Metropolitan King County Council

Hybrid Meeting

Agenda — 52 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: 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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5. 1 Call to Order
6. 2 Roll Call
7. 3 Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance
8. 4 Approval of Minutes of June 4, 2024
9. 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
10. 6 Special Item
11. 11 Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Awards
12. 12 State of the County
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14. 14 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
15. 15 There will be one public hearing on Items 7-8 and 15-16
16. 16 Consent Items 7-8
17. 7 AN ORDINANCE relating to personal and demographic information obtained, maintained, and shared by county agents and employees; and amending Ordinance 16692, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.010. 2024-0157 Passed Pass
18. 8 AN ORDINANCE relating to the annexation of approximately 0.49 acres of land into the Covington Water District, known as the Schneider Annexation, for the purpose of water service. 2024-0163 Passed Pass
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20. 20 Hearing Examiner Consent Agenda - Items 9-14
21. 20 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
22. 9 AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space submitted by Daniel Klein and David Pfeiffer for property located at 13916 SW Caster Road, Vashon, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E23CT010. 2024-0084 Passed Pass
23. 10 AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space submitted by Neil and Janice Currie for property located at 19617 SE 272 Street, Kent, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E23CT011. 2024-0085 Passed Pass
24. 11 AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space submitted by Lynn Davison and Judith Clegg for property located at 1620 Old Mill Road SW, Vashon, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E23CT008. 2024-0086 Passed Pass
25. 12 AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space submitted by Katherine and Brian McGill for property located at 38421 236th Avenue SE, Enumclaw, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E23CT018. 2024-0088 Passed Pass
26. 13 AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space submitted by Allen and Bonnie de Steiguer for property located at 17615 McLean Road SW, Vashon, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E23CT014. 2024-0089 Passed Pass
27. 14 AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space submitted by Laurie Geissinger for property located at 13209 SW Reddings Beach Road, Vashon, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E23CT024. 2024-0091 Passed Pass
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29. 28 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
30. 29 Consent Items 15-16
31. 15 A MOTION approving the Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Inclusion Strategy Update Report from the King County Executive in relation to the King County gender identity and sexual orientation inclusion task force. 2024-0009 Passed Pass
32. 30 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
33. 16 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Robyn Austin, who resides in council district four, to the King County emergency management advisory committee, as a representative from the King County Metro transit department. 2024-0151 Passed Pass
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35. 33 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
36. 17 AN ORDINANCE making a net supplemental appropriation of $32,627,000 to various general fund agencies, a net supplemental appropriation of $120,021,000 to various non-general fund agencies and a net supplemental appropriation of $25,659,772 to various capital fund budgets; and amending the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Sections 16, 19, 21, 21, 30, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 39, 41, 42, 42, 45, 46, 46, 48, 49, 50, 53, 53, 54, 61, 65, 65, 72, 72, 83, 83, 87, 88, 90, 91, 91, 92, 93, 96, 101, 102, 106, 107, 109, 115, 119, 120, 120, 121, 121, 122, 129, and 129, as amended, and Attachment A, as amended, and adding new sections to Ordinance 19546. 2024-0191 Introduced and Referred
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38. 18 AN ORDINANCE relating to river and floodplain management, adopting the 2024 King County Flood Management Plan, and amending Ordinance 11955, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.045, Ordinance 9163, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.04.020, Ordinance 9163, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.04.050, Ordinance 1709, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 13.24.060, Ordinance 15053, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.82.051, Ordinance 17270, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 18.25.010, Ordinance 3692, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.200, Ordinance 11112, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.480, Ordinance 19146, Section 66, and K.C.C. 21A.23.020, Ordinance 15051, Section 137, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.24.045, Ordinance, 19128, Section 20, and K.C.C. 21A.24.226, Ordinance, 16267, Section 59, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.24.381, Ordinance, 16985, Section 39, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.25.160, and Ordinance 3688, Section 414, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.25.190. 2024-0202 Introduced and Referred
39. 36 First Reading and Referral of Motions
40. 36 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
41. 19 A MOTION related to public transportation, approving the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan 2024, in accordance with the Federal Transit Administration's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan regulations and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. 2024-0192 Introduced and Referred
42. 20 A MOTION expressing the request of the King County council to the King County executive to temporarily halt efforts to remove immigrant asylum seekers from King County-owned property pending development of humane and just relocation policies and practices and to provide time to deploy and activate resources to respond to asylee needs. 2024-0199
43. 21 A MOTION approving the extension of the executive's appointment of Danielle de Clercq as acting director of the King County department of local services. 2024-0201 Introduced and Referred
44. 40 Rereferrals of Motions
45. 22 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the new pandemic response plan required by Motion 15650. 2024-0008 Re-referred
46. 42 This item is being rereferred to the Health and Human Services Committee.
47. 23 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
48. 44 Other Business
49. 45 Letter to the Department of Health
50. 24 Department of Health Trauma Designation letter
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52. 47 Adjournment