Board of Directors

The Comstock Estates irrigation water system is scheduled to be turned on the morning of Saturday, April 17.

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 17 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 17. 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 17. Chuck’s Sprinkler Services will perform the opening of the main valve on Saturday, April 17. 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 17th. 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 17 and 18, 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

The next board meeting for Comstock Estates HOA will be Wednesday, April 14.
The meeting will begin at 7pm and end approximately 8:30pm. This meeting is open to anyone to attend
and would normally be held at Fruita Community Center. Because of limitations still in place at the
Community Center, we will hold this meeting via Zoom. Please email bod@comstockhoa.net if you
would like to attend via the zoom link. The link will be emailed to you by Tuesday evening, April 13. If
you requested the link and do not see it in your email, please check your spam/junk box as they
sometimes have ended up there.

Regards,

Jim Jackson

President

Our annual board meeting for all residents is this coming Wednesday, January 13th, at 7 pm. Due to COVID restrictions, we will have the meeting via Zoom. Please email bod@comstockhoa.net to receive an email invitation to the zoom meeting. Be sure to include your name and address in the email.

We will have the draft 2021 budget available on the Comstock HOA website for your review in the event you have any questions. The president position is currently vacant and we will be taking nominations and holding an election for that position.

If you have anything else that you would like to have added to the agenda, please contact me at bod@comstockhoa.net.

Jim Jackson

President Pro Tempore

From Lori R. Wood, Broker, Graystone Group, Comstock Estates

“The irrigation water will be shut down next Monday. Chuck’s Sprinkler called me and will be in the subdivision on Monday and Tuesday if there are any problems. Text or message me on Facebook and I’ll get you in touch with help if a problem arises. Shutdown is always much easier than spring turn on!”

For additional information on the irrigation system see the irrigation page listed under the heading “About” on the Comstock Estates website.

Regards,

Bob Handford

As overnight temperatures drop it is a good idea to monitor the forecast and take precautions to prevent damage to your system. If concerned, turn off the water to your pump, drain the valves on your pump and leave valves open halfway.

Regards,

Bob Handford

After what seems like a long hiatus, Comstock Estates will hold a public meeting Wednesday, October 14th. The meeting will be held at the Fruita Community Center in the Cherry Room. The meeting time will be from 5:30 pm until 6:30 pm.

Covid 19 restrictions will require different arrangements than we have had in the past. The one room we were able to reserve has a 50% capacity of 15 people. Six of those will be the board members and our property manager, Lori Wood. The leaves room for 9 homeowners to be in physical attendance. If Covid 19 restrictions are still in place at the time of our January meeting we will attempt to get a larger space.

Another change is that the hours of operation for the center have been reduced. That is why we will start the meeting earlier, at 5:30 pm. We will need to stop the meeting at 6:30 pm so that all the furniture can be replaced and the room cleaned up. The center will close at 7pm.

While in the center all of us will be wearing our masks and will be social distancing. We ask that one representative per home attend to provide the most representation of homes that we can.

The doors to the Cherry Room will open at 5:30 sharp. For the 9 spaces available, admission will be first come, first served.

We will attempt to have digital viewing of the meeting. This will be a first for our association. The media will be ZOOM. If you would like to sign up for this presentation, please contact HOA Secretary, Jim Jackson by email or text as follows:

email: 16usc1@gmail.com or text: 314.973.8498

The board is excited to hold this meeting and move forward to some semblance of normal operations.

Best Wishes to all,

Bob Handford,\President

Comstock Estates HOA Board of Directors (801.638.8707)

The irrigation water will be shut off for the season on Monday, October 19th.

Regards,

Bob Handford

Irrigation water alert is over. You may resume watering yards and plants.

Bob Handford

The Grand Valley Irrigation District will today begin the process of temporarily draining the Grand Valley Canal. This decision was made to rule out the possibility that a missing 3 year old girl who was reported missing last night may have fallen into the canal. It is unclear whether or not this will affect our irrigation system. We recommend that irrigation water either be turned off or monitored so that your system does not run without water. The sheriff’s office advises that this is a slow process and it could take 48 hours to drain enough to search. Updates will be forthcoming as we receive them.

Regards,

Bob Handford

The following is a message from the Fruita Police Department: ” FPD has received multiple reports of attempted theft from autos in the Comstock subdivision last night. We are looking to identify the suspect in this video who appears to be carrying a firearm. If you have any information on who this might be please contact the Fruita Police Department at (970) 242-6707. Additionally, if you see anyone suspicious in your neighborhood, DO NOT attempt to contact them, instead call 911 immediately. “

Homeowners: Always lock your vehicle and do not leave anything of value in it. It is a good idea to also bring your remote into the house rather than leave it in your car where it could be taken and used at later time.

Link to video provided by FPD FB page: https://www.facebook.com121481554564462/posts/3466948170017767/ Be sure to view the most recent post. The message below the video is from July.