BOCA RATON, Fla. — The developers behind a proposed redevelopment of Boca Raton's city hall and downtown are offering a "revised" site plan on Monday.
David Martin, CEO of Terra, and Rob Frisbie, Jr., managing partner of Frisbie Group, LLC, issued a statement on the revised plan, stating that the changes are based on "feedback shared by residents" at more than 30 public meetings.
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"This early phase of the approval process is an opportunity for us to listen and engage, and that’s exactly what we’re doing," the statement says.
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WPTV has been covering the reaction to the mixed-used redevelopment for months. In late August, more than 5,000 residents signed a petition objecting to the plan, as part of the growing Save Boca movement.
Last week, residents pushed back on plans to develop Memorial Park as part of the campus.
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As part of the revised plan, the developers say that they are doing the following:
- Enhancing Memorial Park and commemorating the park with a dedicated monument as the center of the downtown. The team is committed to working with the city and veterans groups to design the monument.
- Keeping the six beloved banyan trees in their original locations and locating a children’s playground adjacent to them to highlight their importance
- Adding and improving recreation facilities to the downtown and throughout other parts of the city – closer to where residents live
- Increasing green space in the downtown
- Enhancing a minimum of 8 tennis courts in the downtown
- Building a new world-class community center and city hall in downtown, with the technology and welcoming design and planned approach that is missing from what is there today.
- Reducing the plan’s density and intensity, including reductions in the amount of commercial uses and the number of residential units.
The Terra-Frisbie team will debut the revised plan on Monday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at a special city council meeting.
