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Stay safe and stay healthy! February 2021 A Monthly Publication of the Carrollwood Civic Association Love is in the OC Air See Page 14. Notice of Board Meetings Monday, February 8, 2021 CRD Meeting: 6:30 p.m. • CCA: 7 p.m. Carrollwood Rec Center - 3515 McFarland Road Residents welcome to attend. www.originalcarrollwoodCRD.com www.originalcarrollwood.com Tampa, Florida 33618 Florida Tampa, 3515 McFarland Road McFarland 3515 Carrollwood Recreation District Recreation Carrollwood Carrollwood Civic Association Civic Carrollwood PERMIT #3513 PERMIT TAMPA FL TAMPA PAID U.S. POSTAGE U.S. PRSRT STD PRSRT THE CAROLER · A TRADITION SINCE 1960 • ORIGINALCARROLLWOOD.COM • FEBRUARY 2021 3 by Jim Powell, CCA President e kicked off the new year Mark Tempest gave us an update with a great meeting at the on the sidewalk repair project with CarrollwoodW Recreation Center. Jamie Hillsborough County. Thanks for your Sheer reviewed our last fiscal year help with this great effort Mark. Bryan results and things are looking positive Huls gave a lake report and mentioned there. Also, Jim Blanco and Jerrod Mills the possible addition of carp to the lake discussed the addition of Christmas in the near future. Jerrod and our social house holiday decorations in the Caroler team will be watching for opportunities and what a success that was. Jamie also to resume our events this year; stay gave us an update from the Boy Scouts on tuned. Josh reported no crime activity the Luminaria effort and they ended up and we hope to continue to see reports doing another wonderful job for us this like that in the future. year, with a similar activity level to what they did for us last year. Thanks so much Boy Scouts! Join Stacy from Moon Drop Yoga for an ALL LEVEL Gentle Flow class on Wednesdays at 9a.m. This is a COVID-friendly event with plenty of outdoor movement and social distancing. No yoga experience necessary! The class will take place on the basketball court at Original Carrollwood Park at 11430 Orange Grove Drive. Please arrive 5-10 minutes early to grab a parking spot and fill out a waiver. All you need is a mat, drink, towel (for extra cushion), and $10 CASH donation (for @ Carrollwood Elementary @The Owl Pantry). For more information or to register for the event, go to moondropyoga.com. 4 FEBRUARY 2021 • ORIGINALCARROLLWOOD.COM • THE CAROLER · A TRADITION SINCE 1960 by Mark Snellgrove, CRD President am pleased to welcome Jack Griffie as the We had seven residents attend the January newest Board member. Jack's first meeting meeting. Longtime resident Dr. Rick Dillon was in January and will be in charge of asked when there would be some capital IScotty Cooper Park. Do not hesitate to reach improvements at Scotty Cooper Park. I out to Jack with any suggestions or concerns. indicated that money has been budgeted Also, we are experiencing high utilization this year for fencing improvements, so that of Original Carrollwood Park with large is on the to-do list now. Dr. Dillon also numbers of people all at once - at certain asked about newer playground equipment, times. This, of course, results in residents and I indicated we might address that when calling the business office and Board the debt service is paid off, which will be members to complain, especially during this September 2022. Treasurer Mark Georgiades COVID time. All organized team activities is prioritizing capital improvement projects must be approved by the property owner (The when we reach that date. Board). If you are part of an organized team, Lastly, remember that new boat decals and please contact Janet in the business office. keys are now available for registration & We do require insurance credentials and purchase. Please download the boat contract limit days and times to avoid large crowds from the website and complete it before all at once. There also appears to be teams coming into the business office ( www. trespassing. Appropriate measures will be originalcarrollwoodcrd.com/forms-2/ ). Janet taken to address this. can also email you the form, so feel free to call or email and request. THE CAROLER · A TRADITION SINCE 1960 • ORIGINALCARROLLWOOD.COM • FEBRUARY 2021 5 Carrollwood Civic Association BOARD OF DIRECTORS Original Carrollwood Civic Association President Jim Powell 892 1859 JPowell@originalcarrollwood com Vice President Mark Tempest 935 0540 & Long-Range Planning MarkTempest@originalcarrollwood com Secretary Ashley Gray 431 7201 Direct mailed each AshleyGray@originalcarrollwood com month to all OC Treasurer Jamie Sheer 932 7825 Residences and more. JamieSheer@originalcarrollwood com Legal Eric Pellenbarg 703 448 4121 EricPellenbarg@originalcarrollwood com COMMITTEES Crime Watch Josh Shaffer 493 1244 