1200 King County  
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, May 20, 2025  
Hybrid Meeting  
REVISED AGENDA - ADDED ITEM 16  
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: 899 1717 0516  
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 May 13, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Items  
Proclamation of May 2025 as Jewish Heritage Month in King County  
Councilmember Zahilay and Councilmember Dunn  
Proclamation of May 2025 as Bike Everywhere Month in King County  
Councilmember Balducci  
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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, 9-12, and 19  
Hearing Examiner Consent Agenda Items 7-8  
Councilmember Quinn  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0165.2  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE denying the vacation of a portion of 43rd Ave S, Auburn, file no. V-2750; Petitioners:  
Drake Randle and William and Vikki Johnson.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 5/21/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing  
Examiner.  
On 1/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0063.2  
8.  
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 Indigenous Creative Collective for property located at 9666 51st Avenue South, Seattle,  
WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no.  
E24CT009S.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 2/18/2025, 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 Item 9  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0091  
9.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Adrien Leavitt, who resides in council district two,  
to the King County public defense advisory board, representing areas or issues that may affect public  
defense clients.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 3/25/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and Justice  
Committee.  
On 5/7/2025, the Law and Justice Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Budget and Fiscal Management  
Councilmember Dembowski  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0139  
10.  
A MOTION reaffirming King County's commitment to reproductive rights in response to state and  
federal cuts.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 5/13/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 5/14/2025, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass.  
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Reappointment Consent Agenda Items 11-12  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0142  
11.  
A MOTION reappointing Christopher Carney, who resides in council district two, to the King County  
public defense advisory board, representing areas or issues that may affect public defense clients.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0143  
12.  
A MOTION reappointing Sara Rankin, who resides in council district two, to the King County public  
defense advisory board, representing areas or issues that may affect public defense clients.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0138  
13.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a plan for expanding and improving public access to criminal data  
information on the prosecuting attorney's office data dashboard for juvenile cases and a report on  
sexual assault cases in compliance with the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, 19861, Section 31,  
Proviso P1 and P2.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Law and Justice Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0140  
14.  
A MOTION confirming the appointment of Matthew Sanders as county public defender.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0144  
15.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Faisal Akhter, who resides in council district two,  
to the King County veterans advisory board.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee  
Rereferral  
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Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0119  
16.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the funding and provision of Medic One emergency medical services;  
providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County, at special election on November  
4, 2025, of a proposition to fund the countywide Medic One emergency medical services by authorizing  
the continuation of a regular property tax levy for a consecutive six year period, for collection beginning  
in 2026, at a rate of $0.25 or less per $1,000 of assessed valuation, to provide for Medic One  
emergency medical services.  
Dunn, Dembowski, Quinn and Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 5/6/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
On 5/14/2025, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Deferred.  
This is a dual referral first to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee and then to the  
Regional Policy Committee.  
This is a mandatory referral to the Regional Policy Committee as set forth in King County  
Charter Section 270.30 and K.C.C. 1.24.065.  
17.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Required notification pursuant to K.C.C. 4A.100.080  
18.  
May 13, 2024, Exception Notification Regarding Transfer from Emergent Need  
Contingency to the Parks Capital Fund (Wayne Golf Course Trail Connector  
Improvements).  
Proclamation/Recognition Presented in the Community  
19.  
Recognition of Syttende Mai, also known as Norwegian Constitution Day.  
Councilmember Barón  
Adjournment  
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