Reading time: 3 minsAny agreement, therefore, to sell the City-Owned property to VTUSA at less than Fair Market Value violates City Code and is invalid.
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Reading time: 3 minsThe problem with claiming that the VTUSA study satisfies the legal criteria is that there are no City costs factored into the economic impact study.
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Reading time: 3 minsVirgin Trains USA has proposed a “ground lease and option agreement” for a Brightline train station, parking garage and mixed-use residential hi-rise next to the library in downtown Boca Raton.
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Reading time: 4 minsMidtown landowners however, claimed that they were treated unfairly and sued. Led by Crocker Partners, they claimed their development rights were taken away. Rights that the Fifteenth Circuit Court of Palm Beach County have ruled they never had in the first place.
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Reading time: 6 minsThe city is between a rock and a hard place. We were told several times that the county is going to build a 400’ tower in the area whether the city agrees to this deal or not.
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Reading time: 6 minsRight or wrong, when Boca Muni was sold, there was consensus between the city and the District at that time about whether there would be a championship quality golf course within our city limits and about whether they would work together to keep golf in Boca. Those conversations established a level of expectation with the residents, especially within the golf community.
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Reading time: 4 minsAccording to the task force, two of the three Boca high schools are operating at over capacity. But city wide, overcrowding is lead by Verde Elementary at 120% followed by Boca Raton High School at 116%. That’s close to 1,200 students over its designed capacity.
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Reading time: 6 minsI’d think it would result in improved property values for the area but only if the comprehensive approach that compensates not punishes the residents and businesses. The pedestrian/bike ways must be made a condition of the approval.
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Reading time: 2 minsThe panic and confusion on that day was more due to timing than flaws in the procedures for protecting our children in classrooms.