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Boca Raton council schedules design charrettes as downtown government campus plan advances amid public concern
Summary
City officials and the development team laid out a schedule for public design charrettes and described options for replacing downtown recreation facilities while residents urged preservation of tennis courts, fields and a skate park.
Mayor Scott Singer and city staff told residents April 8 that the city will hold two design charrettes and continue outreach on a proposed public-private redevelopment of the downtown government campus, including City Hall, police facilities and adjacent recreation areas.
City Manager George Brown said the sessions will include one weeknight and one weekend event limited to roughly 100 participants each, with material and recordings posted on the project website. Staff said input gathered at those events will inform an interim master plan to be delivered to council in mid-May and then refined toward a master partnership agreement.
The project has prompted sustained public comment at council meetings. Dozens of residents urged the council not to eliminate downtown…
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