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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, March 4, 2025  
Hybrid Meeting  
REVISED AGENDA - ITEM 11  
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  
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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  
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If you do not have access to the ZOOM application, you can connect to the meeting by calling 1  
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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  
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1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance  
Councilmember Barón  
4.  
5.  
Approval of Minutes of the Special Meeting of February 21, 2025, and the Regular  
Meeting of February 25, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
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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 6-20  
Consent Items 6-8  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0252  
6.  
AN ORDINANCE approving the Valley View Sewer District 2023 General Sewer Plan dated February  
21, 2023.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 9/10/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 1/21/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 2/19/2025, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0263.2  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute an interlocal agreement with the  
city of Kent for the inspection and maintenance of the Rock Creek Bridge.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
On 10/22/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 1/28/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 2/19/2025, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute  
Consent.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0410  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE approving the Southwest Suburban Sewer District General Sewer Plan Update dated  
July 2024.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 1/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 2/19/2025, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0082  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the memoranda of agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the King County Juvenile Detention Guild, representing employees in the juvenile  
division of the department of adult and juvenile detention and establishing the effective date of the  
agreement.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 2/25/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan  
King County Council.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0083  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting two memoranda of agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the Juvenile Division Supervisors bargaining unit, representing supervisors in the  
juvenile division of the department of adult and juvenile detention and establishing the effective date of  
the agreements.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 2/25/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan  
King County Council.  
Transportation, Economy and Environment  
Councilmember Quinn  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0056.2  
11.  
AN ORDINANCE approving East Link and Downtown Redmond Link Extension Transportation Service  
Changes for King County.  
Balducci and Perry  
Sponsors:  
On 2/11/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 2/18/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Substitute.  
Public Hearing Required  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
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Consent Items 12-18  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0362  
12.  
13.  
14.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Richard Bard, who resides in council district  
eight, to the King County Vashon-Maury Island groundwater protection committee, representing  
Vashon-Maury Island residents.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 11/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 1/21/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 2/19/2025, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0363  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Donna Klemka, who resides in council district  
eight, to the King County Vashon-Maury Island groundwater protection committee, representing  
residential exempt well owners.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 11/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 1/21/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 2/19/2025, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0002  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of David Ellison, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County Lake Management District No. 2 advisory committee, as the Lake Geneva  
Property Owners Association representative.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
On 2/4/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 2/18/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
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Proposed Motion No. 2025-0003  
15.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Colleen Short, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County Lake Management District No. 2 advisory committee, as a representative of  
Lake Geneva property owners.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
On 2/4/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 2/18/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0007  
16.  
17.  
18.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the Accountability Report required by the 2023-2024 Biennial  
Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 20, Proviso P1.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 2/11/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 2/18/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2025-0020.2  
A MOTION relating to public transportation, requesting the executive to engage on a task force on  
transit safety and security to address public safety on transit and in the communities in which the  
Metro transit department operates.  
Dunn and Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 1/21/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 2/25/2025, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Substitute Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0043  
A MOTION accepting the King County-Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C) 2025 Work Plan and Budget,  
prepared as the annual work plan and budget requested under Motion 14449.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 2/11/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 2/18/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
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Transportation, Economy and Environment  
Councilmember Quinn  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0058  
19.  
A MOTION relating to public transportation, requesting that the Metro transit department report on  
unplanned trip cancellations, describe how information about unplanned trip cancellations for  
fixed-route bus service could more quickly and efficiently be provided to inform transit riders in real  
time, and describe how metrics about unplanned trip cancellations could be incorporated into the next  
update of the King County Metro Service Guidelines to inform operational and investment decisions.  
Balducci, Barón and Perry  
Sponsors:  
On 2/11/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 2/18/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do  
Pass.  
Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 20  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0081  
20.  
A MOTION confirming one corrected reappointment for the King County Library System board of  
trustees; and rescinding Motion 16744.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0075  
21.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale of the surplus property located at Cedar Falls Rd SE, North Bend,  
Washington, in council district three.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
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First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0080  
22.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of David Grossman, who resides in council district  
two, to the Harborview Medical Center board of trustees, as a council at-large representative.  
Zahilay and Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
23.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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