City Council
Council Chamber, City Hall 600 4th Avenue Seattle, WA 98104
Agenda — 31 items
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- A. CALL TO ORDER
- B. ROLL CALL
- C. PRESENTATIONS
- D. PUBLIC COMMENT
- E. ADOPTION OF INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR:
- 7 March 10, 2026
- F. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
- G. APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR
- 10 Journal:
- 1. March 3, 2026
- 12 Bills:
- 2. AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of February 23, 2026, through February 27, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
- 14 PARKS AND CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE:
- 3. AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; accepting sixty-one easements for electrical distribution rights in King County, Washington; placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
- 4. AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; accepting one hundred and fifty easements for electrical distribution in King County, Washington; placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
- 17 Appointments:
- 18 PARKS AND CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE:
- 5. Reappointment of Summer Hepburn as member, Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, for a term to December 31, 2026.
- 6. Reappointment of Todd Toshio Snider as member, Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, for a term December 31, 2026.
- 7. Reappointment of Jeffrey G. Berry as member, Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, for a term to December 31, 2027.
- 8. Reappointment of Michiko Starks as member, Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, for a term to December 31, 2027.
- H. COMMITTEE REPORTS
- 24 CITY COUNCIL:
- 1. AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; adopting a moratorium on the filing, acceptance, processing, or approval of applications for the establishment, expansion, or change of use for detention centers; adding a definition for detention centers; amending Section 23.84A.008 of the Seattle Municipal Code; approving a work plan; declaring an emergency; and establishing an immediate effective date; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
- I. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
- J. ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS
- K. OTHER BUSINESS
- L. EXECUTIVE SESSION*
- M. ADJOURNMENT
- 31 _____________________________________________________ Jodee Schwinn, Deputy City Clerk Signed by me in Open Session, upon approval of the Council, on March 17, 2026. _____________________________________________________ Joy Hollingsworth, Council President of the City Council