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City Manager Brown introduced the item and said the city expected to receive an interim master plan from Terra and Frisbee during the day for distribution to staff and council. He said staff would ask council members for individual meetings to review short‑term lease options, long‑term space needs for City Hall and the interim master plan.

Mr. Lukasik (staff member) reviewed the schedule and said the interim master plan would be presented by Terra and Frisbee at the May 27 workshop and that June 10 is a key date for policy direction if the council wishes to keep the developer team moving forward.

Will Portfolio, a tenant representative with CBRE, described the short‑term swing‑space work he has led. \"I've presented to date 13 options within the city limits that range from 30,000 to 100,000 square feet,\" Portfolio said. He told the council staff has short‑listed four properties and is negotiating parallel lease and purchase scenarios; staff has been focusing on a target footprint of roughly 65,000 to 75,000 square feet so departments can remain together. Portfolio said sublease rights and early‑termination provisions are being sought from landlords and that some owners are also open to selling.

Council members questioned the timetable and the need for financial estimates before making policy decisions. Council member Wigdier pressed for order‑of‑magnitude costs for new City Hall construction, relocation and partial relocation options and said those cost assumptions must inform policy. Lukasik and staff said they are assembling models and expect the CBRE/consultant analysis and additional financial detail in the coming days, and they said they will not ask the council to make a policy decision without that data. Council members also discussed potential special meetings in early June; staff proposed June 3 as one option and agreed to consider starting the May 27 workshop earlier to provide more time for discussion.

Staff outlined multiple work groups that have been convened to manage the process: master plan review, mobility and traffic, infrastructure and utilities, civic buildings and facilities, financing and capital planning, regulatory framework and communications/oversight, among others. Turner Townsend, a project and program manager retained by the city, will work with those teams to identify critical‑path risks and keep the schedule on track.

City Council members repeatedly emphasized the need for cost estimates and a clearer critical path. \"I am not letting a timeline inform my decisions,\" Council member Wigdier said. \"We need these numbers before we can make the decision.\" Staff responded that iterative decisions will be necessary because some infrastructure cost details will take longer to compile but said a working model will be provided so council members can see cost impacts tied to different square‑footage options.

No formal votes were taken at the workshop. Staff requested and was granted permission to conduct individual briefings with each council member and to circulate the interim master plan once received.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Boca Raton - City Council Workshop - May 12, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","City staff and CBRE representatives briefed the Boca Raton City Council on May 12 about an interim master plan and short‑term relocation options for City Hall while the downtown campus is redeveloped.","taxTitle","Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida","taxId",3932,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6558303,"Festival of the Arts Boca drew 6,700 attendees and $1.2M local impact, director says",556,568000,1124000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3273994-0c05365a0588f07319f41265809bdd27&start=568&end=1124","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3273994-0c05365a0588f07319f41265809bdd27/thumbnail_568000.jpg","/articles/6558303/Boca-Raton/Palm-Beach-County/Florida/Festival-of-the-Arts-Boca-drew-6700-attendees-and-12M-local-impact-director-says","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6558303-8f81813fa0c86a3f15f2d8ce6b047327/orig.mp4?Expires=1771179709&Signature=M5f9NOOeCVVkhxkexTSIDid4sDMExfeJZlaOP5CcTc-WfzBM-dXOw~UE66ykleUTLOgP9ToNOjwMORG7NGQmtQWjAdp~NaGhVdcq6TFq3f1sbTJwzoGql6uoIgHXsYfx23uQGtdAHV~~ThAqxUx1g8AVcdDBijlS3Bjdl3IZ794LdjvbfEEFWZRtV62JMdieRqGGvYXwnoDyM6dmsKAp8TltCKnkYUDr2pzJw~7uIN~QGSka9vSmtvCW7dhoRZxLTXavKnVwj~OMPO3YfElsGUNPLtchJAZT5SSjKw~ZEY~MeXPxNg3eLHlnwJ51rl0tKyAf~ZCrVpIJS~qzy4zSeA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Joanna Marie Kaye, director of Festival of the Arts Boca, told the Boca Raton City Council on May 12 that the 2025 festival drew more than 6,700 attendees and produced measurable local spending.

Kaye said the festival’s out‑of‑ticket local spending totaled $260,048 — a figure she attributed to Americans for the Arts — and that the event recorded more than $213,000 in ticket sales. She told council members the festival’s total economic impact exceeded $1.2 million and that the operation purchased more than $200,000 of goods and services from Boca Raton businesses.

“The dollar figure comes from Americans for the Arts, and that is a figure that’s a number they spend outside of tickets,” Kaye said. “So that’s what they spend when they come to dinner and when they spend time in Boca Raton to attend the festival.”

Kaye said 21 percent of attendees were from outside Palm Beach County and 61 percent were from outside the city of Boca Raton, and she described strong digital and broadcast reach: more than 100,000 page views, about 47,000 users, and roughly 5.5 million television and radio impressions across local partners. She also noted the festival’s mailing list of more than 5,000 subscribers.

Kaye reviewed program highlights, including a Dallas Brass opening night with 103 local students, an Opera Gala featuring a Pavarotti competition winner, a world premiere by Nestor Torres and community outreach that involved school and FAU dance students. She described plans for the festival’s 20th anniversary in 2026 and said several returning artists have already been invited.

