DEL ORO GROVES

January 2023
Landscape Award!
Congratulations go to
**3305 San Carlos St.**

News You Can Use:

We hope your 2023 is off to a great start.

The first meeting of the HOA Directors and Officers for 2023 will be Tuesday, January 31st at 7pm at the home of John and Cathy Breen 3261 San Pedro Street.
This meeting is open to all residents.

Key Topics:

Set dates for the calendar of events for 2023.
Review ideas for investment
Budget planning and review of tax submission
Director and Committee updates

It is time to pay your 2023 Annual Dues:

Did you like those beautiful red bows adorning your mailbox this holiday season? This is just one of the 25 benefits of your $25 annual membership fee. You can Zelle your payment to delorogroves@gmail.com. It’s easy!! Why not while you’re at it, pay for your 2023 and 2024 dues, too!

Or call Kristin Langley for a form or to drop off a check: 727-421-2380

Help Us Refresh the Painted Concrete Storm Drain Covers:

Volunteers needed to help clean and protect these wonderful works of art in our neighborhood. Contact Kristin Langley at 727-421-2380

Got a Text from the Del Oro HOA?

The Del Oro Groves HOA board sends out text reminders from a phone number assigned that is: 727-201-0713. This is from our Text-Em-All service and is a secure number that can be trusted for messaging from the Del Oro HOA. Replies to this text are logged with that system but take longer for a response.

To call the HOA Board, the number is 727-304-4246 and you can text to that number, too!

Old News:

Christmas Caroling and Holiday Procession

Come join us for a night procession of decorated golf carts and bikes as we visit nine homes in the neighborhood to sing and bring good cheer!

When: December 14th
Where: 3261 San Pedro Street
Time: 5:45 pm till about 9 pm
What: Decorated Bikes and Golf Cart procession to nine homes to do Christmas Caroling
Why: Singing loudly for all to hear, is the best way to spread holiday cheer!

Garage Sale Donation Update:
Thank you to our residents for donations to the Hurricane Ian Relief Efforts from items not sold at the garage sale. We have dropped these items at the Ft. Myers Salvation Army location.

We have been so blessed!

Hurricane Ian missed our neighborhood and aside from a few smaller trees getting knocked down, we managed to get through this one much better than expected. The power was out in only 29 of the 330 homes, and was restored within 3 days time.

The Del Oro Board is so proud of the way the residents all jumped in to help each other out, offering generators to those without power, and helping clean up debris.

We have now been graced with beautiful weather after the storm and the beautiful season of autumn is now upon us.

We got through this together!

Cathy Breen
Del Oro Groves
President

Clearwater Cautions Utility Consumers about Bill Payment Scam

Residents, if you get a call from a 1-800 number saying you need to pay your bill, then it is a scam. If you have questions, contact the utility by calling the number on the back of your bill or on the city website, MyClearwater.com.

Mosquito Control in Del Oro

Pinellas County handles our mosquito control and has treated the swales in the park and a few yards. But they suggested a few steps to allow us to keep them from breeding in our yards. Of course, the salt marsh mosquito found in Cooper Bayou and the marshland around the bayou County with regular fogging. They also fog our neighborhood when the new medical school calls in a complaint.
But we have fresh water mosquitoes breeding now. One of the common breeding areas are bromeliads. A single bromeliad can house 100 mosquito larvae!! And they are day biters so fogging does not kill them. Here are a few things you can do to keep the plants but kill the mosquitoes.

Spray the flying insects with regular flying insect killer.
Hose the plant to wash off larvae.
Spray the plant with plain old vegetable oil.
Fertilize to replace all of the nutrients you washed away.

Also walk your yard to see if you have any of these points where water can collect. If so, drain them and your mosquitoes will die off.

Old News:

HOA Winter Newsletter Going out the week of December 5th, 2022:

Look for a clear plastic door hanger this week on your front door with information about our HOA and events for December and beyond. Included is a little gift from your HOA. We also have a reminder about 2023 dues of $25 which can be paid by Zelle to delorogroves@gmail.com. Or you can send a check in the envelope that will be provided with your newsletter.

Holiday Block Party 2022!

What a huge success! We had over 75 guests throughout the evening to enjoy great food, fun, and a visit from Santa too. Special thanks to all the volunteers, and specifically, Jay and Karissa Breen who hosted the event along San Carlos Street. We also want to thank the neighbors along San Carlos who helped contribute food, fun and a helping hand.

Thank you to those who attend the Annual Meeting 2022 for HOA Members:
This years meeting was a success! The meeting was held by Zoom, and the minutes of the meeting are available upon request. Some highlights were the many events that took place this year such as the Spring Picnic, First ever Car Show and Pancake breakfast, and most recent donations to Hurricane Ian victims from items left over from the garage sales. Our area continues to have a the low crime rate thanks to the partnership with our local police and the tools available to residents via the crime section of our web page. We welcomed many new residents, and the landscape awards highlighted the best front yards each month of the year. Our winners of the annual award went to Rick and Barry of San Pedro Street. Congratulations! For 2023, we learned the news about the new Del Oro Park opening in 2023. Financially, a financial review was completed by a third party, and results showed a healthy financial outlook and proper accounting procedures. Member participation was up, but 2022 dues receipts were down slightly from 2021, so reminders went out and deadline was extended till the end of the year. At the meeting the new officer team was installed along with the directors for 2023. Most were the same volunteers from 2022, therefore keeping some great consistency for the future.

News about upcoming events was shared, and the participants were asked for ideas on how to improve our neighborhood even more given some of the funds available. If you have some ideas, email that to delorogroves@gmail.com.

First Annual Classic Car Owners Show in Del Oro!
This event was a huge success, with over 20 cars, beautiful weather and over 100 Del Oro Residents who came by to enjoy the show. Thank you to all the car owners and volunteers who made this possible. Also a special thanks to Tommy Mitchell a new San Pedro resident and owner of Florida Classic Car Buyers who brought 5 rare cars. Check out the photos!!
Sincerely,
Cathy Breen, President .
Kristin Langley, Vice President
Kate Houck, Treasurer
Karissa Quiles Breen, Secretary

Neighborhood Day 2022 a Success!

The mayor of Clearwater Frank Hubbard and others commented on how wonderful it was to meet the Del Oro Community. Thank you to all who came to Neighborhood Day 2022!
Scroll down for photos posted on this website:
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News: Arbor Day 2022
The City of Clearwater is providing trees on a first come first serve basis on Saturday April 23rd from 8 am till 1pm. See Beacon for more details or check it out on MyClearwater.com.

Send us a photo of your new trees!

Sewer Improvements: Project Complete

If you have any additional issues please contact Pat Zulla at the City of Clearwater engineering department at 727-562-4960.

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