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Meeting Agenda  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmembers: Dave Upthegrove, Chair;  
Girmay Zahilay, Vice Chair of Policy Development and Review;  
Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair of Regional Coordination;  
Claudia Balducci, Jorge Barón, Rod Dembowski,  
Teresa Mosqueda, Sarah Perry, Pete von Reichbauer  
1:30 PM  
Tuesday, July 23, 2024  
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 Dembowski  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of July 16, 2024  
Councilmember Zahilay  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Recognition of the Lifeguards and Staff at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center for  
Saving the Life of a Young Athlete  
Councilmember von Reichbauer  
Proclaiming August 15, 2024 as India’s Independence Day in King County  
Councilmember Balducci and Councilmember von Reichbauer  
7.  
Public Comment  
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There will be one public hearing on Items 6-10.  
Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional  
Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0224  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Collective Bargaining Agreement and Memoranda of  
Agreement negotiated by and between King County and the King County Corrections Guild,  
representing correction officer and sergeant employees in the department of adult and juvenile  
detention and establishing the effective date of the agreement.  
Sponsors:  
Upthegrove  
On 7/16/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan  
King County Council.  
Transportation, Economy and Environment  
Councilmember Dembowski  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0209  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to King County's combined sewer overflow program and authorizing the  
King County executive to sign and fulfill the obligations in the First Material Modification to the 2013  
Consent Decree with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington state  
Department of Ecology.  
Sponsors:  
Dembowski  
On 7/9/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 7/16/2024, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do  
Pass.  
Public Hearing Required  
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Reappointment Consent Agenda  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0181  
10.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Karen Dove, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County priority hire advisory committee.  
Sponsors:  
von Reichbauer  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0221  
11.  
12.  
13.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute identical interlocal agreements  
with Mountain View Fire & Rescue and South King Fire delegating administrative duties to perform  
inspections of the fire code operational permit program of regulated occupancies in fire protection  
districts 39 and 44.  
Sponsors:  
Dunn  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0222  
AN ORDINANCE approving the grant funding allocation for projects funded through the 2020-2025  
parks, recreation, trails, and open space levy grant program in accordance with Ordinance 18890,  
Motion 15378, Ordinance 19166, and the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546,  
Section 95.  
Sponsors:  
Dembowski  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0231  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the collective bargaining agreement negotiated by and  
between King County and the Puget Sound Police Managers Association, representing employees in  
the King County sheriff’s office and establishing the effective date of the agreement.  
Sponsors:  
Upthegrove  
First Reading and Referral to the Metropolitan King County Council  
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First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0210  
14.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a reimagining transit safety and security report, in response to  
the 2023-24 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 114, Proviso P2.  
Sponsors:  
Barón  
First Reading and Referral to the Law and Justice Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0214  
15.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a plan in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget  
Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 19, Proviso P2, as amended by Ordinance 19633, Section 13.  
Sponsors:  
Perry  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0223  
16.  
A MOTION confirming the appointment of Kelly Rider as director of the department of community  
and human services.  
Sponsors:  
Balducci  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0230  
17.  
A MOTION appointing a qualified person to a vacant position on the fire district No. 37 board of  
commissioners.  
Sponsors:  
Dunn  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
18.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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