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Residents urge city to rethink downtown tax and press for traffic safety and event access solutions
Summary
Public commenters urged council to put sunsetting the downtown tax on the ballot, asked for traffic-calming measures in Boca Raton Section 1, and objected to a planned Sunday street closure for a triathlon that would affect a cul-de-sac; staff said emergency personnel will be present for the triathlon to assist resident access.
During the City Council's public comment period on June 2, residents raised several local issues: sunsetting a special downtown tax, neighborhood speeding and cut-through traffic, and concerns about a planned street closure for a triathlon.
Brent Ehrenworth, a resident who addressed the council during public comment, urged the council to "sunset the downtown tax to focus on all of Friendswood." Ehrenworth said the special fund that serves downtown will collect nearly $1 million this year and urged the council to place a measure on the ballot to let voters decide whether to…
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