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Council preview: Skagit relicensing with tribal leaders, mayor’s tiny-home expansion and committee updates

Seattle City Council · March 9, 2026
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Councilmembers used the March 9 briefing to preview committee business, including a Parks & City Light briefing on Skagit River relicensing with tribal leadership and a possible April 1 vote to forward relicensing to FERC; President Pro Tem Sacca also highlighted mayoral legislation to expand tiny-home village capacity by roughly 1,000 beds.

At the March 9 council briefing, councilmembers ran through regional and city committee updates that flagged a pair of near-term, substantive items for the council's attention.

Councilmember Juarez told colleagues that the Parks & City Light committee will host the Seattle City Light presentation on relicensing the Skagit River hydroelectric project and said leadership from Upper Skagit, Swinomish and other tribes will be at the table.…

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