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Boca Raton council narrows focus to parcels under review as land‑trust proposal surfaces
Summary
Council members debated whether to appraise the full 31‑acre government campus or the roughly 7–8 acres proposed for a ground lease; Council member Wiger proposed creating a Memorial Park Land Trust funded in part by ground‑lease revenue. Staff will return Nov. 18 with financial and appraisal details.
Mayor Singer and council members spent the Nov. 4 meeting debating how the city should value downtown land tied to a proposed public‑private redevelopment and heard a council member lay out a plan to protect Memorial Park via a nonprofit land trust.
Rob Frisbie, representing the Terra Frisbie team, said the developerhas redesigned its proposal to shift private development east of Northwest 2nd Avenue and reduce the previously discussed leased footprint "from the original 31 acres to just under 8 acres," while leaving Memorial Park in public ownership and promising improvements funded by revenues…
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