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Meeting Minutes  
Regional Policy Committee  
Councilmembers: Pete von Reichbauer, Chair;  
Claudia Balducci, Girmay Zahilay  
Alternate: Jorge L. Barón  
Sound Cities Association: Nancy Backus, Auburn, Vice Chair;  
Jay Arnold, Kirkland;  
Angela Birney, Redmond; Armondo Pavone, Renton  
Alternates: Dana Ralph, Kent; Debra Srebnik, Kenmore  
City of Seattle: Cathy Moore, Alexis Mercedes Rinck  
Alternates: Sara Nelson  
Lead Staff: Miranda Leskinen (206-263-5783)  
Committee Clerk: Angelica Calderon (206-477-0874)  
3:00 PM  
Wednesday, January 8, 2025  
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January 8, 2025  
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1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Chair von Reichbauer called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m  
Roll Call  
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Present:  
Arnold, Backus, Balducci, Birney, Moore, Pavone, von Reichbauer,  
Mercedes Rinck, Zahilay, Srebnik and Barón  
3.  
Approval of Minutes  
Mayor Backus moved approval of the November 20, 2024 Special meeting minutes.  
There being no objections, the minutes were approved.  
Briefing  
4.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0132  
Selection of the Vice Chair  
Mayor Birney moved that Mayor Backus be appointed as the new vice chair. The  
motion passed unanimously.  
This matter was Presented  
5.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0133  
RPC Work Plan for 2025  
Miranda Leskinen, Council staff, briefed the Committee and answered questions from  
the members.  
This matter was Presented  
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Discussion and Possible Action  
6.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0225  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the 2023 health through housing annual report, in accordance with  
K.C.C. chapter 24.30.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
Olivia Brey, Council staff, briefed the legislation to the Committee and answered  
questions from the members.  
Due to the design of the legislative tracking software used to produce the proceedings,  
the vote on this item is misreported. The correct vote is:  
Votes: Yes: 12 von Reichbauer, Balducci, Zahilay, Moore, Rinck, Arnold, Backus,  
Birney, Pavone.  
No: 0  
Excused: 0  
A motion was made by Mayor Backus that this Motion be Recommended Do  
Pass. The motion carried by the following vote:  
14 -  
Yes:  
Arnold, Backus, Birney, Balducci, Moore, Pavone, von Reichbauer,  
Mercedes Rinck, Zahilay, Srebnik and Barón  
7.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0243  
A MOTION approving the 2023 annual mental illness and drug dependency evaluation summary report, in  
compliance with K.C.C. 4A.500.309.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council staff, briefed the Committee on the legislation and answered  
questions from the members. Susan McLaughlin, Director, Behavioral Health and  
Recovery Division (BHRD), DCHS and Robin Pfohman, MIDD Coordinator, BHRD,  
DCHS, briefed the Committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions  
from the members.  
Due to the design of the legislative tracking software used to produce the proceedings,  
the vote on this item is misreported. The correct vote is:  
Votes: Yes: 12 von Reichbauer, Balducci, Zahilay, Rinck, Moore, Arnold, Backus,  
Birney, Pavone.  
No: 0  
Excused: 0  
A motion was made by Mayor Backus that this Motion be Recommended Do  
Pass. The motion carried by the following vote:  
14 -  
Yes:  
Arnold, Backus, Birney, Balducci, Moore, Pavone, von Reichbauer,  
Mercedes Rinck, Zahilay, Srebnik and Barón  
8.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0402  
AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special  
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January 8, 2025  
election to be held in King County on April 22, 2025, of a proposition to reauthorize an expired regular  
property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW, for a consecutive  
seven year period beginning in 2026 at the rate of not more than $0.0275 per one thousand dollars of  
assessed valuation, with the 2026 levy amount being the base for computing maximum allowable levy  
amounts under chapter 84.55 RCW for years two through seven (2027-2032), for the purpose of funding  
the continued operation of the regional automated fingerprint identification system, also known as AFIS,  
which maintains expanded crime scene and arrest identification technology and services for all local  
criminal justice agencies in King County.  
Zahilay and von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter and Erica Newman, Council staff, briefed the Committee on the legislation  
and answered questions from the members.  
Due to the design of the legislative tracking software used to produce the proceedings,  
the vote on this item is misreported. The correct vote is:  
Votes: Yes: 12 von Reichbauer, Balducci, Zahilay, Rinck, Moore, Arnold, Backus,  
Birney, Pavone.  
No: 0  
Excused: 0  
A motion was made by Mayor Backus that this Ordinance be Recommended Do  
Pass. The motion carried by the following vote:  
14 -  
Yes:  
Arnold, Backus, Birney, Balducci, Moore, Pavone, von Reichbauer,  
Mercedes Rinck, Zahilay, Srebnik and Barón  
Other Business  
There was no further business to come before the committee.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 3:59 p.m