Seattle City Council Meeting Minutes — January 20, 2026
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Meeting called to order at 2:02 PM with six members present and three excused (Juarez, Rivera, Strauss). Public comment was received from 19 individuals. By unanimous consent the Introduction & Referral Calendar and the meeting agenda were adopted; the Consent Calendar (including Min 551 and CB 121154 appropriating funds to pay claims for Jan 5–9, 2026) was approved. The Transportation, Waterfront, and Seattle Center Committee recommendations passed: CB 121022 (permit for pedestrian skybridge maintained by HST Lessee West Seattle LLC) and CB 121117 (vacation of an alley in Block 24, Heirs of Sarah A. Bell’s Second Addition, and acceptance of a Property Use and Development Agreement). The meeting adjourned at 3:02 PM.
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- Introduction & Referral Calendar (IRC 507) adopted by unanimous consent.
- Meeting agenda adopted by unanimous consent.
- Consent Calendar adopted, including Min 551 (Jan 13, 2026) and CB 121154 (appropriation to pay claims for Jan 5–9, 2026).
- CB 121022 passed: grants HST Lessee West Seattle LLC permission to maintain and operate a pedestrian skybridge over Virginia Street (15-year term, renewable).
- CB 121117 passed: vacates the alley in Block 24 (Heirs of Sarah A. Bell’s Second Addition, Denny Triangle) and accepts a Property Use and Development Agreement (petition of GID Development Group and Seattle Parks and Recreation Department).
- Councilmember Debora Juarez was excused from the meeting by unanimous consent.
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- CALL TO ORDER
- ROLL CALL
- PRESENTATIONS
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- ADOPTION OF INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR:
- January 20, 2026
- APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
- APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR
- Journal:
- January 13, 2026
- Bills:
- AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of January 5, 2026, through January 9, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
- COMMITTEE REPORTS
- TRANSPORTATION, WATERFRONT, AND SEATTLE CENTER COMMITTEE:
- 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).
- ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
- ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS
- OTHER BUSINESS
- ADJOURNMENT
- _____________________________________________________ Jodee Schwinn, Deputy City Clerk Signed by me in Open Session, upon approval of the Council, on January 27, 2025. _____________________________________________________ Joy Hollingsworth, Council President of the City Council
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