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May 5, 2026 ·1:30 PM Final Without Extra Items

Hybrid Meeting

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Agenda — 61 items

  1. 1 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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  3. 3 CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR Webinar ID: 873 0459 1515 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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  5. 1 Call to Order
  6. 2 Roll Call
  7. 3 Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance
  8. 4 Approval of Minutes of April 28, 2026
  9. 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
  10. 6 Special Item
  11. 11 Proclamation of May 2026 as Therapeutic Court Month in King County
  12. 12 Recognition supporting the Iranian community in King County
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  14. 14 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
  15. 15 There will be one public hearing on Items 6-11 and 17-21
  16. 16 Consent Items 7-8
  17. 7 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute an amendment to the Landscape Conservation and Local Infrastructure Program interlocal agreement between the city of Seattle and King County to update the list of open space improvement projects authorized by the program. 2026-0022 Passed Pass
  18. 8 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a lease at an existing location to support the operation of the department of natural resources and parks. 2026-0028 Passed Pass
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  20. 19 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
  21. 20 Budget and Fiscal Management
  22. 9 AN ORDINANCE approving King County's partial participation in the city of Bellevue's Tax Increment Financing project, as authorized in RCW 39.114.020; and specifying conditions on the county's participation. 2026-0082 Passed as Amended Pass
  23. 22 Metropolitan King County Council
  24. 10 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the collective bargaining agreement negotiated by and between King County and the King County Juvenile Detention Guild, representing juvenile detention officers in the juvenile division of the department of adult and juvenile detention; and establishing the effective date of said agreement. 2026-0099 Passed Pass
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  26. 11 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Coalition Labor Agreement negotiated by and between King County and the King County Coalition of Unions representing employees in the department of community and human services, the King County sheriff's office, and the departments of executive services, local services, natural resources and parks, and public health; and establishing the effective date of the agreements. 2026-0102 Passed as Amended Pass
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  28. 26 Hearing Examiner Consent Agenda Items 12-16
  29. 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 Jason Gwerder for property located at 38723 191st Avenue SE, Auburn, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT009. 2026-0030 Passed Pass
  30. 13 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 Monte and Mary Shiley for property located at 37917 170th Avenue SE, Enumclaw, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT012. 2026-0031 Passed Pass
  31. 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 Nils K Anderson Irrevocable Trust for property located at 34430 NE 120nd Way, Carnation, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT017. 2026-0032 Passed Pass
  32. 15 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 Cathryn Baerwald for property located at 7521 Ames Lake Carnation Road NE, Carnation, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT020. 2026-0033 Passed Pass
  33. 16 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 Cheryl Grunbock for property located at 11212 SE Bank Road, Vashon, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT028. 2026-0034 Passed Pass
  34. 32 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
  35. 33 Consent Item 17
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  37. 17 A MOTION relating to the Fish Passage Restoration program, accepting the strategic plan, an updated work plan , and summary of changes made to public-facing materials as required by the 2024 King County Comprehensive Plan, which is Attachment A to Ordinance 19881. 2025-0323 Passed Pass
  38. 35 Committee of the Whole
  39. 35 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
  40. 18 A MOTION approving the extension of the executive's appointment of Megan Pedersen as acting director of the King County department of human resources. 2026-0085 Passed Pass
  41. 38 First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee
  42. 19 A MOTION approving the extension of the executive's appointment of Sandra Valenciano as acting director of the department of public health. 2026-0109 Passed as Amended Pass
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  44. 20 A MOTION approving the extension of the executive's appointment of Susan McLaughlin as acting director of the department of community and human services. 2026-0110 Passed as Amended Pass
  45. 42 SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085
  46. 21 A MOTION relating to the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, requesting the executive to provide a briefing and report on the authority's corrective actions, administrative funding needs, and decision framework regarding the county's continued participation in the Amended and Restated Interlocal Agreement and potential impacts, and steps to protect the county's investment pool. 2026-0112 Passed as Amended Pass
  47. 44 SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085
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  49. 45 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
  50. 22 AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Auburn Water System Plan dated July 2025. 2026-0016 Introduced and Referred
  51. 23 AN ORDINANCE denying the vacation of a portion of 85th Ave S/Third St, V-2767; Petitioners: Denis and Diana Nemeth. 2026-0100 Introduced and Referred
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  53. 24 AN ORDINANCE relating to rates and charges for sewage treatment and disposal; and amending Ordinance 12353, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.670.100, Ordinance 18745, Section 2, as amended, and Ordinance 11398, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.84.055. 2026-0103 Introduced and Referred
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  55. 25 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance and sale of one or more series of sewer revenue bonds and limited tax general obligation bonds (payable from sewer revenues) of the county in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000 to provide funds for acquiring and constructing improvements to the sewer system and to pay the costs of issuing such bonds; authorizing the issuance and sale of one or more series of sewer revenue bonds and limited tax general obligation bonds (payable from sewer revenues) of the county to refund outstanding obligations of the county payable from sewer revenues and to pay the costs of issuing such refunding bonds; pledging sewer revenues to pay the principal of and interest on sewer revenue bonds issued under this ordinance; pledging the annual levy of taxes and an additional pledge of sewer revenues to pay the principal of and interest on limited tax general obligation bonds (payable from sewer revenues) issued under this ordinance; delegating authority to the county's Finance Director to approve the issuance and sale of sewer revenue bonds and limited tax general obligation bonds (payable from sewer revenues) within specified parameters; and providing for the form, terms and covenants of the bonds issued under this ordinance. 2026-0104 Introduced and Referred
  56. 26 AN ORDINANCE relating to the withdrawal of approximately 67 acres of land from the Vashon sewer district. 2026-0113 Introduced and Referred
  57. 27 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
  58. 53 Other Business
  59. 54 Required Notification Pursuant to K.C.C. 4A.100.080
  60. 28 April 21, 2026, Exception Notification Regarding Transfer from the Public Transportation Infrastructure Capital Fund to the Metro Facility Security Improvements Budget - Project Number 1141996.
  61. 56 Adjournment