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Cory Lake Isles looks to repair fountain

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By KENNETH KNIGHT

kknight@tampatrib.com

Published: November 4, 2009

CORY LAKE ISLES - The Cory Lake Isles Community Development District's board of supervisors is studying options to fix a fountain and add traffic-calming devices at the gate leading to Cross Creek Boulevard.

The signature fountain at the subdivision's entryway has sat idle for at least a couple of years, the district supervisors said. Residents would be thrilled to see it working again.

The board members asked their colleague, Ron Fitzgerald, to look into what it would cost to repair and maintain the fountain.

"It needs a major overhaul," said Fitzgerald, who was appointed to the board this year. "We are going to look at the maintenance cost to make it happen."

Scott Shaw, another new board appointee, said he thought repairing the fountain was a worthwhile endeavor and an important investment for residents.

The board was not as eager to support a proposal aimed at reducing the hours the exit gates leading to Cross Creek Boulevard would remain open.

Supervisor David Burman, who chairs the community security committee, offered a proposal that would keep the exit gates closed with the exception of from 6 to 8 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. on weekdays. The exit gates are used mostly during the morning and afternoon rush hours, he said.
Burman said he put forth the idea after a recent near collision involving a school bus and a car at the gates leading to Cross Creek Boulevard.

Some supervisors said they did not want to overact to an isolated incident.

"If you change the traffic pattern, you are going to get that gate rammed every day," Chairwoman Kerri Ringhof said.

Fitzgerald said the board should also consider the wear and tear of continually opening and closing the exit gate, which is adjacent to the security guard house.

"If you open and shut the gates, they are going to break" eventually, he said.

The board members agreed to investigate the possibility of installing some form of traffic calming to remind motorists to reduce their speed as they approach the exit gate.

"I would be more interested in speed bumps than closing the gates," Ringhof said.

Security guards will continue to monitor and control access at the entrance gates.

In other business, the board voted 5-0 to budget $3,000 to decorate the community for the holiday season.

The board agreed to support a proposal by its security company, Wackenhut, to consider the community as a possible test site for its new virtual guard system.

Reporter Kenneth Knight can be reached at (813) 259-7413.

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