The Moorings’ Breeze...light at the Tiki Huts Spruced up the parking lot signs. Supervised removal of invasive plants and the trimming of sea grapes and palm trees. Supervised the

Inside This Issue:

Easter Egg Hunt ......................2

President’s Message ..............2

Annual Meeting Date .............2

President’s Meeting ...............3

End of Season Party ...............3

Handbook & Directory ...........4

Holiday Boat Parade ...............4

Real Estate Market .................5

Tiki Huts Party Schedule .........5

2017 Board of Governors .......5

When you are away and think about the Moorings, do you envision a wide open white sand beach with the sound of surf, aquamarine ocean, tiki huts, the smell of salt air, palm trees and a cool steady breeze? In 1972, Jorge Gonzalez conveyed nearly three acres of ocean front property to the MPOA. That was an extraordinary gift. Throughout the following years, fami-lies have thrived and seen our beach become a daily ritual for fishermen ear-ly morning and late day, swimmers, sunbathers, walkers, joggers, casual barbeques, a destination for bike rid-ers, and even special celebrations for members and their families and friends.

The MPOA Board has three dynamite year-round residents on its’ Beach Committee--Ann Hill, Vicki Mingin, and Tice Siegel.

Over the past year, the committee

has; Fixed the split rail fence along Reef

Road. Successfully organized a “work

day” for our member volunteers to clean up brush and debris from the park and beach.

Purchased a new 8 unit bike rack. Painted the Tiki Hut tables Installed a motion activated night

light at the Tiki Huts Spruced up the parking lot signs. Supervised removal of invasive

plants and the trimming of sea grapes and palm trees.

Supervised the planting of new shrubs at the entrance to the Tiki Huts.

Some members love and appreciate our beach so much, they arrive daily with a pail and garden gloves to pick up debris!

Fall 2017

The Moorings’ Breeze

MPOA AT WORK FOR YOU!

The Beach Beat

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SAVE THE DATE THE MPOA

(The Moorings of Vero Property Owners’ Association, Inc.)

ANNUAL MEETING FEBRUARY 16, 2018 4:00 pm

The MPOA requests that each of its Members, when using the Beach Property, pick up and place in the garbage cans or bins any bottles, cans, oth-er containers and foreign ma-terial, such as cigarette butts, paper, plastics, etc., that are observed on the ground, the Tiki Huts or walkways. The dog owners who use the Beach Property are already doing an excellent job of policing the beach and the Beach Property, as are the MPOA's landscap-ers. However, they need and should receive addi-tional help from each MPOA Member. The beauty of The Moorings enhances each Member's property values. With a little effort, we can enhance that

beauty for the benefit of all.

Calling all Sea Mist grand-

children! The Easter Bunny

has hidden eggs!

Eleven of the children under

the age of 10, participated in

a hunt to find 450 Easter

Eggs. Three of these golden

eggs contained a $20 bill,

one for each family partici-

pating.

This activity was the brain-

child of Betsy McCaffrey,

daughter of Sandy

McCaffrey, a resident of Sea

Mist. Each child was given

an Easter Basket for collec-

tion. The families who had

grandchildren in the hunt

were from the McCaffrey,

Sullivan and Miller fami-

lies.

A spectacular time was

had by all adults and chil-

dren of Sea Mist. The spec-

tators cheered the hunters

on and in some instances

even gave hints as to where

the candy and toys were

hidden.

Sea Mist Court’s Easter Egg Hunt

First of all, I would like to welcome back all of you as we begin a new “season” in paradise. During the summer months your MPOA Committees have been very busy keeping up with their usual duties, as well as dealing with storm related issues. The Beach Committee was particularly busy this summer on a number of projects, including two

beach cleanup days, one that involved the MYCC summer children’s pro-gram. They also oversaw the removal of several invasive plantings at the Beach Ac-cess and supervised the trimming of the sea grapes and palm trees. We all look forward to a fun winter here in para-dise. Again, welcome back!

