DEL ORO GROVES

November 2022
Landscape Award!
Congratulations go to
**3201 San Carlos St.**

News You Can Use:

Annual Meeting 2022 for HOA Members:
Due to the outbreak of RSV and some ongoing concerns about Covid, we will hold our annual meeting by Zoom for all to attend virtually. The date will be November 17th at 7:30 pm. Please send an email delorogroves@gmail.com to register and to get a login and passcode to Zoom. The board will reply with the link to the meeting and instructions. If you don't know how to use Zoom, then we will arrange to have you join a watch party at the home of a board member.

Holiday Block Party
December 10th at 7 pm a holiday block party along San Carlos street is planned for an outdoor meet and greet with the HOA Board of Directors where those who did not make the meeting can inquire into the topics and updates shared at the annual meeting. Come by car, golf cart or walk to join us. It is open to all 330 homes in our neighborhood!

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!

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

It is not to late to pay your 2022 Annual Dues:

Soon you will see this year's 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 2022 and 2023 dues, too!

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

Old News:

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:

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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