1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmembers: Sarah Perry, Chair;  
Jorge Barón, Vice Chair of Policy Development and Review;  
Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair of Regional Coordination;  
Claudia Balducci, Rod Dembowski, Steffanie Fain,  
Rhonda Lewis, Teresa Mosqueda, Pete von Reichbauer  
1:30 PM  
Tuesday, March 3, 2026  
Hybrid Meeting  
REVISED AGENDA - ADDED ITEMS 14-15  
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: 873 0459 1515  
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.  
1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance  
Councilmember Fain  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of February 24, 2026  
Councilmember Barón  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
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King County Service Awards  
Executive Zahilay  
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 7 & 8  
Consent Items  
Councilmember Barón  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0265  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a franchise agreement with the Snoqualmie Valley  
School District, for use of certain King County road rights-of-way in unincorporated King County for the  
construction, operation, and maintenance of wireline telecommunications transmission facilities.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
On 10/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 1/6/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 2/18/2026, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
On 3/3/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Passed.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0015  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE revising the corporate boundary of the city of Enumclaw to include the unincorporated  
portion of McHugh Avenue right-of-way as provided for in RCW 35A.21.210.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
On 1/27/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 2/18/2026, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
On 3/3/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Passed.  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
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Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0036  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an agreement with the  
Washington state Department of Commerce Public Works Board for loan financing for a wastewater  
capital project.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 3/3/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0039  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the real estate excise tax, number 2 fund; and amending Ordinance  
12076, Section 27, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.590 and Ordinance 10455, Sections 1, 3, 4, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 4A.510.120.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 3/3/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0040  
11.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the department of public defense standards for indigent defense; amending  
Ordinance 17588, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.60.026 and adding a new section to K.C.C.  
chapter 2.60.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
On 3/3/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and Justice  
Committee.  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0025  
12.  
A MOTION related to public transportation, approving the King County Metro Public Transportation  
Agency Safety Plan 2025 and the King County Metro Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan 2026,  
in accordance with the Federal Transit Administration’s Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan  
regulations and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.  
Fain  
Sponsors:  
On 3/3/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
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13.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
First Reading of and Action on Emergency Ordinances Without Referral  
to Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0048  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE declaring a one-year moratorium prohibiting the acceptance of applications for the  
establishment of new or expansion of existing detention facilities, as primary or accessory uses;  
establishing a work plan; and declaring an emergency.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 3/3/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Passed.  
First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0049  
15.  
A MOTION authorizing the chair of the King County council to sign letters to the chairs and vice chairs  
of the Washington state Senate and House of Representatives Transportation Committees, the Senate  
Ways and Means committee, and the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee related to  
the county's priorities in the state budget.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
Adjournment  
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