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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, March 25, 2025  
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 March 18, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Proclamation of March 31, 2025, as Transgender Day of Visibility in King County  
Councilmember Barón and Councilmember Balducci  
Proclamation of March 2025 as Women’s History Month in King County  
Councilmember Balducci, Councilmember Perry and Councilmember Mosqueda  
7.  
Public Comment  
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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  
Consent Items 8-9  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0409.2  
8.  
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, 2033.  
Sponsors:  
von Reichbauer  
On 2/4/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Government  
Accountability and Oversight Committee.  
On 3/11/2025, the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee Recommended Do  
Pass Consent.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0012  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a lease amendment to support the operation of natural  
resources and parks.  
Sponsors:  
Zahilay  
On 1/21/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 3/12/2025, 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 Items 10-11  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0407  
10.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Amy Calderwood, who resides in council  
district four, to the King County board of ethics.  
Sponsors:  
Barón  
On 1/21/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Government  
Accountability and Oversight Committee.  
On 1/21/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 3/11/2025, the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee Recommended Do  
Pass Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0042  
11.  
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.  
Sponsors:  
Balducci  
On 2/4/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Government  
Accountability and Oversight Committee.  
On 3/11/2025, the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee Recommended Do  
Pass Consent.  
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Reappointment Consent Agenda Items 12-14  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0029  
12.  
13.  
14.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Annu Luthra, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Sponsors:  
Dunn  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0050  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Teresa Platin, who resides in council district  
nine, to the Washington state boundary review board for King County.  
Sponsors:  
Dunn  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0098  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of the Honorable Ariana Sherlock,  
councilmember, city of Newcastle, who resides in council district nine, to the King County children  
and youth advisory board, filling a position nominated by the Sound Cities Association.  
Sponsors:  
Dunn  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0089  
15.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute an airspace lease agreement with the  
Washington state Department of Transportation for land and facilities in the State Route 520  
interchange at Montlake Boulevard for a term of twenty years with the possibility of two twenty-year  
extensions; and to take all actions necessary to implement the terms of the lease.  
Sponsors:  
Dembowski  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
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First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0091  
16.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Adrien Leavitt, who resides in council district  
two, to the King County public defense advisory board, representing areas or issues that may affect  
public defense clients.  
Sponsors:  
Zahilay  
First Reading and Referral to the Law and Justice Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0099  
17.  
A MOTION confirming the appointment of ____________ to the citizens' elections oversight  
committee as a representative sponsored by a junior taxing district or a city with a population of  
under twenty thousand.  
Sponsors:  
Zahilay  
First Reading and Referral to the Employment and Administration Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0100  
18.  
A MOTION approving a job description for the position of director of the office of law enforcement  
oversight; and rescinding Motion 15790 and Motion 15790, Attachment A.  
Sponsors:  
Zahilay  
First Reading and Referral to the Employment and Administration Committee  
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Proposed Motion No. 2025-0101  
19.  
A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; and amending Motion 15998, Section I, as  
amended, and OR 3-120.  
Sponsors:  
Zahilay  
First Reading and Referral to the Employment and Administration Committee  
20.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
21.  
Capital Project Notice to Release Moneys Withheld by Proviso Per Ordinance 19712,  
Section 89, ER2 and P3.  
Adjournment  
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