County audit finds the August primary count held up
Plus a $1.3B office foreclosure, a Sept. 2 police complex meeting, and Friday's aquarium feeding.
Late August is quiet in Boca, which is usually when the useful things slip past unnoticed. Here are a few things to keep an eye on.
The Palm Beach County Canvassing Board met Wednesday to audit the August 18 primary. The board confirmed the certified results were accurate.
The order matters here. Voters cast ballots on August 18. The county certified the results. The board then convened on August 26 to audit that certified count.
An audit is the check that follows certification. It exists so official totals can be tested against the underlying count in public, after the fact. The board's finding was that the counting was flawless.
Boca sits inside the county election system, so ballots cast here were part of what was reviewed. Nothing in the audit changed a certified result. County and state races on the same ballot are settled on those numbers.
Camino Real Bridge closed for a commercial shoot, then reopened
The Camino Real Bridge was closed Wednesday while a Red Bull commercial was filmed there. It has since reopened.
Production closures take a public crossing out of service for as long as the shoot runs. Drivers on that route Wednesday met it in progress.
The bridge is open again, and the disruption did not carry past Wednesday. Film and commercial permits on public roads are a normal part of running a coastal city, and they come with short, sharp traffic effects like this one.
Boca office buildings sit inside a $1.3 billion foreclosure
A lender has filed to foreclose on a $1.3 billion office portfolio loan. Buildings in Boca Raton and Broward County are part of that portfolio.
A foreclosure suit is a lender asking a court to take control of the property behind a loan. It does not close a building or empty it out. It changes who is in charge of it and what happens next.
Boca office space carries a large share of the city's weekday economy, from the tenants inside to the traffic around them. A portfolio this size moving into a court process is the kind of change that surfaces later, in ownership and upkeep. The next thing to learn is which local buildings are named.
Three local sea turtles eat three different ways
Green, loggerhead, and leatherback sea turtles share South Florida beaches, but their beaks reveal three different feeding strategies.
Green turtles use finely serrated jaws to cut seagrasses and algae. Loggerheads have broad, powerful jaws for crushing crabs, mollusks, and other hard-shelled prey. Leatherbacks use thin, scissor-like beaks to grip and swallow sea jellies, salps, and other soft-bodied food.
The differences are easiest to see in the head, and each species fills a different role in the coastal food web.
City opens the police complex question to residents Sept. 2
- When
- Wednesday, September 2
The city is opening a community conversation about the Boca Raton Police Services Complex on Wednesday, Sept. 2. The subject is what the city will need from the complex going forward.
The complex serves police operations across Boca, so decisions about it eventually land in the budget. Conversations at this stage come before the design and cost questions are settled. Residents are invited to join it.
Outdoor aquarium feeding Friday on North Ocean Boulevard
- When
- Friday, August 28 · 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
- Address
- 1801 North Ocean Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33432
The city’s Outdoor Marine Aquarium feeding runs Friday, August 28, from 12:30 to 12:45 p.m. at 1801 North Ocean Blvd.
It is a short, fixed-window public program rather than a walk-through exhibit, so arriving on time matters.