1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Transportation, Economy, and  
Environment Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Steffanie Fain, Chair;  
Pete von Reichbauer, Vice Chair;  
Claudia Balducci, Reagan Dunn  
Lead Staff: Jake Tracy (206-263-0875)  
Committee Clerk: Angelica Calderon (206 477-7470)  
9:30 AM  
Tuesday, January 20, 2026  
Hybrid Meeting  
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Chambers (Room 1001), 516 3rd Avenue in Seattle, or through remote access. Details on how  
to attend and/or to provide 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 Transportation, Economy, and Environment  
Committee values community input and looks forward to hearing from you on agenda items.  
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so by submitting your written comments to kcccomitt@kingcounty.gov. If your comments are  
submitted before 8:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting, your comments will be distributed to the  
committee members and appropriate staff prior to the meeting.  
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1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Approval of Minutes  
Minutes of September 8, 2025 meeting  
Briefing  
2026 TrEE Work Plan Overview  
Jake Tracy, Council staff  
4.  
Consent  
5.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Kazia Mermel, who resides in council district  
two, to the King County waterworks grant ranking committee, as the metropolitan water pollution  
abatement advisory committee, city of Seattle representative.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
Jenny Giambattista, Council staff  
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6.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Kyle Wong, who resides in council district one,  
to the King County waterworks grant ranking committee, as the metropolitan water pollution abatement  
advisory committee, participant sewer district representative.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
Jenny Giambattista, Council staff  
7.  
8.  
9.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Clare Semambo, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County solid waste advisory committee, as a citizen representative.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
Wendy Soo Hoo, Council staff  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Cynthia Dampier, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County solid waste advisory committee, as a citizen representative.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
Wendy Soo Hoo, Council staff  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Tyler Morgan, who resides in council district one,  
to the King County solid waste advisory committee, as an agriculture representative.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
Wendy Soo Hoo, Council staff  
Briefing  
10.  
Planning for 2026 FIFA World Cup  
FIFA, Visit Seattle, King County Metro  
Discussion and Possible Action  
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11.  
A MOTION relating to the King County Metro Transit Strategic Plan for Public Transportation  
2021-2031 and King County Metro Transit Service Guidelines and accepting the King County Metro  
Transit 2025 System Evaluation.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
Mary Bourguignon, Council staff  
Briefing  
12.  
Expediting RapidRIde Report  
Pierce Cancer, Supervisor, System Expansion and Integration, Metro  
13.  
Vanpool Update Report  
Jason Halvorson, Mobility Services Supervisor, Metro  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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