Please join the Board of Directors for the 3rd Quarter Members Meeting at 7 pm on Wednesday, Oct 9th at Cavalcade, 201 E. Aspen Ave.

Attention Comstock Estates Homeowners,

The Board and the HOA manager have noticed, and it was discussed at the July Quarterly meeting, that some owners are experiencing difficulties bringing in their new, larger city trash cans.

To support our elderly neighbors and those who may be ill or out of town, we encourage you to lend a hand by helping them bring their trash cans behind their fences. This assistance might also include taking the cans out on trash day.

A brief conversation with the homeowner in need of help would be greatly appreciated. Your efforts will contribute to the overall appearance and harmony of our community by ensuring trash cans are not left out.

Thank you for your cooperation and community spirit.

Sincerely, The Comstock Estates HOA Board of Directors

Please join the Board for the July Quarterly Member Meeting tonight, July 10 at 7pm. Meeting will be held at Cavelcade – 201 East Aspen Ave.

The July Quarterly Members Meeting will be held on July 10^th at 7pm at Cavalcade located at 201 E. Aspen Ave. Topics shall include: 

1. Comstock’s Annual National Night Out in Prospector Park on Aug 6^th from 6-8pm.  Enstoms Ice Cream courtesy of Clearnetworks.
2. The new City of Fruita trashcans and how to deal with their size and difficulty moving out and back from the street for pickup. 
3. Some new state laws that govern HOAs. 

If you would like to have input on any of these topics, please attend this important meeting. 

The covenant violation inspectors complete their drive arounds approximately every two weeks.  They wanted to bring to your attention the following common violations so that you can correct them yourselves rather than being mailed a Covenant Violation letter.   Over 60 letters were mailed out in May/June. The most common violations are:  

1. Trashcans & debris that is not behind a fence or in the garage
2. RVs, campers, boats, trailers, etc. are also to be kept behind the fence unless they are being loaded. 
3. Weeds and unkept or unmowed lawns.  Dead bushes and trees or limbs need to be trimmed. 

The irrigation water will be turned off for an owner’s repair at 11:00 am and turned back on around 2 – 3:00 pm the same day. Thank you for your patience.

1. It is very important that all of the valves on the homeowner’s system be CLOSED by Thursday, April 18th, before water is turned on for the first time. Close the valve on your system before water is turned on April 19th to avoid flooding of your yard when water enters our irrigation system. Too many of us have learned this from experience.

2. Please make any needed repairs ahead of time with the repair company of the homeowner’s choice. Determine whether your system needs repairs between now and Friday, April 19th. This would include any visible problems to your pipes/pumps or any known/existing problems.

3. We ask that all homeowners and tenants bring their home irrigation systems on line as soon as the water becomes available on April 19th. Chuck’s Sprinkler Services will perform the opening of the main valve on Friday, April 19th. Check later in the morning (probably after 10 am) to see if your water has arrived by turning your valve on.

• If it seems to be working fine, you can turn off your valve and open it when you intend on using the water for your yard.
• If your system springs a leak or isn’t working, Chuck’s Sprinkler Services will have several crews and trucks available in the area to perform immediate repairs to systems that exhibit leaks on start up. Please contact Chuck’s Sprinkler at 970-243-6294 for these immediate repairs on that day. Some leaks or system problems may require an immediate shut down of the system to complete repairs.
• To minimize additional stress on our irrigation system and disruptions in homeowner’s normal lawn care cycles we ask that all homeowners check their systems on April 19th. In years past, some homeowners delayed initial use of their systems for up to 3 weeks, only to discover a problem that required a shut-down of the system to fix. These additional start-ups and shut-downs could have possibly been avoided, and we would like to minimize these as much as possible.
  • If a homeowner is going to be out of town the week of April 19th, it would be very beneficial if they could arrange for a neighbor or trusted friend to check their system on Friday and help coordinate any access and repairs if they are needed.

4. Questions?

• If you are new to Grand Valley irrigation systems, you might talk to your neighbors to get a few pointers.
• Questions about this announcement and preparations for “water on” please call as follows:
  1. Chuck’s Sprinkler: 970-243-6294
  2. Property Manager Lori Wood: 970-234-5674
  3. HOA President Jim Jackson: 314-973-8498

Our annual meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 10th at 7pm. The meeting will take place at Cavalcade Performing Arts Center at 201 E Aspen Ave. We hope to see you there!

Our irrigation water will be shut off, Saturday, October 28th.

The following information is available on our website:

CRITICAL: After the HOA irrigation water has been turned OFF and the underground system allowed to drain (approx. 24 hrs.) each homeowner must OPEN their main supply valve in order to drain any residual water out of the internal components of their valve.

Water trapped in the valve WILL FREEZE and expand which will cause the valve body to crack. In most cases, this will not be apparent until Spring startup when the cracked valve fails catastrophically and the entire HOA system must be turned off in order for the Homeowner to conduct the repair.

Each Homeowner should have their irrigation system drained and blown out with compressed air in order to prevent the freezing and rupture of their lines, valves, and sprinkler heads.

Several companies in the Grand Valley provide this service. Please schedule them ahead of time because they are very busy during shutdown time and a freeze may occur before they can service your system.

A homeowner may choose to do his/her own system blow out. Most home air compressors can provide enough pressure (~30-70 PSI), however, many cannot provide the volume of air (CFM) required to completely remove the water. CFM requirements are dependent on individual zone demand. All zones including those not in use must be blown out.

If you cannot get your irrigation system blown out before we experience freezing temperatures, see info below….

Close your main valve. Depending on how cold and for how long the temperature remains below freezing, you may need to take additional precautions to prevent the main valve and standpipe from freezing. Many times, a blanket and/or a heavy cardboard box to trap the ground heat in with the main valve will suffice. For additional protection, wrap an electric heating pad snugly around the main valve and protect it from wetness. It ONLY needs to keep the main valve and standpipe above freezing; so the warm or medium setting should be more than plenty.

Open all of the downstream valves and spigots in your system. This will help drain as much water as possible. The idea is to drain the water out of all the above-ground plumbing. Underground valves and lines should be OK provided the ground does not freeze deep.

Remove your primary and secondary sediment screens. Screens in individual sprinkler heads do not necessarily need to be removed unless your sprinkler manufacturer advises doing so.

Drain your pump housing. There will be at least 1 but likely 2 pipe plugs or drain valves on your pump housing. Remove or open these and allow the water to drain out. Once drained, replace/close the plugs or keep them out until the system is blown out.

Remember to OPEN your main valve after the HOA water is off and drained.