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February 4, 2025 ·1:30 PM Final Without Extra Items ·REVISED AGENDA - ADDED ITEM 29

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Agenda — 58 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 January 28, 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 6-14
  13. 13 Law and Justice
  14. 6 AN ORDINANCE related to the repeal of RCW 10.70.140; and amending Ordinance 17706, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.020. 2025-0016 Passed Pass
  15. 15 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
  16. 16 Consent Items 7-10
  17. 7 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the second of two reports on progress toward addressing the legal system backlog that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 17, Proviso P4. 2024-0293 Passed Pass
  18. 8 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the proviso report on a crisis response program plan required by the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 21, as amended by Ordinance 19633, Section 17, Proviso P1. 2024-0284 Passed Pass
  19. 9 A MOTION relating to mature forests in King County, acknowledging receipt of the first of two reports on mature forests in King County as required by Motion 16437 requesting the executive to identify and analyze mature forests in King County and to transmit two reports. 2024-0291 Passed Pass
  20. 10 A MOTION relating to mature forests in King County, acknowledging receipt of the second of two reports on mature forests in King County as required by Motion 16437 requesting the executive to identify and analyze mature forests in King County and to transmit two reports. 2025-0001 Passed Pass
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  22. 22 First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee
  23. 22 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
  24. 11 A MOTION requesting the executive develop a risk assessment related to volatility in federal funding. 2025-0047 Passed as Amended Pass
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  26. 24 SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085
  27. 25 Reappointment Consent Agenda Items 12-14
  28. 12 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Bruce Davis, who resides in council district eight, to the King County board of ethics. 2024-0390 Passed Pass
  29. 13 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Srini Raghavan, who resides in council district three, to the King County Library System board of trustees. 2025-0025 Passed Pass
  30. 14 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Jack Edgerton, who resides in council district four, to the King County children and youth advisory board. 2025-0027 Passed Pass
  31. 29 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
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  33. 15 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to enter into a renewal of cable television franchise 5602 with WAVEDIVISION I, LLC, for a period ending July 31, 2033. 2024-0409 Introduced and Referred
  34. 16 AN ORDINANCE adopting the revision of voting precincts of King County for the year 2025. 2025-0048 Introduced and Referred
  35. 31 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
  36. 32 First Reading and Referral of Motions
  37. 17 A MOTION accepting the Records Collection and Retention Proviso Response Report, as required by the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 121, as amended by Ordinance 19791, Section 60, Proviso P1. 2024-0401 Introduced and Referred
  38. 18 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Sercan Hepsener, who resides in council district seven, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission. 2024-0416 Introduced and Referred
  39. 19 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Wahid Bihroz, who resides in council district seven, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission. 2024-0417 Introduced and Referred
  40. 20 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of David Ellison, who resides in council district seven, to the King County Lake Management District No. 2 advisory committee, as the Lake Geneva Property Owners Association representative. 2025-0002 Introduced and Referred
  41. 21 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Colleen Short, who resides in council district seven, to the King County Lake Management District No. 2 advisory committee, as a representative of Lake Geneva property owners. 2025-0003 Introduced and Referred
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  43. 22 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Nandita Sharma, who resides in council district three, to the King County women's advisory board, as an executive at-large representative. 2025-0015 Introduced and Referred
  44. 23 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Nicole Cain, who resides in council district six, to the King County Museum of Flight Authority board of directors. 2025-0042 Introduced and Referred
  45. 24 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. 2025-0051 Introduced and Referred
  46. 25 A MOTION extending the waiver of requirements for competitive bidding and solicitation requirements for contracts relating to the King County department of adult and juvenile detention distributed antenna system evaluation and corrections. 2025-0052 Passed as Amended Pass
  47. 42 Reintroductions of Motions
  48. 26 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the second annual report on the second Best Starts for Kids initiative, in accordance with Ordinance 19354. 2024-0228 Reintroduced
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  51. 27 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 Reintroduced
  52. 28 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
  53. 47 Other Business
  54. 48 ADDED ITEM 29
  55. 49 First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee
  56. 29 A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; and amending Motion 11122, Section G, as amended, and OR 2-040, and Motion 11122, Section H, as amended, and OR 2-050. 2025-0053 Passed Pass
  57. 51 Adjournment
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