Metropolitan King County Council
Hybrid Meeting
Agenda — 45 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 September 3, 2024
- 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
- 6 Special Item
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- 11 County Service Awards
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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 7-13
- 15 Consent Items 7-8
- 7 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into a lease agreement with Washington state Department of Transportation, Ferries Division, as landlord, for uplands, tidelands, and facilities located at 201 Alaskan Way S, Seattle, Washington, in council district eight.
- 8 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a new lease to support the operation of the department of public health.
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- 19 Budget and Fiscal Management
- 9 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a new lease to support the operation of the department of public health.
- 21 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
- 22 Consent Item 10
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- 10 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the second of two independent monitoring reports on the confinement of juveniles in county detention facilities as required by the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 54, Proviso P1.
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- 25 Committee of the Whole
- 11 A MOTION expressing the King County council's opposition to the approval of Washington state Initiative 2117, which, if approved by voters, would repeal sections of the Climate Commitment Act and prohibit state agencies from implementing any type of carbon tax credit trading.
- 27 BALLOT TITLE: Statement of Subject: Initiative Measure No. 2117 concerns carbon tax credit trading. Concise Description: This measure would prohibit state agencies from imposing any type of carbon tax credit trading, and repeal legislation establishing a cap and invest program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- 28 Law and Justice
- 12 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report on county diversion programs, in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 17, Proviso P3.
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- 31 Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 13
- 13 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Wendy Davis, who resides in council district eight, to the King County rural forest commission, representing forest landowners with forty to five hundred acres in Forest Land Designation program.
- 33 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
- 14 AN ORDINANCE relating to tenant protections authorizing immediate family to reside in a rental unit; and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title 12.
- 15 AN ORDINANCE approving the Valley View Sewer District 2023 General Sewer Plan dated February 21, 2023.
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- 37 First Reading and Referral of Motions
- 16 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the art therapy program report, in accordance with Ordinance 19546, Section 71, Proviso P1.
- 17 A MOTION adopting the King County Youth Bill of Rights and Report in accordance with Ordinance 17738, Section 4.A.2.
- 18 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
- 41 Other Business
- 42 Adjournment