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Phoenix outlines Smart Cities roadmap and AI governance; council asks for privacy and accessibility details

Phoenix Economic Development and Arts Subcommittee · October 15, 2025
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Summary

City staff presented a Smart Cities Roadmap with 130+ initiatives, pilots like AI wastewater monitoring and digital kiosks, and an AI governance framework (AR 165); councilmembers pressed staff on privacy, geofenced alerts and accessibility deployments and asked for follow-ups.

Phoenix—s Economic Development & Arts Subcommittee received an update Oct. 14 on the city—s first Smart Cities Roadmap, which staff said is being developed with International Data Corporation (IDC) and will align with existing city plans including Planned Phoenix, Transportation 2050 and Climate Action.

Michael Hammett, the city—s Office of Innovation director, described roughly "130 plus" initiatives captured in the roadmap, and highlighted examples already in use or pilot testing: smart chilled-water units and remote water monitoring, an automated road analyzer (described as the AREN), a cool-pavement program developed with Arizona State…

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