Remarks by Audrey Fesik
186 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 8
- Play at 2:28:25
“I guess it's a question for, but yeah, but it's more so if it would, if I feel this way, and I... I'm just asking, I'm hoping that he'll come back in 30 days with a plan. And I will say, maybe look at some other cities or some other rent-to-own programs that are tied into different CRAs. Look how they've been structured. I know Nguyen has said that they're happy to work with you and try to find ways that the other cities or other CRAs”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:29:04
“And I think maybe this might actually take on, it could potentially take on a life of its own, especially since you're talking, which we'll talk about at a later date or later today, related to the proposed downtown assistance portion of the Northwest CRA plan. And perhaps maybe if we're doing something like this in partnership, maybe we can do something that we can approve from a policy that we can apply this, and he could basically be our guinea pig for this process, right? That we could apply to other potential properties in the Northwest District, right?”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:29:40
“Yeah, but you know, there's a new museum. But no, but that would be where you can work out the kinks to find out in real world applications what will work and what the challenges may be. Of course, we can always modify it. But if you're already saying you'd like to try to find a program that works to help people, he wants to help people, I think that would be the best outcome.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:30:06
“My question was just I wanted to see if that was something, if he was willing to participate in that next 30 days to come back at us with a more solid or come back at us at any point in time with a more solid plan for the rent-to-own portion.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:31:02
“And I know that you want to continue to do that. And my goal is to just help you get across the finish line. Yeah.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:33:39
“just wanted to clarify that that's approved by the cra or approved by the cra board because those two things could be interpreted differently so right so i think that this is a better option with having it come back the cra is the board right but just we've been interpretations where certain people have made authorized decisions before so i just want to make sure that that was clear in the contract as well thank you further commission discussion seeing none let's call a roll we're calling the roll on the um amendment”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:54:34
“seeing none public input closed commission discussion on the e-c-r-a commissioner fessick thank you i have a few questions and the first one is the hundred-percent construction that you said that for the knap property that you're a hundred percent percent done with construction project or the drawings and ready to go to bid that is correct we have a hundred percent construction drawings on this project okay and Since, I mean, my pain point here is that we have asked for well over a year to have regular updates and meetings and discussions about this to have input, and we have been…”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:56:04
“Property acquisition. Could you please go back to that page? And So I see expenditures is the three million which properties are The CCRA owned and city owned but which what are your proposed? expenditures there”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:57:04
“Okay. Are these property acquisitions related to the McNab House presentation that we've seen before? and the site plan we've seen before.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:57:54
“Okay. I seem to remember another few properties that were included in the public meeting with identification, and I just want to know if those are still in play as part of this 3.7. the other the other side i believe you're talking about is what we refer to as the old wells fargo drive-through site no no i'm referring to the ones that are that were listed in the july the january 2025 um public meeting that was held where there were there were two properties specifically that we were that we were looking to acquire”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:01:13
“Thank you. That is not the question I asked. Do we have currently a clear title to the McNabb property?”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“And I seem to remember that there was a concerted effort to collect THE DOCUMENTATION AND CREATE A DOCUMENT OF A STATEMENT OF FACTS AND THAT WAS THEN RETITLED AN AFFIDAVIT OF FACTS RELATED TO THE MCNAB PROPERTY.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:03:02
“And that affidavit was done last year or the year before, 24 or 25?”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:03:30
“So at the time that that was created, when were the quit claim deeds signed?”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:04:05
“Okay, and that was in the city that you're saying that the city owned McNab Park as per your, it was designated as a park, the city owned the park as per what you're telling me.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“I don't want to rush it. I just wanted to make sure we're clear. Okay. I'll wait for that one for a second. I'll move to the next question. Do we currently have anybody who has publicly positioned themselves or has reached out to the CRA as the intended operator for the future park or botanical gardens?”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:05:55
“Are you aware that there is a Facebook page and a website that is set up specifically related to being in support of this project and ideally hosting events and donate, et cetera, for the CRA?”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:06:16
“Right, for this project. There is specifically a webpage set up and there's a Facebook page currently set up.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:06:27
“I just want to bring that to your attention. Are you aware that this same organization publicly positioned itself as being interested as an intended operator at the site plan approval process through our planning and zoning member, Robert Hartzell, as being a new pro bono client of his?”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:07:39
“Okay. No. Well, that's a different... That's a different thing. But do we have any sort of rules or regulations surrounding the involvement of either planning and zoning or members or directors or with being a director of something, a nonprofit that would be in, I guess, alliance with the CRA project?”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:08:14
“I'll ask it. Thanks. So is there any sort of, is there anything, you know, with FIRM as counsel and FIRM as a partner on a board, is there anything that would be appropriate, or is there anything that we would have to make sure we cross-check if we are going to have some sort of disclosure for that, if that moves forward?”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:08:36
“There's a historic alliance of Pompano Beach, as is what has, they own the Facebook page, or they appear to own the Facebook page, as it links to their website. And I'm just a little concerned about the overlap in, there's nothing official from the CRA plan, but if we're saying we're looking for an operator and there's something going out and there's been verbal conversations, or maybe there's something in writing and maybe there's not, they have an active Facebook page and they have an active website and they've made an attorney at the time.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026