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Metropolitan King County Council

March 10, 2026 ·1:30 PM Final Without Extra Items

Hybrid Meeting

Agenda — 39 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: 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 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 March 3, 2026
  9. 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
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  11. 11 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
  12. 12 There will be one public hearing on Items 6-9
  13. 13 Consent Items 6-8
  14. 6 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a new lease at an existing location to support the operation of public health - Seattle & King County. 2025-0359 Passed Pass
  15. 7 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of an amended and restated lease to support the operation of public health - Seattle & King County. 2025-0361 Passed Pass
  16. 8 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the manager of treasury operations of King County to cancel the attached list of uncollectible personal property taxes in the amount of $1,218,769 for the years 2018 through 2025. 2026-0024 Passed Pass
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  18. 17 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
  19. 18 Consent Item 9
  20. 18 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
  21. 9 A MOTION confirming the appointment of Stephen Heard as director of the King County department of information technology. 2026-0011 Passed Pass
  22. 20 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
  23. 10 AN ORDINANCE approving South Link Connections Public Transportation Service Changes for King County. 2026-0037 Introduced and Referred
  24. 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 Pavel Aprikian and Louisa Khudaverdian for property located at 17725 SE 102nd Street, Newcastle, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT016. 2026-0041 Introduced and Referred
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  26. 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 Jessica and Nicholas Firsow for property located at 31811 NE 199th Place, Duvall, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT015. 2026-0042 Introduced and Referred
  27. 13 AN ORDINANCE approving an application for current use assessment for public benefit rating system, submitted by Tara Meehan for property located south and abutting 17408 96th Place SW, Vashon, WA 98070, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT027. 2026-0043 Introduced and Referred
  28. 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 Lina Tong for property located at 5617 236th Avenue NE, Redmond, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT034. 2026-0044 Introduced and Referred
  29. 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 Jeff Smith and Clover Bachman for property located at 17317 W Snoqualmie Valley Road NE, Duvall, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT029. 2026-0045 Introduced and Referred
  30. 16 AN ORDINANCE approving an application for current use assessment for public benefit rating system, submitted by Graeme and Lois Laughlin for property located 18802 SE Jones Road, Renton, WA 98058, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT032. 2026-0046 Introduced and Referred
  31. 17 AN ORDINANCE correcting the legal description in Ordinance 19723, which authorized the vacation of a portion of 152nd Ave SE, File V-2745; Petitioners: Micah and Florine Palmer; amending Ordinance 19723, Section 1, and repealing Ordinance 19723, Section 2. 2026-0047 Introduced and Referred
  32. 29 First Reading and Referral of Motions
  33. 18 A MOTION authorizing the department of public health to accept a donation of $233,411 from Virginia Mason Medical Center, to be used for Eastgate Public Health Center operations and services. 2026-0029 Introduced and Referred
  34. 19 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a plan describing the analysis to be completed for the policy questions identified in the Regional Wastewater Services Plan Update scope document as adopted by regional water quality committee resolution 2025-01, prepared in accordance with the 2026-2027 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 20023, Section 115, Proviso P1. 2026-0038 Introduced and Referred
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  36. 20 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
  37. 34 Other Business
  38. 21 Public Employee Relations Commission Notice
  39. 36 Adjournment