1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
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 Barón, Rod Dembowski,  
Teresa Mosqueda, Pete von Reichbauer  
11:00 AM  
Tuesday, January 21, 2025  
SPECIAL MEETING  
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  
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ability to be unmuted to speak.  
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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  
manage the callers and use one of the options below (Live Streaming or King County TV  
Channel 22).  
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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 Balducci  
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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 4-7 and 9  
First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0022  
4.  
A MOTION making an appointment to fill the vacancy in the position of state Representative for the  
41st Legislative District.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL  
TO  
COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0023  
5.  
A MOTION making an appointment to fill the vacancy in the position of state Senator for the 34th  
Legislative District.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL  
TO  
COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0024  
6.  
A MOTION making an appointment to fill the vacancy in the position of state Representative for the  
34th Legislative District.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL  
TO  
COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085  
Budget and Fiscal Management  
Councilmember Zahilay  
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Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0402.2  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special  
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:  
On 12/10/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 1/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 1/8/2025, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute.  
On 1/8/2025, the Regional Policy Committee Recommended Do Pass.  
Public Hearing Required  
Hearing Examiner Consent Agenda Item 8  
Councilmember Dembowski  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0280.2  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of 104th Ave SW/Summit Ave and a portion of  
105th Ave SW/Bluff Ave, V-2760; Petitioner: Andrew Tristani.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 9/17/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing  
Examiner.  
On 1/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
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Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 9  
Councilmember Dunn  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0013  
9.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Sam Rapoport, who resides in council district  
two, to the King County conservation futures advisory committee, as a council at-large representative.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0012  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a lease amendment to support the operation of natural  
resources and parks.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0017  
11.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated by and  
between King County and the King County Sheriff's Office Marshals' Guild, representing employees in  
the Marshals job classification in the King County sheriff's office, the Arbitrator's award, and the Police  
Officers Bill of Rights; and establishing the effective date of said agreement and award.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Metropolitan King County Council  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0407  
12.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Amy Calderwood, who resides in council district  
four, to the King County board of ethics.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0415  
13.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Meron Girma, who resides in council district four,  
to the King County immigrant and refugee commission.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0020  
14.  
A MOTION relating to public transportation, requesting the executive to fully engage on a regional task  
force on transit safety and security to address public safety in the communities in which the King  
County Metro transit department operates.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Reintroductions of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2022-0301  
15.  
AN ORDINANCE determining the Shoreline Park and Recreation District is inactive under state law  
and it is in the public interest to dissolve the Shoreline Park and Recreation District.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
On 7/26/2022, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 8/23/2022, the Metropolitan King County Council Referred to Local Services and Land Use  
Committee.  
On 1/24/2023, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 1/16/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Hearing held/closed and deferred.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0252  
16.  
AN ORDINANCE approving the Valley View Sewer District 2023 General Sewer Plan dated February  
21, 2023.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
On 9/10/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
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Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0261  
17.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the  
City of Shoreline to implement a regional program to transfer development rights from lands in  
unincorporated King County into the city of Shoreline.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
On 8/27/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0262  
18.  
AN ORDINANCE related to expanding eligible uses of transfer of development rights bank amenity  
funding; and amending Ordinance 13733, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.37.150.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
On 8/27/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0281  
19.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute an extension from ten to twenty years for a  
service agreement approved under Ordinance 18472, for the purchase of renewable electricity with  
Puget Sound Energy.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
On 11/12/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
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Reintroductions of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0008  
20.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the new pandemic response plan required by Motion 15650.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
On 1/16/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 6/11/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Re-referred to Health and Human Services  
Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0056  
21.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Gracie McDanold, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
On 7/9/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health and Human  
Services Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0225  
22.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the 2023 health through housing annual report, in accordance with  
K.C.C. chapter 24.30.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
On 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Regional Policy  
Committee.  
On 1/8/2025, the Regional Policy Committee Recommended Do Pass.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0243  
23.  
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:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
On 11/5/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Regional Policy  
Committee.  
On 1/8/2025, the Regional Policy Committee Recommended Do Pass.  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0330  
24.  
25.  
26.  
27.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Maria Langbauer, who resides in council district  
eight, to the King County women's advisory board, as the district eight representative.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
On 11/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health and  
Human Services Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0335  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Shawn Armour, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County children and youth advisory board, as an at-large representative.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
On 11/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health and  
Human Services Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0336  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Merob Kebede, who resides in council district  
six, to the King County children and youth advisory board, as the youth representative.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
On 10/15/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health and  
Human Services Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0337  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Kristina Brown, who resides in council district  
three, to the King County children and youth advisory board, as an at-large representative.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
On 10/22/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health and  
Human Services Committee.  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0339  
28.  
29.  
30.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Angela Phan, who resides in council district six,  
to the King County children and youth advisory board, as an at-large representative.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
On 10/15/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health and  
Human Services Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0358  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Daniel Kim, who resides in council district seven,  
to the King County conservation futures advisory committee, as a council at-large representative.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
On 11/5/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0362  
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:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
On 11/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0363  
31.  
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:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
On 11/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0378  
32.  
33.  
34.  
35.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Richard Anderson, who resides in council district  
three, to the King County landmarks commission, representing a professional historian.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
On 11/12/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of  
the Whole.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0380  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Laura Murphy, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County landmarks commission, representing a professional archaeologist.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
On 11/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of  
the Whole.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0381  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the food waste recycling alternatives analysis report as required  
by the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 129, Proviso P1.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
On 11/12/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0407  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Amy Calderwood, who resides in council district  
four, to the King County board of ethics.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0415  
36.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Meron Girma, who resides in council district four,  
to the King County immigrant and refugee commission.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0388  
37.  
A MOTION confirming the appointment of Bethany Fackrell to the King County cultural development  
authority (4Culture) board.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
On 11/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of  
the Whole.  
38.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Proclamation/Recognition Presented in the Community  
Proclamation of January 2025 as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Month in King County  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Adjournment  
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