Metropolitan King County Council
Hybrid Meeting
Agenda — 54 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: 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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- 1 Call to Order
- 2 Roll Call
- 3 Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance
- 4 Approval of Minutes of May 6, 2025
- 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
- 6 Special Item
- 11 Proclamation of May 2025 as Therapeutic Court Month in King County
- 12 Proclamation of May 2025 as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Month in King County
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- 14 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
- 15 There will be one public hearing on Items 6-9, 16-17, and 25
- 16 Consent Items 7 and 8
- 7 AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale of the surplus property located at Cedar Falls Rd SE, North Bend, Washington, in council district three.
- 8 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of an amendment to an existing lease to support the operation of the King County sheriff's office.
- 19 Metropolitan King County Council
- 19 Passed On The Consent Agenda
- 9 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated by and between King County and the International Association of Fire Fighters, representing employees in the paramedic, paramedic-in-training, and supervisor job classifications in the department of public health's paramedic locations; and establishing the effective date of said agreement.
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- 21 Hearing Examiner Consent Agenda Items 10-15
- 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 TN-747-ANSNS-GNRRN Trust for property located at 5045 Forest Avenue SE, Mercer Island, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E24CT005MI.
- 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 Thomas and Barbara Koch for property located at 22834 196th Avenue SE, Renton, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E24CT012.
- 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 Yury and Allison Kit for property located at 18831 SE 114th Place, Issaquah, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E24CT015.
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- 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 Jason Fiorito for property located at 34349 SE 39th Place, Fall City, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E24CT016.
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- 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 Lee and Melinda Turnbull for property located at north and abutting 21007 Monument Road SW, Vashon, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E24CT017.
- 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 William and Kerri Grace for property located at 19314 Beall Road SW, Vashon, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E24CT018.
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- 30 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
- 31 Consent Item 16
- 16 A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; and amending Motion 15998, Section I, as amended, and OR 3-120.
- 32 Passed On The Consent Agenda
- 33 Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 17
- 17 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of John Purvis, who resides in council district five, to the Museum of Flight Authority board of directors, filling a position nominated by the Museum of Flight Foundation Board.
- 35 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
- 18 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.
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- 19 AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale of the property, the Village at Overlake Station, located at 2578 152nd Ave NE, Redmond, Washington, in council district six.
- 20 AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Enumclaw 2016 Comprehensive General Sewer Plan with Amendments 1-3.
- 21 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance and sale of one or more series of junior lien sewer revenue bonds and multi-modal limited tax general obligation bonds (payable from sewer revenues) of the county in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,200,000,000 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 junior lien sewer revenue refunding bonds and multi-modal limited tax general obligation refunding 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; reauthorizing the county’s existing commercial paper notes issued for sewer system purposes, in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000,000 outstanding at any time; pledging sewer revenues to pay the principal of and interest on junior lien 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 multi-modal 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 junior lien sewer revenue bonds and multi-modal limited tax general obligation bonds (payable from sewer revenues) within specified parameters, to remarket and authorize the conversion of the interest rate mode of the bonds, to select one or more remarketing agents and/or commercial paper dealers and enter into, amend, extend or replace mode agreements, dealer agreements, credit enhancements, liquidity facilities, and related documents, as applicable; providing for the form, terms and covenants of the bonds issued under this ordinance; and provided for other matters relating thereto.
- 40 First Reading and Referral of Motions
- 22 A MOTION approving the extension of the executive's appointment of Stephen Heard as acting director of the King County department of information technology.
- 23 A MOTION reaffirming King County's commitment to reproductive rights in response to state and federal cuts.
- 24 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
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- 44 Other Business
- 45 Proclamation/Recognition Presented in the Community
- 25 Proclaiming May 12-16, 2025, as Affordable Housing Week in King County
- 47 Adjournment
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