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Courthouse  
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Seattle, WA 98104  
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, September 10, 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  
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CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR  
Webinar ID: 830 3407 1240  
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:  
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 September 3, 2024  
Councilmember Zahilay  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
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 7-13  
Consent Items 7-8  
Councilmember Zahilay  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into a lease agreement with  
Washington state Department of Transportation, Ferries Division, as landlord, for uplands, tidelands,  
and facilities located at 201 Alaskan Way S, Seattle, Washington, in council district eight.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 8/28/2024, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a new lease to support the operation of the department  
of public health.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 8/28/2024, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute  
Consent.  
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Budget and Fiscal Management  
Councilmember Zahilay  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a new lease to support the operation of the department  
of public health.  
Zahilay and Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 8/28/2024, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass.  
Public Hearing Required  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Item 10  
Councilmember Zahilay  
10.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the second of two independent monitoring reports on the  
confinement of juveniles in county detention facilities as required by the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget  
Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 54, Proviso P1.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
On 7/9/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and Justice  
Committee.  
On 8/28/2024, the Law and Justice Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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Committee of the Whole  
Councilmember Balducci  
11.  
A MOTION expressing the King County council's opposition to the approval of Washington state  
Initiative 2117, which, if approved by voters, would repeal sections of the Climate Commitment Act and  
prohibit state agencies from implementing any type of carbon tax credit trading.  
Balducci, Upthegrove, Zahilay, Dembowski, Mosqueda and Barón  
Sponsors:  
On 8/27/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 9/3/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Deferred.  
BALLOT TITLE:  
Statement of Subject: Initiative Measure No. 2117 concerns carbon tax credit trading.  
Concise Description: This measure would prohibit state agencies from imposing any type of  
carbon tax credit trading, and repeal legislation establishing a cap and invest program to  
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  
Law and Justice  
Councilmember Barón  
12.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report on county diversion programs, in response to the  
2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 17, Proviso P3.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
On 5/28/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and Justice  
Committee.  
On 8/28/2024, the Law and Justice Committee Recommended Do Pass.  
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Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 13  
Councilmember Zahilay  
13.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Wendy Davis, who resides in council district  
eight, to the King County rural forest commission, representing forest landowners with forty to five  
hundred acres in Forest Land Designation program.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to tenant protections authorizing immediate family to reside in a rental unit;  
and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title 12.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
15.  
AN ORDINANCE approving the Valley View Sewer District 2023 General Sewer Plan dated February  
21, 2023.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
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First Reading and Referral of Motions  
16.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the art therapy program report, in accordance with Ordinance  
19546, Section 71, Proviso P1.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
17.  
A MOTION adopting the King County Youth Bill of Rights and Report in accordance with Ordinance  
17738, Section 4.A.2.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
18.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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