Don't take our word for it
Every claim on this site traces back to a specific source. Here's where those sources come from, and how to verify them yourself.
Primary documents you can read yourself
Where a document is a matter of official record and doesn't reference other owners' personal information, we host it directly so you can verify the exact source rather than trust our summary.
Limited Amendment Letter — August 6, 2025
The attorney's official certification of the Article XX vote result: 119 total votes, 92.5 yes, 10.5 no, 16 no-response — 77.7% approval under the prior two-thirds-of-lots requirement. The letter reports the vote and says recording was the next step; it does not reproduce the recorded amendment's voting language.
Water Committee Letter to Owners — May 21, 2026
The board's letter reports that BME's water-rights and augmentation-plan compliance work is complete. The 121,520 gal/lot/year allocation, 1,000 sf irrigation cap, and Rio Grande drought figures cited on the Water & Infrastructure page all come directly from this letter. Final court and permit documents should be reviewed separately.
Board Memo to Owners — July 31, 2026
The Board's post-annual-meeting memo describing its position on BME's private water system, STR impacts, municipal comparisons, and the covenant-revision process. It states that the proposed Declaration will be shared with owners for review, comments, and questions before a revised Declaration is put forward for a vote.
Board minutes and internal committee documents
Board meeting minutes (2020–2026), including the June 18, 2026 board minutes and July 4, 2026 annual-meeting minutes, the board's January 2025 and July 31, 2026 communications, the Water Committee's reports, the 2026 approved water-system budget, and the 2020 STR Committee findings memo are the source for most of the specific dates, figures, and decisions cited throughout this site.
We don't republish these documents directly. Unlike the public-facing documents hosted above, board minutes, committee reports, and the board's January 2025 letter routinely reference individual owners by name in connection with specific properties, construction projects, disputes, or volunteer service — information distributed to the BME ownership but not intended for the open internet. We cite the exact meeting date and topic for every fact drawn from these documents (see the footer of each page), and any owner can request copies of the official minutes directly from the BMEPOA board.
Public statute, ordinances, and research
Comparisons to other Colorado communities, legal background, and the property-value research draw on publicly available government and published sources, linked directly at the bottom of the relevant page — The Facts, Safety, and Water & Infrastructure each carry their own source list.
Rio Grande County vacation-rental permit conditions · Rio Grande County Land Use fee schedule · NRCS April 9, 2026 snowpack report · NRCS May 8, 2026 runoff forecast · Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act, C.R.S. § 38-33.3-217 · selected Telluride, Steamboat Springs, Summit County, and Breckenridge STR ordinances · peer-reviewed property-value research linked on The Facts page
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