Remarks by Ann O'Brien
11 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Thank you, Mayor. I move to approve item 63, and then I have comments.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you. So I have to, I'm so honored to be able to get to do this, and just want to share a little bit that Mel Martin is the first business person I met at a chamber event after being elected, but before being officially elected. inaugurated into office. And we both showed up to a meeting very early and had a lot of time to chat. And he is just such an incredible man with great stories. And so I learned quickly that he had an auto museum in my district, that he was in the process of moving. And We've, I think, become good friends, but I have a few things that I've written down so I don't…”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I am excited to support Phoenix's opportunity to be part of the 2028 Olympic torch relay. After the Olympic flame is lit in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the games, the flame will travel through all U.S. 50 U.S. states for the first time ever. The full route will be announced next year, but with the council's approval today, we know Phoenix will help carry the spirit of friendship across Arizona and ultimately to Los Angeles for the summer games in 2028. Phoenix knows how to welcome the world. We've hosted multiple Final Fours and NBA All-Star games, along with Super…”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you so much, Mayor. Thank you for this presentation and for the work that you've put in to get us here. I want to ask a couple of questions related to the data. You've shown in the presentation how many requests we've gotten. In the future, I would love for those requests to be broken down by commercial versus non-commercial to start with. I appreciate that the backlog is broken down that way, but it would also be helpful to see it in that beginning request, what it is. Generally speaking, are commercial requests more or less time consuming, or is it just kind of depends?”
City Council Formal Meeting · Sep 23, 2026
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“Okay, I appreciate that. Another data point when you start providing us how we're catching up on this backlog, I think that will be important additionally is staffing. I know the hope is to be fully staffed by the end of January and to be fully trained. In a perfect world, we'd always have all of our positions filled. So I think it'll be important to know where we're at in staffing as we go through this process. So if we backslide or jump ahead, we can understand that aspect of it as well. And then I appreciate that you've been asked a lot of questions about different types of situations. And…”
City Council Formal Meeting · Sep 23, 2026
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“I move to approve item 100 as presented in the council report, excluding the provision authorizing four days per year when fares will not be required to allow for additional time to determine what criteria will be used to identify the proposed four free fare days understand what the projected revenue impact will be to the City of Phoenix, and to work collaboratively with Valley Metro to establish programs that promote ridership.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you. I just want to say that I want to be clear that I support public transit, and as our city's representative on the Valley Metro Board, I'd like to see more investment and more riders. My concern is with one specific piece of this update, the new provision allowing the up to four days of free fares annually. And I'm not opposed to that concept, but as written, we don't know which four days, we don't know whether it's the same four days every year, and we don't know what the projected revenue loss would be to the city. Without that information, I don't think we can responsibly say yes…”
City Council Formal Meeting · Aug 26, 2026
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“Days and financial impact, so to understand more the financial impact and if we are going to look forward what those days would look like and be centered around, because it is not just for Phoenix, it's also for the entire Valley Metro region. But yes, I would like to bring it back. I want more information to really evaluate it. Okay, thank you.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Aug 26, 2026
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“The motion is to remove that piece right now and have it come back at a later time to approve the rest of the motion but to remove that provision from this motion.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Aug 26, 2026
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“I need Valley Metro's cooperation in that too. So I guess at this point, we could put a date on it. I just would maybe have to ask for it to potentially be extended depending on their resources. So I'm open to a date if you have a section.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Aug 26, 2026
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“We can just say the December 31st, the end of the year? Sure. Okay. So could I modify my motion to include a date to bring it back by the end of the calendar year?”
City Council Formal Meeting · Aug 26, 2026