Crown Meadows Homeowners Association

Crown Meadows Homeowners Association

Crown Meadows History

Crown Meadows Subdivision, a hidden cove of emerald-jeweled glory, is nestled in the Greater Northwest San Antonio area, with its carefully manicured lawns, flowerbeds and tree-lined streets and avenues. The continuous tones of spiritual-song-filled native birds and the flutter of numerous Monarch butterflies embrace the clear blue Texas skies above this royal community. Majestic middle class homes sport traditional customs with regard to her home owner's personal etiquette. Her residents engage in association activities, routinely helping one another, or just stopping by to chat, indicative of their attitude of royal treatment for all neighbors within this growing, ruby-rich neighborhood. Crown Meadow's progressive, yet old-world traditions of the Hispanic and West European cultures accent the gilded glory of nearby communities and businesses within ole' San Antonio. Take a second look at this new community--a gem among gems. Come visit Crown Meadows today! Come join us and make her your kingdon as well!

Crown Meadows Home Owners Association, located in District 6, San Antonio, Texas, was the brain-child of RAYCO, LTD (Rayco); a Texas limited partnership, whose protective covenants as a home owner’s association was established on February 7, 1995 recorded in Volume 9530 at Pages 165 through 167, inclusive of the plat records of Bexar County, Texas.

Thus began the adventure of many first-time potential homeowners to truly own their first dream home, arising out of the mid 1990 housing boom in San Antonio. This opportunity allowed for our community members to move out of surrounding apartments, mobile homes, and other less developed communities in the south and east of San Antonio to a more up-scale, aspiring community environment in the northwest side of San Antonio, Texas, surrounded by up-and-coming exquisite shopping centers, lavish and medium-scale businesses and the consistent and award-winning Northside Independent School District, all supported by District 6 of San Antonio’s City Council.

Many of our homeowners, past and present can recall the myriads of paperwork they signed as they bought their first home, carefully choosing the quality and quantity of amenities for their new home.

Our first president of Crown Meadows Home Owners Association was Jeffrey Iannazzo, who recorded the creation of Crown Meadows Subdivision and Crown Meadows Home Owners Association with the city of San Antonio in April 1995. Mr. Iannazzo was instrumental in quickly articulating deed restrictions to our new residents, many of whom were just realizing the ramifications of owning their first new home and governing directives of an association. A forward thinker in community placement and political might, Mr. Iannazzo quickly began to articulate the covenants of the new subdivision to our residents, many of whom did not fully understand the goals of a homeowner’s association. His board members, Kirk Robinson, Vice President, George Ortiz, Secretary, along with Pyramis Companies, Incorporated (Property Management Specialists) were highly instrumental in the early development of Crown Meadows Home Owners Association in unifying a rather un-cohesive group of first-time home owners into a community who supports association goals and community development.

On February 16, 1999, our Association’s President, Mr. Iannazzo voluntarily stepped down, to make way for other aspiring community leadership, whereas the residents unanimously elected Mr. John McCormick. Mr. McCormick, a community hands-on leader and manager, established the Birthday Committee, involved community residents in the budget process, revealing budget facts to our residents, and established our association’s monthly meetings at Carlos Coon elementary School. Mr. McCormick was instrumental in hiring a contractor to landscape the entrance areas of Crown Meadows thus announcing to the San Antonio community that its residents cared for its community on a scale never seen before in this part of San Antonio. One of the most lasting marks came as Mr. McCormick circulated an idea to build what was to become the Crown Meadows Park and Recreation Area, although opposition was immense at the time.

By April 28, 2001, one of the most significant changes to our association took place, with the election of Mr. Raymond Hall as President and Deeds and Restrictions Chairman, and Mr. Lawrence Bader as the Secretary and Treasurer. These awe-inspiring leaders, whose military leadership and management skills propelled Crown Meadows Home Owner’s Association into new heights began with the creation of new board members who were instrumental in aggressively enforcing covenants, establishing the Fall Festival, and many other community events. During their reign, the advent of the official Crown Meadows Corner newsletter was born starting a relationship with Neighborhood News, Inc. On October 22, 2001, ProComm was selected as the property management company to support the residents, and dues were raised from 115.00 to 125.00 to support the planned Crown Meadows Park and Recreation Area; still just an idea. Later, Spectrum was the company of choice. Additionally, the focus of the community was to strictly enforce covenants, which brought about a new sense of community pride. This resulted in a new relationship with Asset Property Management, Inc., our current managing company.

Without the model and foresight of Mr. Hall and Mr. Bader, Crown Meadows Home Owners Association would not be on the cusp of total community improvement today.

In May 2006, having a quorum at the monthly meeting, and with the advent of Mr. Hall's crowning success of the opening of the Crown Meadows Park and Recreation Area, Mr. Hall voluntarily stepped down from the Presidency only to assume a role as formidable foot soldier as the Architectural Control Chair and as Park Committee member. The significant positive changes in the community led others to grab the royal reigns of the Home Owners Association poised to lead Crown Meadows into new heights within District 6 and the San Antonio community. Mr. Robert Espinosa was elected President, and assumes the Presidency of the board on June 1, 2006. The induction meeting was held on May 23, 2006 at the Crown Meadows Park. On October 26, 2006, our secretary, Dennis Bubla resigned after moving out of the area.

