By Mary Thurwachter
Residents who have expressed much interest in Lantana’s master plan will be able to get a detailed update during a Town Council workshop set for 5:30 p.m. June 14.
Town Manager Brian Raducci, during the May 22 council meeting, said that Dana Little, urban design director for the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, will present a final draft during the workshop. The planning council is a public agency the town is paying $169,800 to assemble the master plan.
Little and his team have been working for the past year with experts on marketing, real estate, and architectural design, as well as with town staff and about 60 residents who took part in a charrette last July.
Although the Town Council is not obligated to do anything with the proposal, Little says that by adopting it the town would send a message to the development community, investors and residents that it has a game plan to move forward.
The workshop will take place in council chambers.
In other news, the Town Council:
• Authorized paying $53,000 to Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing Co. for a July Fourth fireworks display on a tugboat in the Intracoastal Waterway beside Bicentennial Park. As it has done in the past, the town of South Palm Beach is contributing $1,500 to the cost of the celebration. South Palm Beach doesn’t have its own display and officials there say residents enjoy watching Lantana’s fireworks from their balconies.
• Set its first budget workshop for 5:30 p.m. June 12 in the council chambers.
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