Spring 2025 Newsletter

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 Wanted to let everyone know that Spring Clean-Up dumpsters will be back this spring at the corner of Tomichi Trail and Fairway Lane. This year we are adding a second weekend for organic yard waste (grass clippings, limbs, unpainted wood with no nails or screws). 

May 31 thru June 1 Regular Trash 

(Dumpster will arrive Friday, May 3,0 in the evening and be picked up on June 2) 

There will be a large dumpster for spring cleanup for items you would like to discard from around the house. This dumpster is being provided for spring clean-up, and we must meet the rules of the County Landfill. We need to follow these rules to avoid any problems in being accepted at the landfill and/or incurring extra charges. Please ensure that you do not throw any of the following items in the dumpster. 

*NO LIQUIDS OF ANY KIND! 

NO Concrete, Tires and/or Rims, Mattress and/or Box Springs 

NO Appliances, Electronics and/or Batteries, Motorized Equipment 

NO Fluorescent lights, Treated Fence Posts, Railroad Ties 

*Dry empty paint cans with the lid off can be placed in the dumpster. 

We cannot fill the dumpster above the rim, so please break apart and flatten bulky items. Do not place anything in the dumpster if it is not fully below the rim. 

June 7 thru June 8 Organic Yard Waste 

Friday, June 6, in the evening, a dumpster will be delivered that will take organic yard waste to the City Tree Dump. Like the County Dump, there are Rules on what we can put in this dumpster. 

Only organic yard waste (grass, leaves, limbs, and untreated wood) 

NO plywood, treated wood, wood with nails, screws or metal 

NO railroad ties or landscape timbers 

Just a few words about other HOA Business: Most everyone has paid their dues for 2025 but it is an easy thing to forget. If you haven’t paid your dues you can send your check to Dos Rios 3 HOA, Box 7080, Gunnison. You may also go online and pay at dosrios3.com, click on the “Menu” button, then click on the “HOA Dues”. Most members have paid through this quick and easy process. Thank you! 

Also, a quick reminder as we get to home improvement season. If you’re planning any home or landscape improvements, including color changes you may need Architectural Committee approval. It is easy to do by going online to dosrios3.com, click on “Menu” then click on “Architecture and Review”. Tell them your plans and they will let you know if you need approval or are good to go. Again, thank you! We have seen many plans and appreciate you submitting them. 

The covenant committee continues to work on looking at our covenants and developing suggested changes and updates. We hope to have these available to present at the annual meeting in September and start the voting process for approval. It is important to note that the existing covenants are in effect until changed. The Board has made the decision not to pursue enforcement of covenants that might be changed until after being voted upon. Please be aware that if the Board receives a formal complaint, it has no choice but to take action and work with the homeowners on coming into compliance. Please take a look at the covenants available on our website, and see if you are in compliance or close to compliance. I know the neighborhood will appreciate our work. 

The next Board Meeting will be June __, at 4:00 PM in the Gunnison County Library. 

The Agenda will be: 1. Roll Call, 2. Proof of Notice of meeting, 3. Reading and Approval of the Minutes of the April 23rd meeting, 4. Committee reports, 5. Review of Covenant Committee Proposals, 6. Old Business, 7. New Business, 8. Setting date for next Board Meeting and Adjournment. 

Have A great Spring, Everyone! 

Mark Hatcher 

Board President 

Spring 2025 Newsletter

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March 26, 2025

Good Day members,

Here it is still March and the tempertures might hit 60 degrees today or tomorrow. My bet is we will see some more snow before our real spring begins, but I will definitely enjoy these nice days.

We had a HOA Board Meeting last week and discussed progress on the updating of our Covenants and the need for clarification of some of our regulations.  With the updated covenants the Board will begin reviewing the proposals and meet with our attorney to ensure they are legal and meet Colorado Law.  The plan is to then send them out for vote to all of our members.  We appreciate your patience with all of this it is a slow process.

With the warmer weather people will be looking at cleanup and improvements to their property.  We already have homeowners contacting the Architectural Committee for approval of home improvements. Remember that changing the color or appearance of the outside of your house or outbuildings does require approval of the Architectural Committee.  You may contact the Committee on our website https://dosrios3.com, click on ”Menu”  then the “Architectural & Review” tab.

Our next board meeting we will be determining what to provide for spring cleanup.  Last year we provided a dumpster and Six Points brought their donation van on Saturday morning.  This year we will look at wether to continue  the dumpster and add a trailer for dumping yard waste to go to the City Tree Dump.   Please let a board member know if you have any opinions about the spring clean up. A great contact is dosrios3hoa@gmail.com.

