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Courthouse  
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Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmembers: Girmay Zahilay, Chair;  
Sarah Perry, Vice Chair of Policy Development and Review;  
Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair of Regional Coordination;  
Claudia Balducci, Jorge L. Barón, Rod Dembowski,  
Teresa Mosqueda, De'Sean Quinn, Pete von Reichbauer  
1:30 PM  
Tuesday, March 18, 2025  
Hybrid Meeting  
Hybrid Meetings: Attend King County Council meetings in person in Council Chambers (Room  
1001), 516 3rd Avenue in Seattle, or through remote access. Details on how to attend and/or  
provide comment remotely are listed below.  
HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY: The Council values community input and looks  
forward to hearing from you. Testimony must be limited to items listed on the agenda for  
council action, unless it's the fourth Tuesday of the month, when the Council will hear general  
comment on matters relating to county government. You are not required to sign up in  
advance.  
There are three ways to provide public testimony:  
1. In person: You may attend the meeting in person in Council Chambers.  
2. By email: You may testify by submitting a COMMENT email. If your testimony is submitted  
before 10:00 a.m. on the day of the Council meeting, your email testimony will be distributed to  
the Councilmembers and appropriate staff prior to the meeting. Please submit your testimony  
by emailing clerk@kingcounty.gov.  
3. Remote attendance on the Zoom Webinar: You may provide oral public testimony at the  
meeting by connecting to the meeting via phone or computer using the ZOOM application at  
https://zoom.us/, and entering the Webinar ID below.  
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CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR  
Webinar ID: 890 5838 1493  
If you do not have access to the ZOOM application, you can connect to the meeting by  
calling 1 253 215 8782 and using the Webinar ID. Connecting in this manner, however,  
may impact your ability to be unmuted to speak.  
You have the right to language access services at no cost to you. To request these  
services, please contact our Equity and Social Justice Coordinator, Tera Chea at (206)  
477 9259 or Tera.Chea2@kingcounty.gov, three (3) days prior to the meeting.  
If you do not wish to be called upon for public comment during the meeting, please help  
us manage the callers and use one of the options below (Live Streaming or King County  
TV Channel 22).  
HOW TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING: There are several ways to listen to the meeting if  
you don't wish to provide public testimony:  
1. Stream online via this link: https://kingcounty.gov/kctv, or input the link web address  
into your web browser.  
2. Watch King County TV on Comcast Channel 22 and 322(HD), and Astound  
Broadband Channels 22 and 711 (HD).  
3. Listen to the meeting by telephone – See “Connecting to the Webinar” above.  
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1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance  
Councilmember Balducci  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of March 11, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Proclamation of the week of March 16-22, 2025, as Transit Appreciation Week in King County  
Councilmember Quinn  
Recognition of Kregg Jorgenson for service to his community and documenting experiences  
of soldiers in Vietnam  
Councilmember von Reichbauer and Councilmember Mosqueda  
County Service Awards  
Executive Constantine  
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Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees  
and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective  
Bargaining  
There will be one public hearing on Items 6-8 and 12-13  
Consent Item 7  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0030  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE approving the King County Consortium Consolidated Plan for 2025-2029.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 2/11/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health, Housing,  
and Human Services Committee.  
On 3/4/2025, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Regional Policy  
Councilmember von Reichbauer  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0073  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE amending the King County Doors Open Program implementation plan, required by  
Ordinance 19710, Section 9; amending Ordinance 19868, Section 1, as amended, and repealing  
Ordinance 19868, Attachment B.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 2/18/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 2/25/2025, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass.  
On 3/12/2025, the Regional Policy Committee Recommended Do Pass.  
Public Hearing Required  
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Hearing Examiner Consent Agenda Items 9-11  
Councilmember Quinn  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0004.2  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to  
conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space  
submitted by Ernest and Loralynn Antin for property located at 24233 SE 164th Street, Issaquah WA,  
designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no.  
E24CT008.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 1/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing Examiner.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0005.3  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to  
conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space  
submitted by Elena Zakharova and Kiril Van Orman for property located at 515 286th Avenue SE, Fall  
City, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file  
no. E24CT002.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 1/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing Examiner.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0006.2  
11.  
AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to  
conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space  
submitted by Yasuhiro and Dorothy Matsui for property located at 6403 206th Place NE, Redmond,  
WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no.  
E24CT007.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 1/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing Examiner.  
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Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Items 12-13  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0008  
12.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the new pandemic response plan required by Motion 15650.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 1/16/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 6/11/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Re-referred to Health, Housing, and Human  
Services Committee.  
On 1/21/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 2/4/2025, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Deferred.  
On 3/4/2025, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2024-0228.2  
13.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the second annual report on the second Best Starts for Kids  
initiative, in accordance with Ordinance 19354.  
von Reichbauer and Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Regional Policy  
Committee.  
On 9/3/2024, the Regional Policy Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute.  
On 2/4/2025, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Deferred.  
On 2/4/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 3/4/2025, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
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First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0090  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to privacy rights, limiting the collection of gender information; and amending  
Ordinance 12550, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.14.030.  
Dembowski, Barón and Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0092  
15.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the leasing of county real property; and amending Ordinance 12045,  
Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.160 and Ordinance 12045, Section 17, as amended, and  
K.C.C. 4.56.180.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0093  
16.  
AN ORDINANCE related to establishing responsibility criteria for contracts for public works, tangible  
personal property, and services; and amending Ordinance 12138, Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C.  
2.93.120 and amending Ordinance 12138, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.93.190.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
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First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0087  
17.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Paul Graves, who resides in council district nine,  
to the Harborview Medical Center board of trustees, as the district nine representative.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0088  
18.  
A MOTION adopting the King County 2025 Federal Legislative Priorities.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Rereferral  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0039  
19.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale of the surplus property located at 33431 13th Place S., Federal  
Way, Washington, in council district seven.  
Zahilay and von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
On 1/28/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 3/12/2025, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
This item is being rereferred to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee.  
20.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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