YOUR FALL NEWSLETTER: We are now providing our newsletters in digital form. This saves time and money, and allows us to provide an enhanced product. We previously had to shorten articles and avoid color photos or other printing to save money. As costs continued to rise, our editor (Bonnie Andrzejczak) researched options and identified a publishing tool that seems to fit our needs. The result is this first digital Discovery HOA newsletter. Thanks Bonnie!
Please check it out and let us know what you think. Please note two mistakes on the Contacts page: - the correct email address for our Covenant Compliance Committee is ccc@discoveryhoa.com. - the correct phone number for Board (and Administrator) contact is (719) 964-4122
Please send any ideas for additional areas of interest or even format changes to board@discoveryhoa.com.
ANNUAL MEETING: Our 2025 Annual Meeting took place on October 15, once again at the Woodmen Valley Chapel. Details are available here.
WATERING RESTRICTIONS: Watering restrictions were lifted effective October 15, just in time to BLOW OUT OUR SPRINKLERS! Please remember that your shrubs and trees need water during their winter dormancy. Try to drag a hose at least once a month when the ground is not frozen.
Details of the water conservation program can be found here.
LOCKING MAILBOXES: We have 10 more locking mailboxes for purchase at a discount.
DUMPSTER DAZE: Our fall cleanup event was a HUGE success. We plan to continue this service next spring.
FENCE POLICY: In the March 12, 2025 Discovery Homeowners Association (HOA) Board meeting, your board approved documentation of the Discovery HOA Fence Policy to address the evolving needs of our community while preserving its natural beauty and openness. Details of the approved policy can be found here.
SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTIONS: Some of our mature shrubs (particularly junipers and pines!) benefited greatly from our earlier wet weather and now extend over our sidewalks enough to interfere with clear passage. Once their branches are weighted down with wet snow, they will indeed become a hazard for our many walkers. Please trim them back to the edge of the sidewalk and up to at least 6 feet. City Ordinance 3.4.103 requires: "Every owner and occupant of real property within the City shall keep the public sidewalks which abut or are adjacent to their real property, or public sidewalks located upon real property subject to a public easement or right of way, in a clean condition free from projections and obstructions across the surface, debris, litter, or dangerous conditions not involving the structural integrity of the sidewalk." We will be surveying our Discovery sidewalks in the near future to identify properties that need to be reminded of this civic obligation.
Sheds!
We are aware of the presence of a few storage sheds in Discovery. Some were approved…and some “magically appeared.”
No further violations of ARC Approval will be permitted. Any future sheds discovered to have been constructed without ARC approval will be subject to relocation or removal at the owner's expense. Please review the information on sheds in our
FAQ area before you decide if you need a shed in your yard.