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Boca Raton council adopts resolution affirming March 10 referendum is binding, rebuffs petition drive
Summary
The Boca Raton City Council voted 5-0 on Jan. 27 to adopt Resolution 6-20-26, directing the clerk not to process a petition the council said would duplicate a binding March 10, 2026 referendum on the downtown campus. Council also introduced Ordinance 57-72 to make those legal consequences explicit.
The Boca Raton City Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution declaring that a citywide referendum set for March 10, 2026, is the sole binding mechanism to approve the proposed downtown campus public–private partnership and directed the clerk not to process a recently filed petition that council members said would duplicate that vote.
City Attorney Mr. Koehler told the council that “nothing about this project happens unless the voters approve it,” and that the agreements and ordinances already in place condition the transaction on an affirmative vote. He said the resolution and Ordinance 57-72 — introduced that morning but not voted on — are intended to remove ambiguity about the legal effect of a negative referendum outcome.
That explanation was the centerpiece of the…
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