The City of Boca Raton has its sights set on St. Andrews Country Club, a high-end golf-course community of 700-plus homes that could add $1.3 billion to the city’s tax base while simultaneously removing that amount from the county.
“Annexation into the city of Boca Raton would provide St. Andrews residents with expanded services, financial savings, and enhanced quality-of-life amenities available exclusively to City residents,” city officials said in a letter addressed to the country club.
The club, which borders Boca Raton, is in an unincorporated area west of Jog Road and north of Clint Moore Road, meaning it falls under county jurisdiction. Its residents pay property taxes to the county…