This newsletter is a little different in that if you signed up you are getting this by email.  If you are receiving this notice by letter, please go to our website,  https://dosrios3.com scroll down to and click, “Join HOA Newsletter”.  This will help us reduce our costs by over a dollar per letter when you add postage, envelope, and printing costs.

The online Payment option for paying your dues has proven to be very popular with most people paying their dues online. We only had one member where the online payment didn’t work, we think that issue is solved..  Thank you to all that have paid. If you haven’t paid go to the website   click on ”Menu”, then click on the “HOA Dues” or mail your dues to PO Box 7080.

As you may know, there was a County Planning Commission Meeting on the subdivision of property sitting on the east side of Fairway Lane.  The proposal was to divide off approximately 7 acres which include the barns and corrals south of the KOA and Hartman Castle.  This acreage would be sold to the current lessee. The remaining 102 acres would continue to be leased for livestock grazing to the same rancher. There are no other changes requested at this time.  We did have a homeowner at the meeting. The County was asked to ensure that an easement exists to the remaining 102 acres from the county road that runs in front of the Hartman Castle and that the sale of the 7 acres will not block this access off. The good news out of this is that there is no development being asked for dealing with the land just east of Dos Rios 3.

Recently I had someone ask me after receiving their county water and sewer bill if the sewer prices went up due to sump pumps underneath houses that might be running into the sewage system.  I don’t know, the County did say treating unnecessary water does add to the cost. It is a good reminder though to check your crawl space and make sure if you have a sump pump it is not going into the sewer system. I know the County plans to continue to investigate unnecessary water coming into the sewer system.   

The next HOA Board meeting will be held at the Gunnison County Library on April 23 at 4:00 pm.  The agenda is as follows:

1. Call Meeting to order, roll call and determine if quorum is present

2. Proof of Notice of Meeting, Approval of Minutes from March 19 Board Meeting

3. Report of Committees

4. Discussion of Spring Cleanup

5. Discussion of Accessory Dwelling in relation to new state law

6. New Business

7. Set next Board Meeting date

8. Adjournment.

If you have any questions, please contact any board member and let them know what you’re thinking.

Good news, we have found out that the County will be hosting a Household Hazardous Waste collection on April 24-25 at the County Public Works building. This includes such things as; oil based paints, old antifreeze, and old insecticides.  All things that can’t go to the landfill. There should be more info on the County PublicWorks website soon.

Enjoy this time of year, spring in Gunnison does remind us that nothing is constant, it is always changing. 

Sincerely,

Mark Hatcher

President: Dos Rios 3 HOA

Dos Rios 3 HOA – Annual Meeting Notes

Minutes

 9/24/24, 5:00 pm

Dos Rios Golf Club

Agenda – HOA Annual Meeting 9/24/24 5 pm

  1. Roll Call
  2. Proof of Notice of Meeting
  3. Approval of minutes from the July 31, 2024, Board of Directors Meeting.
  4. Report out of Committees
    • Architectural Committee
    • Weed Committee
    • Covenant Committee
      • The Committee will present suggested changes to the covenants for comment and discussion. Please remember that any Proposed Changes must be voted on by the full membership and receive consent of 75% of the lot owners to amend our current Covenants.
  5. Election of Officers
  6. Election of Vice President Term for 3-year term will be held.
  7. Unfinished Business
  8. Presentation of 2025 Budget options
  9. New Business
  1. Discussion of potential to raise the annual dues by up to $25 per year to allow for dumpsters to be placed annually for spring cleanup, maintenance of signs and snowplowing of mailboxes and meet the cost of Insurance Policy increases.
  2. Any additional new business
  3. Adjournment
  1. Meeting Called to order, 5:05 pm
  1. Roll Call – Residents introduced themselves mentioning their residences.
  1. Jeff Wilkinson
  2. Robert Hobbs
  3. Joseph Kean
  4. Russ Halpern
  5. Mark and Pam Hatcher
  6. Sean McCormick
  7. John Nelson
  8. Steve and Cindy Westbay
  9. Chris and Joe Browder
  10. Robert and Michelle Hobbs
  11. Donna and Jeff Wilkinson
  12. Perry and Teresa Anderson
  13. Jennifer Kermode
  14. Bill and Sandy Dowis
  15. Sarah and Patrick Vick

3.   Reading and approval of minutes from the July 31, 2024, Board of Directors Meeting.  

  • 7/31/24 Meeting Minutes read by J. Nelson.  Unanimous approval, no objections. 
  • Proof of notice for Annual Meeting sent out on August 14th, 2024. 