President’s Message By Clint Black

www.mooringspoavero.com

Clint & Caroline Black at the End of Season Tiki Huts Party

http://www.mooringspoavero.com/

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On Monday, March 13th, George Bryant, our most recent past Presi-dent of the MPOA hosted 14 Presi-dents of the 17 areas within the Moorings at a meeting at the Moor-ings Yacht & Country Club. Mr. Bry-ant moderated the discussion. His main topics were; Sharing the first ever, newly initiat-ed forum established by Ardi Schnei-der, North Passage representative on the Board of Governors, called “Landscape Share” amongst all of the Moorings communities. The possibility of a “Share Group” to negotiate an attractive yearly contract for all Communica-tion Services; TV, Internet, Tele-phone. Discussion and sharing of exten-

sive recent research and legal work done to address Pet Policy issues within each of our commu-nities. The President of South-winds led the topic. Discussion of a software applica-tion called Nextdoor.com; a free social network for your neighbor-hood. It is an internet “bulletin board” used by South Passage since 2016 for communication be-tween South Passage residents with each other and, their South Passage Board members. Lastly, Dr. Richard Baker, Presi-dent of the Audubon Society and resident of Vero Beach gave a fas-cinating presentation on key La-goon issues currently discovered. Most importantly, he emphasized

the Indian River County recent Fertilizer Ordinance. **From June 1- September 30**

Use of fertilizer containing nitro-gen or phosphorus is prohibited. Violations of this ordinance can result in fines up to $200. Please contact the County Officer; 772-226-1565. The next meeting will be held in mid March 2018.

PRESIDENTS’ MEETING OF MPOA

END OF SEASON TIKI HUT PARTY No tickets were necessary for our last Tiki Huts Party of the season, just a willingness to bring an appetizer to share along with your favorite beverage and to like steel drum music and seeing friends dance. We ended our winter Tiki Huts season with a crowd of over 100. Along with lots of first timers and new residents to meet, we had a gorgeous sky and perfect beach weather for our evening filled with laughter and the pleasure of making new friends and seeing old friends. Try not to miss our next Tiki Huts party. Bring your family and friends and lets help make this season the best one yet!


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LAST DAY FOR CHANGES: NOVEMBER 30 We are currently updating the 2018 MPOA Members Directory and Handbook. If you are new to the Moorings, if you’ve changed your residence within The Moorings, or if any of your contact information has changed since last year’s Directory, please send your new information to:

—NOTE NEW CONTACT INFO— Dawn Lamberth

[email protected] 772-538-0613


FRIDAY, DE-CEMBER 8 The Moor-ings 2017 Holiday Sea-son begins with the our Christmas

tree lighting and Christmas Car-oling celebration followed by our Annual Community Lighted Boat Parade, and finished up with a festive holiday social and dinner.

ALL MOORINGS RESIDENTS and their families are invited to participate in any or all of these very popular and much-anticipated annual community events.

TREE LIGHTING & CAROLING Beginning at 5:00 pm just east of Cutlass Cove, where grandstands will be setup, the Christmas Tree Lighting and Caroling event will commence.

LIGHTED BOAT PARADE At the conclusion of the tree

lighting and caroling, remain right there to watch the Annual Com-munity Holiday Lighted Boat Pa-rade–a favorite every year–that will circle Cutlass Cove, travel along the seawall on Harbour Drive and progress throughout The Moorings’ waterways.

Boats of all sizes are encour-aged to participate and decora-tions don’t need to be elaborate! For more information and to re-ceive your parade line-up assign-ments, please attend the Cap-tains’ Safety Meeting on Thurs-day, December 7th at 5:00 p.m. in the Captains’ Lounge in the River-house (the second Moorings Club building).

For more information and to register your boat for the parade, please call Vince DeTurris at 234-2836 or contact him by email at

[email protected].

Boat registration forms can be found at The Moorings Yacht & Country Club reception desk and in the Riverhouse. Drop your com-pleted form at the reception desk

or fax it to 231-8495.

HOLIDAY SUNSET SOCIAL The holiday social and

dinner will be held at the Moor-ings Yacht and Country Club (MYCC). All are welcome; it is not necessary to be a member of the MYCC. There will be entertain-ment and a family style buffet din-ner. Reservations are required, so please call 231-1008 if you would like to attend.

