Metropolitan King County Council
Hybrid Meeting
Agenda — 37 items
- 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 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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- 1 Call to Order
- 2 Roll Call
- 3 Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance
- 4 Approval of Minutes of April 21, 2026
- 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
- 6 Special Item
- 11 Proclamation of April 2026 as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in King County
- 12 Recognition of the 51st Anniversary of the Khmer Rouge Genocide
- 7 Public Comment
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- 15 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
- 8 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 Deborah Mallery and John Van Wieringen for property located at 26218 SE 464th St, Enumclaw, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT005.
- 9 AN ORDINANCE approving an application for current use assessment for public benefit rating system, submitted by Robert Deppiesse for property located at 29609 Cherry Valley Road NE, Duvall, WA 98019, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT007.
- 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 GROW Inc. for property located at 16034 Greenwood Avenue N, Shoreline, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT019SH.
- 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 GROW Inc. for property located at 4807 SW 54th Street, Seattle, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT021S.
- 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 Peter Schilling for property located at 4447 and 14823 S 148th Street, Tukwila, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT026T.
- 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 Kerry and Sarah Dochow for property located at 31515 NE Tolt Hill Road, Carnation, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT031.
- 14 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.
- 15 AN ORDINANCE relating to the prevention, detection, and response to fraud, waste, and abuse of county-administered moneys, and creating an inspector general division within the office of public complaints; amending Ordinance 13320, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.07.140, Ordinance 13320, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.07.150, Ordinance 1565, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.20.040, Ordinance 18799, Section 9, and K.C.C. 2.20.065, Ordinance 473, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.010, Ordinance 473, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.020, Ordinance 5869, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.030, Ordinance 473, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.080, Ordinance 473, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.090, Ordinance 473, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.100, Ordinance 473, Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.110, Ordinance 473, Section 12, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.120, Ordinance 473, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.130, Ordinance 473, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.140, Ordinance 473, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.150, Ordinance 473, Section 16, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.160, Ordinance 473, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.170, Ordinance 12138, Section 22, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.93.020, Ordinance 12138, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.93.030, Ordinance 12138, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.93.130, Ordinance 12138, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.93.170, Ordinance 9704, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.015, Ordinance 12014, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.017, Ordinance 12014, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.030, Ordinance 9704, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.055, Ordinance 9704, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.057, Ordinance 1321, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.100, Ordinance 9704, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.130, Ordinance 11687, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.020, Ordinance 11687, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.030, Ordinance 11687, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.050, Ordinance 16580, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.055, Ordinance 16580, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.057, and Ordinance 11687, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.060, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 2.52, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.93, repealing Ordinance 473, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.040, and Ordinance 473, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.050, and establishing an effective date.
- 16 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.
- 25 First Reading and Referral of Motions
- 17 A MOTION approving the extension of the executive's appointment of Megan Pedersen as acting director of the King County department of human resources.
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- 18 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Brian Flaherty, who resides in council district nine, to the public defense advisory board, representing the Washington Defender Association.
- 19 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
- 30 Other Business
- 31 Required notification pursuant to K.C.C. 4A.100.080
- 20 April 21, 2026, Exception Notification Regarding Transfer from the Public Transportation Infrastructure Capital Fund to the Metro Facility Security Improvements Budget - Project Number 1141996.
- 33 Added Item 21
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- 34 First Reading and Referral of Motions
- 21 A MOTION relating to the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, providing notice of King County's intent to terminate participation in the authority under the Amended and Restated Interlocal Agreement.
- 36 Adjournment