4.  Report out of Committees

  • Architectural Committee (M. Hatcher)

Mark Hatcher reported the committee had a busy Summer with numerous questions received and answered.  There were a lot of people turning in requests for changes either landscaping or to the exterior of their buildings.  And for the most part, and it all went smooth. There were some back and forth, but the committee feels it was successful. We’re still not 100% on people reading covenants and knowing when they’re supposed to apply for architectural committee review.  There have been no serious infractions, and the word is getting out regarding architectural review requirements.  Mark requested we get the word out about the architectural review committee when speaking with neighbors.  Several inquiries were received from future homeowners buying homes asking what they could and couldn’t do.  Buyers are encouraged to contact the committee early in the process to ensure everything works smooth. 

  • Weed Committee (J. Nelson)

The HOA continue to pursue engagement with the golf course, County, and residents. We’re trying to be proactive when it comes to weeds, because obviously it’s a lot better address them before they go to seed. There has been a lot of homeowners stepping up, taking care of their own weeds, which is fantastic, some even hiring spray contractors.   We feel we’re making some really good progress which we foresee continuing next season. Appreciation was shared with homeowners for being proactive. Mention was made to explore partnering and coordinating with our neighbors, specifically Dos Rios 2 and the golf course, to mitigate weeds in common spaces.  DR3 does have considerable county-maintained rights-of-way and boundary borders with the gold course which should be prioritized for weed control.  It was mentioned there are several non DR3 HOA homes on Tomichi Trail “growing weeds” during the Summe which are subject to state weed regulations.  Basic goodwill outreach was encouraged to contact and talk to these homeowners about their weed issues as they may simply be unaware or not present. Also to contact our neighboring HOAs to encourage them to do some timely mitigation in their common areas.

  • Covenant Committee (S. McCormick)
    • The Committee will present suggested changes to the covenants for comment and discussion. Please remember that any Proposed Changes must be voted on by the full membership and receive consent of 75% of the lot owners to amend our current Covenants.

Sean mentioned the covenant committee has met and gone over some proposed amendments to the covenants. It’s an ongoing work in progress. The covenants are old and need updating.  Building codes and fire codes have changed since our covenants were established and some of this is being incorporated.  The committee needs to work through those issues and will continue to update the language to reflect current county and fire code regulations. Sean mentioned the importance of needing to establish community among ourselves so that we’re all sharing the same expectations about what the HOA is about and that the covenants are reflective of this. Sean believes the committee is making progress in that direction and is pleased to see the number of people attending the annual meeting to show their interest and responsibility about being members of the HOA.   Sean mentioned the covenants just are a part of what defines those expectations and define what our community should look like.  The covenant committee has a total of eight members with various perspectives representing the HOA and believes they will produce a document that will last a long time.  Once the committee comes up with our final drafts and our amendments, it’ll go to the board to be reviewed, and then it’ll go to our lawyer, Jacob With, for review, to make sure that it’s all within the legal language and standings of an HOA. Once reviews are completed, the final draft will go out to homeowners for approval.  Sean recognized committee members and thanked them for their hard work. Additional communication regarding the covenant updates is forthcoming to keep the membership informed.  

  1. Election of Officers (M. Hatcher)
  2. Election of Vice President Term for 3-year term will be held.

Vice president term expiring.  Sean M. agreed to continue serving on the board.  Mark asked if anyone else is interested in running for a position on the board and would grant them a few minutes to introduce themselves and speak. Several residents provided comments of support for Sean to remain as vice president.  Nominations and motions cast to maintain Sean in his current positions as vice president.  All present voted in favor with none opposed.  

6. Unfinished Business (M. Hatcher)

  1. Presentation of 2025 Budget options

Mark provided an overview of the budget and balances, and a printout of the 2024 Income and Expenses Summary and 2025 Budget Proposal 2025 was provided to those in attendance (Figure 1).  Mark highlighted some notable expenditures to include renewing post office boxes and printing costs for board meetings.  Proposed budget changes and dues increases will be discussed under New Business  

7.  New Business (M. Hatcher)

  1. Discussion of potential to raise the annual dues by up to $25 per year to allow for dumpsters to be placed annually for spring cleanup, maintenance of signs and snowplowing of mailboxes and meet the cost of Insurance Policy increases.
  2. Any additional new business