Moorings Boat Parade & Tree Lighting!

MPOA Members’ Handbook &

Directory and Parking Decals

The new MPOA Members’ Handbook & Directory is scheduled to be availa-ble to all MPOA members by the end of December. The MPOA Board mem-ber in each condominium association will deliver them to all residents in each association. (If you don’t get yours, please contact your associa-tion’s MPOA representative.) Anchor residents can pick up their copies at the guardhouse. All those in single family homes will receive theirs in the mail. If you don’t get yours by the end of December, please contact Dawn at [email protected] or by phone 772-538-0613. Parking decals for 2018 (necessary for parking at the Beach Property and for general identification as a Moor-ings resident) will be included in the MPOA Annual Meeting mailing pack-et, which will be sent to all MPOA members in mid-January.



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This newsletter is written and

published semi-annually by the

Board of Governors of The

Moorings of Vero Property Owners’

Association, Inc. for the benefit and

enjoyment of its members.

Newsletter preparation and layout by Dawn Anne Lamberth,

Wordsmith 772-538-0613

[email protected]

Tiki Huts Party

Schedule November 13 February 26

March 26 April 23

Please note these dates and don’t miss the party at

5 p.m.!!

2017 MPOA Board of Governors

OFFICERS:

President– Clint Black ............................................ 217-8282 Secretary/Newsletter– Carol Collard ........................ 226-5507 Treasurer/Security– Shelley Weier .......................... 234-3799

COMMITTEES:

Administration– Bill Schreiber ................................. 231-0575 Beach Property– Ann Hill ......................................... 257-6416 Beach Property– Tice Siegel ...................................... 234-2796 Beach Property– Vicki Mingin ............................ 631-626-9446 Community Development– George Bryant ............... 231-5297 Events Planning– Ardi Schneider .............................. 226-5924 Landscaping– Judi Honiss ....................................... 231-9186 Landscaping– Sheila Ledbetter ................................ 234-5488 Membership Relations– Martha Argue ..................... 231-5773 Newsletter– Carol Collard ........................................ 226-5507 Newsletter– Jane Beattie .................................. 203-561-7027 Roads, Signs & Lights– Ron Vogt ............................ 231-4640 Roads, Signs & Lights– Edward Murphy .................. 231-1132 Special Projects– Barbara Russell ............................ 231-4669 Tiki Huts Reservations– Barbara Miller .................... 231-4627

Moorings Real Estate Update

2017 near year-end results show a strong marketplace in The Moorings this past year. Num-bers are up in both condominium and single family homes sales. In single family homes sales, total sales volume by price is currently more than double last year’s total sales volume at this same time, $16,902,341(2016) $36,614,375(2017). We are still seeing a strong de-mand for our properties, the big-gest frustration for buyers at this time is the lack of inventory in The Moorings. Currently Sable Reef, Galleons, Billows, South Passage, Sea Mist Court and Windward do not have any prop-erties available for sale. Overall, The Moorings has ap-prox 4% on the market, usual is closer to 10%. If you are consid-ering selling, this is an excellent time!

Jan 1 – Nov 14, 2017

Total all Moorings properties Sold Year to Date (YTD): 64 Condominiums Sold YTD: 38 Median SOLD price: 383,750

Single Family Homes Sold YTD:26 Median SOLD price: $1,163,688 Jan – Nov 2016

Total all Moorings properties Sold thru 11/2016: 50

Condominiums Sold: 37 Median SOLD price: $377,000

Single Family Homes, Sold 13 Median SOLD price: $1,100,000 Information gathered from RAIRC MLS

database as of 11/14/2017, Moorings

project properties only. Information

deemed reliable but not guaranteed, sub-

ject to change without notice.

The Moorings of Vero Property Owners’ Association, Inc.

P O Box 610278

Vero Beach FL 32961-0278

The Moorings’ Breeze...light at the Tiki Huts Spruced up the parking lot signs. Supervised removal of invasive plants and the trimming of sea grapes and palm trees. Supervised the

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