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King County  
Meeting Minutes  
Transportation, Economy, and  
Environment Committee  
Councilmembers:  
De'Sean Quinn, Chair;  
Rod Dembowski, Vice Chair;  
Claudia Balducci, Sarah Perry, Pete von Reichbauer,  
Lead Staff: Sherrie Hsu (206-477-7253)  
Committee Clerk: Angelica Calderon (206 477-7470)  
9:30 AM  
Tuesday, March 18, 2025  
DRAFT MINUTES  
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1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Chair Quinn called the meeting to order at 9:31 a.m.  
Roll Call  
5 - Balducci, Dembowski, Perry, von Reichbauer and Quinn  
Present:  
3.  
Approval of Minutes  
Councilmember Dembowski moved approval of the February 18, 2025 meeting  
minutes. There being no objections, the minutes were approved.  
Consent  
4.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0059  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Alissa Campbell, who works in council district  
eight, to the King County solid waste advisory committee, as a representative from the waste  
management industry.  
Sponsors:  
Mosqueda  
A motion was made by Chair Dembowski that this Motion be Recommended  
Do Pass Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
5 - Balducci, Dembowski, Perry, von Reichbauer and Quinn  
Yes:  
5.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0060  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Laura Mork, councilmember, city of Shoreline,  
who resides in council district one, to the King County solid waste advisory committee, filling the local  
elected public official position.  
Sponsors:  
Dembowski  
A motion was made by Chair Dembowski that this Motion be Recommended  
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Do Pass Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
5 - Balducci, Dembowski, Perry, von Reichbauer and Quinn  
Yes:  
Briefing  
6.  
Briefing No. 2025-B0038  
Metro General Manager Briefing  
Michelle Allison, Director, Metro Transit, briefed the committee and answered  
questions from the members  
This matter was Presented  
Discussion and Possible Action  
7.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0010  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to sign an agreement between King County, a  
political subdivision of the state of Washington, and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit  
Authority, a regional transit authority organized under the laws of the state of Washington, regarding  
the operation and maintenance of the portion of the Downtown Redmond Link Extension that is within  
King County property.  
Sponsors:  
Dembowski  
Mary Bourguignon, Council staff, briefed the committee on the legislation and  
answered questions from the members. Doug Hodson, Deputy Division Director,  
Parks Division, Department of Natural Resources and Parks, commented to the  
committee and answered questions from the members.  
A motion was made by Chair Dembowski that this Ordinance be  
Recommended Do Pass Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
5 - Balducci, Dembowski, Perry, von Reichbauer and Quinn  
Yes:  
8.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0084  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the Lower Duwamish Waterway cleanup and authorizing the King County  
executive to sign and fulfill the obligations in the Consent Decree with the United States Environmental  
Protection Agency and the Washington state Department of Ecology and the associated multiparty  
Settlements to govern the cleanup of sediment contamination at the Lower Duwamish Waterway  
Superfund Site and address King County and other parties' roles, contributions, and obligations for  
cleanup.  
Sponsors:  
Mosqueda  
Andy Micklow, Council staff, briefed the committee on the legislation and answered  
questions from the members. Kristie Elliott, King County Senior Deputy Prosecuting  
Attorney, Sharman Herrin, Government Relations, Wastewater Treatment Division  
(WTD) and Michael Galvan, Environmental and Community Services Section  
Manager, WDT, commented to the committee and answered questions from the  
members.  
The meeting was recessed by the Chair at 10:52 am for the Executive Session. and  
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the meeting was reconvened by the Chair at 11:08 am.  
A motion was made by Councilmember Perry that this Ordinance be  
Recommended Do Pass Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
5 - Balducci, Dembowski, Perry, von Reichbauer and Quinn  
Yes:  
Other Business  
There was no other business to come before the Committee.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 11:11 a.m.