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Residents press Boca Raton council to halt downtown government-campus plan, urge referendum
Summary
Hundreds of residents turned out to oppose a proposal to redevelop the 30-acre City Hall campus, arguing the public–private plan would sacrifice Memorial Park open space, displace recreation facilities and increase traffic; council took no vote but staff promised further studies and outreach.
Hundreds of residents filled the Boca Raton City Hall auditorium on July 15 to press the City Council to halt a proposed public–private redevelopment of the downtown government campus, warning the plan would displace large swaths of public parkland and degrade neighborhood livability.
The issue drew perhaps the largest public turnout the council has seen this year. Dozens of speakers — including organizers of the Save Boca petition and parents, athletes and longtime residents — described plans they said would reduce or relocate Memorial Park’s softball fields, the Boca Tennis Center and other recreation amenities and replace them with mixed-use development under a long-term ground lease to a private…
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