ABOUT THE MEADOWS
Introduction
The Meadows is a covenant protected acreage community in Falcon, Colorado established in 1981.
The street names in the neighborhood all have a bird-of-prey theme: Falcon Meadow Blvd., Accipiter Drive, Tercel Drive, Raptor Loop and Talon Court.
The neighborhood has an active HOA known as The Meadows Homeowners Association. The Association consists of the property owners in the neighborhood and is served by a Board of Governors and an Architectural Control Committee. The Board of Governors consists of a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer and two Members-At-Large. A Secretary may be appointed by the Board. The Architectural Control Committee consists of three members. The Association operates under two documents. The Bylaws govern the activities of the Board of Governors while the Architectural Control Committee abides by and enforces the Declaration of Protective Covenants.
History of The Meadows Subdivision
In 1981, Charles Towner and David Neely formed The Neely-Towner Family Partnership to develop a subdivision on the land we now know as The Meadows. It was originally to be called Falcon Meadows, but for reasons unknown it was changed to The Meadows at final filing. The development was platted with three Filings, with only Filing 1 and Filing 2 in the initial offering and build out. The first four lots in Phase I were originally planned to be commercial lots (these were later changed to Residential, the same as the other lots.) The first homes were built in 1982/1983 (Homes shown as built in the 1960s were in fact moved here in the 1990s when the Colorado Springs Airport runways were extended.) All lots in The Meadows Filings 1 & 2 are approximately five acres. As of 2011, only two vacant lots remain.
All roads were originally gravel, with underground electric and telephone service to each lot. In 1995, a group of homeowners formed an “S” Corporation, which contracted with the City of Colorado Springs Utility Department to lay natural gas lines in the community. At the same time, El Paso County was preparing to pave our main roads (with “Chip & Seal”) to reduce dust and maintenance, since the amount of traffic had increased as the neighborhood gradually filled in with new homes. This work was delayed until 1996 to allow for the natural gas lines to be laid more economically. The “S” Corporation was dissolved in 2005, as the ten-year contract for rebates ended.
As the area continued to develop Filing 3 was platted. In the interim, residential water rights for well permits had become more restrictive, and flood plain maps had changed due to large rainfall amounts in 1998. Also, El Paso County now required more from developers (paving roads in new development, etc.). Because of these reasons, and the more restrictive Covenants and mandatory fees and higher Homeowner’s Association dues that would be imposed on homeowners in the third Filing, it was agreed that it would be a separate area, so existing lots in Filings 1 and 2 would not be under the new rules and fees.
The third Filing was renamed Elkhorn Estates. It is located to the east of The Meadows, and as further development takes place to the north, El Paso County may eventually connect The Meadows to the new developments by extending roads at the intersection of Tercel Drive and Falcon Meadow Blvd. (The County had planned to do this as a requirement for the development of Elkhorn Estates, but due to the efforts of The Meadows Homeowner’s Association, and its active members, this road connection has been postponed indefinitely.)