Just a reminder about our annual meeting scheduled for this Thursday. Please send any questions you may have and we’ll answer them at the meeting.

Here are the details:

DATE: Thursday May 21, 2009
TIME: 6:30 pm
PLACE: Eagle Hills Elementary

Here’s the agenda for the meeting:

2008 Financial Report
2009 Budget
• State of the HOA
Proposed Changes to CC&R’s
Presentation of candidates for HOA board
Election of Board of Directors

We encourage everyone to come to the meeting to discuss these important issues.

Most importantly, we currently only have two members of the board and in order to keep our non-profit status we have to have at least three members – and much better to have at least five members. Please consider offering your services to the community. We need you.

Posted on May 18th, 2009 by Dave
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The irrigation water has been flowing well through the lateral for the past few days and we’ve turned on the pumps again (as of Wed.).

Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Dave
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There are two possible causes for the current water problems:

1. There is a blockage at the front of the pipe or inside the pipe that runs under Eagle Rd.
2. A gate was lowered in one of the boxes downstream from the Eagle Rd. box that is flooding.

The Spring Creek Manor people have inspected all of the boxes downstream and have confirmed that all of the gates are now fully open. The ditch master will be opening the headgate this morning to test that the problem has been solved. If the water still is backing up, our guess is that there is some sort of blockage in the pipe under Eagle Rd. and we will have to take steps to clear the blockage. Our coordination with the other landowners in the area should help defer the cost of doing this.

We’ll see how it goes today. Here are some photos I took yesterday:

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Posted on May 2nd, 2009 by Dave
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I met with Bob Hamilton of Clear Creek Crossing and Doug Clegg of Spring Creek Manor to look over the various boxes downstream from our water system. We cleared out a few pieces of wood, but nothing major is visible that might be blocking the irrigation pipes. We then notified the ditch manager to open up the water to our lateral for testing.

The results? More flooding onto Eagle Rd.

It appears that some water is getting through the system but there is enough of a backup to cause the box near Eagle Rd. to overflow. The water will be shut down again and we will do more investigating downstream looking for problems as well as pumping out the box near Eagle Rd. to try to spot some sort of blockage.

More updates as soon as I have them. Thank goodness for cloudy skies and rain in the forecast.

Posted on May 1st, 2009 by Dave
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I got a call this evening from Bob Hamilton – HOA President of Clear Creek Crossing – and evidently there is another clog downstream from our box and they have had to shut off the water to our lateral. The sherrif called Bob tonight because water was flowing across Eagle Rd.

I apologize for the problem, but this has nothing to do with the Red Leaf Heights water system. We share the lateral water system coming from the main canal with other users and their boxes can affect everyone on the lateral.

I will be going down tomorrow morning to help figure out what is clogging the box so the water can be turned back on. In case you’re wondering, the box that has the problem is the one right on Eagle Rd. across the street from the Spring Creek Manor.

I’ll keep you updated as soon as I know more. It’s always something…

Posted on April 30th, 2009 by Dave
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Here are the details on the Red Leaf Heights HOA annual meeting:

DATE: Thursday May 21, 2009
TIME: 6:30 pm
PLACE: Eagle Hills Elementary

Here’s the agenda for the meeting:

• 2008 Financial Report
• 2009 Budget
• Proposed Changes to CC&R’s
• Presentation of candidates for HOA board
• Election of Board of Directors

We encourage everyone to come to the meeting to discuss these important issues.

Most importantly, we currently only have two members of the board and in order to keep our non-profit status we have to have at least three members – and much better to have at least five members. Please consider offering your services to the community. We need you.

Posted on April 22nd, 2009 by Dave
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Okay, things have finally been worked out at the resident’s home – they capped it for now – and water is now flowing to our homes so sprinkle away.

I apologize for the problems and we look forward to a trouble-free and water rich irrigation year. Thank you for your patience.

Of course, let me also point you to the lovely watering schedule. As always, it’s critical that we follow the schedule to reduce problems with our irrigation system. We don’t have the luxury of a big pond like some other subdivisions, so the schedule is one way we can minimize issues.

Posted on April 22nd, 2009 by Dave
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The water has been on a few times over the past few days only to be turned off because of leaks here and there. That is why we haven’t announced that the water is on – we want to make sure it’s on and will stay on before we put the word out.

The problem on Kite Dr. was solved yesterday afternoon and the pumps were turned on again only to hear that a resident was having problems with their irrigation line that was threatening to flood their property. The pumps were turned off last night and Lawn Co. is at the residence trying to repair or cap the line so we can turn on the water to everyone else. Unfortunately the problem appears to be upstream from their valve so they can’t just temporarily shut off the line while they repair it and we get our water.

Lawn Co. understands the urgency of the situation and is doing everything possible to fix the problem ASAP and get the water on today, if possible. I will post an update as soon as I get an update later today or Wed.

Well, it’s supposed to rain Thursday and Friday, so water is on its way in either case…

Posted on April 21st, 2009 by Dave
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The problem with the lateral has been cleared up, Caron Pump turned on the pumps, Lawn Co. cleaned the filters and confirmed that everything was all good and the water started flowing on Friday, April 17.

And then there was another issue…

A pressure valve in one of the irrigation boxes at the end of Kite Dr. started leaking on Saturday and Lawn Co. had to shut off the pumps until it could be fixed. They will be out Monday morning to fix it and hopefully the water will start flowing again on Monday.

Let me know if you want this kind of detail or if you’d rather just be informed when the water is running properly.

Posted on April 19th, 2009 by Dave
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There was a problem with one of the boxes downstream from us that was causing some flooding. That box was cleaned out yesterday and I met with the Clear Creek Crossing HOA people and the Farmers Union ditch manager this morning to confirm that water was flowing properly. It appears that everything is looking good and they should be turning the water up completely on our lateral later today.

We will be scheduling Caron Pump to come get our irrigation system started ASAP. I’ll post as soon as I have a date for that. Thanks for your patience.

Posted on April 16th, 2009 by Dave
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