Council to consider interim master plan for downtown government campus after developer trims housing and adds public space

Boca Raton City Council will consider approving an interim master plan for the downtown government campus at its meeting tomorrow after staff and the Terra/Frisbie Group presented a recap and updates at a June 9 workshop.

The interim master plan approval being asked of the council is limited in scope to the general organization of uses and the proposed development intensities and densities, Deputy City Manager Lukasik said during the workshop. Representatives for the Terra/Frisbie Group presented a revised concept that reduces residential buildings, increases office square footage and expands public recreational space.

The plan presented on June 9 removes three residential buildings and lowers residential density by “over 200 units,” Rob Frisbie said, and increases public recreational space by slightly more than 20 percent by aggregating green space in the site center between the proposed city hall and community center. Frisbie said the design also narrows several streets, adds buffers…