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Meeting Minutes

Regional Water Quality Committee

Councilmembers:

Claudia Balducci, Chair

Reagan Dunn

Alternate:

Sound Cities Association: Vice Chair, Laura Mork, Shoreline;

Conrad Lee, Bellevue; Jessica Rossman, Medina;

Sarah Moore, Burien

Alternates: Penny Sweet, Kirkland; Yolanda Trout Manuel,

Auburn

Sewer/Water Districts: Chuck Clarke, Woodinville Water

District; Lloyd Warren, Sammamish Plateau Water District

Alternate: Ryika Hooshangi, Sammamish Plateau Water

City of Seattle: Joy Hollingsworth, Robert Kettle

Alternate: Rob Saka

Lead Staff: Jenny Giambattista (206-477-0879)

Committee Clerk: Marka Steadman (206-477-0887)

3:00 PM

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

DRAFT MINUTES

Hybrid Meeting

Call to Order

Roll Call

Chair Balducci called the meeting to order at 3:01 p.m.

12 -

Present:

Balducci, Clarke, Dunn, Lee, Mork, Moore, Warren, Hollingsworth, Kettle,

Sweet, Hooshangi and Trout-Manuel

1 - Rossman

Excused:

Approval of Minutes

Commissioner Warren moved approval of the March 5, 2025, meeting minutes. There

being no objections, the minutes were approved.

Chair's Report

Chair Balducci thanked the Wastewater Treatment Division for hosting the tour at the

Georgetown Wet Weather facility, noted the upcoming West Point tour on May 30th

and provided an overview of the meeting topics.

Regional Water Quality Committee

Meeting Minutes

April 2, 2025

MWPAAC Report

John McClellan, Chair, MWPAAC, provided an overview of the MWPAAC letter to the

County Executive regarding proposed sewer rates.

Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) Report

Kamuron Gurol, Director, Wastewater Treatment Division, expressed appreciation to

the RWQC and MWPAAC for their input and engagement regarding sewer rates,

commented on work to increase transparency, a deep dive cost estimating session on

the Mouth of the Duwamish project and an extra session on the sewer rate

development process, WTD's presentation today, the status of work on motions,

impacts of the rate forecast, efforts to improve internal processes, bills in the state

legislature that are being monitored, a 12-month study on PFAS, developments on the

nutrients front, RWSP work towards clean water, approval of the consent decree for

the Lower Duwamish cleanup, staffing changes and answered questions from the

members.

Briefing

Briefing No. 2025-B0041

Wastewater Treatment Division’s 2026 Sewer Rate and Capacity Charge Recommendations and Status

Update on Long-Term Rate Forecast Motion 16449

Chair Balducci provided introductory comments. Jenny Giambattista, Council staff,

briefed the committee and answered questions from the members. Kamuron Gurol,

Director, Wastewater Treatment Division; Courtney Black, Financial Services Manager,

Wastewater Treatment Division; Crystal Fleet, Capital Program Manager, WTD; and

Stan Hummel, Unit Manager, CSO Delivery Unit; provided a PowerPoint presentation

and answered questions from the members.

This matter was Presented

Briefing No. 2025-B0042

Regional Wastewater Services Plan: Briefing on Emerging Options for the Vision for Clean Water

This matter was Deferred

Briefing No. 2025-B0005

Discussion of 2025 Regional Water Quality Committee Work Program

Chair Balducci commented on additions and changes to the committee's work

program.

This matter was Deferred