1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
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, April 29, 2025  
SPECIAL MEETING  
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.  
1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
There will be one public hearing on Items 3 & 4  
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First Reading of and Action on Emergency Ordinances Without Referral  
to Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0130  
3.  
AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special  
election to be held in King County on August 5, 2025, of a proposition authorizing a property tax levy in  
excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW for a period of six consecutive years, at a  
total rate of not more than $0.2329 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation in the first year and  
limiting annual levy increases by the King County inflation plus population index published by the King  
County office of economic and financial analysis, or the chapter 84.55 RCW limitation, whichever is  
greater in years two through six for the purpose of maintaining and operating King County's open space  
system; improving parks, recreation, access, and mobility in King County by acquiring lands and  
continuing to develop and support parks, recreation facilities, and regional trails; improving parks and  
trails in and acquiring lands by metropolitan parks districts, towns and cities in King County; funding  
environmental education, maintenance and conservation programs at the Woodland Park Zoo; funding  
environmental education, maintenance and conservation programs at the Seattle Aquarium; funding  
development, maintenance, and programming for Seattle's Waterfront park; funding environmental and  
climate stewardship and education at Pacific Science Center; funding a capital project at Memorial  
Stadium; and funding capital improvements at public pools, for all King County residents; repealing  
Ordinance 19914, Section 1,Ordinance 19914, Section 2, Ordinance 19914, Section 3, Ordinance  
19914, Section 4, Ordinance 19914, Section 5, Ordinance 19914, Section 6, Ordinance 19914,  
Section 7, Ordinance 19914, Section 8, Ordinance 19914, Section 9, and Ordinance 19914, Section  
10; and declaring an emergency.  
Dembowski and von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES, INCLUDING TO HOLD A PUBLIC  
HEARING LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS AFTER FIRST READING PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.095,  
TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085,  
AND TO ACT ON AN EXPEDITED ITEM REPORTED OUT OF COMMITTEE LESS THAN TWO  
DAYS AFTER THE COMMITTEE MEETING PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085  
Contingent on Committee Action  
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First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0128  
4.  
A MOTION appointing committees to write the voters' pamphlet statements for the August 5, 2025,  
special election regarding Ordinance 19914 providing for the submission to the qualified electors of  
King County of a proposition authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in  
chapter 84.55 RCW, for a consecutive six-year period, at a first-year rate of not more than $0.2329 per  
one thousand dollars of assessed valuation for collection beginning in 2026, and limiting annual levy  
increases in years two through six to the greater of the most recent published King County office of  
economic and financial analysis King County plus population index or the limitation contained in  
chapter 84.55 RCW for the purpose of maintaining and operating King County's open space system;  
improving parks, recreation, access, and mobility in King County by acquiring lands and continuing to  
develop and support parks, recreation facilities, and regional trails; improving parks and trails in and  
acquiring lands by metropolitan parks districts, towns and cities in King County; funding environmental  
education, maintenance and conservation programs at the Woodland Park Zoo; funding environmental  
education, maintenance and conservation programs at the Seattle Aquarium; funding development,  
maintenance, and programming for Seattle's Waterfront park; funding environmental and climate  
stewardship and education at Pacific Science Center; funding a capital project at Memorial Stadium;  
and funding capital improvements at public pools, for all King County residents.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL  
TO COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085  
Adjournment  
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