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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, February 18, 2025  
Hybrid Meeting  
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Meeting Minutes  
February 18, 2025  
Transportation, Economy, and  
Environment Committee  
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1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Chair Quinn called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m.  
Roll Call  
5 - Balducci, Dembowski, Perry, von Reichbauer and Quinn  
Present:  
3.  
Approval of Minutes  
Councilmember von Reichbauer moved approval of the January 21, 2025 meeting  
minutes. There being no objections, the minutes were approved.  
Consent  
4.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0002  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of David Ellison, who resides in council district seven,  
to the King County Lake Management District No. 2 advisory committee, as the Lake Geneva Property  
Owners Association representative.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
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. 2025-0003  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Colleen Short, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County Lake Management District No. 2 advisory committee, as a representative of  
Lake Geneva property owners.  
Meeting Minutes  
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Environment Committee  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
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:  
Discussion and Possible Action  
6.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0043  
A MOTION accepting the King County-Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C) 2025 Work Plan and Budget,  
prepared as the annual work plan and budget requested under Motion 14449.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
Jake Tracy, Council staff, briefed the committee on the legislation and answered  
questions from the members. Ross Freeman, EV Program Manager, Office of Climate,  
was present to briefed the committee and answered questions from the members.  
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:  
7.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0007  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the Accountability Report required by the 2023-2024 Biennial  
Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 20, Proviso P1.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
Brandi Paribello, Council staff, briefed the committee on the legislation and answered  
questions from the members. Ashton Allison, Economic Development Director,  
Executive Department, and Kate Becker, Creative Economy Director for the Office of  
Economic Opportunity & Creative Economy (OEOCE), was present to briefed the  
committee and answered questions from the members.  
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:  
8.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0056  
AN ORDINANCE approving East Link and Downtown Redmond Link Extension Transportation Service  
Changes for King County.  
Balducci and Perry  
Sponsors:  
Mary Bourguignon, Council staff, briefed the committee on the legislation and  
answered questions from the members. Graydon Newman, Service Planning  
Supervisor, Metro Transit Department and Katie Chalmers, Service Development  
Managing Director, Metro Transit Department, were present to brief the committee via  
PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the members.  
Meeting Minutes  
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Environment Committee  
There is an amendment 1 moved by Councilmember Balducci, the amendment was  
passed.  
A motion was made by Councilmember Balducci that this Ordinance be  
Recommended Do Pass Substitute. The motion carried by the following vote:  
5 - Balducci, Dembowski, Perry, von Reichbauer and Quinn  
Yes:  
9.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0058  
A MOTION relating to public transportation, requesting that the Metro transit department report on  
unplanned trip cancellations, describe how information about unplanned trip cancellations for fixed-route  
bus service could more quickly and efficiently be provided to inform transit riders in real time, and  
describe how metrics about unplanned trip cancellations could be incorporated into the next update of  
the King County Metro Service Guidelines to inform operational and investment decisions.  
Balducci, Barón and Perry  
Sponsors:  
Mary Bourguignon, Council staff, briefed the committee on the legislation and  
answered questions from the members. Jacob Brett, Transportation Planner, Metro  
Transit Department, commented to the committee and answered questions from the  
members.  
A motion was made by Councilmember Balducci that this Motion be  
Recommended Do Pass. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Balducci, Dembowski, Perry and Quinn  
1 - von Reichbauer  
Yes:  
Excused:  
Other Business  
There was no other business to come before the Committee.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 11:38 a.m.