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February 25, 2025 ·1:30 PM Final Without Extra Items ·REVISED AGENDA - ADDED ITEMS 17-18

Hybrid Meeting

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Agenda — 46 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 February 18, 2025
  9. 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
  10. 6 Public Comment
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  12. 12 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
  13. 13 There will be one public hearing on Items 6-10
  14. 14 Consent Item 7
  15. 7 AN ORDINANCE adopting the revision of voting precincts of King County for the year 2025. 2025-0048 Passed
  16. 7 AN ORDINANCE adopting the revision of voting precincts of King County for the year 2025. 2025-0048 Passed Pass
  17. 16 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
  18. 17 Consent Item 8
  19. 8 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Velma Veloria, who resides in council district two, to the King County International Airport roundtable, as the Beacon Hill community representative. 2024-0382
  20. 8 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Velma Veloria, who resides in council district two, to the King County International Airport roundtable, as the Beacon Hill community representative. 2024-0382 Passed Pass
  21. 19 Committee of the Whole
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  23. 9 A MOTION appointing a qualified person to a vacant position on the fire district No. 47 board of commissioners. 2025-0072 Passed Pass
  24. 21 CONTINGENT ON COMMITTEE ACTION SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND RULE 9G TO TAKE ACTION
  25. 22 Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 10
  26. 10 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Carol Goertzel, who resides in council district eight, to the King County children and youth advisory board. 2025-0026
  27. 10 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Carol Goertzel, who resides in council district eight, to the King County children and youth advisory board. 2025-0026 Passed Pass
  28. 24 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
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  30. 11 AN ORDINANCE relating to records management, requiring the retention of public records created on county instant messaging platforms; adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.12 and establishing an effective date. 2025-0076 Introduced and Referred
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  32. 12 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting two memoranda of agreement negotiated by and between King County and the Juvenile Division Supervisors bargaining unit, representing supervisors in the juvenile division of the department of adult and juvenile detention and establishing the effective date of the agreements. 2025-0078 Introduced and Referred
  33. 13 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting two memoranda of agreement negotiated by and between King County and the Juvenile Division Supervisors bargaining unit, representing supervisors in the juvenile division of the department of adult and juvenile detention and establishing the effective date of the agreements. 2025-0079 Introduced and Referred
  34. 29 First Reading and Referral of Motions
  35. 14 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Asia Tail, who resides in council district five, to the King County cultural development authority (4Culture), as an executive at-large representative. 2025-0074 Introduced and Referred
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  37. 15 A MOTION related to a property tax levy for 2026 through 2031 for the purpose of: maintaining and operating King County's open space system; improving parks, recreation, access, and mobility in King County by acquiring lands and continuing to develop and support parks, recreation facilities, and regional trails; improving parks and trails in and acquiring lands by metropolitan parks districts, towns, and cities in King County; funding environmental education, maintenance, and conservation programs at the Woodland Park Zoo; funding environmental education, maintenance and conservation programs at the Seattle Aquarium; funding environmental and climate stewardship and education at Pacific Science Center; funding development, maintenance, and programming for Seattle's Waterfront park; funding a capital project at Memorial Stadium; and funding for capital improvements at public pools, for all King County residents. 2025-0077 Introduced and Referred
  38. 33 This is a mandatory referral to the Regional Policy Committee as set forth in King County Charter Section 270.30 and K.C.C. 1.24.065. This is a dual referral first to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee and then to the Regional Policy Committee.
  39. 16 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
  40. 35 Other Business
  41. 36 Added IItems 17-18
  42. 37 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
  43. 17 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the memoranda of agreement negotiated by and between King County and the King County Juvenile Detention Guild, representing employees in the juvenile division of the department of adult and juvenile detention and establishing the effective date of the agreement. 2025-0082 Introduced and Referred
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  45. 18 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting two memoranda of agreement negotiated by and between King County and the Juvenile Division Supervisors bargaining unit, representing supervisors in the juvenile division of the department of adult and juvenile detention and establishing the effective date of the agreements. 2025-0083 Introduced and Referred
  46. 40 Adjournment