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Residents urge remote comment access, more retail and parking as CRA moves forward
Summary
Multiple residents and commissioners urged the CRA to expand public participation options, prioritize retail and restaurants over dense apartments on the east side, and require stronger performance metrics and parking in future redevelopment agreements.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the March 12 Margate CRA meeting to raise recurring concerns about the redevelopment process, access to remote public comment, parking, and the balance of retail versus residential in downtown redevelopment plans.
Jonathan Krajic told the board he and other residents felt excluded from a February 2024 special CRA meeting that had limited remote participation; he urged the CRA to open Zoom comment for each of the three developer presentations and to permit three minutes of public comment per…
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