Remarks by Kesha Hodge Washington
104 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“Thank you. Any questions from the council? All right. Councilman Stark?”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Next up, we have item 76. which is the approval of a Phil Gordon threatened building grant in District 8 at 927 North 8th Street. Can I get a motion, please? I move to approve.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you. For that, we have two speakers, Michael Buchbacher and Kristen Lyson. and Jeremy Thacker.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Next up, Kristen Liza.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you. Those are lots of our speakers on that item. I will ask Josh Benarik and Helena Rutter to come forward to answer a couple questions for me, please. Thank you. I thought it might be helpful to give you an opportunity. My question, I guess, in simplistic terms would be, can you articulate the public benefit that the residents of Phoenix would receive as a result of this item?”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you so much for that. And I just want to make sure I'm clear, because you mentioned it. You said from the initial one-year period, the demolition, to the duration of the conservation easement. And just to make sure it's clear, the duration of the proposed conservation easement is 25, sorry, 30 years in this case, correct?”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Okay. So that takes it from a conservation easement from having it from one year to for up to, well, not up to, but 30 years addition. So there is some... there is definitely impact. And you also talked about a little bit of enhanced enforcement. Can you expound a little bit more on that?”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you so much for the clarification. Question for Councilman Stark.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you so much, Councilwoman Stark. Seeing there are no further questions, I'll go ahead and proceed with the roll call vote.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Next, we will proceed to our citizens' comment. I will turn to the city manager to provide Statement.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you. We will start with our first speaker is Faith Kerns, followed by Frank Urban.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Next speaker is Frank, followed by Clarissa Peterson.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you so much, Frank. Our next speaker is Clarissa, followed by Eric Richardson. Moving on to Eric Richardson, followed by Lauren Carrasso.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Next is Lauren, followed by Christopher Carrazzo. And then Clarissa could go next if she's back.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. And are you Lauren or Christopher? I'm Lauren. Thank you. Christopher, followed by Clarissa, if she's back. And if Clarissa's not back, we're going to go to Antonio Harris.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Our next speaker is David Morgan, followed by Lee Ellis II.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you. Next speaker is Natalie Miller, followed by Charles Whiteside.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Charles Whiteside is next, followed by Jerry Van Gass.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Jerry Van Gass, followed by Jeremy Thacker. Good afternoon, Jerry Van Gass.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Jeremy is next, followed by Devonte Stanley.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you. We have one more speaker. Leonard Clark, go ahead.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Thank you so much. We've reached the end of public comment in terms of... Yeah, you can bring that to the clerk. You can bring that up to the front of the clerk to receive that. For anyone who is registered to speak for public comment that didn't get called today, you're invited to return at our next meeting and your names will be called first during our public comment. With that, we are adjourned. Thank you.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Oct 7, 2026
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“Vice Mayor, do you have a motion? I do. Motion to approve the Mayor and City Council's board and commissions nominations. Second.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Sep 23, 2026
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“I, state your name, do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the state of Arizona, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, and defend them against all enemies, foreign and domestic, And I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of, name of your board or commission. According to the best of my ability. So help me God. Thank you, congratulations.”
City Council Formal Meeting · Sep 23, 2026