Crimewatch@originalcarrollwood com Newcomers Jim Blanco 930 2420 Jim Blanco@originalcarrollwood com Lake Carroll Bryan Huls 930 0044 BryanHuls@originalcarrollwood com Social & Events Jerrod Mills 727 243 0188 jerrodmills@originalcarrollwood com John Perez 957 5814 perez@originalcarrollwood com Standards Enforcement Mickey Jaap 765 1161 mickeyj@originalcarrollwood com Construction & Dock Jimbo Woodroffe 549 9425 Permitting [email protected] MONTHLY ADVERTISING RATES: Member-at-Large Neil Norden 904 742 8649 Back cover - $275 Deadline: NeilNorden@originalcarrollwood com Inside front cover - $250 10th of Full page - $225 each month Carrollwood Recreation District 1/2 page - $140 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Published for 1/4 page - $75 Carrollwood Civic President Mark Snellgrove 265 2828 1/8 page - $45 Association by: MarkSnellgrove@originalcarrollwoodCRD com Vice President Suzy Giunta 351 0651 Classified $20 - 25 words Suzy@originalcarrollwoodCRD com Contact: Roxanne Clapp Treasurer Mark Georgiades 240 5554 [email protected] georgiades@originalcarrollwoodCRD com 813-991-1860 Secretary Joe Costa 932 4269 JoeCosta@originalcarrollwoodCRD com Copy of The Caroler arrived in your COMMITTEES mailbox with the incorrect name? Community Development Chrissie Price 210 5007 Email [email protected] so The CPrice@originalcarrollwoodCRD com Caroler mail list can be updated. OC Park Michael Carelli 784 4860 Thanks! MichaelCarelli@originalcarrollwoodCRD com Grounds Suzy Giunta 351 0651 Suzy@originalcarrollwoodCRD com Carrollwood Recreation Center Rec Center/Tennis Courts Paul Siddall 932 9584 3515 McFarland Road; Tampa, FL 33618 PaulSiddall@originalcarrollwoodCRD com 932.1257 • Fax: 935.9057 • [email protected] Scotty Cooper Park Jack Griffie 503 4552 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. [email protected] White Sands Beach Kevin Shidler 931 1662 Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office - Non Emergency KevinShidler@originalcarrollwoodCRD com Master Deputy Melvin Jones, Community Resource Deputy 247 0330 6 FEBRUARY 2021 • ORIGINALCARROLLWOOD.COM • THE CAROLER · A TRADITION SINCE 1960 NEW RESIDENTS, please contact Jim Blanco to receive a welcome packet. Help keep our Jim Blanco, Newcomer Chairman Resident 813.930.2420 Directory [email protected] UP-TO-DATE Here’s the information we need: Last name: _______________________________ First name(s): _____________________________ Phone number: ____________________________ Address: _________________________________ Email: ___________________________________ Email: ___________________________________ Names of children (optional):_________________ _________________________________________ Email your information to: [email protected] Thanks for your help. THE CAROLER · A TRADITION SINCE 1960 • ORIGINALCARROLLWOOD.COM • FEBRUARY 2021 7 Help Maintain Lake Carroll Make a Donation Residents! Help keep Lake Carroll clean and safe. Financial contributions Thank are needed from everyone. Funds are used to offset expenses for vigorous water sampling and testing, and other lake maintenance and monitoring needs. Contributors are greatly appreciated and will be acknowledged in Youfor your The Caroler. generous Lake Fund LAKE FUND DONATION donations Name: ______________________________ Dan and Nicole Seeley Address:_____________________________ Phone: _______________________________ Amount:________________________________ Make funds payable to: Carrollwood Civic Association; 3515 McFarland Rd.; Tampa, FL 33618. Please include this form OR donate through PayPal on the OC website: www.originalcarrollwood.com LuminariasAs with almost everything in— 2020, thingson didn't Christmas go as Night planned Christmas Eve with the luminaria, BUT they were still lit! just a day later. With the weather on Chirstmas Eve, the recommendation went out to light luminarias on Christmas night instead. Did you get the notice? Make sure your contact information is up to date with crimewatch. The Boy Scouts did an amazing job Christmas Eve morning setting up common areas. Thank you to the residents that helped grab those bags in the common areas and helped your neighbors reset for Christmas night. Thank you to resident Katherine Clapp for sending in the view at the right. 8 FEBRUARY 2021 • ORIGINALCARROLLWOOD.COM • THE CAROLER · A TRADITION SINCE 1960 THE CAROLER · A TRADITION SINCE 1960 • ORIGINALCARROLLWOOD.COM • FEBRUARY 2021 9 OC Garden & Growing The FebruaryViolets birth month flowers are the violet and the primrose. Primrose can be Heart difficult to grow in Florida but violets grow Get wild. According to Gardening Solutions of those the University of Florida, "Florida violets are heart native, perennial wildflowers found in open shaped cookie Shapes cutters