Remarks by Yoshiko Grace Matsui
218 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 9
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“All right. Any further before a vote? All right. I'm going to call for that vote. All in favor? I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT WE JUST READ THE MOTION. WE JUST HAD THE DISCUSSION.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“NOT YET. NO, IT'S OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION. LET'S HAVE A VOTE ON THE MOTION AS IT WAS AMENDED TO READ. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND I'LL CALL ON YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR OXINGER, COUNCIL MEMBER STEINMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER DISMONING, COUNCIL MEMBER NUTTING, COUNCIL MEMBER BLAS, AND MYSELF. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, ANY ABSTENTIONS? NO. THE MOTION PASSES 6-0. THANK YOU. SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE APPOINTMENTS ON WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“I DID SAY THAT. OH, I'M SORRY, 6-0. SORRY, MY FAULT. THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION. I APPRECIATE THAT. LET'S GO BACK. SORRY ABOUT THAT. LET'S GO TO THE NOMINATION PROCESS. Would someone like to attempt to make a motion? Council Member Nutting.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“SECOND. THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. DISCUSSION? I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT, SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DEPUTY MAYOR OXINGER, COUNCIL MEMBER STEINMUTZ, COUNCIL MEMBER DISMONI, COUNCIL MEMBER NEDDING, COUNCIL MEMBER BLAS, AND MYSELF. ALL OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. AND THE MOTION PASSES 6-1. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER TWO.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“Council, any questions? I'll go with Councilmember Blass.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“Other questions, discussion? Thank you very much and I appreciate all of your combined efforts to go in and give testimony and put your comments on the record today. In regards to some of the points that were raised, do we have time if we had a list of corrections or factual updates to do something like that?”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“Gotcha. At this point, I would ask if Councilmember Harris has a list of changes that he could provide or suggestions.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“Okay. Well, it sounds like we had two pieces of feedback. THAT WE COULD RUN WITH. BUT IN LIGHT OF HAVING NO OTHER SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO MAKE THOSE SUGGESTIONS, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A VOTE OR A HEAD NOD HERE?”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, YOUR SECOND TIME.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“Council Member Simons for your second time.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“Thank you very much for all of your work on this. I know it's been substantial and time consuming. It sounds like there are some, there's a little bit of some time left since these comments don't need to be submitted until the 21st that if folks identify things that they would like to correct or enhance or make suggestions of any sort of corrections that they can do that provided we get them in a decent amount of time. All right, fantastic. So if you all have concerns or facts or things that you would like to see, please submit those and I'm gonna say to Rebecca, thank you very much. Okay, so…”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“WHY DON'T WE JUST EXPAND THE EXECUTIVE SESSION BY FIVE MINUTES AND TAKE A BREAK FOR THAT AND I'D LIKE TO COME BACK FOR NEW ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS TIME WE'LL BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE PURPOSE OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS TO DISCUSS PROPERTY ACQUISITION UNDER RCW 42.30.1101B. THIS IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR 80 MINUTES AND THAT MEANS SOMEONE DO THE MATH FOR ME. 842. How about that? 842. No formal action will be taken at the end of executive session. We'll see you back.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“I get back. Okay, we are back, returning from our executive session. I want to make a note that council member Simons did have to leave. Before we go on to council reports, I want to make sure we spend some time with new agenda items for consideration. So this purpose is to present new business items for discussion on a future agenda. Any recommendation will simply need a hand raised from three council members. Do any council members have a new business they would like to propose? All right. Seeing none, let's move on to council member reports, which are limited to four minutes. We're going…”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“Yes. All right. Thank you very much. I appreciate you doing the rundown of events so I don't have to repeat all of those, but I wanted to say a special thanks to Rebecca Deming, to Catherine Caffrey, to Deputy Mayor Oxiger, Council Member Harris for going to the hearing today about the Port Sustainable Airport Master Plan, I think we continue to be engaged and I think it's very important for us not to take our foot off the gas in terms of engaging with the port and also talking about what meaningful mitigation will be as a result of the increased flights, passengers and capacity that are…”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“All right. Seconded. And let's say aye. Alright.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“At this time, I would like to call the June 25th, 2026 Des Moines City Council meeting to order. Councilmember J.C. Harris will lead us in the pledge. Please stand if you are able.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“With that, please let the record show that all council members are present. Are there any correspondence not previously received by the council? No, Mayor. Thank you. Thank you. Now it's time for comments from the public. We ask that you keep your comments respectful. When I call your name, please come to the podium. You'll have three minutes to speak. Please state your name and city of residence. First, I have Pam Cooper.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Melissa Folletti, is that right?”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“THANK YOU. We're currently running a committee of the whole and structure. However, council members do serve regionally on other committees. Do any council members have any items of interest to the public or the council? Council Member Harris.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Thank you. All right. Now we'll turn over to the city manager for the city manager reports. And Catherine Caffrey will be presenting.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Questions or discussion? Councilmember Harris.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Council Member Harris for your second time.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Well, thank you again. I want to reiterate what I heard Councilmember Nutting say, what I heard Councilmember Harris say. Thank you to Legal and to Finance Director Friend for tracking down the mystery of whether or not those parcels should be taxable and added to the rolls. I appreciate your due diligence and your work on that. I know it must be... a highlight that we can all put in the books to say that you accomplished that and hopefully are setting a precedence for the other properties that are coming online in the future. So I appreciate that very, very much. I do wonder how much just…”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“And my additional question is, I know we are working very hard in terms of our accounting discipline to not use so many one-time or non-recurring revenues for recurring expenses, but I'm wondering if there is a level that we should aspire to to say we should get 10% in a big new monies from building or from one time to help our budget on a regular basis? And how do we grow to that? So not that we can bank on it, let's say, but so that we can have it be a healthy part of our ongoing regular, not reoccurring, but regular income.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026