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 February 4, 2025
- 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
- 6 Special Item
- 11 Proclamation of February 2025 as Black History Month in King County
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- 13 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
- 14 There will be one public hearing on Items 6-18
- 15 Local Services and Land Use
- 7 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.
- 17 SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO HOLD ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING - LEGISLATION REMAINS IN COMMITTEE
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- 19 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
- 20 Consent Items 8-15
- 8 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the 2023 health through housing annual report, in accordance with K.C.C. chapter 24.30.
- 9 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Richard Anderson, who resides in council district three, to the King County landmarks commission, representing a professional historian.
- 10 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Cecelia Gunn, who resides in council district five, to the King County landmarks commission, a representative from local heritage organizations.
- 11 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Laura Murphy, who resides in council district nine, to the King County landmarks commission, representing a professional archaeologist.
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- 12 A MOTION confirming the appointment of Bethany Fackrell to the King County cultural development authority (4Culture) board.
- 13 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Claire Sumadiwirya, who resides in council district six, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission.
- 14 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Maharshi Roy, who resides in council district one, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission.
- 15 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Meron Girma, who resides in council district four, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission.
- 29 Metropolitan King County Council
- 29 Passed On The Consent Agenda
- 16 A MOTION appointing committees to write the voters' pamphlet statements for the April 22, 2025, special election regarding Ordinance 19884 providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County, at a special election on April 22, 2025, a proposition to reauthorize an expired regular property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW, for a consecutive seven year period beginning in 2026 at the rate of not more than $0.0275 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation, with the 2026 levy amount being the base for computing maximum allowable levy amounts under chapter 84.55 RCW for years two through seven (2027-2032), for the purpose of funding the continued operation of the regional automated fingerprint identification system, also known as AFIS, which maintains expanded crime scene and arrest identification technology and services for all local criminal justice agencies in King County.
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- 31 First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee
- 17 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of the Honorable De'Sean Quinn, King County councilmember, council district five, to the Sound Transit board of directors.
- 33 SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085
- 34 Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 18
- 18 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Mary Lynne Evans, who resides in council district one, to the Washington state boundary review board for King County.
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- 36 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
- 19 AN ORDINANCE approving the King County Consortium Consolidated Plan for 2025-2029.
- 20 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a new lease to support the operation of local services and transit.
- 21 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the manager of treasury operations of King County to cancel the attached list of uncollectible personal property taxes in the amount of $3,136,926 for the years 2016 through 2024.
- 22 AN ORDINANCE approving East Link and Downtown Redmond Link Extension Transportation Service Changes for King County.
- 41 First Reading and Referral of Motions
- 23 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the Accountability Report required by the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 20, Proviso P1.
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- 24 A MOTION accepting the King County-Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C) 2025 Work Plan and Budget, prepared as the annual work plan and budget requested under Motion 14449.
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- 25 A MOTION relating to public transportation, requesting that the Metro transit department report on unplanned trip cancellations, describe how information about unplanned trip cancellations for fixed-route bus service could more quickly and efficiently be provided to inform transit riders in real time, and describe how metrics about unplanned trip cancellations could be incorporated into the next update of the King County Metro Service Guidelines to inform operational and investment decisions.
- 26 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
- 47 Other Business
- 48 Adjournment
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