The Big “Cookie” sign

Written by: Derek Felder 

At last night’s LAMSID meeting the new design for the “Cookie Sign” on Lee Blvd was APPROVED. This is only approving the design concept.

Now they are submitting for quotes from companies as to how much this will cost. The reason for the sign needing to be refurbished is that there is currently water seeping in behind the existing facade causing it to separate from the structure behind.

For those of you wondering how this will be paid for, it will NOT be coming from your taxpayer money. The district has a special fund that it must use for signs. The money in this fund typically comes from the sale of LAMSID properties.

Currently, I believe there is around $27,000 in this fund, which likely means that we won’t see a refurbished sign any time soon unless LAMSID can acquire other funding for this project.

Three issues:

1) LAMSID DOES NOT own the land where the sign sits, Lee County does

2) LAMSID MAY NOT be able to remove the old without a legal fight.

3) What Lee County did years ago was a temp fix the sign is made out of wood and it is damaged on the inside and is currently structurally unsound.