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Boynton Be'en, Avenue F1lorida y)ljj5 ~ 6.... -(' \ 'no- k r (1--1/61.) h (c. kl~~~' -Ie j'" .. 1 ! c,-,/c:.. -p< '-x;o..rck. C> t:. S ~I A,..; Y D;J r{ R [. f1 "1 B L (l. / 'ri {, rile E. 1- :., I J D tV S', 1- i ~ /1- IN "'" II-I C Boynton wrestles with its13gro-irtIi. C sputt "APR I 0 2003 BOB SHANLEY/Staff Photographer Commissioner Ron Weiland tries to fly three balloons Thursday, spelling out 150, near the intersection of Ocean Avenue and Federal Highway to show the height of a 150-foot-tall building, but winds thwarted him. Officials worry that the county's third-largest city is in danger of losing its quaint character. By GARIOT LOUIMA Palm Beach Post Staff Writer BOYNTON BEACH - Downtown's tran . quil streets would become a bustling ur ban core with trendy restaurants and to" ering condos if developers' plans for the area are approved in the coming months. Everyone agrees that Palm Bead County's third-largest city is experiencin! a growth spurt. But some city officials and resident! are beginning to wonder if too mud growth will ruin the character of the cit~ and put too heavy a burden on city servic es, already weighed down from support ing 64,000 people. Mayor Gerald Broening has sounde( the loudest call for growth. Without nev development, he said, the city wouldn't be able to pay its bills unless it raised taxe: or borrowed from reserves - somethin! it did in September for $3.5 million to bal ance the budget. But others - most notably Commis sioner Ron Weiland - asked officials 1< reevaluate the direction the city has taM en. Growth is important, Weiland said but not at the expense of the city's quain character. To show the effect nine- and 10-stor' buildings would have on downtown, h; blew up helium balloons Thursday t demonstrate the effect, but high wind thwarted the attempt. In the past two years, more than S billion in new development was completec or approved by the commission, BroeninJ said. More than 1,000 new apartments anI condos, along with hundreds of store and offices have been approved siner September. This month a group of deve' opers unveiled plans to bring a cluster c condos, stores and offices to the area c Federal Highway and Ocean Avenue. City services are already feeling th strain. More than $27 million in drainage an sewage improvements are under way 0 planned, City Manager Kurt Bressne said. 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