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Meeting Agenda  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmembers: Dave Upthegrove, Chair;  
Girmay Zahilay, Vice Chair of Policy Development and Review;  
Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair of Regional Coordination;  
Claudia Balducci, Jorge Barón, Rod Dembowski,  
Teresa Mosqueda, Sarah Perry, Pete von Reichbauer  
1:30 PM  
Tuesday, March 26, 2024  
REVISED AGENDA  
Hybrid Meeting  
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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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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1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance  
Councilmember Upthegrove  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of March 19, 2024  
Councilmember Zahilay  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Proclamation of March 18, 2024, as King County Public Defense Day  
Councilmember Zahilay and Councilmember Barón  
7.  
Public Comment  
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Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees  
and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective  
Bargaining  
There will be one public hearing on Items 6-12 & 18  
Consent Items  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0025  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the manager of treasury operations of King County to cancel the attached  
list of uncollectible personal property taxes in the amount of $1,455,288 for the years 2015 through  
2023.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 2/13/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 3/13/2024, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0055.2  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the personnel board; and amending Ordinance 174 (part), as amended,  
and K.C.C. 3.08.110 and Ordinance 13370, Section 2, as amended and K.C.C. 3.08.120.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 2/13/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Government  
Accountability and Oversight Committee.  
On 3/12/2024, the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Substitute Consent.  
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Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0082  
10.  
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.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 3/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan  
King County Council.  
Transportation, Economy and Environment  
Councilmember Dembowski  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0053.2  
11.  
AN ORDINANCE approving August 2024 public transportation service changes for King County related  
to G Line Rapid Ride and Madison Area Public Transportation Changes.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 2/13/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 2/20/2024, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Deferred.  
On 3/19/2024, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Substitute.  
Public Hearing Required  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0054.2  
12.  
AN ORDINANCE approving Lynnwood Link Connections public transportation service changes for King  
County.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 2/13/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 2/20/2024, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Deferred.  
On 3/19/2024, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Substitute.  
Public Hearing Required  
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First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0022  
13.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a license agreement to support the operation of the  
department of public health.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0035  
14.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Mark McIntyre, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County International Airport roundtable, as an airport tenant representative - corporate  
tenant.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0094  
15.  
A MOTION requesting the King County prosecuting attorney to expand juvenile case data available to  
the public through the prosecuting attorney's data dashboard.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Law and Justice Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0095  
16.  
A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; and amending Motion 15998, Section I, as  
amended, and OR 3-120.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
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17.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
18. Recognition Presented in the Community  
Recognition of the new year festival of Nowruz, celebrated by people of Iranian and other  
descent  
Councilmember Balducci and Councilmember Barón  
Adjournment  
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