Mark Turner has agreed to serve as the DR3 treasurer with some assistant from Doug Gorman for continuity purposes.  Mark shared a printout of the proposed annual budget and highlighted various line item amounts to include attorney fees, accountant fees, signage, and insurance.  Mark mentioned it was hard obtaining insurance quotes.  At the last board meeting on 7/31/24, the board discussed raising annual dues/fees up to $50 per year.  He mentioned how surprised title companies are to learn that our annual dues have only been $25 annually when they contact the board to inquire about any delinquent dues or HOA assessments associated with real estate closing proceedings.  Mark outlined how the proposed increase to $50 dollars a year will affect the annual budget and any surplus funds.   Mark mentioned specifics of the Spring dumpster to include options and costs and queried if the association would like to offer dumpster services again in 2025.   A question was posed if the board could temporarily raise the dues to $100 annually, then reduce them to $50 once sufficient reserves are achieved.  Additionally, the topic of reserve funds and what an appropriate amount should be was discussed.  Mark shared that the board feels comfortable staring with a $25 per year increase (for a total of $50 annually) knowing that it could pursue further increases in the future if deemed necessary.   Potential additional expenses and how to budget for those expenses was discussed to include paying additional signage and annual meetings.  An open discuss transpired discussing the potential merits of raising the dues to $100 annually and what an appropriate reserve amount should be.  Following the discussion, Mark motioned to raise the annual dues to $50 / year.  A second was received and all present voted in favor of the increase with no objections noted.  

Annual invoicing was discussed, and the board is changing the billing cycle to match the calendar year.  Bills will be sent out in January annually.  It was noted that typically only a few homeowners that haven’t been paying their dues.  

The topic of dumpsters was brought up and discussed again.  In particular, the location and period of availability, and compliance with signage stipulating what was allowed to be discarded.  Community consensus is that Spring dumpster availability was popular and a a big help and most residents are willing to pay extra next year to have dumpster available again.  

Speed limit signage specifics and placement were discussed. 

A motion to pass the 2025 budget as proposed was made, seconded, and unanimously approved without any objections. 

Mark opened the meeting for any ‘New Business’ items proposed for discussion.

Jennifer Kermode requested the board address overgrown vegetation and downed trees falling onto residents’ property with the golf course.   The board said it would notify the golf course of the issue.

No further new business items were presented. 

8.  Adjournment

Mark made a motion to adjourn the meeting.  All in favor.  Meeting adjourned at 6:09 pm.

 
Figure1, 2024 Income and Expenses Summary and 2025 Budget Proposal.  

2024 Annual Meeting minutes in PDF

HOA Annual Meeting 9/24/24 5 pm

Meetings

Location: Dos Rios Golf Club

  1. Roll Call
  2. Proof of Notice of Meeting
  3. Approval of minutes from the July 31, 2024 Board of Directors Meeting.
  4. Report out of Committees
    • Architectural Committee
    • Weed Committee
    • Covenant Committee
      • The Committee will present suggested changes to the covenants for comment and discussion. Please remember that any Proposed Changes must be voted on by the full membership and receive consent of 75% of the lot owners to amend our current Covenants.
  5. Election of Officers
    • Election of Vice President Term for 3-year term will be held.
  6. Unfinished Business
    • Presentation of 2025 Budget options
  7. New Business
    • Discussion of potential to raise the annual dues by up to $25 per year to allow for dumpsters to be placed annually for spring cleanup, maintenance of signs and snowplowing of mail boxes and meet the cost of Insurance Policy increases.
    • Any additional new business
  8. Adjournment

7/31/2024 Meeting Agenda

Meetings

 7/31/24 – Dos Rios 3 HOA Board Meeting AGENDA 

Gunnison County Library, 4:00 p.m. 

1. Roll Call of Board 

2. Proof of Notice of Meeting 

3. Reading and approval of any unapproved Board minutes 

4. Proposed Regulations for CCIOA 

a. Summary of written comments that were received 

b. Discussion of Comments 

c. Any proposed Changes 

d. Board Vote 

5. New Business 

6. Adjournment 

Summer 2024 Newsletter

Newsletters

Good Day members,

What a wonderful June we have had so far, hope the rain continues which makes keeping a lawn nice and green a lot easier.

I would like to share a few items of information with all of you.

  1. Dos Rios 1 HOA requested we let everyone know they do not want any yard waste thrown onto their common property and request it please stop. They pay to treat their common ground for weeds and do not want any potential weeds coming onto their land from Dos Rios 3 lawn and garden waste.
  2. The board has received a few comments and complaints about the clutter around some homes. We all live in the neighborhood together and as neighbors we need to be aware of how we keep our yards and do our part to keep the neighborhood looking great. We appreciate you helping out!
  3. If you haven’t gone to our website https://dosrios3.com and given us your email, we ask that you go to the website and click on the menu button and select “Contact” then click on “Newsletter Subscription” and then sign up for the newsletter. We hope to move to all electronic notices by this fall so we do not have to spend close to $100.00 each time we mail this newsletter and notification of the board meetings.
  4. Speaking of HOA Board meetings, the next one will be on July 31, 4:00 PM in the Gunnison County Library.

July 31 Board Meeting Agenda:

  1. Roll Call
  2. Proof of Notice of Meeting
  3. Approval of March 12th minutes
  4. Report out of Committees
  5. New Business
  6. Adjournment

Sincerely,

Mark Hatcher

Dos Rios 3 HOA – President