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Residents press CRA for transparency on government campus, tennis center and public‑land protections
Summary
Multiple residents and organizations urged the CRA and city leaders to provide clearer financial and schedule information about the proposed government campus redevelopment, called for guarantees on replacement tennis courts, and promoted a Save Boca petition to restrict the sale or lease of public land without a public vote.
Several residents used the CRA public‑request period on July 14 to press city officials for more detailed information and transparency about plans for the proposed government campus and for assurances about the Boca Raton Tennis Center.
Key public comments John Perlman, organizer of the Save Boca effort, urged the city to vet claims on a public website and to recognize an initiative petition his group circulated that would require voter approval before public land greater than half an acre could be sold, leased or alienated. Perlman said cost‑benefit and independent public‑benefit analyses required by Florida statutes for certain public‑private partnerships had not been completed, and he told the board those…
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