The Covington Estates Board of Directors meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 8, 2015 has been cancelled. Our next scheduled meeting will be Tuesday, January 12, 2016.
Additional information on the Covington Estates Board of Directors meetings can be found on our Board of Directors page.
There will be no garbage collection service on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26th. Regular service will resume on our next scheduled collection day.
Other Important Reminders:
Covington Estates HOA would like to remind residents that:
1) Vehicles are not permitted to park in the street
2) Vehicles parked in driveways are not permitted to block the sidewalks
3) Residents need to adhere to the posted 20-miles per hour speed limit
Please take the time to remind all of the drivers in your household as well as visitors to obey the speed limit, come to a complete stop at the stop signs, and drive cautiously throughout Covington Estates.
At 20 mph the stopping distance needed is 69 feet. Statistics have shown that the incident of pedestrians and bicyclists hit by a car are three times higher in a residential neighborhood that those recorded on the highways.
Thank you for your cooperation. Keep Covington Estates Safe!
A family of wild hogs were spotted earlier this week in Covington Estates. What appears to be a family of wild hogs, with two little ones and two adults, were spotted in the early morning on Eastwyck Drive. They were in a side yard of a house but close enough to the road to clearly see them.
Wild hogs sightings are not uncommon in Hillsborough’s populated areas. Florida has between half a million and 1 million wild hogs, said Gary Morse, a spokesman for the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “Wild hogs are common in just about every place in the state they can exist,” Morse said.
Wild hogs generally avoid humans and are not considered dangerous to people or pets. But, they do possess great speed and razor-like tusks. Wild hogs may become aggressive and defensive if injured, cornered, trapped, have young or are otherwise threatened.
Wild hogs can destroy a lawn or landscape over night while rooting around for grubs and food. Attempts to prevent wild pigs from coming onto property are usually futile, but adequate fencing can help keep them out of small yards and gardens. Concerns about wildlife such as wild hogs, alligators, panthers and other wildlife should be directed to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
It’s time to turn the clocks back one hour on Sunday, Nov. 1, and remember to test home safety devices and reset sprinkler system timers, too.
Sunday marks the end of Daylight Saving Time and is a great time to install fresh batteries and test smoke alarms and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors. When functional, these devices can double a family’s chance of surviving a home fire or an unsafe carbon monoxide level.
