Metropolitan King County Council
Hybrid Meeting
Agenda — 53 items
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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 July 2, 2024
- 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
- 6 Special Item
- 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 Item 7
- 7 AN ORDINANCE establishing the Doors Open Program fund; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4A.200.
- 17 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
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- 18 Consent Items 8 and 9
- 8 A MOTION accepting the office of law enforcement oversight's annual report for the year 2023.
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- 9 A MOTION approving a job description for the position of operations manager.
- 22 Passed On The Consent Agenda
- 23 Reappointment Consent Agenda - Items 10-13
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- 10 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Jen Syrowitz, who resides in council district nine, to the King County conservation futures advisory committee, as an executive at-large representative.
- 11 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Mari Knutson, who resides in council district nine, to the King County rural forest commission.
- 12 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Martin Turney, who resides in council district nine, to the King County investment pool advisory committee, filling the elected official or employee of a school district position.
- 13 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Monty Anderson, who resides in council district nine, to the King County priority hire advisory committee.
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- 29 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
- 14 AN ORDINANCE relating to King County's combined sewer overflow program and authorizing the King County executive to sign and fulfill the obligations in the First Material Modification to the 2013 Consent Decree with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington state Department of Ecology.
- 30 Passed On The Consent Agenda
- 15 AN ORDINANCE revising permit review processes; and amending Ordinance 11622, Section 3, as amended and K.C.C. 16.02.260, Ordinance 12560, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.02.280, Ordinance 12560, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.02.290, Ordinance 14914, Section 104, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.03.120, Ordinance 11622, Section 4, and K.C.C. 16.82.055, Ordinance 1488, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.82.060, Ordinance 13694, Section 57, as amended, and K.C.C. 19A.12.030, Ordinance 12196, Section 8, and K.C.C. 20.20.010, Ordinance 12196, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.020, Ordinance 12196, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.030, Ordinance 12196, Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.040, Ordinance 12196, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.060, Ordinance 12196, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.100, Ordnance 6949, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.44.060, Ordnance 6949, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.44.030, Ordnance 13130, Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.42.190, and Ordnance 17485, Section 44, and K.C.C. 21A.42.210, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 16.02 adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 20.20, recodifying K.C.C. 16.02.280 and K.C.C. 16.82.060, and repealing Ordinance 16959, Section 49, Ordinance 12560, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.02.310, Ordinance 12196, Section 12, and K.C.C. 20.20.050, Ordinance 12196, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.080, and Ordinance 10870, Section 618, and K.C.C. 21A.42.110.
- 32 First Reading and Referral of Motions
- 16 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Eric Oien, who resides in council district nine, to the King County rural forest commission.
- 17 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Jon Matson, who resides in council district nine, to the King County rural forest commission.
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- 18 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.
- 19 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Tim Gately, who resides in council district nine, to the King County emergency management advisory committee, as an alternate for the King County Police Chiefs Association representative.
- 20 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a tree code update report, in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 90, Proviso P2
- 21 A MOTION confirming the appointment of Kelly Rider as director of the department of community and human services.
- 22 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.
- 23 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.
- 24 A MOTION relating to public restrooms at transit centers; acknowledging receipt of the Transit Public Restroom Initiative Report submitted in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance 19546, Section 114, Proviso P1, as amended by Ordinance 19633, Section 86, Proviso P1.
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- 25 A MOTION accepting a RapidRide Prioritization Plan report as called for by Ordinance 19367, Section 6.B., which report includes an update on the status of the planning and design of the RapidRide K and R lines, in response to Ordinance 19546, Section 114, Proviso P4.C.
- 44 This is a nonmandatory referral to the Regional Transit Committee under K.C.C. 1.24.065.I as an issue that would benefit from interjurisdictional discussion. This is a dual referral first to the Regional Transit Committee and then to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee.
- 26 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
- 46 Other Business
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- 47 Adjournment