Remarks by Andrea Sorce
244 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 10
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“I DON'T THINK THAT FALLS. I WOULD ASK FOR GUIDANCE FROM OUR STAFF. ASK FOR GUIDANCE. SOMEBODY HELP. I think we're going to have to save the comment for the second community forum.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I THINK, WELL, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK MORE BROADLY ON THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, WE'LL HAVE TO CALL YOU BACK FOR THE SECOND COMMUNITY FORUM. BECAUSE THIS ITEM IS SPECIFICALLY FOR A REPORT TO HUD.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“BUT THAT'S NOT THIS ITEM. SO WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE YOU DURING THE COMMUNITY FORUM.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“BECAUSE WE WERE PULLING UP THE ITEM AND VERIFYING WHAT WAS QUALIFIED UNDER THE ITEM. AND THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER WAS ALSO OFF TOPIC, BUT I DIDN'T CATCH IT IN TIME.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“That doesn't fit this item. So we'll have you come back during the second community forum. And all of you know that.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you very much. All right. That's it in person for our consent calendar. Do we have anyone online that wishes to comment on the consent calendar?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Let's go ahead and call them and if you can specify initially what item you're commenting on, that would be helpful.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And just make sure that you connect it to that keeper report.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you very much. All right, those are our commenters on consent. Thank you again. So I'm gonna look for council members that wish to pull items from consent. I see Council Member Letijoux.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“S, all right, I'm hearing item S, which is the caper that we were just speaking of.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“All right, so item J will become 8.2, item T will become 8.3. Council Member Gordon.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“ITEM F WILL BECOME 8.4. ITEM K WILL BECOME 8.5. WE ARE GOING TO HEAR THESE ITEMS AFTER OUR ACTION ITEMS OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR GUESTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE. I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHERS. WE ARE GOING TO NEED QUITE A MOTION. VICE MAYOR, ARE YOU READY TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, my intention for the action item is to take item C first, which is the Pearl Pinson honoring, followed by probably item D, which is the MacDray Way, and then going back to A.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And then coming down to F. And then ending with B and then E.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“ALL RIGHT, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE UNDERSTAND, MEMBERS, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO HEAR IN HERE, SO WE'RE ALL GOING TO TRY TO REMEMBER TO TALK INTO OUR MICS. I'LL KEEP REFERRING TO THE ACTION ITEMS BY THEIR ORIGINAL LETTERS, BUT WHAT THE VICE MAYOR JUST STATED WILL BE THE NEW ORDER, AND I THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE. OKAY.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“All right. Thank you all. And thank you everyone in our audience for your patience. We are going to save our pulled consent items for the end and move to our action calendar, beginning with item nine C, which I'll ask our city clerk to announce.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“All right, thank you very much. Do we have a staff presentation on the item?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“All right. Thank you very much. Before we see if there are questions from council, I want to offer an opportunity. We have some of Pearl's family members here. I want to invite up her sister, Rose. If you'd like to say any words, come on up.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you so much, Rose. I can say personally how beautiful and inspiring your family is and how I think heartbroken and moved we are by what has happened to you, but also by the strength that you have shown. And we just thank you for being here and being willing to tell your story and are happy to be part of anything that we can do to help honor Pearl. SO BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. LET'S CALL THEM.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“HOLD ON ONE SECOND, MS. ASKARI. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CONNECTION.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND I SEE COUNCILMEMBER GORDON WILL FOLLOW WITH ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WANT TO SAY WORDS OR ASK QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“YEAH, THANK YOU. I'll quickly echo that. I think I said what I wanted to say before, which is just the admiration of beauty and strength in your family. And I don't think any of us can possibly imagine what you've gone through the past 10 years and we're just, Grateful for for what you're bringing to us and and that we can be part of of honoring pearl one thing that that did Make things difficult for both myself and Eric in our office was that this did get routed through the ceremonial documents and street renaming policy and that was not the appropriate path for it we made it work and And I…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“IT DID GO THROUGH THE REFORM PROCESS. WE VOTED TO AGENDIZE IT AND IT WAS PUSHED THROUGH THE CEREMONIAL STREET RENAMING PROCESS. that that's really the item and I don't know if we need a new policy so much as just the ability to see a situation differently and not try to fit a square peg in a round hole.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“All right, thank you. Council Member Gordon, quickly, if you have another comment.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, AND THE ITEM BEFORE US IS ABOUT PEARLS, SO I THINK WE'RE READY FOR THE MOTION ON THAT ITEM.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026