Metropolitan King County Council
Hybrid Meeting
Agenda — 49 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: 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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- 1 Call to Order
- 2 Roll Call
- 3 Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance
- 4 Approval of Minutes of March 11, 2025
- 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
- 6 Special Item
- 11 Proclamation of the week of March 16-22, 2025, as Transit Appreciation Week in King County
- 12 Recognition of Kregg Jorgenson for service to his community and documenting experiences of soldiers in Vietnam
- 13 County Service Awards
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- 15 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
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- 16 There will be one public hearing on Items 6-8 and 12-13
- 17 Consent Item 7
- 7 AN ORDINANCE approving the King County Consortium Consolidated Plan for 2025-2029.
- 19 Regional Policy
- 8 AN ORDINANCE amending the King County Doors Open Program implementation plan, required by Ordinance 19710, Section 9; amending Ordinance 19868, Section 1, as amended, and repealing Ordinance 19868, Attachment B.
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- 22 Hearing Examiner Consent Agenda Items 9-11
- 9 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 Ernest and Loralynn Antin for property located at 24233 SE 164th Street, Issaquah WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E24CT008.
- 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 Elena Zakharova and Kiril Van Orman for property located at 515 286th Avenue SE, Fall City, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E24CT002.
- 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 Yasuhiro and Dorothy Matsui for property located at 6403 206th Place NE, Redmond, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E24CT007.
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- 27 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
- 27 Passed On The Consent Agenda
- 28 Consent Items 12-13
- 12 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the new pandemic response plan required by Motion 15650.
- 13 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the second annual report on the second Best Starts for Kids initiative, in accordance with Ordinance 19354.
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- 32 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
- 14 AN ORDINANCE relating to privacy rights, limiting the collection of gender information; and amending Ordinance 12550, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.14.030.
- 33 Passed On The Consent Agenda
- 15 AN ORDINANCE relating to the leasing of county real property; and amending Ordinance 12045, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.160 and Ordinance 12045, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.180.
- 16 AN ORDINANCE related to establishing responsibility criteria for contracts for public works, tangible personal property, and services; amending Ordinance 12138, Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.93.120 and Ordinance 12138, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.93.190 and establishing an effective date.
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- 37 First Reading and Referral of Motions
- 17 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Paul Graves, who resides in council district nine, to the Harborview Medical Center board of trustees, as the district nine representative.
- 18 A MOTION adopting the King County 2025 Federal Legislative Priorities.
- 40 Rereferral
- 19 AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale of the surplus property located at 33431 13th Place S., Federal Way, Washington, in council district seven.
- 42 This item is being rereferred to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee.
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- 20 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
- 44 Other Business
- 45 Adjournment