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September 23, 2025 ·1:30 PM Final Without Extra Items

Hybrid Meeting

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Agenda — 73 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: 890 5838 1493 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 September 16, 2025
  9. 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
  10. 6 Special Item
  11. 11 County Executive Shannon Braddock presents the Budget Address
  12. 12 Proclamation of September 2025 as National Service Dog Month in King County
  13. 13 Proclamation of September 29 to October 5, 2025, as Week Without Driving in King County
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  15. 7 Public Comment
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  17. 16 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
  18. 17 There will be one public hearing on Items 6-30
  19. 18 Consent Items 8-12
  20. 8 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute interlocal agreements with school districts for continued collection of school impact fees. 2025-0171 Passed Pass
  21. 9 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to enter into interlocal agreements for salmon conservation efforts in the Snoqualmie and South Fork Skykomish Watershed within Water Resource Inventory Area 7, the Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed also known as Water Resource Inventory Area 8, and the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed also known as Water Resource Inventory Area 9. 2025-0208 Passed Pass
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  23. 10 AN ORDINANCE revising the corporate boundary of the city of Enumclaw to include the unincorporated portions of Southeast 440th Street right-of-way as provided for in RCW 35A.21.210. 2025-0221 Passed Pass
  24. 11 AN ORDINANCE revising the corporate boundary of the city of Snoqualmie to include the unincorporated portion of 384th Avenue Southeast right-of-way as provided for in RCW 35A.21.210. 2025-0222 Passed Pass
  25. 12 AN ORDINANCE approving the grant funding allocation for projects funded through the 2020-2025 parks, recreation, trails, and open space levy grant program in accordance with Ordinance 18890, Motion 15378, Ordinance 19166, and the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 95. 2025-0229 Passed Pass
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  27. 26 Budget and Fiscal Management
  28. 26 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
  29. 13 AN ORDINANCE relating to the levy collection of the sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent for the delivery of behavioral health services and therapeutic courts authorized by RCW 82.14.460; continuing the sales and use tax; adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4A.500, establishing an effective date, and establishing an expiration date. 2025-0212 Passed Pass
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  31. 28 On 9/10/2025, the Regional Policy Committee examined and commented.
  32. 14 AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 19862, enacted December 2, 2024, which authorized the issuance of limited tax general obligation bonds of the county; and amending Ordinance 19862, Section 1, as amended, Section 2, as amended, Section 4, as amended, Section 13, as amended, Section 17, as amended, and Section 19, as amended, and repealing Ordinance 19954, Attachment B. 2025-0249 Deferred
  33. 15 AN ORDINANCE relating to the Broadway Facility appropriation; making a supplemental appropriation of $41,568,000 to the Broadway Facility fund; and amending the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Sections 96 and 96, as amended, and adding a new section to Ordinance 19861. 2025-0250 Deferred
  34. 16 AN ORDINANCE establishing the Broadway Facility fund; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4A.200. 2025-0251 Deferred
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  36. 33 Government Accountability and Oversight
  37. 17 AN ORDINANCE relating to antidiscrimination text and making technical corrections, amending Ordinance 18665, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.005, Ordinance 16692, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.010, Ordinance 17706, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.020, Ordinance 19963, Section 2, and K.C.C. 2.15.XXX, Ordinance 12014, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.180, Ordinance 18757, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12D.010, Ordinance 18757, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12D.020, Ordinance 10159, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 6.27A.120, Ordinance 14509, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 7.01.010, Ordinance 11992, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.16.010, Ordinance 11992, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.16.020, Ordinance 11992, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.16.050, Ordinance 11992, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.16.070, Ordinance 10849, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.16.125, Ordinance 13981, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.17.002, Ordinance 13981, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.17.010, Ordinance 7430, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.010, Ordinance 7430, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.020, Ordinance 5280, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.010, Ordinance 5280, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.020, Ordinance 5280, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.040, Ordinance 5280, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.050, Ordinance 5280, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.060, Ordinance 5280, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.130, Ordinance 8625, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.22.010, Ordinance 8625, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.22.020, Ordinance 8625, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.22.030, Ordinance 8034, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 22.16.030, and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 3.12D. 2025-0018 Passed Pass
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  39. 36 Health, Housing, and Human Services
  40. 18 AN ORDINANCE relating to contract management and compliance monitoring protocols for the department of community and human services; and amending Ordinance 11955, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.130. 2025-0266 Passed as Amended Pass
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  42. 19 AN ORDINANCE relating to prohibiting algorithmic rent fixing; and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title 12. 2025-0267 Passed as Amended Pass
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  44. 20 AN ORDINANCE relating to the levy collection of the sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent for the delivery of behavioral health services and therapeutic courts authorized by RCW 82.14.460; continuing the sales and use tax; adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4A.500, establishing an effective date, and establishing an expiration date. 2025-0278 Referred
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  46. 42 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
  47. 43 Consent Items 21-29
  48. 21 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Peter Lewis, who resides in council district seven, to the King County veterans advisory board. 2025-0145 Passed Pass
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  50. 22 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Jesse Anderson, who works in council district eight, to the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network operator board of directors, as King County's primary representative. 2025-0150 Passed Pass
  51. 23 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Ian Huri, who works in council district eight, to the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network operator board of directors, as an alternate for the King County representative. 2025-0151 Passed Pass
  52. 24 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Brian Berry, who resides in council district one, to the King County veterans advisory board. 2025-0156 Passed Pass
  53. 25 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Preston Anderson, who resides in council district eight, to the King County veterans, seniors and human services levy advisory board's veterans committee, as the district eight representative. 2025-0184 Passed Pass
  54. 26 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Juanita Pettersen, who resides in council district three, to the King County veterans advisory board. 2025-0198 Passed Pass
  55. 27 A MOTION accepting the King County Clean Water Healthy Habitat Strategic Plan 2020-2025 in accordance with Ordinance 19881, Section 377. 2025-0199 Passed Pass
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  57. 28 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Douglas Hollingsworth, who resides in council district eight, to the King County veterans advisory board. 2025-0200 Passed Pass
  58. 29 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report on streamlining food business permitting process, in accordance with the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 104, Proviso P1. 2025-0209 Passed Pass
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  60. 30 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of an independent monitoring report on the confinement of juveniles in county detention facilities as required by the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 54, Proviso P3. 2025-0206 Passed as Amended Pass
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  62. 56 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
  63. 31 AN ORDINANCE regarding membership on the King County board of health; and amending Ordinance 19418, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.35.021, Ordinance 19418, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.35.022, Ordinance 19418, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.35.024, and Ordinance 19418, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.35.026. 2025-0284 Introduced and Referred
  64. 32 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the updated 2025-2030 King County Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan, as approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 2025-0285 Introduced and Referred
  65. 58 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
  66. 59 First Reading and Referral of Motions
  67. 33 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Aliye Aliye, who resides in council district seven, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission. 2025-0262 Introduced and Referred
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  69. 34 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Kazia Mermel, who resides in council district two, to the King County waterworks grant ranking committee, as the metropolitan water pollution abatement advisory committee, city of Seattle representative. 2025-0281 Introduced and Referred
  70. 35 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
  71. 64 Other Business
  72. 65 Adjournment
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