Remarks by Arlene R. Schwartz
54 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“Board Member Schwartz. I would have liked, and I've said it a hundred times, but I've learned to live with compromise. a building on one side, a building on the other for apartments and people going into the middle. We all looked when board member Simone showed us some of the most amazing light art. We all agreed on it. that all of a sudden, now, we don't agree on. As far as I'm concerned, the community center can be on the west side of the street. That's where it belongs. It doesn't belong with people driving in where others are going to retail and others are living. That's not where that…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“But the point is, I'd like to see something different that brings people into Margate, whereas others think that for the next 30 years, they should just drive through us going somewhere else. So it needs to be... a piece of a place, but I'm gonna ask the city attorney a question. This is simply to give approval for them to start actually spending additional money to come up with a concept that is much more concrete, is that correct?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“If for example, board member Rosano said, gee, I've just seen a great idea. Could we change this for that? Is that possible?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Nobody ever talked to me about a fountain.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“So first I'm going to ask Cale, please explain what the $35 million is supposed to go to.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“I was always under the impression it was in some way, shape, or form for infrastructure. That I get. Building a garage is not necessarily, I don't look, by infrastructure I think of plumbing, electrical, those kinds of things that people never see but that you have to have there before you can do anything else. That I get because we've done that for Culver's, we've done that for Wawa, we've done that for everybody. But us actually building something there, unless it's our property, how do you?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“then I'm going to remind you of something that we didn't vote for, which was the city of Margate on the original developer's agreement paying for the bottom level of a parking garage that no doubt will be rented out to people who live there. I'm not a great fan of us paying for the parking garage because that's what some of the renters are, no doubt in my mind, are going to rent space to park their cars.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“All right, so what I was looking for was the definition of public improvements. because I'm looking at it as one way, but I'm hearing of something different. Then I will add, which I probably shouldn't, that in 2016, every one of us, the chair and I got up as residents and expressed how we felt about 968 three-story walk-ups and a strip mall. There are seven people running, one of whom is sitting here. I've heard his opinion. I have not heard what those people think. And quite frankly, it's not their job to go looking for people running for office to ask them what their opinion is. If it's…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Fine, if that one person wants to get up and speak, that's fine. But you tell me that I should go hold up this that I have waited 25 years for. 25 years, because I was on the commission.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“It's not, because then it's another three months and another this and another that and another... I didn't hear anybody get up at any point that we all looked at this at the same time and say, why don't we put in this or why don't we put in that? Because then we would have said, what a great idea. So I don't see that happening. Before, there were two of us who got up and made it really clear how we felt about the project that was being shoved down our throat. I don't see people feeling that that's what's happening here. And I don't think we're ever going to, what do they say? A good agreement…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“30 days from this or 30 days from the last one?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Just out of curiosity, how did we come up with the number?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“So since my number is still up. So, gentlemen. And the rest of you. So if we were to say up to 35 million with the reevaluating as time passed on, would that be a deal breaker as opposed to definitely 35 million? Because I'm listening to what he's saying. I'm guessing I won't live long enough to actually see us make the money back, but be that as it may, the legacy that we would all like to give someone. So since the number just kind of came out of wherever it came out of, why not up to?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“No, you're saying you're giving $35 million. That's not the same thing as up to.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“So would not people have to prove that that bill, I mean, I'm not saying they wouldn't, certainly I'm not questioning that, but you would still have to itemize the bill and prove it. Yes. Considering we have someone sitting up here who certainly knows prices for concrete, steel, and all those kinds of things. But if it did not seem legitimate, we would have that conversation.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, since you just told me it's reimbursement, then obviously it would have been something you paid for in advance rather than just the bill being sent.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“And I would take for granted that they would not look to overpay for anything because it's coming out of their pocket.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“I'm going to say that I'm going to look at this the same way as the $675,000 we just gave somebody for a facade grant. We took for granted that It was going to be used for the right thing. And you have to, at some point, you got to trust somebody. We're going to look at 50 empty acres for a very long time.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“And eventually that's what the money was for, slum and blight. Right. So from one Virgo to another.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“You want to have a happy birthday? Thank you for the answer. I appreciate it.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“You can't. You second the table. You can't second it for discussion.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“No, but you seconded it. He's going to tell you that once the table is done and you second it, there is no discussion. So take back your second.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Can I ask him a question? How many square feet is the barbershop?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“We didn't sign anything. You didn't sign a contract with them? This is what this is about now.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026