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Boca Raton council weighs whether to send ‘Save Boca’ petitions to voters or revise language
Summary
City attorneys told council litigation over the citizen-led Save Boca petitions was dropped, leaving two clear choices: place the certified petition language on a future ballot or draft council-led revisions addressing utilities, easements and nonprofits; council asked staff to return with draft revisions and timing/cost details.
Boca Raton’s City Council spent much of Wednesday’s workshop debating how to handle the Safe Boca citizen petitions, which would require voter approval before the city may lease or sell any interest in city-owned land larger than one-half acre.
City Attorney’s Office counsel summarized a memorandum laying out three paths: direct staff to place the original petition language on the next available ballot, adopt revisions as the council’s legislative action, or pursue a substantially revised ordinance and parallel charter amendment for later voter consideration. The legal adviser also said the mandamus action that had sought to compel the council to act was dropped by the petitioners’ committee over the prior…
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