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Boca officials discuss moving Lake Wyman revamp forward By: Marisa Gottesman Associate Editor Boca Raton is moving forward with plans to revamp Lake Wyman and James A. Rutherford Parks.
ditional improvements with help from the Florida Inland Navigation District, a special taxing district of the state.
Last month, they discussed how they plan on paying for the improvements that will add boat ramps, repair boardwalks and restore canoe trails to the parks located at 1500 NE Fifth Ave.
Boca’s coastal program manager Jennifer Bistyga said the city has an opportunity to receive grant money to help offset the city’s estimated $7 million cost for the project from FIND.
The canoe trail system has been closed for more than a decade and the city is working to reopen the trail and make ad-
To receive funding from FIND for the project, the city would have to permit the district access to Spanish River
Park for dredging on the west side of the park. Council members agreed to apply for those funding opportunities and submitted the application for the grant last month. But the city recommended against accepting grant money for the boat ramps because if grant money is used to build them that means the city has to make them accessible to the 12 counties of people who are taxed by FIND. Council members agreed they want to reserve the boat ramps for Boca resi-
Boca Raton eyes adding more modes of transportation downtown Staff report
Boca Raton officials are looking for
To do so, they are looking to add services
ways to keep the number of cars parking
that will help transport people without
downtown to a minimum.
relying on their car like an on-demand
golf cart service, a downtown trolley or circulator and a shared bicycle program. Boca council members recently met as the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency and discussed the possibility of
dents only and opted to forgo the possible $1.5 million grant from FIND. “Our residents are eager to see us do the improvements, but they aren’t excited to share them,” Councilman Robert Weinroth said. Mayor Susan Haynie agreed. “I dont want to accept the money and open our boat ramp to 12 counties,” she said. “The whole intent is to pro-
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adding these alternative transportation modes downtown. Downtown Manager Ruby Childers went over the three options and the council said they would like to see the city look into possibly adding all of them. “I am for all of the above,” agency commissioner Susan Haynie said. [CONT. PG 2]
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