Seattle City Council meeting minutes — January 13, 2026: Consent calendar adopted; interim floodplain regulations extended
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Council convened at 2:02 PM; public comment heard from multiple speakers; Introduction & Referral Calendar and meeting agenda adopted by unanimous consent; Consent Calendar approved including Minutes (Min 550, Jan 6, 2026) and CB 121148 (appropriation for payment of certain claims); Land Use Committee bill CB 121143 extending interim floodplain regulations for six months passed; Council adjourned at 3:33 PM.
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- Adopted the Introduction & Referral Calendar (IRC 506) by unanimous consent.
- Adopted the meeting Agenda by unanimous consent.
- Approved the Consent Calendar, including Minutes (Min 550, January 6, 2026).
- Passed CB 121148 — an ordinance appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of December 29, 2025, through January 2, 2026.
- Passed CB 121143 — tenth extension of interim floodplain regulations (as established by Ordinance 126113 and amended by Ordinance 126536) for an additional six months to allow reliance on updated National Flood Insurance Rate Maps.
- Excused Councilmember Maritza Rivera and Councilmember Dan Strauss from the January 20, 2026 City Council meeting.
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- CALL TO ORDER
- ROLL CALL
- PRESENTATIONS
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- ADOPTION OF INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR:
- January 13, 2026
- APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
- APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR
- Journal:
- January 6, 2026
- Bills:
- AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of December 29, 2025, through January 2, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
- COMMITTEE REPORTS
- LAND USE COMMITTEE:
- AN ORDINANCE relating to floodplains; tenth extension of interim regulations established by Ordinance 126113, and as amended by Ordinance 126536, for an additional six months, to allow individuals to rely on updated National Flood Insurance Rate Maps to obtain flood insurance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Insurance Program.
- ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
- ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS
- OTHER BUSINESS
- ADJOURNMENT
- Agenda Item
- _____________________________________________________ Jodee Schwinn, Deputy City Clerk Signed by me in Open Session, upon approval of the Council, on January 20, 2026. _____________________________________________________ Joy Hollingsworth, Council President of the City Council
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