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Our Mission

The mission of "Community Engagement" is to bring Delray Villas Plat 1 together as an inclusive, thriving, active 55+ community. A community where we know and care for our neighbors. A community where we take pride in our homes as well as our common areas. And a neighborhood that works together to achieve common goals. 

Community Update 03/26/2026

Greetings DVP1,

 

 

 

I hope this message finds you all doing well. I’ve taken some time off recently to reflect and recharge. Over the past three years, I hope I’ve demonstrated how much I truly love and care about our community.

 

However, I am just one person supporting 274 homes along with numerous outside vendors. I serve at the pleasure of the DVP1 HOA BOD and in my role as one of your DVRA Directors, and at this time I feel I can no longer give 100% in the way this community deserves.

Over the next month, I will begin transitioning some Community Engagement duties to the DVP1 HOA BOD and Committee Chairs. I am working closely with them to ensure this process is as seamless as possible. Over the years, I have asked—and at times even begged—for volunteers. While some have stepped up, only a small number have remained consistently involved. To those individuals, I extend my sincere thanks and appreciation for your continued support.

 

Zoom Meetings

DVP1 offers Zoom meetings to homeowners as a courtesy. They are not required by our Governing Documents or Florida Statute 720. As with any technology, occasional glitches are inevitable, and I address them as quickly as possible when they arise. There is no effort by Community Engagement or the DVP1 HOA BOD to limit transparency.

Additionally, I regret having to disable the chat feature during our last Zoom meeting. Unfortunately, some participants used inappropriate language and made unacceptable comments. Please remember to remain respectful—threats or vulgar behavior will not be tolerated.

 

DVP1 Phone Line (Amended Hours of Operation)


🕙 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Monday–Friday

Please leave a voicemail if your call is not answered, as I do not always have the plat phone on me. Voicemails will be forwarded to the appropriate committee or BOD member. If the matter falls under my responsibility, I will return your call personally.

 

 


Landscaping / Irrigation    Contacts: Angel Shelton / Ben Levy

Email                    dvp1landscaping@gmail.com

Please email all landscaping or irrigation concerns. Be specific about the issue and include your name and address in all correspondence.

 

Violations                Contact: Ray Adamitis

Email                    dvp1violations@gmail.com

 

Previously, the DVP1 BOD and committee placed a temporary hold on violations while the pool fence and roof project was underway, as common areas were not in compliance. Now that the project is complete, violations will resume enforcement.

When reporting a violation, you must include:

The specific bylaw or rule being violated
Your name and address
The address of the property in question

 

Architecture            Contact: Carl Malysz

Email                    dvp1Architecure@gmail.com (Corrected)
 

All architectural requests should be submitted to Carl Malysz. Forms are available on the plat website under the Real Estate tab and are fillable PDFs. Contractors may also complete and submit forms directly.


Finance                Contact: Marlene Peritzman

Email                    mperitzman@gmail.com

 

Please use this email address for all Financial and Real Estate issues.

 

The Fun Committee

The Fun Committee would like to thank everyone who supported our efforts over the past three years. Our mission was to provide free social events and create opportunities for neighbors to come together and enjoy positive community experiences.

While this work has been incredibly rewarding, it has also been very demanding. At this time, the committee has been disbanded.

All donated equipment has been returned to the homeowners who generously contributed. Remaining supplies will be removed from the pool area to free up storage space as requested by the BOD. If you have donated equipment that has not yet been returned, please contact Community Engagement via email.

Thank you all for your time, understanding, and continued support of our community.
 

DVP1 now has a committee dedicated specifically to landscaping at the Plat 1 pool. One of our new homeowners is a professional landscaper and has taken AnitaMarie on as his apprentice. Together with one of our rental residents we plan on making our pool area a lush tropical oasis. David has supplied most of the new plantings. Both he and AnitaMarie have grown these plants from cuttings over the last 6 months and are now at the pool. We are learning what will and won’t thrive around the pool and in the restrooms.

 

Please do not water the plants. We appreciate the thought, but they are on a watering schedule and we don’t want to lose them to overwatering. Thank you to the BOD for approving new soil, pots, watering can and the hose and hose butler. Thank you to the Mendelsohn’s for donating pots as well. 

We all love our fur babies. They are our companions, giving us unconditional love. As responsible pet parents we must pick-up after them, it is our duty. Feceses is dangerous to our babies. Palm Beach County has rules that must be obeyed. If broken there are fines. With the advances in technology, most homeowners now have video surveillance either via cameras or ring doorbells.  We’ve seen evidence of homeowners not picking up behind their babies. Some are not familiar to us as Plat 1 homeowners. But sadly, some are. These rules are clearly stated in our Plat rules as well as Delray Villas as a whole.  The Delray Villas Plat 1 HOA board has the authority to enforce the rules, issue violations and fines to homeowners. Please don’t let it come to this.

 

Our community is beautiful. We are currently working on beautification projects in our common areas. Our homeowners care about their property and have poured time and energy into making their gardens pleasing to the eye. We'll be showcasing homes around that neighborhood as well as beautiful images of our community in our photo gallery below.  Please feel free to submit any photos to us that you feel show the uniqueness of the community that we call home.

Photos can be sent to communityengagement@delrayvillasplat1.org 

Thank you to our neighbors, Tammy Stanborough for her design expertise and to Nelson Morciglio for purchasing the posts and enlisting Mark to help in the installation of the much-needed duck crossing signs on Via Flora

POOL GATE SAFETY

Safety in our Plat pool area is paramount. The pool area gate is what keeps us safe. Propping the gate open is unsafe. Community Engagement has received an email reporting people in our pool after dark. There are cameras at the pool. We’re reviewing the video footage to verify this claim. The Special Advisors to the President are currently working on a solution to the issue of the locking system on the gate.

Community Engagement News

As our committee’s name suggests, “Community Engagement” is what we’re all about. Delray Villas Plat 1 is a great place to live, with some truly awesome neighbors. We are here to provide social activities through our Fun Committee and we also foster a greater sense of community with communications via our new website, our new Community Access Channel (Channel 99), our dedicated phone line and email. Delray Villas Plat 1 is part of the Delray Villas Rec Assn. We are free to use the facilities and join in on their outings and social events as we pay for this in our monthly maintenance. Community Engagement has a link to the Rec Assn website on the Delray Villas Plat 1 website. We also have 7 slides currently dedicated to the Rec Assn on our new community access (Channel 99). Delray Villas Plat 1 Community Engagement does not have the authority to sanction any Rec Assn club or event requests. Therefore, we will not promote them as Plat 1 activities. As we’re updated by the Rec Assn webmaster, we’ll be updating the access channel so our homeowners will be current on Rec Assn happenings and events. Delray Villas Plat 1 Community Engagement takes no responsibility for any incorrect information regarding Rec Assn news or information. Delray Villas Plat 1 has its own social activities. Our events are for our residents and a guest they invite. Our plat activities are not governed by the REC Board, we act at the pleasure of the Delray Villas Plat 1 HOA Board. We strive to provide fun entertainment and social activities for our residents. Keeping in mind that some of our residents attend Rec Assn activities, we purposefully schedule our events as not to conflict with theirs. This gives our residents the opportunity to enjoy all that Delray Villas Communities as a whole has to offer. Community Engagement and the Fun Committee will keep our neighbors updated on all Delray Villas Plat 1 community news through the website, access channel and email.

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