1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Minutes  
King County Transportation District  
Boardmembers: Claudia Balducci, Chair;  
Steffanie Fain, Vice Chair;  
Jorge Barón, Rod Dembowski, Reagan Dunn, Rhonda Lewis,  
Teresa Mosqueda, Sarah Perry, Pete von Reichbauer  
10:30 AM  
Friday, May 15, 2026  
Hybrid Meeting  
SPECIAL MEETING  
DRAFT MINUTES  
Hybrid Meetings: Attend King County Transportation District 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 District values community  
input and looks forward to hearing from you. You are not required to sign  
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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 4:00 p.m. on the day before of the meeting,  
your email testimony will be distributed to the Supervisors and  
appropriate staff prior to the meeting. Please submit your testimony by  
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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  
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King County Transportation District  
Meeting Minutes  
May 15, 2026  
CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR  
Webinar ID: 835 9291 6212  
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meeting by calling 1 253 215 8782 and using the Webinar ID. Connecting in  
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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.  
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meeting, please help us manage the callers and use one of the options  
below (Live Streaming or King County TV Channel 22).  
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3. Listen to the meeting by telephone – See “Connecting to the Webinar”  
above.  
1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
The meeting was called to order at 10:30 a.m.  
Roll Call  
9 -  
Present:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Fain, Lewis, Mosqueda, Perry and von  
Reichbauer  
3.  
Approval of Minutes of April 2, 2026  
Supervisor Fain moved to approve the minutes of the April 2, 2026, meeting as  
presented. Seeing no objection, the Chair so ordered.  
King County Transportation District  
Meeting Minutes  
May 15, 2026  
4.  
Public Comment  
The following people spoke:  
Jay Arnold  
Robert Feldstein  
Carol LaMotte  
Billy Hetherington  
Amy Brockhaus  
Elijah Berry  
Derek Maiolo  
Monty Anderson  
Eddie Esponosa  
Marianna Hyke  
King County Transportation District  
Meeting Minutes  
May 15, 2026  
Discussion and Possible Action  
TD Resolution No. TD2026-01  
A RESOLUTION of the King County transportation district, fixing and imposing a one-tenth of one  
5.  
percent sales and use tax within the boundaries of the district to finance transportation improvements, as  
authorized by RCW 36.73.040, 36.73.065, and 82.14.0455.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
Nick Bowman, Council Staff, briefed the District and answered questions.  
Kendall Moore, Assistant Chief Legal Counsel, briefed the District and answered  
questions.  
Mary Bourguignon, Council Staff, briefed the District and answered questions.  
Supervisor Fain withdrew Amendment 2.  
This matter was Deferred  
6.  
TD Resolution No. TD2026-02  
A RESOLUTION related to the provision of services to the King County transportation district by King  
County; requesting the county prepare, negotiate, and execute with the district an implementation plan  
and interlocal agreement for transportation improvement planning and implementation, and stating the  
intent of the district to reimburse the county fully from available funds for the reasonable cost of services  
provided to the district.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
Nick Bowman, Council Staff, briefed the District and answered questions.  
This matter was Deferred  
Briefing  
7.  
TD Briefing No. TD2026-B07  
Options for Work Plan and Next Steps  
Deferred  
Executive Session: Legal risks of a proposed action as allowed by RCW  
42.30.110(1)(i)  
No Executive Session was held.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 12:26 p.m.