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Seattle City Council adopts public-safety ordinance, privacy resolution, and surplus-property sale; confirms multiple appointments
SeattleMar 17, 20263 min read
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At its March 17, 2026 meeting the Seattle City Council adopted an ordinance restricting civil immigration enforcement staging on City-owned property (CB 121164), adopted an amended resolution reaffirming data and privacy protections and requesting departmental reviews of data collection (Res 32194), passed an ordinance authorizing surplusing and sale of a Seattle Public Utilities parcel (CB 121166), approved the consent calendar including an appropriation bill for weekly claims (CB 121178), and confirmed several appointments to local commissions.
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- Passed CB 121164 (Public Safety Committee): ordinance prohibiting civil immigration enforcement staging on all real property that is City-owned and controlled; adds new Chapter 14.125 to the Seattle Municipal Code (passed as amended).
- Adopted Res 32194 (Select Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes) as amended: reaffirms data and privacy protections for people accessing City programs and services; requests Executive and departments review departmental data collection practices to align with Seattle’s Privacy Principles and requests Seattle Municipal Court review data collection and sharing practices (including attention to data shared with Criminal Justice Information Services).
- Passed CB 121166 (Governance and Utilities Committee): declares Seattle Public Utilities real property identified as King County Parcel Number 1623049405 (South 138th St) surplus and authorizes sale to King County Water District 125.
- Adopted the Introduction & Referral Calendar (IRC 515) and approved the March 10, 2026 minutes.
- Approved Consent Calendar including CB 121178: ordinance appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of March 2–6, 2026.
- Confirmed multiple appointments on the Consent Calendar, including Carlin Llorente to Burke-Gilman Place Public Development Authority Governing Council; reappointments of Avery Barnes, Yoon Kang-O’Higgins, Yolanda L. Spencer, Linda Chavez-Lowry, Diana Garcia, Ricky Graboski, and Megan Kiskaddon to the Seattle Arts Commission; and appointment of Michael Gaston to the Seattle Film Commission.
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City Council
Mar 17, 2026, 12:00 AMCouncil Chamber, City Hall
600 4th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104scheduled
Agenda
- CALL TO ORDER
- ROLL CALL
- PRESENTATIONS
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- ADOPTION OF INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR:
- March 17, 2026
- APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
- APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR
- Journal:
- March 10, 2026
- Bills:
- AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of March 2, 2026, through March 6, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
- Appointments:
- HOUSING, ARTS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE:
- Appointment of Carlin Llorente as member, Burke-Gilman Place Public Development Authority Governing Council, for a term to December 31, 2026.
- Reappointment of Avery Barnes as member, Seattle Arts Commission, for a term to December 31, 2027.
- Reappointment of Yoon Kang-O’Higgins as member, Seattle Arts Commission, for a term to December 31, 2027.
- Reappointment of Yolanda L. Spencer as member, Seattle Arts Commission, for a term to December 31, 2027.
- Reappointment of Linda Chavez-Lowry as member, Seattle Arts Commission, for a term to December 31, 2027.
- Reappointment of Diana Garcia as member, Seattle Arts Commission, for a term to December 31, 2027.
- Reappointment of Ricky Graboski as member, Seattle Arts Commission, for a term to December 31, 2027.
- Reappointment of Megan Kiskaddon as member, Seattle Arts Commission, for a term to December 31, 2027.
- HUMAN SERVICES, LABOR, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE:
- Appointment of Michael Gaston as member, Seattle Film Commission, for a term to April 23, 2028.
- COMMITTEE REPORTS
- PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE:
- AN ORDINANCE relating to civil immigration enforcement; prohibiting civil immigration enforcement staging on all real property that is City owned and controlled; and adding a new Chapter 14.125 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
- SELECT COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY CHANGES:
- A RESOLUTION reaffirming data and privacy protections for any person seeking or accessing City programs or services; requesting a review of the City’s data collection and sharing practices to limit data exposure to the federal government and to other local, regional, and state jurisdictions; and requesting that departments incorporate privacy standards into future contracting requirements.
- GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE:
- AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring real property identified as King County Parcel Number 1623049405 located at South 138th St in SeaTac, WA to be surplus to the City’s needs; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities or designee to execute all documents and take other necessary actions for the sale of the property to King County Water District 125; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
- ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
- ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS
- OTHER BUSINESS
- ADJOURNMENT
- Agenda Item
- _____________________________________________________ Phillip Wood-Smith, Deputy City Clerk Signed by me in Open Session, upon approval of the Council, on March 24, 2026. _____________________________________________________ Joy Hollingsworth, Council President of the City Council
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