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Courthouse  
King County  
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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, October 15, 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 Zahilay  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of October 8, 2024  
Councilmember Zahilay  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Proclamation of October 2024 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in King County.  
Councilmember Barón and Councilmember Balducci  
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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  
Consent Item 7  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0259  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the withdrawal of approximately 25 acres of land from the Sammamish  
Plateau water and sewer district to the Ames Lake water association, known as the Ames Lake Road  
water de-annexation, for the purpose of water service.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
On 8/27/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 9/17/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Hearing held/closed and deferred.  
On 9/24/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Re-referred to Committee of the Whole.  
On 10/7/2024, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Committee of the Whole  
Councilmember Balducci  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0278.2  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the imposition of a natural resource conservation rate and charge in the  
King Conservation District and authorizing the executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between  
King County and the King Conservation District.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 9/17/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 9/24/2024, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Substitute.  
Public Hearing Required  
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Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0332  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the memorandum of agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the Washington State Nurses Association, representing nurse supervisors and  
managers in the department of public health and establishing the effective date of the agreement.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 10/8/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan  
King County Council.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0333  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the memorandum of agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the Washington State Nurses Association, representing nurse staff in the department  
of juvenile detention and the department of public health and establishing the effective date of the  
agreement.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 10/8/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan  
King County Council.  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Item 11  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0290  
11.  
A MOTION approving the extension of the executive's appointment of Ed Carter as acting director of  
the community corrections division within the King County department of adult and juvenile detention.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 9/24/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 10/7/2024, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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Committee of the Whole  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0331  
12.  
A MOTION expressing the King County council's intent related to Washington state Initiative 2066,  
which, if approved by voters, would repeal or prohibit certain laws and regulations that discourage  
natural gas use, or promote electrification, or both, and require certain utilities and local governments  
to provide natural gas to eligible customers.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
On 10/8/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO RELIEVE THE COMMITTEE OF FURTHER CONSIDERATION  
PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.125  
BALLOT TITLE: Initiative Measure No. 2066  
Statement of Subject: Initiative Measure No. 2066 concerns regulating energy services,  
including natural gas and electrification.  
Concise Description: This measure would repeal or prohibit certain laws and regulations that  
discourage natural gas use, and/or promote electrification, and require certain utilities and  
local governments to provide natural gas to eligible customers.  
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First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0254  
13.  
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:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0340  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Memorandum of Agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the Teamsters Local Union No. 174, representing truck driver III, utility worker (tipper  
classification), and scale operator employees working in the solid waste division of the department of  
natural resources and parks, 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. 2024-0334  
15.  
A MOTION approving the extension of the executive's appointment of Ed Carter as acting director of  
the community corrections division within the King County department of adult and juvenile detention.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0336  
16.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Merob Kebede, who resides in council district  
six, to the King County children and youth advisory board, as the youth representative.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0338  
17.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Hattie Steward, who resides in council district  
five, to the King County children and youth advisory board, as an at-large representative.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0339  
18.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Angela Phan, who resides in council district six,  
to the King County children and youth advisory board, as an at-large representative.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
19.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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