![]() Two major items are on the agenda for Wednesday’s Boca Raton City Council meeting after the Sept. Wright said, “I think people will be happy.” Boca Chick-fil-A and arts center back on the agenda after delay Boca Arts Campus rendering photo courtesy of Luxigon Los Angeles The district wants to have that workshop meeting “as soon as possible,” since it would take 18 months before Phase 1. Waiting until then, however, would mean nearly six months of delay. Two new members will join the council after next March’s election. Wright said the district has tried to keep the most active areas away from homes. But that would mean taxpayers subsidizing green space for relatively few people. Some residents wanted as little development as possible. Ehrnst said the complex could expand options for the Mantas club team that uses the Meadows Park pool.Īnother question is reaction from Boca Teeca. Wright said that because Boca Raton High School’s swim team could use the facility, the school district might contribute. Wright said a P3 for that project is unlikely “because you can’t make money off it.”ĭistrict board member Craig Ehrnst noted that the city did not retain the pool at Boca Raton Golf & Racquet Club. Wright hopes that the city will “team up with us,” meaning donate money. Then there’s the aquatics center and fieldhouse. It would have a nine-hole, short course and a putting course. She and Wright met with Monica Mayotte on Monday.Ĭouncil members may ask about the golf course, which the district intends as a complement to the city’s layout. ![]() ![]() Harms said City Manager Leif Ahnell preferred that approach. Wright and Briann Harms, the district’s executive director, will meet with all five city council members before bringing the plan to the full council at a workshop meeting. The district’s consultant, Miller Legg, will try to broker those deals, which could greatly reduce the public cost. Delray Beach is seeking a P3 for redevelopment of its golf course. But the district intends to seek a public-private partnership, known as a P3, for the golf complex and racket facility. ![]() The second phase could start in 2026 and be complete in 2028.Įstimated cost at this point is about $25 million. The first phase, consisting of the trails and the racket facility, could start in 2023 and take two years. The plan envisions development of four areas: northwest, called the Links (golf) northeast, called the Hills southeast, called the Trails and southwest, called the Preserve. As a result, the district started over, looking at Ocean Breeze as a blank canvas. Then The Boca Raton donated what is now the Boca Raton Golf and Racquet Club. When Boca Raton decided to sell the city’s municipal golf course, the district bought it-for $24 million-with the idea of creating a new municipal layout.īut the district and the city could not agree on cost and design of the course. Residents opposed residential development of the vacant site. Ocean Breeze closed because too few Boca Teeca residents played it. She acknowledged that the plan is ambitious but said, “I think this is something that is needed in the city.” Other proposed amenities, in no particular order, are: Eight miles of hiking and cycling trails a dog park a butterfly garden and community garden picnic areas a playground and a “central green” for farmers’ markets and art shows.Įrin Wright is the district’s board chairman. But as they say on the Home Shopping Network, that’s not all. ![]() The district’s proposed master plan for the roughly 200 acres within the Boca Teeca community in the city’s north end includes a golf complex and an Olympics-level- 50-meter lanes-aquatics center. ![]()
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