Metropolitan King County Council

Hybrid Meeting

Agenda — 69 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
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9. 9 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
10. 10 There will be one public hearing on Items 4-7 and 9
11. 11 First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee
12. 4 A MOTION making an appointment to fill the vacancy in the position of state Representative for the 41st Legislative District. 2025-0022 Passed as Amended Pass
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14. 13 SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085
15. 5 A MOTION making an appointment to fill the vacancy in the position of state Senator for the 34th Legislative District. 2025-0023 Passed as Amended Pass
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17. 15 SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085
18. 6 A MOTION making an appointment to fill the vacancy in the position of state Representative for the 34th Legislative District. 2025-0024 Passed as Amended Pass
19. 17 SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085
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21. 18 Budget and Fiscal Management
22. 7 AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special election to be held in King County on April 22, 2025, of 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. 2024-0402 Passed Pass
23. 20 Hearing Examiner Consent Agenda Item 8
24. 8 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of 104th Ave SW/Summit Ave and a portion of 105th Ave SW/Bluff Ave, V-2760; Petitioner: Andrew Tristani. 2024-0280 Passed Pass
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26. 23 Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 9
27. 9 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Sam Rapoport, who resides in council district two, to the King County conservation futures advisory committee, as a council at-large representative. 2025-0013 Passed Pass
28. 25 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
29. 10 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a lease amendment to support the operation of natural resources and parks. 2025-0012 Introduced and Referred
30. 11 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated by and between King County and the King County Sheriff's Office Marshals' Guild, representing employees in the Marshals job classification in the King County sheriff's office, the Arbitrator's award, and the Police Officers Bill of Rights; and establishing the effective date of said agreement and award. 2025-0017 Introduced and Referred
31. 28 First Reading and Referral of Motions
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33. 12 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Amy Calderwood, who resides in council district four, to the King County board of ethics. 2024-0407 Introduced and Referred
34. 13 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Meron Girma, who resides in council district four, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission. 2024-0415 Introduced and Referred
35. 14 A MOTION relating to public transportation, requesting the executive to engage on a task force on transit safety and security to address public safety on transit and in the communities in which the Metro transit department operates. 2025-0020 Introduced and Referred
36. 32 Reintroductions of Ordinances
37. 15 AN ORDINANCE determining the Shoreline Park and Recreation District is inactive under state law and it is in the public interest to dissolve the Shoreline Park and Recreation District. Reintroduced
38. 16 AN ORDINANCE approving the Valley View Sewer District 2023 General Sewer Plan dated February 21, 2023. 2024-0252 Reintroduced
39. 17 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 Reintroduced
40. 18 AN ORDINANCE related to expanding eligible uses of transfer of development rights bank amenity funding; and amending Ordinance 13733, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.37.150. 2024-0262 Reintroduced
41. 19 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute a new, longer term service agreement with Puget Sound Energy for the purchase of renewable energy, replacing the existing service agreement approved under Ordinance 18472. 2024-0281 Reintroduced
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43. 39 Reintroductions of Motions
44. 20 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the new pandemic response plan required by Motion 15650. 2024-0008 Reintroduced
45. 21 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Gracie McDanold, who resides in council district nine, to the King County children and youth advisory board. 2024-0056 Reintroduced
46. 22 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the 2023 health through housing annual report, in accordance with K.C.C. chapter 24.30. 2024-0225 Reintroduced
47. 23 A MOTION approving the 2023 annual mental illness and drug dependency evaluation summary report, in compliance with K.C.C. 4A.500.309. 2024-0243 Reintroduced
48. 24 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Maria Langbauer, who resides in council district eight, to the King County women's advisory board, as the district eight representative. 2024-0330 Reintroduced
49. 25 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Shawn Armour, who resides in council district nine, to the King County children and youth advisory board, as an at-large representative. 2024-0335 Reintroduced
50. 26 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Merob Kebede, who resides in council district six, to the King County children and youth advisory board, as the youth representative. 2024-0336 Reintroduced
51. 27 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Kristina Brown, who resides in council district three, to the King County children and youth advisory board, as an at-large representative. 2024-0337 Reintroduced
52. 28 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Angela Phan, who resides in council district six, to the King County children and youth advisory board, as an at-large representative. 2024-0339 Reintroduced
53. 29 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Daniel Kim, who resides in council district seven, to the King County conservation futures advisory committee, as a council at-large representative. 2024-0358 Reintroduced
54. 30 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Richard Bard, who resides in council district eight, to the King County Vashon-Maury Island groundwater protection committee, representing Vashon-Maury Island residents. 2024-0362 Reintroduced
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56. 31 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Donna Klemka, who resides in council district eight, to the King County Vashon-Maury Island groundwater protection committee, representing residential exempt well owners. 2024-0363 Reintroduced
57. 32 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. 2024-0378 Reintroduced
58. 33 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. 2024-0380 Reintroduced
59. 34 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the food waste recycling alternatives analysis report as required by the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 129, Proviso P1. 2024-0381 Reintroduced
60. 35 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Amy Calderwood, who resides in council district four, to the King County board of ethics. 2024-0407 Reintroduced
61. 36 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Meron Girma, who resides in council district four, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission. 2024-0415 Reintroduced
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63. 37 A MOTION confirming the appointment of Bethany Fackrell to the King County cultural development authority (4Culture) board. 2024-0388 Reintroduced
64. 38 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
65. 59 Other Business
66. 60 Proclamation/Recognition Presented in the Community
67. 61 Proclamation of January 2025 as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Month in King County
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69. 62 Adjournment