Metropolitan King County Council

Hybrid Meeting

Agenda — 36 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 August 26, 2025
9. 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
10. 6 Special Item
11. 11 Recognition of the 2024-25 Ruth Woo Fellows: Monica Alfonzo, Zeinab Al-Mohanawy, Priscilla de Andrade, Marissa Maldonado, and Saeed Mahamood
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13. 13 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
14. 14 There will be one public hearing on Items 7 - 9
15. 15 Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
16. 7 AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale of biomethane and related environmental attributes held by the county; authorizing the solid waste division to enter into an agreement for the sale of biomethane and environmental attributes produced at the Cedar Hills regional landfill to Puget Sound Energy. 2025-0236 Passed Pass
17. 17 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
18. 18 Consent Items
19. 8 A MOTION accepting the King County 30-Year Forest Plan in accordance with Ordinance 19881, Section 377. 2025-0204 Passed Pass
20. 9 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a Critical Areas Monitoring and Adaptive Management Program plan, in response to the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 16, Proviso P1. 2025-0205 Passed Pass
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22. 21 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
23. 10 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 Introduced and Referred
24. 22 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
25. 11 AN ORDINANCE relating to prohibiting algorithmic rent fixing; and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title 12. 2025-0267 Introduced and Referred
26. 12 AN ORDINANCE related to doctors office/outpatient clinic uses; and amending Ordinance 19881, Section 162, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.045 and Ordinance 16267, Section 30, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.12.250. 2025-0268 Introduced and Referred
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28. 26 First Reading and Referral of Motions
29. 13 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the third annual report on the second Best Starts for Kids initiative, in accordance with Ordinance 19354. 2025-0217 Introduced and Referred
30. 14 A MOTION approving the 2024 annual mental illness and drug dependency evaluation summary report, in compliance with K.C.C. 4A.500.309. 2025-0237 Introduced and Referred
31. 15 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the summary letter and completion of the online annual report requirement for the Crisis Care Centers Levy, in accordance with Ordinance 19572, Section 7.C.9, and Attachment A to Ordinance 19783, Section VIII.A. 2025-0252 Introduced and Referred
32. 16 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Zain Jinnah, who resides in council district two, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission. 2025-0263 Introduced and Referred
33. 17 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Julie Kang, who resides in council district four, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission. 2025-0264 Introduced and Referred
34. 18 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
35. 33 Other Business
36. 34 Adjournment