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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 4, 2025  
Hybrid Meeting  
REVISED AGENDA - ADDED ITEM 29  
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.  
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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  
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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  
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1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance  
Councilmember Dembowski  
4.  
5.  
Approval of Minutes of January 28, 2025  
Vice Chair Perry  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
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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 6-14  
Law and Justice  
Councilmember Barón  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0016  
6.  
AN ORDINANCE related to the repeal of RCW 10.70.140; and amending Ordinance 17706, Section 2,  
as amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.020.  
Barón and Quinn  
Sponsors:  
On 1/14/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and Justice  
Committee.  
On 1/22/2025, the Law and Justice Committee Recommended Do Pass.  
Public Hearing Required  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Items 7-10  
Vice Chair Perry  
Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2024-0293.2  
7.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the second of two reports on progress toward addressing the legal  
system backlog that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial  
Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 17, Proviso P4.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
On 11/5/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and Justice  
Committee.  
On 1/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 1/22/2025, the Law and Justice Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute Consent.  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0284  
8.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the proviso report on a crisis response program plan required by  
the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 21, as amended by Ordinance  
19633, Section 17, Proviso P1.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
On 11/5/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and Justice  
Committee.  
On 1/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 1/22/2025, the Law and Justice Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0291  
9.  
A MOTION relating to mature forests in King County, acknowledging receipt of the first of two reports  
on mature forests in King County as required by Motion 16437 requesting the executive to identify and  
analyze mature forests in King County and to transmit two reports.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 9/24/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 1/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 1/21/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0001  
10.  
A MOTION relating to mature forests in King County, acknowledging receipt of the second of two  
reports on mature forests in King County as required by Motion 16437 requesting the executive to  
identify and analyze mature forests in King County and to transmit two reports.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 1/14/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 1/21/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
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First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0047  
11.  
A MOTION requesting the executive develop a risk assessment related to volatility in federal funding.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL  
TO COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085  
Reappointment Consent Agenda Items 12-14  
Vice Chair Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0390  
12.  
13.  
14.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Bruce Davis, who resides in council district  
eight, to the King County board of ethics.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0025  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Srini Raghavan, who resides in council district  
three, to the King County Library System board of trustees.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0027  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Jack Edgerton, who resides in council district  
four, to the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0409  
15.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to enter into a renewal of cable television franchise 5602  
with WAVEDIVISION I, LLC, for a period ending July 31, 3033.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
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Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0048  
16.  
AN ORDINANCE adopting the revision of voting precincts of King County for the year 2025.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0401  
17.  
A MOTION accepting the Records Collection and Retention Proviso Response Report, as required by  
the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 121, as amended by Ordinance  
19791, Section 60, Proviso P1.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0416  
18.  
19.  
20.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Sercan Hepsener, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0417  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Wahid Bihroz, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0002  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of David Ellison, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County Lake Management District No. 2 advisory committee, as the Lake Geneva  
Property Owners Association representative.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
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Proposed Motion No. 2025-0003  
21.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Colleen Short, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County Lake Management District No. 2 advisory committee, as a representative of  
Lake Geneva property owners.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0015  
22.  
23.  
24.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Nandita Sharma, who resides in council district  
three, to the King County women's advisory board, as an executive at-large representative.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0042  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Nicole Cain, who resides in council district six, to  
the King County Museum of Flight Authority board of directors.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0051  
A MOTION appointing committees to write the voters' pamphlet statements for the April 22, 2025,  
special election regarding Ordinance 19884 providing for the submission to the qualified electors of  
King County, at a special election on April 22, 2025, a proposition to reauthorize an expired regular  
property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW, for a consecutive  
seven year period beginning in 2026 at the rate of not more than $0.0275 per one thousand dollars of  
assessed valuation, with the 2026 levy amount being the base for computing maximum allowable levy  
amounts under chapter 84.55 RCW for years two through seven (2027-2032), for the purpose of funding  
the continued operation of the regional automated fingerprint identification system, also known as  
AFIS, which maintains expanded crime scene and arrest identification technology and services for all  
local criminal justice agencies in King County.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Metropolitan King County Council  
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Proposed Motion No. 2025-0052  
25.  
A MOTION extending the waiver of requirements for competitive bidding and solicitation requirements  
for contracts relating to the King County department of adult and juvenile detention distributed antenna  
system evaluation and corrections.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
Reintroductions of Motions  
Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2024-0228.2  
26.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the second annual report on the second Best Starts for Kids  
initiative, in accordance with Ordinance 19354.  
von Reichbauer and Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Regional Policy  
Committee.  
On 9/3/2024, the Regional Policy Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute.  
On 2/4/2025, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Deferred.  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0382  
27.  
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:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
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.  
28.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
ADDED ITEM 29  
First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0053  
29.  
A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; and amending Motion 11122, Section G, as  
amended, and OR 2-040, and Motion 11122, Section H, as amended, and OR 2-050.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
Adjournment  
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