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Downtown manager outlines proposed downtown-plan amendment adding 18 projects under new Section 11
Summary
Ruby Riley, the city’s downtown manager, presented Resolution 202402CRA to add a new Section 11 listing 18 specific redevelopment projects to the downtown plan, saying the update aligns the plan with Florida Statute 163.387 and the City Council’s vision for downtown.
Ruby Riley, downtown manager for the City of Boca Raton, told the Boca Raton Community Redevelopment Agency on Monday that staff is proposing a formal amendment to the amended downtown plan to add a new Section 11 listing 18 specific redevelopment projects. Riley said the change is intended to make the plan consistent with Florida Statute 163.387 governing the use of tax increment financing (TIF) funds that remain at the end of a fiscal year.
"Before you today is resolution number 202402CRA that supports approval of ordinance number 5695 to amend the amended downtown plan by including a list of specific redevelopment projects," Riley said. She described broad project categories that the new section will cover, including downtown walkability (pedestrian promenade and crosswalk improvements), a hardscape program (decorative pavers and street furniture), expanded metered parking, traffic lighting and mast-arm upgrades, updated cultural and recreation facilities, and a proposed Bridal train station.
Riley said the new Section 11 will also address infrastructure and capital improvements, transportation and parking strategies, economic branding and marketing efforts, and management and implementation safeguards tied to the capital improvement program. She noted the section identifies specific projects "that support the agency goals and objectives for downtown" and said staff evaluated costs and details to achieve statutory consistency.
On a housekeeping matter at the start of the meeting, the board unanimously adopted the minutes of its June 10, 2024 meeting after a motion and second. No formal vote or adoption of Resolution 202402CRA was recorded in the meeting transcript provided.
Riley previewed a number of named projects and categories that will be fleshed out in the ordinance and supporting materials; she said staff will present more detailed descriptions and costs as the process advances. The proposed changes, she added, are intended to clarify language and remove obsolete provisions so future expenditures of excess TIF funds are explicitly tied to the listed downtown projects.
The board did not take final action on the ordinance during the portion of the meeting recorded in the transcript. Next procedural steps were not specified in the transcript but staff indicated the amendments will be handled in forthcoming ordinance and council actions consistent with statutory requirements.
