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Courthouse  
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Seattle, WA 98104  
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, November 26, 2024  
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 Balducci  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of special meeting of November 19, 2024  
Councilmember Zahilay  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Recognition of State Representative Frank Chopp for over 30 years of legislative service  
Councilmember Dembowski  
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 6-11  
Consent Items 8-10  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0254.2  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE extending an existing moratorium by six months, prohibiting the acceptance of  
applications for the establishment of new or expansion of existing wineries, breweries, distilleries, and  
remote tasting rooms, as primary or accessory uses or as home occupations or home industries; and  
prohibiting temporary use permits for wineries, breweries, distilleries, and remote tasting rooms.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 10/15/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of  
the Whole.  
On 10/21/2024, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0359  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the sustained support programs for arts and heritage, and amending  
Ordinance 14440, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.48.108 and Ordinance 14440, Section 8, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 2.48.109.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 11/5/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 11/18/2024, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0377  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the King County Doors Open Program to support cultural organizations;  
and amending Ordinance 19710, Section 8.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 11/5/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Regional Policy  
Committee.  
On 11/18/2024, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass.  
On 11/20/2024, the Regional Policy Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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Regional Policy  
Councilmember von Reichbauer  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0236.3  
11.  
AN ORDINANCE approving the King County Doors Open Program implementation plan, required by  
Ordinance 19710, Section 9, to govern the expenditure of the cultural access sales and use tax from  
2024 through 2031 to achieve outcomes related to public and educational benefits and economic  
support for arts, science, and heritage organizations; amending section 1 of this ordinance, repealing  
Attachment A to this ordinance, and establishing an effective date.  
Balducci and Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 8/27/2024, the Committee of the Whole Deferred.  
On 9/24/2024, the Committee of the Whole Deferred.  
On 10/21/2024, the Committee of the Whole Deferred.  
On 11/4/2024, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Substitute.  
On 11/20/2024, the Regional Policy Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute.  
Public Hearing Required  
Hearing Examiner Consent Agenda Items 12-13  
Councilmember Dembowski  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0233.2  
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 Denis Lopes Monteiro and Michelle Pedersen for property located at a portion of 190th  
Avenue SE/Gioranni Vitarelli Rd/Rd No.1592, Renton, WA, designated department of natural resources  
and parks, water and land resources division file no. V-2751.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing  
Examiner.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0275.2  
13.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of the unnamed Alley and Street in the Plat of  
Stillwater, V-2754; Petitioners: Patricia Barajas and Cuauhtemoc Barajas Reina, Kim Kyoung, and  
Zoe and Derek Anderson.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 9/3/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing Examiner.  
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First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0394  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the collective bargaining agreement negotiated by and  
between King County and the King County Juvenile Detention Guild, representing employees in the  
juvenile division of the department of adult and juvenile detention and establishing the effective date of  
the agreement.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Metropolitan King County Council  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0391  
15.  
A MOTION appointing the American Indian health commission for Washington state's regular member  
to serve on the King County board of health for a three-year term to expire on December 31, 2027.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0392  
16.  
A MOTION appointing the American Indian health commission for Washington state's alternate  
member to serve on the King County board of health for a three-year term to expire on December 31,  
2027.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
17.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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