SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL

Transportation, Waterfront, and Seattle

Center Committee

Agenda

Thursday, May 21, 2026

9:30 AM

Council Chamber, City Hall

600 4th Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104

Rob Saka, Chair

Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Vice-Chair

Dionne Foster, Member

Robert Kettle, Member

Eddie Lin, Member

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SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL

Transportation, Waterfront, and Seattle Center

Committee

Agenda

May 21, 2026 - 9:30 AM

Meeting Location:

Council Chamber, City Hall, 600 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104

Committee Website:

https://seattle.gov/council/transportation-waterfront-and-seattle-center

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A. Call To Order

B. Approval of the Agenda

C. Public Comment

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D. Items of Business

Urgent Opportunity to Address Seattle Center Renovation and

Modernization Needs

Supporting

Presentation

Documents:

Briefing and Discussion

Presenters: Randy Engstrom, Acting Director, Seattle Center; Rob

Johnson, Seattle Center Foundation; Shaunie Wheeler James, MLK

Labor; Monty Anderson, Seattle Building and Construction Trades

Council; Eitel Braunschweig, North Coast Carpenters Union; Nicole

Grant, IBEW Local 46

A resolution affirming the importance of Seattle Center as a

central civic, cultural, and economic asset for The City of Seattle;

acknowledging the urgent imperative to restore its aging

infrastructure and grounds, renovate its buildings, and revitalize

the Seattle Center Campus; requesting that the Mayor direct City

departments in a capital planning effort for Seattle Center;

anticipating a decision on a bond measure to fund its capital

investment by the end of 2027; committing to exploring all viable

funding options to support its modernization; declaring Council

priorities and calling upon the Executive to direct departmental

resources and budget allocations in support of its capital

improvements.

Res 32205

Supporting

Summary and Fiscal Note

Presentation

Documents:

Briefing, Discussion, and Possible Vote

Presenters: Deputy Mayor Brian Surratt, Mayor’s Office; Eric

McConaghy, Council Central Staff

Unpermitted Street Vending Update

Supporting

Mayor's Office Presentation

Central Staff Presentation

Documents:

Briefing and Discussion

Presenters: Hannah McIntosh, Mayor’s Office; Alyse Nelson, Seattle

Department of Transportation; Julie Horowitz, Seattle-King County

Public Health; Scott Plusquellec, Office of Economic Development; Edin

Sisic, Council Central Staff

Petition of THE YEW, LLC, for the vacation of a portion the alley

lying within Block 2, Wegener’s Addition to the City of Seattle,

being the block bounded by N 87th Street, 1st Avenue NW,

Palatine Avenue N, and N 85th Street, at 8623 Palatine Ave N.

CF 314530

Alley Vacation Petition

BindingDocs

Attachments:

Exhibits_Combined

Notarized Petition Form

Vacation Map

Supporting

Flow Chart

Documents:

SDOT Recommendation

Central Staff Memo (5/7/26)

Presentation (5/7/26)

Briefing, Discussion, and Possible Vote

Presenters: Amy Gray, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT);

Lish Whitson, Council Central Staff

E. Adjournment