master plan update - City of Boca Raton
master plan update - City of Boca Raton
master plan update - City of Boca Raton
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SECTION EINITIATIVESinitiativesIn order to implement this Vision, theMaster Plan Update includes a series <strong>of</strong>proposed Initiatives. Preliminary drafts<strong>of</strong> these were presented in the course <strong>of</strong>the public process and received broadbasedendorsement.Each initiative combines both publicimprovements and private development.Their success depends on creating theappropriate public realm and on usingthe design guideline approach describedin the last section <strong>of</strong> this report.Each Initiative is located within one<strong>of</strong> the Quarters. The initiatives are:West Palmetto Park Road &NW Second Street with theFederal/<strong>City</strong> Hall QuarterThe barrier effect <strong>of</strong> Federal Highwaymust be overcome in order to begin theprocess <strong>of</strong> integrating the <strong>City</strong> HallQuarter into Downtown. The majorcatalyst will be a new library, publicparking for Downtown, and the futurecommuter rail station.East Palmetto Park RoadConsiderable development activity isoccuring along this link to the waterfront.The character <strong>of</strong> the pedestrianrealm needs to be improved in order toprovide an active and lively urban place.There are options for the ways in whichthis can be accomplished.Central Palmetto Park Roadand Plaza Real South QuarterThe most urgent initiative is to provideadequate pedestrian crossing in the center<strong>of</strong> Palmetto Park Road between FederalHighway and Mizner Boulevard. Byovercoming the barrier that blocks midblockpedestrian movement, this link,combined with additional developmentin Plaza Real South, would extend thepedestrian zone <strong>of</strong> Downtown.NE Second Street andthe Sanborn Square QuarterAnother urgent priority is connectingthe southern end <strong>of</strong> Mizner Park to theSanborn Square Quarter. The redesign<strong>of</strong> NE Second Street will make it morecomfortable to cross, but it will not befully successful without the redevelopment<strong>of</strong> at least this portion <strong>of</strong> the SanbornSquare Quarter to permit pedestrianlinkages to <strong>Boca</strong> <strong>Raton</strong> Road andto Palmetto Park Road.Detail views <strong>of</strong> the four initiatives52