Crown Meadows Architecture

Crown Meadows Subdivision consists of single-family residential not exceeding two-and one half stories in height with either an attached or detached garage or servant’s quarters and other buildings and structures. Authorized town homes may not exceed three and one half stories. Each owner is subject to covenants and agreements of the Crown Meadows Home Owners Association, with mandatory dues of 125.00 payable annually. Architectural improvements must be approved by the Architectural Committee of Crown Meadows HOA, measured against restrictive compliance covenants regarding quality of workmanship and materials, nature of materials, harmony of external design and external colors with existing and proposed structures, and location of improvements with respect to topography, finished grade elevation, lot boundary lines and building lines, and within the scheme and design of the association and community. Deviations are not approved. Any dwelling in the community must contain a total living area of not less than 750 square feet of living area (by architectural design exclusive of open or screen porches, terraces, driveways, garages, garage apartments or servants quarters. Mobile homes are not authorized in this community.

Crown Meadow Residents

Families living in Crown Meadows consist of an ethnically-balanced proportion of principally Hispanic, Caucasian, and Black, Asian, and a mix thereof, earning between 70,000 to 120,000 dollars annually. Moreover our residents are school teachers, active and retired military personnel, bankers, medical nurses and doctors, medium-size business owners, investment counselors, lawyers, and other white-collar professionally employed personnel. The majority of Crown Meadows family units have an average of 3.2 children. 2006 home values average 110,000 dollars. Children attend the prestigious Northside Independent School District. Our families have lived in Crown Meadows for an average of 10 years; family turnover is the exception rather than the rule, which justifies the pride we have in our community of Crown Meadows Subdivision.

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Crown Meadows HOA Mission

This site has been established for the convenience of current property owners and potential owners. Within, you will find many useful links as well as important updates and information about our community.

Our mission is to become one of San Antonio's premier neighborhoods, supporting the goals of San Antonio, Texas, District 6, and our community residents.

Crown Meadows HOA Vision

The Crown Meadows Homeowners Subdivision continues as a quiet residential community serving as a greening transition between the natural environment of San Antonio and Hill Country and the built environment of the neighborhood and the city. It should be a place where new families and long-time residents are welcome and can engage in neighborhood affairs. The neighborhood should be safe for people as they walk or bicycle to nearby parks or stores or travel to other parts of the city.

As the Crown Meadows neighborhood moves into the future, the essential character of this neighborhood should remain and, where possible, it should be enhanced. It should become a place where residents can safely walk or bicycle along tree-lined streets throughout the neighborhood and to nearby stores. The neighborhood should become more connected with the rest of San Antonio by making it easier and safer to enter and leave the neighborhood by car, bicycle, or by foot and travel to other parts of San Antonio without the necessity of an automobile.

Crown Meadows HOA Goals

Residential Goal

I. The character of the Crown Meadows Subdivision should be preserved.

A. New single-family houses or significant remodeling of houses should respect the scale of the surrounding neighborhood and its covenants.

B. Identify moderate income housing opportunities respecting the desires of community members.

C. The neighborhood should become more eclectic.

D. The social mix of the Crown Meadows Subdivision should support families with and without children, seniors, and singles.

E. The housing mix of the Crown Meadows Subdivision should

1. Promote more home ownership

2. Maintain a modest mix of housing types conducive to San Antonio and District 6 planning; pitting neighborhood residents' needs and desires against the general desire to build without accommodating the desires of the neighborhood goals.

3. Maintain affordability

F. Allow mixed-use or small-scale multi-family along commercial corridors

G. Infrastructure Improvements

H. Neighborhood Identity

1. Establish gateway entrances to the neighborhood.

2. Reduce or improve traffic congestion

I. Create a safe neighborhood

1. Improve street lighting

2. Reduce crime within the Crown Meadows Subdivision

Environment Goal

II. The state of the natural environment in the Crown Meadows Subdivision should be recognized and improved.

A. Greenbelt

B. Reduce invasive non-native species

C. Chemical Pollution

D. Balance between the built and natural environment

E. Light Pollution

Parks Goal

III. Create or improve upon public spaces in the Crown Meadows Subdivision and surrounding neighborhoods where the community can socialize and recreate outside of their houses but within the neighborhood.

A. Establish a public space such as a recreation center, tennis courts, or a community pool.

B. Place additional amenities at the Crown Meadows Park and Recreation Area.

Transportation Goal

IV. The Crown Meadows Subdivision should have an integrated transportation network that is safe for all modes of transportation.

A. Create a neighborhood where it is safe to walk.

1. Street lighting issues

2. Sidewalks

B. Bicycle Issues

1. Improve connections to the city-wide bicycle network

2. Reduce cut-through traffic

C. Transit Issues

1. More internal transit service/circulator service

2. Improve traffic flow as surrounding areas grow

D. Automobile Issues

1. Reduce traffic speeds

2. Reduce cut-through traffic

Commercial Goal

V. There should be a few small-scale local-serving commercial uses in the neighborhood.

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