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Group Seeks Fountain For Lake Kipling

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By MARK HOLAN, The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 19, 2007

SUNSET PARK - Rome has the Trevi Fountain, and Las Vegas has the choreographed dancing waters outside the Bellagio Hotel and Casino.

Now the Sunset Park Area Homeowners Association wants to add a 25-foot-tall plume of gushing water to Lake Kipling.

'There would be a dual purpose,' said Marlin Anderson, the group's president. 'It would be beautification, and it would serve to aerate the water in the lake.'

The city plans $428,000 in water quality improvements to the lake, the scene of fish kills and source of neighborhood flooding. The project, which includes dredging silt and installing filters at pipes that drain into the lake, is scheduled to begin in March and be completed by July.

'We have to wait for that whole process to finish' before installing the fountain, Anderson said. 'But I'm confident we can get it done.'

The association has received an $8,700 estimate for a fountain, which would be lighted at night.

Anderson said he expects the association will hold fundraising drives for the project instead of dipping into its regular treasury.

'It's going to be a beautification for hundreds of thousands of people who drive by every day' on West Shore Boulevard, he said.

Reporter Mark Holan can be reached at (813) 835-2102 or mholan@tampatrib.com.

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