Save Boca group submits petition signatures in attempt to force vote on redevelopment plan
A group of Boca Raton residents submitted what they said were more than 5,000 signatures to the City Council on Tuesday night in an attempt to adopt an ordinance that could halt a controversial government campus redevelopment plan.
For months, a movement of residents called Save Boca has sought to allow voters more say in what happens to public, city-owned land by gathering signatures to pass identical ordinance and charter amendments into the city’s code. The amendments would require that the city hold a referendum election for any proposal involving the selling or leasing of more than a...