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King County  
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Meeting Minutes  
Health, Housing, and Human Services  
Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Teresa Mosqueda, Chair;  
Jorge L. Barón, Steffanie Fain  
Lead Staff: Sam Porter (206-263-2708)  
Committee Clerk: Angelica Calderon (206-477-0874)  
9:30 AM  
Tuesday, December 2, 2025  
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1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Chair Mosqueda called the meeting to order at 9:32 a.m  
Roll Call  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
Present:  
3.  
4.  
Approval of Minutes  
Councilmember Barón approval of the minutes of the September 11, 2025 Special  
meeting. Seeing no objections, the minutes were approved  
Public Comment  
There was no public comment.  
Consent  
5.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0230  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Eric Buley, who resides in council district two, to  
the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Meeting Minutes  
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Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This item was expedited to the December 9, 2025 Council Agenda.  
A motion was made by Fain that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
1 - Dunn  
Yes:  
Excused:  
6.  
7.  
8.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0231  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Ellie Wang, who resides in council district nine, to  
the King County children and youth advisory board, as a youth representative.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
This item was expedited to the December 9, 2025 Council Agenda.  
A motion was made by Fain that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion FAILED by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
Yes:  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0232  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Briyanna Stewart, who resides in council district  
eight, to the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
This item was expedited to the December 9, 2025 Council Agenda.  
A motion was made by Fain that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
Yes:  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0233  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Asma Ahmed, who resides in council district four,  
to the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
This item was expedited to the December 9, 2025 Council Agenda.  
A motion was made by Fain that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
Yes:  
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9.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0239  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Yessica Osorio Duran, who resides in council  
district five, to the King County children and youth advisory board, as a youth representative.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
This item was expedited to the December 9, 2025 Council Agenda.  
A motion was made that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass Consent. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
Yes:  
10.  
11.  
12.  
13.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0240  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Megan Walsh, who resides in council district three,  
to the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
This item was expedited to the December 9, 2025 Council Agenda.  
A motion was made by Fain that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
Yes:  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0242  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Eric Dodd, who resides in council district six, to  
the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
This item was expedited to the December 9, 2025 Council Agenda.  
A motion was made by Fain that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
Yes:  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0215  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Kathryn Hill, who resides in council district one, to  
the King County women's advisory board, as the district one representative.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
This item was expedited to the December 9, 2025 Council Agenda.  
A motion was made by Fain that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
Yes:  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0234  
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A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Negin Khanloo, who resides in council district six,  
to the King County women's advisory board, as the district six representative.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
This item was expedited to the December 9, 2025 Council Agenda.  
A motion was made by Fain that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
Yes:  
14.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0254  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Jeni Johnson, who resides in council district eight,  
to the King County mental illness and drug dependency advisory committee, as a representative of  
unincorporated King County.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
This item was expedited to the December 9, 2025 Council Agenda.  
A motion was made by Fain that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
Yes:  
15.  
16.  
17.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0175  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the 2024 health through housing annual report, in accordance with  
K.C.C. chapter 24.30.  
Mosqueda and Balducci  
Sponsors:  
This item was expedited to the December 9, 2025 Council Agenda.  
A motion was made by Fain that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
Yes:  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0217  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the third annual report on the second Best Starts for Kids initiative,  
in accordance with Ordinance 19354.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
This item was expedited to the December 9, 2025 Council Agenda.  
A motion was made by Fain that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
Yes:  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0237  
A MOTION approving the 2024 annual mental illness and drug dependency evaluation summary report, in  
compliance with K.C.C. 4A.500.309.  
Meeting Minutes  
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Services Committee  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
This item was expedited to the December 9, 2025 Council Agenda.  
A motion was made by Fain that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Fain  
Yes:  
Briefing  
18.  
Briefing No. 2025-B0161  
Continuum of Care: Distilling the Federal Contract and Local Consequences  
Kelly Rider, Director, Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) and  
Sunaree Marshall, Director of the Housing and Community Development Division  
DCHS were present to brief via PowerPoint presentation and answer questions from  
the members. Jeff Simms Chief Program Officer, King County Regional  
Homelessness Authority and Kelsey Beckmeyer, Continuum of Care Manager, King  
County Regional Homelessness Authority, briefed the Committee via PowerPoint  
presentation and answer questions from the members. Also Representative Nicole  
Macri and Dan Wise, Agency Director at Catholic Community Services, briefed and  
answered questions from the members.  
This matter was Presented  
Other Business  
There was no other business to come before the Committee.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 10:59 a.m.