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Commission raises concerns over $15 million state public-safety grant routed to Downtown Partnership
Summary
Commissioners expressed alarm at a mayoral memorandum of understanding that would channel a $15 million state public-safety grant to the Downtown Partnership, citing oversight gaps, surveillance uses and private security deployment; staff confirmed the state contract was awarded and that the MOU seeks to create administrative 'guardrails.'
Commissioners spent a lengthy portion of the meeting discussing a memorandum of understanding filed by the mayor’s office that would allow the Downtown Partnership to receive roughly $15 million in state public-safety grant funding. Staff and commissioners described the award as part of a governor-funded $100 million public-safety grant program; the contract’s proposed investments list items such as increased patrols, enhanced…
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