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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, July 22, 2025  
REVISED AGENDA  
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  
https://zoom.us/, and entering the Webinar ID below.  
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CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR  
Webinar ID: 890 5838 1493  
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 Barón  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of July 15, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Recognition of Captain Dan Krehbiel upon his retirement from King County Water Taxi  
Councilmember Mosqueda and Councilmember Quinn  
7.  
Public Comment  
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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 6-12  
Consent Item 8  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0164  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to existing regional transportation boards, including the SeaShore  
Transportation Forum, the Eastside Transportation Partnership, and the South County Area  
Transportation Board; authorizing the executive to enter into agreements for their continuation and  
committing to King County staff support through 2028.  
Sponsors:  
Quinn  
On 6/10/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 7/15/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do  
Pass Consent.  
Budget and Fiscal Management  
Councilmember Dembowski  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0169  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE imposing an additional sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent, as  
authorized in Section 201, Chapter 350, Laws of Washington 2025 for criminal justice purposes;  
providing for the use of the sales and use tax proceeds for eligible expenditures; and adding a new  
section to K.C.C. chapter 4A.500.  
Sponsors:  
Zahilay and Dembowski  
On 6/10/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 7/9/2025, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass.  
Public Hearing Required  
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Transportation, Economy, and Environment  
Councilmember Quinn  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0176.2  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an agreement with respect to  
the purchase of the landfill gas processing plant located at the Cedar Hills regional landfill.  
Sponsors:  
Quinn  
On 7/1/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 7/15/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Passed Out of  
Committee Without a Recommendation.  
Public Hearing Required  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Item 11  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0148  
11.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Marsha Matsumoto, who resides in council  
district four, to the King County board of ethics.  
Sponsors:  
Barón  
On 7/1/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Government  
Accountability and Oversight Committee.  
On 7/8/2025, the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
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First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0219  
12.  
A MOTION appointing committees to write the voters' pamphlet statements for the November 4,  
2025, election regarding Ordinance 19950 providing for the submission to the qualified electors of  
King County, at special election on November 4, 2025, of a proposition to continue funding for the  
countywide Medic One emergency medical services system by authorizing 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.  
Sponsors:  
Dunn  
SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL TO  
COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0212  
13.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the levy collection of the sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent  
for the delivery of behavioral health services and therapeutic courts authorized by RCW 82.14.460;  
continuing the sales and use tax; adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4A.500, establishing an  
effective date, and establishing an expiration date.  
Sponsors:  
Dembowski  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
This is a dual referral first to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee and then to the  
Regional Policy Committee.  
This is a nonmandatory referral to the Regional Policy Committee under K.C.C. 1.24.065.I as an  
issue that would benefit from interjurisdictional discussion.  
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Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0216  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE related to civil immigration enforcement at facilities contracted with King County;  
amending Ordinance 18665, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.005, and adding a new section  
to K.C.C. chapter 2.15.  
Sponsors:  
Barón  
First Reading and Referral to the Law and Justice Committee  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0170  
15.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Jonathan Deex, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County community advisory committee on law enforcement oversight, as a  
representative from King County sheriff contract cities.  
Sponsors:  
Barón  
First Reading and Referral to the Law and Justice Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0196  
16.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Daisy Wong, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County human and civil rights commission.  
Sponsors:  
Barón  
First Reading and Referral to the Law and Justice Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0199  
17.  
A MOTION accepting the King County Clean Water Healthy Habitat Strategic Plan 2020-2025 in  
accordance with Ordinance 19881, Section 377.  
Sponsors:  
Perry  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
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Proposed Motion No. 2025-0204  
18.  
A MOTION accepting the King County 30-Year Forest Plan in accordance with Ordinance 19881,  
Section 377.  
Sponsors:  
Quinn and Perry  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
19.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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