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Meet Your New Board - Robert Cornell Director Of

Greetings, and belated best I represented indigent clients in civil litigation and
wishes for a happy healthy, administrative proceedings. After a stint in private Security
prosperous New Year. practice, I became a federal prosecutor—an Assistant
I’m Bob Cornell, elected United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. For
last May as an at-large 4 years, I prosecuted street-crime cases. After more than Implementation of Anti-
representative to the Boca 60 criminal jury trials, I transferred to Miami, combatting
Pointe Board, where I its War on Drugs by serving as an Assistant United States Tailgating Gates
hold the office of Vice Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
President. As a member of Over the next ten years, I had more than 50 jury trials By Marcel Dos Santos, Director of Security
the Executive Committee, involving drug cases as well as crimes involving murder
the Security Committee, on the high seas, money laundering, bank robbery, and According to many Boca Pointe residents,
and the Legal Committee various economic crimes. I then became a member of the tailgating at the resident entry gates has been an
I have been actively involved in helping my Board Office’s Appellate Division. During the next 25 years I ongoing problem for quite some time. After numerous
colleagues address important matters at Boca Pointe. I represented the United States in hundreds of cases before discussions, and researching the options to prevent
reside in Costa Brava with my wife, Carole, a retired the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. this from happening, the Master Board recently voted,
Broward County Educator, and our two Bichon pups. I also I retired in 2020, but remain an active member of the and approved the installation of “Trap arm Gates”, or
sit on the Costa Brava Board and serve as Vice President. Florida Bar. As a Florida lawyer, I know that first and commonly referred to as,” Anti- Tailgating Gates”.
I am a graduate of Bates College, B.A., the University foremost board members have a “fiduciary relationship” These Gates will not allow entry to any vehicle by way
of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons), and the George Washington to the members of our Community Association. I embrace of following someone too closely to gain unauthorized
University Law School, J.D. that responsibility and am committed to do whatever I entry, or just simply an impatient person trying to push
I began my career in D.C. as a Staff Attorney for can to help maintain and protect all that we value as Boca through. These new “trap arm gates” will ensure that
the Neighborhood Legal Services Program where Pointe homeowners.  there are no unauthorized entries allowed through the
resident lanes.
Village Spotlight - Montego Bay So, you might be thinking, how do these gates work?
These gates work in tandem with one another. When
a vehicle pulls up to the first gate arm, it will open,
By Bill Gralnick townhomes and villas built in the 1990s. While these two allowing access only to the second gate in front of you.
bedroom and three bedroom homes are intimate in size, Upon arrival at the second gate, the first gate arm, (now
Montego Bay is located on the main east campus of they are the perfect homes for entertaining friends and behind you), will close. The second gate arm, (now in
Boca Pointe. If you enter via Canary Palm, it’s the first family members from near and far. Open flow-through front of you), will then open, only allowing access to
community you will find and if you enter via SW 18th floor plans and bright open spaces are a welcoming one vehicle at a time.
Street, it’s the last. Home to 198 private residences, addition to almost every home in Montego Bay. Many Subsequently, the vehicle operator must use
Montego Bay is comprised of a mix of condominiums, have unique courtyard entrances and some homes have caution when approaching these gate arms, just as
a view of Poinciana Lake. they always have been with the current existing single
Just past the entrance there gate arms. Nobody wants to be in a position of having
is a community pool with their vehicle damaged because of a gate arm strike or
poolside tiki huts to enjoy a damaging a gate arm due to a gate arm strike. A “fender
little slice of South Florida bender” goes without saying. As always, please use
paradise! caution when approaching these new trap arm gates.
Montego Bay is quite The Main Gate, (Gate 1), at Powerline Road and
an age-diverse community. Boca Pointe Drive, and (Gate 2) at S.W. 18TH Street
In a walk around the and Boca Pointe Drive, will have these trap gates
neighborhood one will installed in the very near future.
encounter infants in baby The Villages that will be affected are Palomar,
carriages, toddlers holding Esplanada, Caravelle, Meridiana, El Viento, La Mirada,
on to a parent’s hand for Southwinds, La Corniche, La Paz, and El Dorado.
dear life and tweens on bikes Please plan accordingly. There will be another future
and skateboards. There are announcement on the actual installation date.
families with parents in If anyone has any cares, questions, or concerns, please
their 40s and 50s, some feel free to reach out to me. Thank you. 561-672-3309,
with children still living at bpointe@smssi.com 
home and those enjoying
their retirement years. To
sum it up, Montego Bay is
one of the pearls of Boca The BPCA Management
Pointe! 
office will be closed

on Monday, February 19th

in observance of

Presidents’ Day. 