Comstock Estates Residents – National Night Out is coming up, next Tuesday, August 2nd, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Prospector Park.

Come to the south side of Prospector Park near 725 Galena where you can meet members of the Fruita Police Department, Fire Department, your neighbors, the HOA Board and eat FREE Enstroms ice cream (for Comstock estates residents) National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. National Night Out enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense of community.

We hope to see a good turn out next Tuesday.   Did I mention free Enstroms ice cream?

Jim Jackson

President

Comstock Estates HOA

Water is off this afternoon for a repair. Should be back on by this evening.

Chuck’s sprinklers will be turning the water off on Thursday, May 12th at about 8:00 am for repairs in our neighborhood. It should be back on that same evening.

Water to Comstock Estates was turned off around 5:15 pm today. A homeowner had a broken main-stem on their respective irrigation pump system. Repair service has been called; however, we do not know when to expect repairs to be completed nor when the water will be turned back on.

Chuck’s sprinklers will be turning the water off on Monday, April 25th at about 8:00 AM for repairs in our neighborhood. It should be back on that same evening.

Jim Jackson
President
Comstock Estates HOA

The next board meeting for Comstock Estates HOA will be Wednesday, April 13th.
The meeting will begin at 7pm and end approximately 8:30pm. This meeting is open to anyone to attend.
The meeting will be held at Fruita Community Center in the meeting room named Plum. If you would like to attend via Zoom, the information is below.

Comstock Estates HOA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Comstock HOA Quarterly Meeting
Time: Apr 13, 2022 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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1. It is very important that all of the valves on the homeowner’s system be CLOSED before water is turned on for the first time. Close the valve on your system before water is turned on April 16 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 Saturday, April 16. 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 16. Chuck’s Sprinkler Services will perform the opening of the main valve on Saturday, April 16. 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 16th. 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 weekend of April 16 and 17, it would be very beneficial if they could arrange for a neighbor or trusted friend to check their system on Saturday 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

Comstock Estates Neighbors – This is a reminder our HOA Annual Meeting will be this Wednesday, January 12, at 7pm at the Fruita Community Center.
If you would like to attend the meeting via Zoom, please send an email to bod@comstockhoa.net.

Jim Jackson, President

Comstock Estates HOA

Water to Comstock Estates was turned off around 5:15 pm today. A homeowner had a broken main-stem on their respective irrigation pump system. Repair service has been called; however, we do not know when to expect repairs to be completed nor when the water will be turned back on.

Also — it is likely to freeze tonight, here is a repeat of the general guidelines sent out on October 1, 2021.

In the event of an early freeze before the HOA irrigation water is turned off.

1.  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.

2.  Open all of the downstream valves and spigots in your system. This will help drain as much water as possible. The ideal 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.

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

4.  Drain your pump housing. There will be at least 1 but likely 2 pipe plugs or drain valves on your pump housing. Remove / 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.

Quarterly meeting is at 6:30 pm in the Cherry Room at the Fruita Community Center, 324 North Coulson St.

If you want access via ZOOM, please send request along with your email address to the following email: bod@comstockhoa.net