Metropolitan King County Council

Hybrid Meeting

Agenda — 57 items

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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 August 20, 2024
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10. 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
11. 6 Special Item
12. 11 Proclamation of August 15, 2024, as India Day in King County
13. 12 Proclamation of August 29, 2024, as One Ocean Day in King County, on the opening day of Seattle Aquarium’s expansion, named the Ocean Pavilion
14. 7 Public Comment
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16. 15 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
17. 16 There will be one public hearing on Items 6-16 and 28
18. 17 Consent Item 8
19. 8 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute identical interlocal agreements with Mountain View Fire & Rescue and South King Fire delegating administrative duties to perform inspections of the fire code operational permit program of regulated occupancies in fire protection districts 39 and 44. 2024-0221 Passed Pass
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21. 9 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Memorandum of Agreement negotiated by and between King County and the Professional and Technical Employees, Local 17, representing Involuntary Commitment Supervisors employees working in the Crisis and Commitment Services section in the department of community and human services, and establishing the effective date of the agreement. 2024-0250 Passed Pass
22. 10 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Memorandum of Agreement negotiated by and between King County and the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 587, representing benefits-eligible employees in the Metro transit department; and establishing the effective date of said agreement. 2024-0251 Passed Pass
23. 11 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting a memorandum of agreement negotiated by and between King County and the King County Coalition of Unions representing employees in the departments of adult and juvenile detention, community and human services, elections, executive services, judicial administration, information technology, natural resources and parks, local services, public defense, and public health, the sheriff's office, and the Metro transit department, the assessor, the council, district court, superior court, and the prosecuting attorney's office; approving and adopting two memoranda of agreement negotiated by and between King County and the Joint Labor Management Insurance Committee of Unions regarding insured benefits for represented benefits-eligible employees identified by King County deemed eligible to receive these benefits; and establishing the effective date of the agreements. 2024-0255 Passed Pass
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25. 24 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
26. 25 Consent Items 12-14
27. 12 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Eric Oien, who resides in council district nine, to the King County rural forest commission. 2024-0040 Deferred
28. 13 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Jon Matson, who resides in council district nine, to the King County rural forest commission. 2024-0042 Passed Pass
29. 14 A MOTION relating to the King County Search and Rescue Association; acknowledging receipt of the funding report for its proposed new headquarters as required by the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 94, Proviso P1. 2024-0211 Passed Pass
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31. 30 Committee of the Whole
32. 30 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
33. 15 A MOTION authorizing the chair of the council to enter into a contract for services to represent the county with the Washington state Legislature. 2024-0208 Passed as Amended Pass
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35. 16 A MOTION relating to operations of the juvenile secure detention facility at the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center, the youth legal system, and other investments that improve the conditions that young people live in. 2024-0104 Passed as Amended Pass
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38. 35 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
39. 17 AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Enumclaw Water System Plan dated February 2024. 2024-0216 Introduced and Referred
40. 18 AN ORDINANCE relating to the withdrawal of approximately 25 acres of land from the Sammamish Plateau water and sewer district to the Ames Lake water association, known as the Ames Lake Road water de-annexation, for the purpose of water service. 2024-0259 Introduced and Referred
41. 19 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 Introduced and Referred
42. 20 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 Introduced and Referred
43. 21 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an agreement with the Washington state Department of Ecology for loan financing of a wastewater capital project. 2024-0269 Introduced and Referred
44. 22 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an agreement with the Washington state Department of Ecology for loan financing of a wastewater capital project. 2024-0270 Introduced and Referred
45. 42 First Reading and Referral of Motions
46. 23 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Donna Lurie, who works in council district three, to the King County personnel board. 2024-0248 Introduced and Referred
47. 24 A MOTION accepting the King County Equitable Development Initiative Implementation Plan Phase 2 in compliance with Motion 16062 and the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, as amended by Ordinance 19712, Section 77, Proviso P1. 2024-0258 Introduced and Referred
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49. 25 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Lori Price, to the King County rural forest commission, representing the Washington state Department of Natural Resources. 2024-0260 Introduced and Referred
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51. 26 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. 2024-0272 Introduced and Referred
52. 48 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.
53. 27 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
54. 50 Other Business
55. 51 Proclamation/Recognition Presented in the Community
56. 28 Proclamation of September 2024 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in King County
57. 53 Adjournment