Metropolitan King County Council

Hybrid Meeting

Agenda — 38 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. 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. You are not required to sign-up in advance. Testimony will be limited to ordinances and motions listed on the meeting agenda for action. On the fourth Tuesday of each month, the council allows general public comment on matters relating to county government.
2. 2 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.
3. 3 page break
4. 1 Call to Order
5. 2 Roll Call
6. 3 Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance
7. 4 Approval of Minutes of March 12, 2024
8. 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
9. 6 Special Item
10. 10 Proclamation of March 17-23, 2024, as Transit Appreciation Week in King County
11. 11 Proclamation of March 2024 as Women’s History Month in King County
12. 12 page break
13. 13 There will be one public hearing on Items 6-8, & 21
14. 14 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
15. 15 Consent Items
16. 7 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Elizabeth Bardeen, who resides in council district four, to the King County board for developmental disabilities. Passed Pass
17. 8 A MOTION authorizing the King County executive to accept a donation of real property located at 1514 and 1520 NE 146th Street, in the city of Shoreline, located in council district one, to King County. 2024-0078 Passed Pass
18. 18 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
19. 18 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
20. 9 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Memorandum of Agreement negotiated by and between King County and the Technical Employees Association, representing employees in the Department of Natural Resources and Parks and establishing the effective date of the agreement. 2024-0082 Introduced and Referred
21. 19 page break
22. 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 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 Introduced and Referred
23. 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 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 Introduced and Referred
24. 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 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 Introduced and Referred
25. 13 AN ORDINANCE approving an application for current use assessment for either public benefit rating system or timber land, or both, submitted by Sandra Carey for property located at 40050 226th Avenue, Enumclaw, WA 98022, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E23CT017. 2024-0087 Introduced and Referred
26. 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 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 Introduced and Referred
27. 15 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 Introduced and Referred
28. 16 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 Introduced and Referred
29. 27 First Reading and Referral of Motions
30. 17 A MOTION appointing Rian Watt to the King County Regional Homelessness Authority's Implementation Board as a King County council appointee for the remainder of a five-year term expiring December 31, 2024. 2024-0083 Introduced and Referred
31. 18 A MOTION adopting the King County 2024 Federal Legislative Priorities. 2024-0090 Introduced and Referred
32. 19 A MOTION related to the transfer of retired vanpool vans to nonprofit organizations and local governments to meet the needs of low-income, seniors or young people or people with disabilities. 2024-0092 Introduced and Referred
33. 20 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
34. 32 Other Business
35. 21 Recognitions Presented in the Community
36. 34 Recognition of the Blessing of the Fleet on March 17, 2024
37. 35 Recognition of the Festival of Color (Holi) on March 23, 2024, in King County
38. 36 Adjournment