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Committee votes and referrals: grants and ordinance moved to full council
Summary
The Community and Public Safety Committee voted to refer two grant appropriation ordinances (ODOT grants for street takeovers and expanded traffic enforcement) and an amended psychedelics deprioritization ordinance to full council; two grants were referred with differing vote margins and the ordinance was advanced as amended.
At the Aug. 4 meeting the Community and Public Safety Committee recorded several procedural actions.
- Street-racing / street takeover grant (document 2026-277, PL276, $207,411.35) — the committee voted to refer the ordinance to full council with the recommendation it be passed (committee vote: 5–0).
- Expanded traffic enforcement grant (document 2026-278, PL277, $103,069) — after substantial debate about drones, privacy and equity evaluation metrics, the committee voted to refer the ordinance to full council with the recommendation it be passed (committee vote: 3–2). The committee asked staff to provide a detailed budget breakdown and to engage the city equity office and data-privacy office as part of grant evaluation and implementation planning.
- Psychedelic health and safety code (document 2026-186) — the committee accepted an amendment removing a proposed advisory commission and referred the amended ordinance to full council with a recommendation to pass (committee vote: 4–1).
