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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, June 11, 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 https://zoom.us/, and entering the Webinar ID below.  
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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  
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1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance  
Councilmember Upthegrove  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of June 4, 2024  
Councilmember Zahilay  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Awards  
Council Districts 2, 7, 8, 9  
State of the County  
Executive Dow 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 7-8 and 15-16  
Consent Items 7-8  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0157.2  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to personal and demographic information obtained, maintained, and shared  
by county agents and employees; and amending Ordinance 16692, Section 2, as amended, and  
K.C.C. 2.15.010.  
Dembowski, Mosqueda, Zahilay, Balducci, Perry and Barón  
Sponsors:  
On 5/7/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 5/28/2024, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Substitute Consent.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0163  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the annexation of approximately 0.49 acres of land into the Covington  
Water District, known as the Schneider Annexation, for the purpose of water service.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
On 5/14/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 6/5/2024, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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Hearing Examiner Consent Agenda - Items 9-14  
Councilmember Dembowski  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0084.2  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to  
conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space  
submitted by Daniel Klein and David Pfeiffer for property located at 13916 SW Caster Road, Vashon,  
WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no.  
E23CT010.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 3/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing  
Examiner.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0085.2  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to  
conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space  
submitted by Neil and Janice Currie for property located at 19617 SE 272 Street, Kent, WA,  
designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no.  
E23CT011.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 3/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing  
Examiner.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0086.2  
11.  
AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to  
conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space  
submitted by Lynn Davison and Judith Clegg for property located at 1620 Old Mill Road SW, Vashon,  
WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no.  
E23CT008.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 3/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing  
Examiner.  
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Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0088.2  
12.  
AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to  
conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space  
submitted by Katherine and Brian McGill for property located at 38421 236th Avenue SE, Enumclaw,  
WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no.  
E23CT018.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 3/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing  
Examiner.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0089.2  
13.  
AN ORDINANCE approving an application for current use assessment for either public benefit rating  
system or timber land, or both, submitted by Allen and Bonnie de Steiguer for property located at  
17615 McLean Road SW, Vashon, WA 98070, designated department of natural resources and parks,  
water and land resources division file no. E23CT014.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 3/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing  
Examiner.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0091.2  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to  
conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space  
submitted by Laurie Geissinger for property located at 13209 SW Reddings Beach Road, Vashon,  
WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no.  
E23CT024.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 3/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing  
Examiner.  
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Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Items 15-16  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0009  
15.  
A MOTION approving the Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Inclusion Strategy Update Report  
from the King County Executive in relation to the King County gender identity and sexual orientation  
inclusion task force.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 1/16/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 5/28/2024, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0151  
16.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Robyn Austin, who resides in council district  
four, to the King County emergency management advisory committee, as a representative from the  
King County Metro transit department.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
On 5/21/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 6/5/2024, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0191  
17.  
AN ORDINANCE making a net supplemental appropriation of $26,675,000 to various general fund  
agencies, a net supplemental appropriation of $119,996,000 to various non-general fund agencies and  
a net supplemental appropriation of $25,659,772 from various capital fund budgets; and amending the  
2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Sections 16, 19, 21, 21, 30, 30, 31, 33, 34,  
35, 39, 41, 42, 42, 45, 48, 50, 53, 53, 61, 65, 72, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 96, 102, 106, 109, 115, 119,  
121, 121, 122, and 129, as amended, and Attachment A, as amended, and adding new sections to  
Ordinance 19546.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0202  
18.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to river and floodplain management, adopting the 2024 King County Flood  
Management Plan, and amending Ordinance 11955, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.045,  
Ordinance 9163, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.04.020, Ordinance 9163, Section 5, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 9.04.050, Ordinance 1709, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 13.24.060,  
Ordinance 15053, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.82.051, Ordinance 17270, Section 2, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 18.25.010, Ordinance 11112, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.480,  
Ordinance 19146, Section 66, and K.C.C. 21A.23.020, Ordinance 15051, Section 137, as amended,  
and K.C.C. 21A.24.045, Ordinance, 19128, Section 20, and K.C.C. 21A.24.226, Ordinance, 16267,  
Section 59, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.24.381, Ordinance, 16985, Section 39, as amended, and  
K.C.C. 21A.25.160, and Ordinance 3688, Section 414.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0192  
19.  
A MOTION related to public transportation, approving the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan 2024,  
in accordance with the Federal Transit Administration's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan  
regulations and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0199  
20.  
A MOTION expressing the request of the King County council to the King County executive to  
temporarily halt efforts to remove immigrant asylum seekers from King County-owned property pending  
development of humane and just relocation policies and practices and to provide time to deploy and  
activate resources to respond to asylee needs.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Metropolitan King County Council  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0201  
21.  
A MOTION approving the extension of the executive's appointment of Danielle de Clercq as acting  
director of the King County department of local services.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Rereferrals of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0008  
22.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the new pandemic response plan required by Motion 15650.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 1/16/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
This item is being rereferred to the Health and Human Services Committee.  
23.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Letter to the Department of Health  
24.  
Department of Health Trauma Designation letter  
Adjournment  
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