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Courthouse  
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Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmembers: Girmay Zahilay, Chair;  
Sarah Perry, Vice Chair of Policy Development and Review;  
Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair of Regional Coordination;  
Claudia Balducci, Jorge L. Barón, Rod Dembowski,  
Teresa Mosqueda, De'Sean Quinn, Pete von Reichbauer  
1:30 PM  
Tuesday, February 25, 2025  
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 Perry  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of February 18, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
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 6-10  
Consent Item 7  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0048  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE adopting the revision of voting precincts of King County for the year 2025.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
On 2/4/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Government  
Accountability and Oversight Committee.  
On 2/11/2025, the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Item 8  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0382  
8.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Velma Veloria, who resides in council district  
two, to the King County International Airport roundtable, as the Beacon Hill community representative.  
Zahilay and Quinn  
Sponsors:  
On 12/3/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Government  
Accountability and Oversight Committee.  
On 1/14/2025, the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee Deferred.  
On 2/4/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 2/11/2025, the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Committee of the Whole  
Councilmember Balducci  
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Proposed Motion No. 2025-0072  
9.  
A MOTION appointing a qualified person to a vacant position on the fire district No. 47 board of  
commissioners.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
On 2/18/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
CONTINGENT ON COMMITTEE ACTION  
SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND RULE 9G TO TAKE ACTION  
Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 10  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0026  
10.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Carol Goertzel, who resides in council district  
eight, to the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0076  
11.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to records management, requiring the retention of public records created on  
county instant messaging platforms; adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.12 and establishing an  
effective date.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
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Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0078  
12.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting two memoranda of agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the Juvenile Division Supervisors bargaining unit, representing supervisors in the  
juvenile division of the department of adult and juvenile detention and establishing the effective date of  
the agreements.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Metropolitan King County Council  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0079  
13.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting two memoranda of agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the Juvenile Division Supervisors bargaining unit, representing supervisors in the  
juvenile division of the department of adult and juvenile detention and establishing the effective date of  
the agreements.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Metropolitan King County Council  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0074  
14.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Asia Tail, who resides in council district five, to  
the King County cultural development authority (4Culture), as an executive at-large representative.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
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Proposed Motion No. 2025-0077  
15.  
A MOTION related to a property tax levy for 2026 through 2031 for the purpose of: maintaining and  
operating King County's open space system; improving parks, recreation, access, and mobility in the  
King County open space system by acquiring lands and continuing to develop regional trails; improving  
parks and trails in and acquiring lands by metropolitan parks districts, towns, and cities in King  
County; funding environmental education, maintenance, and conservation programs at the Woodland  
Park Zoo; funding environmental education, maintenance and conservation programs at the Seattle  
Aquarium; funding development, maintenance, and programming for Seattle Waterfront park; and  
funding for capital improvements at publicly owned pools, for all King County residents.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
This is a mandatory referral to the Regional Policy Committee as set forth in King County  
Charter Section 270.30 and K.C.C. 1.24.065.  
This is a dual referral first to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee and then to the  
Regional Policy Committee.  
16.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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