Remarks by Antonio V. Arserio
79 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“It looks better than I thought it was going to look. Thank you. Not only from the pictures, but it was like kind of like just a square building. And actually they added to the tops to make things like offset and”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“So it looks really nice. Um, I may have seen some other plans for another center you own. I hope, I hope that you come to us again because, um, that other center you have is right near our downtown. So I'm, I, I hope you do it.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“I was saying we lifted them with moratorium. So we do allow them.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Is that just salaried or does that include?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah. I'm not a fan either i mean the pictures look nice i'm sure if it was built it would be a decent place but when i'm looking at it um it looks confused like is it a park or is it a downtown city center not a fan of the pickleball courts um i'm not a fan of losing a community center i'm out there talking to residents all the time and they're asking for a community center so to see that gone was a little disappointing. Not a fan of losing the fountain either. I do like art, public art. I'm not a public art hater, but it seems like you talked to one commissioner who's leaving in a few weeks…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“I think he probably wouldn't put two bits. Well, he mentioned it. Well, he's talking with two, but I doubt it.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you. I'm curious, who else was not a fan of the fountain? Because it would take three to take that off.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“I mean, it was in the original concept plan.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“I didn't like that style of water feature. I would agree, but not to remove a water feature completely.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“No, I completely understand that. And I've opposed projects in the past, but I still try to work or come up with a good outcome, whether I vote for it or not. So just because I oppose a project doesn't mean I'll give input. But we're taking, and I don't mean this in a disrespectful way, but Commissioner Simone, since her name's mentioned now, is termed out, right? I'm not picking on her. She's gone in November. No, no, I'll be here. So I think Commissioner Rosano has a point. Why not wait until a new commissioner comes in here? Or if you get your wish, two new commissioners come in here. But…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, fine details of what the art looks like, I get. But when I see little pieces of art everywhere, I'm just, conceptually, I'm not seeing this big, grand... wow, this is what Mark, you know, this is Margate.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“I go to promenade. Everyone talks about the promenade. After I finally find parking, there's nothing there. That's like, wow. You look at Coral Springs is buildings up against the road and you walk in and there's no, wow.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“I'd still like to see some sort of commitment for a fountain. Not design... But some type of water feature. Just just so that later on, if we want a water feature we're told well wasn't in the concept plan. Well, I don't mean no. Well, but we're also the board, I mean if the board tells them we want a water feature i'm sure they're going to do it.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“I mean, in fairness, she's the only one that's actually showing up, though. The others just talk on Facebook and don't have actual plans. I don't blame them for not speaking out to people that are irrational.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Their projections could be seriously off. I saw the projections on the current prices.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“I know that Other projects are having issues because the price of the units and the rent costs are going down across the region. People talk about whether there's a correction or a crash or some sort of market change with the housing market, which is on its way down. I'm not a doom and gloom. I'm not saying there's going to be a housing crash. But the market is clearly cooling down. So it could be quite some time before rents actually hit the projections that they're showing. So I don't want to bank on it paying itself back in 11 years.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“For a board member to... What do you say? Want us to stop handing out plaques or worrying about a rental car, these little small, odd-and-end expenses, but then to just roll the dice on $35 million, kind of... Close my mind to be honest with you.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“I don't know how every time there's a difference of opinion, it's someone's picking on me or someone's all right, whatever. But I'm going to make a motion because I've got to try. I'm going to make a motion to table this until we'll say December.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“In regards to the comment about He said parceling out, not necessarily parceling out, but after they build phase one, they do have the right to assign it to a different developer.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“As part of that agreement, they're able to assign a lease.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Board Member Osorio. Yeah, thank you, Chair. Executive director, the median's in 441. I believe in the budget we have for median improvements as well, similar with the city. When are we going to start some of that? And it's not necessarily putting new trees in and stuff, which I am a fan of, but it is pretty heavily landscaped along 441. But that's part of the issue. I think in some areas it's too bushy. There's a lot of shrubs that are dyed or hit by cars. They weren't replaced. A lot of the beautification along 441 that I'm looking at is actually thinning some of the shrub out, sod, those…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“We'll stretch a 441. But most specifically from Atlantic to the hospital.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Or died, or just... Sometimes if plants, over time, they're not maintained properly, what have you, they get too lengthy, and there's... Like a bunch of sticks with little leaves. Right, yeah. So some of that stuff just needs to be removed. But I feel like we've been talking about this for a couple years now, and I haven't really seen any progress on that. Also, when we think about the CRA, we always think about 441 corridor. But for whatever reason... probably because it's slum and blight, but the plaza that is, everyone thinks it's Coral Springs. It's on Sample Road between Riverside Drive…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Correct. That entire plaza is part of the CRA.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“But whatever the name, I mean, there must have been a reason why the board that created, or the commission that created the CRA back in the day, when they drew those boundaries, they included that plaza for a reason. And I don't know if the CRA has done anything in there. And make no mistake, I fully understand that's private property. but maybe we can have a revived effort to approach those plaza owners and let them know we have grant programs or we're willing to, I don't want to say create grant programs, but the gentleman that came up tonight and got the grant extension, that grant had…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026