Transportation, Waterfront, and Seattle Center Committee minutes — January 15, 2026
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Meeting called to order at 9:34 a.m.; five members present (Chair Rob Saka, Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Dionne Foster, Robert Kettle, Eddie Lin). Committee heard a Traffic Safety Status Update (Inf 2820) and recommended that City Council pass two ordinances: CB 121022 (pedestrian skybridge permit renewal for HST Lessee West Seattle LLC) and CB 121117 (alley vacation in Block 24, Denny Triangle, with a Property Use and Development Agreement). Both recommendations were unanimous (5-0). Meeting adjourned at 11:57 a.m.
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- Information item Inf 2820 — Traffic Safety Status Update (Overall State, Progress Against Vision Zero Goals & Impediments to Success) was heard in Committee.
- Committee recommended that City Council pass CB 121022 (granting HST Lessee West Seattle LLC permission to maintain and operate a pedestrian skybridge over Virginia Street for a 15-year term, renewable for one successive 15-year term); vote: In Favor 5, Opposed 0.
- Committee recommended that City Council pass CB 121117 (vacating the alley in Block 24, Heirs of Sarah A. Bell’s Second Addition, Denny Triangle; accepting a Property Use and Development Agreement on petition of GID Development Group and Seattle Parks and Recreation Department); vote: In Favor 5, Opposed 0.
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Transportation, Waterfront, and Seattle Center Committee
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- This meeting also constitutes a meeting of the City Council, provided that the meeting shall be conducted as a committee meeting under the Council Rules and Procedures, and Council action shall be limited to committee business.
- Please Note: Times listed are estimated
- Call To Order
- Approval of the Agenda
- Public Comment
- Items of Business
- Traffic Safety Status Update: Overall State, Progress Against Vision Zero Goals & Impediments to Success
- AN ORDINANCE granting HST Lessee West Seattle LLC permission to continue maintaining and operating a pedestrian skybridge over and across Virginia Street, between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue, for a 15-year term, renewable for one successive 15-year term; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; and providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions.
- AN ORDINANCE vacating the alley in Block 24, Heirs of Sarah A. Bell’s Second Addition, in the Denny Triangle neighborhood; and accepting a Property Use and Development Agreement, on the petition of GID Development Group and the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department (Clerk File 313843).
- Adjournment
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- Agendahttps://legistar2.granicus.com/seattle/meetings/2026/1/6542_A_Transportation%2C_Waterfront%2C_and_Seattle_Center_Committee_26-01-15_Committee_Agenda.pdf
- Minuteshttps://legistar2.granicus.com/seattle/meetings/2026/1/6542_M_Transportation%2C_Waterfront%2C_and_Seattle_Center_Committee_26-01-15_Committee_Minutes.pdf
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