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Meeting Minutes  
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, Pete von Reichbauer  
11:00 AM  
Tuesday, January 21, 2025  
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Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
January 21, 2025  
1.  
Call to Order  
The meeting was called to order at 11:06 a.m.  
The Chair recessed the meeting at 12:56 p.m.  
The Chair reconvened the meeting at 1:35 p.m.  
2.  
3.  
Roll Call  
8 -  
Present:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, von Reichbauer and  
Zahilay  
Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance  
Councilmember Balducci led the flag salute and Pledge of Allegiance.  
Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from  
Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of  
Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining  
Metropolitan King County Council  
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There will be one public hearing on Items 4-7 and 9  
The following people spoke:  
Margaret Mullin  
Alex Tsimerman  
David Hamilton  
Saghar Amini  
Suzanne Skone  
Steve Kasner  
Carolyn Boatsman  
MirMattia Ottaviani  
Graham Murphy  
Peter Kuel  
Manuela Slye  
Jordan Crawley  
Sid Gupta  
Milo Stuart  
Sterling Harders  
Kathleen Fiander  
Brandon Bothwell  
Erin Sloane  
James W. Lovell  
Jagan Nemani  
Roisin O'Farrell  
Holly Heitsch  
Billy Hetherington  
Beth Bazley  
Summer Stinson  
Mark Watson  
Keith Weir  
Paul Neil  
Noa Feinberg  
Danielle Alvarado  
Zak Nelson  
Christopher Randels  
Archana Verma  
Steve Kovac  
Kyra Lise  
Don Jaren  
Russell McRoy  
Rohana Joshi  
Seferiana Day  
Debbie Lacy  
Nickhath Sheriff  
Mr. Sheriff  
Karen McKnight  
Craig Reynolds  
Gloria Hatvher-Mays  
Nishat I.  
Graciela Lagraba  
Aaron T. Sherman  
Rachael Meyers  
Dr. Julie Pham  
Xandra Chateaubriand  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Lalita Uppala  
Meeting Minutes  
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Roxanne Thayer  
Sameth Mell  
Kerry Bosworth  
Josie Regan  
Nancy Kick  
Bunny Hatcher  
Aretha Basu  
Kenny & Deborah Austin  
Beth Lindsay  
Cydney Moore  
Carmen Rivera  
Stephanie Gruss  
Dina Equbazgi  
Nicole Keenan  
Paula Harper Christensen  
Corey Dahl  
Jane Aras  
Kunjan Kapoor  
Tulika Dugar  
Vy N.  
Sonja Ross  
Michael Byun  
Aryan Parvatkar  
Collin Jergens  
Charlotte Kayne-Amoureaux  
Zach Wurtz  
First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral  
to Committee  
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January 21, 2025  
4.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0022  
A MOTION making an appointment to fill the vacancy in the position of state Representative for the 41st  
Legislative District.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16728.  
Councilmember Perry made a motion to suspend the rules to take action without  
referral to committee pursuant to K.C.C. 1.24.085. The motion carried.  
Janice Zahn made remarks and answered questions.  
Pam Stuart made remarks and answered questions.  
Ted Weinberg made remarks and answered questions.  
At 3:12 p.m., the Chair announced the meeting would go into Executive Session as  
allowed by RCW 42.30.110(1)(h), to evaluate the qualifications for appointment to  
elective office, for approximately 10 minutes, until 3:22 p.m.  
The Chair extended the Executive Session for approximately 5 minutes, until 3:27 p.m.  
The Chair reconvened the meeting at 3:27 p.m.  
Councilmember Balducci made and oral amendment to insert "Janice Zahn" on Line  
16. The motion carried.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. A motion was made by  
Councilmember Perry that this Motion be Passed as Amended. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
8 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, von Reichbauer,  
and Zahilay  
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January 21, 2025  
5.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0023  
A MOTION making an appointment to fill the vacancy in the position of state Senator for the 34th  
Legislative District.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16727.  
Councilmember Perry made a motion to suspend the rules to take action without  
referral to committee pursuant to K.C.C. 1.24.085. The motion carried.  
Emily Alvarado made remarks and answered questions.  
Jordan Crawley made remarks and answered questions.  
Drew Estep made remarks and answered questions.  
Councilmember Mosqueda made and oral amendment to insert "Emily Alvarado" on  
Line 16. The motion carried.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. A motion was made by  
Councilmember Perry that this Motion be Passed as Amended. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
8 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, von Reichbauer,  
and Zahilay  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
January 21, 2025  
6.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0024  
A MOTION making an appointment to fill the vacancy in the position of state Representative for the 34th  
Legislative District.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16729.  
