1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmembers: Sarah Perry, Chair;  
Jorge Barón, Vice Chair of Policy Development and Review;  
Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair of Regional Coordination;  
Claudia Balducci, Rod Dembowski, Steffanie Fain,  
Rhonda Lewis, Teresa Mosqueda, Pete von Reichbauer  
1:30 PM  
Tuesday, March 10, 2026  
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: 830 3407 1240  
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 Fain  
4.  
5.  
Approval of Minutes of March 3, 2026  
Councilmember Barón  
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 6-9  
Consent Items 6-8  
Councilmember Barón  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0359  
6.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a new lease at an existing location to support the  
operation of public health - Seattle & King County.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 12/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 1/13/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 2/25/2026, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0361.2  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of an amended and restated lease to support the operation  
of public health - Seattle & King County.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 12/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 1/13/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 2/25/2026, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute  
Consent.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0024  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the manager of treasury operations of King County to cancel the attached  
list of uncollectible personal property taxes in the amount of $1,218,769 for the years 2018 through  
2025.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 2/17/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 2/25/2026, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Item 9  
Councilmember Barón  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0011  
9.  
A MOTION confirming the appointment of Stephen Heard as director of the King County department of  
information technology.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
On 1/27/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 2/24/2026, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0037  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE approving South Link Connections Public Transportation Service Changes for King  
County.  
Fain and von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0041  
11.  
AN ORDINANCE approving an application for current use assessment for public benefit rating system,  
submitted by Pavel Aprikian and Louisa Khudaverdian for property located at 17725 SE 102nd Street,  
Newcastle, WA 98059, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land  
resources division file no. E25CT016.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Hearing Examiner  
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Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0042  
12.  
13.  
14.  
15.  
AN ORDINANCE approving an application for current use assessment for public benefit rating system,  
submitted by Jessica and Nicholas Firsow for property located at 31811 NE 199th Place, Duvall, WA  
98019, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file  
no. E25CT015.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Hearing Examiner  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0043  
AN ORDINANCE approving an application for current use assessment for public benefit rating system,  
submitted by Tara Meehan for property located south and abutting 17408 96th Place SW, Vashon, WA  
98070, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file  
no. E25CT027.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Hearing Examiner  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0044  
AN ORDINANCE approving an application for current use assessment for public benefit rating system,  
submitted by Linda Tong for property located at 5617 236th Avenue NE, Redmond, WA 98053,  
designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no.  
E25CT034.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Hearing Examiner  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0045  
AN ORDINANCE approving an application for current use assessment for public benefit rating system,  
submitted by Jeff and Clover Bachman for property located at 17317 W Snoqualmie Valley Road NE,  
Duvall, WA 98019, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources  
division file no. E25CT029.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Hearing Examiner  
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Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0046  
16.  
AN ORDINANCE approving an application for current use assessment for public benefit rating system,  
submitted by Graeme and Lois Laughlin for property located 18802 SE Jones Road, Renton, WA  
98058, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file  
no. E25CT032.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Hearing Examiner  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0047  
17.  
AN ORDINANCE correcting the legal description in Ordinance 19723, which authorized the vacation of  
a portion of 152nd Ave SE, File V-2745; Petitioners: Micah and Florine Palmer; amending Ordinance  
19723, Section 1, and repealing Ordinance 19723, Section 2.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Hearing Examiner  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0029  
18.  
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:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0038  
19.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a plan describing the analysis to be completed for the policy  
questions identified in the Regional Wastewater Services Plan Update scope document as adopted by  
regional water quality committee resolution 2025-01, prepared in accordance with the 2026-2027  
Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 20023, Section 115, Proviso P1.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
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20.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
21. Public Employee Relations Commission Notice  
Adjournment  
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