Beach & Parks District Support/Commissioner Starkoff

Long time commissioner Earl Starkoff of the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Parks District has announced his support of the local government acquisition of the Ocean Breeze golf course property. In a communication to several residents of Boca Teeca, Commissioner Starkoff wrote to Boca Teeca residents who attended the recent meeting:

It was nice to meet/see you at our meeting last week.

Please keep us in mind if the City seeks to purchase the golf course to address your request. We have assisted the City with land acquisitions in the past, and we should consider what role we could play to help finance the acquisition.

Best,

Earl

Earl L. Starkoff

Commissioner

Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District

300 S. Military Trail

Boca Raton, FL 33486

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How will the city council members respond to this support for retaining this property for golf course use?  Will the city leaders cooperate with Boca Teeca residents and the Beach & Park District, or will they only see dollar signs from more tax revenue generated by more development?

Stay tuned, this should be interesting as this issue plays out over the next several months which leads up to the March election of some city council members and the upcoming vote on city's council salaries.

Supporters of keeping the Ocean Breeze property as a golf course may wish to contact city council members and commissioners of the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Parks District at:

Mayor Susan Haynie - shaynie@ci.boca-raton.fl.us

Councilman Mullaugh - mmullaugh@ci.boca-raton.fl.us

Councilman Singer - ssinger@ci.boca-raton.fl.us

Councilman Rodgers - jrodgers@ci.boca-raton.fl.us

Councilman Weinroth - rweinroth@ci.boca-raton.fl.us

Beach & Parks District Commissioners:

Earl Starkoff - estarkoff@mybocaparks.org

Bob Rollins - rrollins@mybocaparks.org

Steve Engel - sengel@mybocaparks.org

Dr. Dennis Frisch - dfrisch@mybocaparks.org

Susan Vogelgesang - svogelgesang@mybocaparks.org

The next 2 meetings of the beach & park district are scheduled for Monday 6/6 & 6/20 at 5:15pm at the offices of the district located at Sugar Sand park (military trail-south of palmetto park rd).  Should you wish to thank Commissioner Starkoff and ask for additional support of the district, then you may want to give brief remarks at the beginning of the agenda during the public comment period.

It must be noted that the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Parks District is NOT a dept of the city but they do cooperate with the city in the acquisition, improvement and maintenance of district-owned properties.  The park district boundaries covers approximately 25,000 additional residents more than the city limits which mostly comprises the Boca del mar subdivision.