Kaye also raised a funding concern tied to the county bed tax, which helps underwrite the festival through Cultural Council and Tourist Development Council grants. “If you would like to talk with any of your people, your friends in the legislature, and tell them please keep the bed tax for arts and culture,” she said, adding that the grant is “very sizable” and important to the event’s budget.

Council member questions during the presentation focused on visitor origin and local transportation connections; Kaye said the festival does not have data on how many attendees used Brightline and did not know how many specifically used Boca Connect. She said festival materials do encourage use of local transit and suggested the city promote Boca Connect to attendees to reduce parking pressure in Meisner Park.

The festival director provided representatives’ contact and promotional metrics and said educational programming and youth participation were key strengths of the 2025 event.","Festival director Joanna Marie Kaye told the City Council that Festival of the Arts Boca 2025 attracted more than 6,700 attendees, generated $213,000 in ticket sales and produced an estimated $1.2 million economic impact; she urged support for the bed tax that funds county arts grants.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6558295,"City outlines plan for new police headquarters near Spanish River Library; timeline, financing overview presented",1725,3916000,5641000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3273994-0c05365a0588f07319f41265809bdd27&start=3916&end=5641","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3273994-0c05365a0588f07319f41265809bdd27/thumbnail_3916000.jpg","/articles/6558295/Boca-Raton/Palm-Beach-County/Florida/City-outlines-plan-for-new-police-headquarters-near-Spanish-River-Library-timeline-financing-overview-presented","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6558295-f47ce88082dd96748169effe1aaccfc3/orig.mp4?Expires=1771179709&Signature=NQhiIhrRxzXLsI2LqdyFPqY57EUTnfW8TTBLo303qYVaYDJunmf0t163CqbTlyc9tU2Bk1KDE0PBmUqanEVNFT~TGUDei~bBiUr6JYty2zn73CTmHlP35dMDbwOmwJqN3L4a-4oBGLrl5kgr2QPLy5yGiE9z1Hd-kXbUIuZSqGoh0IwiD6JyJdh3e6-27ya6B8ID1Sf77MO5j3Elu8pEPzvz3YYtF7RlmvIh4NbMOHWQWrb9YZ1vCvJlgIIT-b~5t~TFBkMLO6CPwSawAkqzF7zb9PH31dZMHAAfWOnFYR5E2Xj1hujnEoMYktl1Qv6zmvxyTNWQiNIycl5OEjkWBw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Jim Zervas, deputy city manager and chief financial officer for the City of Boca Raton, joined Police Chief Muccio and Public Works and Engineering Director Zach Beer to update the council on planning for a new police services headquarters at the site adjacent to the Spanish River Library.

Zervas told the council the current police headquarters was built in 1987 and that the department’s staffing and equipment footprint have grown substantially; he said the city’s population is roughly 100,000 and the police workforce has increased to about 331 employees. Zach Beer said the existing downtown facility measures about 30,000 square feet and sits on roughly 4.39 acres.

Chief Muccio described operational constraints at the current facility, including the department’s use of multiple locations for detectives, equipment and specialty vehicles, and the need to evacuate the downtown building ahead of severe weather. Muccio said consolidating operations into a secure, modern facility would improve efficiency, co‑locate specialized units and provide visitor‑facing amenities not available in the 1980s‑era building.

Staff described the proposed site adjacent to the Spanish River Library as more centrally located relative to recent population and development patterns and said it offers better access to major transportation corridors. The project team has completed a detailed space needs assessment for near‑term needs and projections to 2035 and 2045, and has engaged ADG Architects to refine layouts, siting and program elements such as evidence processing, firing range, secure parking and community meeting space.

On scheduling, staff said preliminary planning and space refinement will continue through the remainder of 2025, design and permitting work is expected in early 2026, and construction is projected to start late 2026 or early 2027 with a roughly two‑year build time. Zervas described the overall timeline as approximately 48 months from design through completion but said staff will seek opportunities to accelerate where feasible.

Council members asked about budget and financing. Zervas said the likely financing vehicle would be a 30‑year, tax‑exempt general obligation bond (an ad valorem levy) placed before voters at a municipal election; staff identified a target election date of March 26 to coincide with a scheduled municipal election and to avoid the cost of a special election. He emphasized that a reimbursement resolution on the council’s next meeting agenda preserves the city’s ability to recover design‑phase outlays from future bond proceeds but does not obligate the city to issue bonds.

When asked about schedule and fiscal detail, staff said they expect to provide ballpark budgetary options and layout illustrations by late summer or early fall once site planning and sizing are refined. Zervas and Chief Muccio said the current downtown site would remain in city use for training and communications even after the new headquarters opens, and the city expects a downtown substation to remain in place.

No formal decisions were made at the workshop; staff said follow‑up will include continued design work, additional cost estimates and eventual voter consideration of financing.","City officials presented site reasoning, space needs and a multi‑phase schedule for a new police services headquarters adjacent to the Spanish River Library; staff said construction would likely follow design and permitting in 2026–27 and that a general obligation bond could be placed before voters in March.","actionData","errors"]

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