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Residents press Boca Raton council to halt ‘government campus’ P3 and demand better outreach
Summary
Multiple residents urged the Boca Raton City Council to pause a proposed public–private government campus and criticized city outreach as developer-led; speakers alleged appearance of pay-to-play and called for broader, non-developer charrettes. Council acknowledged concerns and postponed two related items to Nov. 18.
Dozens of residents spoke at the Boca Raton City Council meeting on Sept. 22, pressing elected officials to stop or substantially revise a proposed public–private “government campus” redevelopment and criticizing the city’s public-engagement approach.
Martha Parker, who identified herself as a neighborhood resident, told the council the city had performed an “incomplete and just flat-out terrible job on the public outreach” and said staff appeared ill-equipped to negotiate a large land conveyance without a full appraisal and stronger community consultation. Parker urged the council to preserve public land and asked council…
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