Councilmember Perry made a motion to suspend the rules to take action without  
referral to committee pursuant to K.C.C. 1.24.085. The motion carried.  
Gina Topp made remarks and answered questions.  
Brianna Thomas made remarks and answered questions.  
Sarah Moore made remarks and answered questions.  
At 4:25 p.m., the Chair announced the meeting would go into Executive Session as  
allowed by RCW 42.30.110(1)(h), to evaluate the qualifications for appointment to  
elective office, for approximately 15 minutes, until 4:40 p.m.  
The Chair extended the Executive Session for approximately 5 minutes, until 4:45 p.m.  
The Chair extended the Executive Session for approximately 5 minutes, until 4:50 p.m.  
The Chair reconvened the meeting at 4:51 p.m.  
The Chair recessed the meeting at 4:51 p.m for approximately 5 minutes, until 4:56  
p.m.  
The Chair reconvened the meeting at 4:57 p.m.  
Councilmember Mosqueda made and oral amendment to insert "Brianna Thomas" on  
Line 17. The motion carried.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. A motion was made by  
Councilmember Perry that this Motion be Passed as Amended. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
8 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, von Reichbauer,  
and Zahilay  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
January 21, 2025  
Budget and Fiscal Management  
7.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0402.2  
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:  
The enacted number is 19884.  
Sam Porter, Council Staff, briefed the Council and answered questions.  
Mike Leahy, Manager, King County Regional AFIS Program, made remarks.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. A motion was made by  
Councilmember Dembowski that this Ordinance be Passed. The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
8 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, von Reichbauer,  
and Zahilay  
Hearing Examiner Consent Agenda Item 8  
8.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0280.2  
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:  
The enacted number is 19885.  
A motion was made by Councilmember Dembowski that this Ordinance be  
Passed on the Consent Agenda. The motion carried by the following vote:  
8 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, von Reichbauer,  
and Zahilay  
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January 21, 2025  
Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 9  
9.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0013  
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:  
The enacted number is 16730.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. A motion was made by  
Councilmember Perry that this Motion be Passed on the Consent Agenda. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
8 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, von Reichbauer,  
and Zahilay  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
10.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0012  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a lease amendment to support the operation of natural  
resources and parks.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
11.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0017  
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:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Metropolitan King  
County Council.  
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January 21, 2025  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
12.  
13.  
14.  
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:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Government  
Accountability and Oversight Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0415  
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:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Committee of the  
Whole.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0020  
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  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Committee of the  
Whole.  
Reintroductions of Ordinances  
15.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2022-0301  
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  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0252  
Sponsors:  
16.  
AN ORDINANCE approving the Valley View Sewer District 2023 General Sewer Plan dated February 21,  
2023.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
January 21, 2025  
17.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0261  
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  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0262  
Sponsors:  
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  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0281  
Sponsors:  
19.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute a new, longer term service agreement with Puget  
Sound Energy for the purchase of renewable energy, replacing the existing service agreement approved  
under Ordinance 18472.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Reintroductions of Motions  
20.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0008  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the new pandemic response plan required by Motion 15650.  
Balducci  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0056  
Sponsors:  
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:  
This matter was Reintroduced  
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January 21, 2025  
22.  
23.  
24.  
25.  
26.  
27.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0225  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the 2023 health through housing annual report, in accordance with  
K.C.C. chapter 24.30.  
Balducci  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0243  
Sponsors:  
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  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0330  
Sponsors:  
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  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0335  
Sponsors:  
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  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0336  
Sponsors:  
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  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0337  
Sponsors:  
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:  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
January 21, 2025  
28.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0339  
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:  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
January 21, 2025  
29.  
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  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0362  
Sponsors:  
30.  
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  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0363  
Sponsors:  
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  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0378  
Sponsors:  
32.  
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  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0380  
Sponsors:  
33.  
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:  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
January 21, 2025  
34.  
35.  
36.  
37.  
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  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0407  
Sponsors:  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Amy Calderwood, who resides in council district  
four, to the King County board of ethics.  
Barón  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0415  
Sponsors:  
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  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0388  
Sponsors:  
A MOTION confirming the appointment of Bethany Fackrell to the King County cultural development  
authority (4Culture) board.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
This matter was Reintroduced  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
January 21, 2025  
38.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
No reports were given.  
Other Business  
Proclamation/Recognition Presented in the Community  
Proclamation of January 2025 as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Month in  
King County  
Chair Zahilay announced that the Proclamation of has been officially acknowledged  
and presented in the community.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned in honor of Dave Asher at 5:19 p.m.