1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Minutes  
Health, Housing, and Human Services  
Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Teresa Mosqueda, Chair;  
Rhonda Lewis, Vice Chair;  
Jorge L. Barón, Steffanie Fain  
Lead Staff: Olivia Brey (206-263-7913)  
Committee Clerk: Angelica Calderon (206-477-0874)  
9:30 AM  
Tuesday, April 7, 2026  
DRAFT MINUTES  
Room 1001  
Hybrid Meetings: Attend King County Council committee 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 public  
comment remotely are listed below.  
Pursuant to K.C.C. 1.24.035 A. and F., this meeting is also noticed as a  
meeting of the Metropolitan King County Council, whose agenda is limited  
to the committee business. In this meeting only the rules and procedures  
applicable to committees apply and not those applicable to full council  
meetings.  
HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT: The Health, Housing, and Human  
Services Committee values community input and looks forward to hearing  
from you on agenda items.  
There are three ways to provide public comment:  
1. In person: You may attend the meeting and provide comment in the  
Council Chambers.  
2. By email: You may comment in writing on current agenda items by  
submitting your email comments to kcccomitt@kingcounty.gov. If your  
email is received by 8:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting, your email  
comments will be distributed to the committee members and appropriate  
staff prior to the meeting.  
3. Remote attendance at the meeting by phone or computer (see  
"Connecting to the Webinar" below)  
You are not required to sign up in advance. Comments are limited to  
current agenda items.  
Meeting Minutes  
April 7, 2026  
Health, Housing, and Human  
Services Committee  
You have the right to language access services at no cost to you. To  
request these services, please contact Language Access Coordinator,  
Tera Chea at (206) 477 9259 or email Tera.chea2@kingcounty.gov by 8:00  
a.m. at least three business days prior to the meeting.  
CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR:  
Webinar ID: 842 7675 9952  
By computer using the Zoom application at https://zoom.us/join and the  
webinar ID above.  
Via phone by calling 1 253 215 8782 and using the webinar ID above.  
HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN TO THE MEETING REMOTELY: There are  
several ways to watch or listen in to the meeting:  
1) Stream online via this link: http://www.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.  
To help us manage the meeting, if you do not wish to be called upon for  
public comment please use the Livestream or King County TV options  
listed above, if possible, to watch or listen to the meeting.  
1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Chair Mosqueda called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m.  
Roll Call  
3 - Barón, Lewis and Mosqueda  
1 - Fain  
Present:  
Excused:  
3.  
4.  
Approval of Minutes  
Councilmember Lewis moved approval of the minutes of the March 3, 2026 meeting.  
Seeing no objections, the minutes were approved.  
Public Comment  
There was no one to offer public comments.  
Meeting Minutes  
April 7, 2026  
Health, Housing, and Human  
Services Committee  
Discussion and Possible Action  
5.  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0029  
A MOTION authorizing the department of public health to accept a donation of $233,411 from Virginia  
Mason Medical Center, to be used for Eastgate Public Health Center operations and services.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
Olivia Brey, Council staff, briefed the Committee on the legislation and answered  
questions from members. Joy Carpine-Cazzanti, King County Council Relations,  
Public Health – Seattle & King County; Sheryl Davis, Deputy Director, Administrative  
Services Division, Public Health – Seattle & King County and Minh Ta, Financial  
Services Administrator, Public Health – Seattle & King County, answered questions  
from the members.  
A motion was made by Lewis that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Lewis and Mosqueda  
1 - Fain  
Yes:  
Excused:  
6.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0366  
A MOTION adopting the 2025 King County Youth Action Plan; and rescinding Motion 14378 and Motion  
14378, Attachment A.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
Miranda Leskinen, Council staff, briefed the Committee on the legislation and  
answered questions from members. Jen Tanaka, Interim Division Director – Children,  
Youth, and Young Adults Division, Department of Community and Human Services  
(DCHS) and Zac Davis, Youth Action Plan Policy Lead, DCHS, briefed the Committee  
via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the members.  
Councilmember Lewis moved amendments A1 and T1, the amendments were adopted.  
A motion was made by Lewis that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Substitute Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Lewis and Mosqueda  
1 - Fain  
Yes:  
Excused:  
Briefing  
7.  
Briefing No. 2026-B0044  
Worker Cooperatives & FIFA World Cup 2026 - Making the World Cup Work for Workers  
Rigo Valdez, Executive Director of the People's Organizing Center, MLK Labor, and  
Greg Ramirez, Deputy Director, SEIU6 Property Services NW, briefed the Committee  
via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the members. April Putney,  
Meeting Minutes  
April 7, 2026  
Health, Housing, and Human  
Services Committee  
Chief of Staff & Chief Strategy Officer, Seattle FIFA World Cup 26 Local Organizing  
Committee, briefed the Committee 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 10:55 a.m.