Metropolitan King County Council

Hybrid Meeting

Agenda — 51 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 March 25, 2025
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 6-16
13. 13 Consent Items 6-10
14. 6 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the City of Shoreline to implement a regional program to transfer development rights from lands in unincorporated King County into the city of Shoreline. 2024-0261 Passed Pass
15. 7 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to sign an agreement between King County, a political subdivision of the state of Washington, and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, a regional transit authority organized under the laws of the state of Washington, regarding the operation and maintenance of the portion of the Downtown Redmond Link Extension that is within King County property. 2025-0010 Passed Pass
16. 8 AN ORDINANCE relating to the annexation of approximately 1.1 acres of land into the Northeast Sammamish sewer and water district, known as the Parklane Annexation, for the purpose of sewer service. 2025-0038 Passed Pass
17. 9 AN ORDINANCE relating to retail establishments; changing the effective date of the requirement that retailers in unincorporated King County, unless otherwise exempted, must accept payment in cash; and amending Ordinance 19639, Section 6. 2025-0071 Passed Pass
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19. 10 AN ORDINANCE relating to the Lower Duwamish Waterway cleanup and authorizing the King County executive to sign and fulfill the obligations in the Consent Decree with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington state Department of Ecology and the associated multiparty Settlements to govern the cleanup of sediment contamination at the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site and address King County and other parties' roles, contributions, and obligations for cleanup. 2025-0084 Passed Pass
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21. 20 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
22. 20 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
23. 21 Consent Items 11-12
24. 11 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Alissa Campbell, who works in council district eight, to the King County solid waste advisory committee, as a representative from the waste management industry. 2025-0059 Passed Pass
25. 12 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Laura Mork, councilmember, city of Shoreline, who resides in council district one, to the King County solid waste advisory committee, filling the local elected public official position. 2025-0060 Passed Pass
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27. 25 Committee of the Whole
28. 13 A MOTION adopting the King County 2025 Federal Legislative Priorities. 2025-0088 Deferred
29. 26 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
30. 27 First Reading and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee
31. 14 A MOTION appointing an acting King County executive. 2025-0110 Passed Pass
32. 29 SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085
33. 30 Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 15-16
34. 15 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Meenakshi Natarajan, who resides in council district one, to the King County children and youth advisory board. 2025-0096 Passed Pass
35. 16 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Jasmine Fry, who resides in council district three, to the King County children and youth advisory board. 2025-0104 Passed Pass
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37. 34 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
38. 17 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of an amendment to an existing lease to support the operation of the King County sheriff's office. 2025-0094 Introduced and Referred
39. 18 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county executive to renew an interlocal agreement between King County and the cities of Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, and SeaTac for stormwater education in the Highline Public School District. 2025-0106 Introduced and Referred
40. 36 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
41. 19 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Metro transit department to file applications with the Federal Transit Administration, an operating administration of the United States Department of Transportation, for federal transportation assistance authorized by 49 U.S.C. chapter 53, Title 23 U.S.C., and other federal statutes administered by the Federal Transit Administration; and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title 28. 2025-0109 Introduced and Referred
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43. 39 First Reading and Referral of Motions
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45. 20 A MOTION confirming the county executive's appointment of Carol Williams to the King Conservation District, as a representative of an organization that specifically promotes equity and social justice. 2025-0105 Introduced and Referred
46. 21 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Neal Black, who works in council district six, to the King County Housing Authority board of commissioners. 2025-0107 Introduced and Referred
47. 22 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
48. 43 Other Business
49. 23 Capital Project Notice to Release Moneys Withheld by Proviso Per Ordinance 19712, Section 89, ER2 and P3.
50. 45 Adjournment
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