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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, September 2, 2025  
DRAFT MINUTES  
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 von Reichbauer  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of August 26, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Recognition of the 2024-25 Ruth Woo Fellows: Monica Alfonzo, Zeinab Al-Mohanawy, Priscilla  
de Andrade, Marissa Maldonado, and Saeed Mahamood  
Councilmember Dembowski  
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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 7 - 9  
Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
Councilmember Dembowski  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0236.2  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale of biomethane and related environmental attributes held by the  
county; authorizing the solid waste division to enter into an agreement for the sale of biomethane and  
environmental attributes produced at the Cedar Hills regional landfill to Puget Sound Energy.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 8/19/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 8/27/2025, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute.  
Public Hearing Required  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Items  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0204  
8.  
A MOTION accepting the King County 30-Year Forest Plan in accordance with Ordinance 19881,  
Section 377.  
Quinn and Perry  
Sponsors:  
On 7/22/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 8/20/2025, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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Proposed Motion No. 2025-0205  
9.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a Critical Areas Monitoring and Adaptive Management Program  
plan, in response to the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 16, Proviso P1.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
On 7/8/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 8/20/2025, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0266  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to contract management and compliance monitoring protocols for the  
department of community and human services; and amending Ordinance 11955, Section 5, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.130.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
On 9/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health, Housing,  
and Human Services Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0267  
11.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to prohibiting algorithmic rent fixing; and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title  
12.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 9/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health, Housing,  
and Human Services Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0268  
12.  
AN ORDINANCE related to doctors office/outpatient clinic uses; and amending Ordinance 19881,  
Section 162, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.045 and Ordinance 16267, Section 30, as amended,  
and K.C.C. 21A.12.250.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 9/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
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First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0217  
13.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the third annual report on the second Best Starts for Kids  
initiative, in accordance with Ordinance 19354.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
This is a dual referral first to the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee and then to the  
Regional Policy Committee.  
This is a nonmandatory referral to the Regional Policy Committee under KCC 1.24.065.I as an issue that  
is not a countywide policy or plan but would benefit from interjurisdictional discussion.  
On 9/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health, Housing,  
and Human Services Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0237  
14.  
A MOTION approving the 2024 annual mental illness and drug dependency evaluation summary report,  
in compliance with K.C.C. 4A.500.309.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 9/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health, Housing,  
and Human Services Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0252  
15.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the summary letter and completion of the online annual report  
requirement for the Crisis Care Centers Levy, in accordance with Ordinance 19572, Section 7.C.9, and  
Attachment A to Ordinance 19783, Section VIII.A.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 9/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health, Housing,  
and Human Services Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0263  
16.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Zain Jinnah, who resides in council district two,  
to the King County immigrant and refugee commission.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 9/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
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Proposed Motion No. 2025-0264  
17.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Julie Kang, who resides in council district four, to  
the King County immigrant and refugee commission.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
On 9/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
18.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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