting this behavior in the Lineberry area.
Last week I met with Lt Perry and two Sgts. from the Southwest district and informed them that parking and party issues are top quality of life issues for the Lineberry area. They listened. RPD has and will continue to be responsive to these concerns and enjoys working with the neighborhoods. The most common parking violations are:
- Parking in a No Parking Zone
- Blocking a driveway
- Blocking the sidewalk or right-of-way
- Blocking a mailbox
- Parked to close to a stop sign, fire hydrant, or intersection
Hope is coming for frustrated neighbors dealing with nuisance renters. With changes to the PROP program on the horizon and landlord registration ramping up, I think we will see changes soon. And when neighbors start learning about results like today, parking tickets will continue to bloom or the problem will go away. Let’s hope it’s the latter because I have a suspicion that the neighborhood is not giving up.
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About: Jason: I'm a neighborhood advocate. I started off by getting involved in the Pleasant Ridge & Ramsgate Community Watch program and helped grow that organization. I saw an opportunity to unite other neighborhoods in our area with the Lineberry Alliance. I became chair of Raleigh's South West Citizen Advisory Council (SWCAC) in April 2010 along with vice chair Anthony McLeod and second vice chair Mary Belle Pate. I work with other neighborhood leaders in District D alongside City Councilor Thomas Crowder, on the District D Neighborhood Alliance (DDNA). I've completed Raleigh Neighborhood College (Spring 2005) and Leadership North Carolina (May 2007). In 2009, I lead a group of neighborhood volunteers to review Raleigh's 2030 Comprehensive Plan. I have a genuine interest in strong communities, fostering diversity, understanding the issues, and being transparent in my work. You can follow me on Twitter: @jhibbets |