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King County  
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Meeting Minutes  
Health, Housing, and Human Services  
Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Teresa Mosqueda, Chair;  
Rhonda Lewis, Vice Chair;  
Jorge L. Barón, Steffanie Fain  
Lead Staff: Olivia Brey (206-263-7913)  
Committee Clerk: Angelica Calderon (206-477-0874)  
9:30 AM  
Thursday, July 23, 2026  
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1.  
Call to Order  
Chair Mosqueda called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m.  
2.  
3.  
Roll Call  
4 - Barón, Fain, Lewis and Mosqueda  
Present:  
Approval of Minutes  
Vice Chair Lewis moved approval of June 2, 2026, meeting minutes. There being no  
objections, the minutes were approved.  
4.  
Public Comment  
The following people were present to offer public comment.  
1. Alex Tzimerman; 2. Sara Dickmeyer; 3. ; Kale Garvey; 4. Thyda Chhom  
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Consent  
5.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0117  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county executive to enter into an interlocal agreement for the provision  
of autopsy and forensic pathology services by the King County medical examiner's office to Skagit  
County.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
A motion was made by Lewis that this Ordinance be Recommended Do Pass  
Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Barón, Fain, Lewis and Mosqueda  
Yes:  
Discussion Only  
6.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0177  
AN ORDINANCE adopting the King County behavioral health bridge implementation plan, required by the  
2026-2027 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 20023, Section 70, Proviso P1, to govern the  
expenditure of proceeds from 2028 through 2034 of the behavioral health sales and use tax authorized by  
RCW 82.14.460 and K.C.C. 4A.500.315.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
This matter was Deferred  
Sam Porter and Miranda Leskinen, Council staff, briefed the Committee on the  
legislation and answered questions from members. Susan Mclaughlin, Director,  
Community & Human Services Department, (DCHS), Marissa Chavez, Policy County  
Executive Assistant, King County Executive, Isabel Jones, Interim Division Director,  
BHRD, DCHS, were present to brief the Committee via PowerPoint presentation and  
answer questions from the members.  
7.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0174  
AN ORDINANCE renaming and revising the mental illness and drug dependency fund and the mental  
illness and drug dependency advisory committee; amending Ordinance 16077, Section 4, as amended,  
and K.C.C. 2.130.010, Ordinance 18217, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2A.300.510, Ordinance  
15955, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.430, and Ordinance 16693, Section 3, as amended,  
and K.C.C 24.22.020, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4A.200, and recodifying K.C.C.  
4A.200.430.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
This matter was Deferred  
Sam Porter and Miranda Leskinen, Council staff, briefed the Committee on the  
legislation and answered questions from members. Susan Mclaughlin, Director,  
Community & Human Services Department, (DCHS), Marissa Chavez, Policy County  
Executive Assistant, King County Executive, Isabel Jones, Interim Division Director,  
BHRD, DCHS, were present to brief the Committee via PowerPoint presentation and  
answer questions from the members.  
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Discussion and Possible Action  
8.  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0145  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the Harborview Medical Center Long-Range Planning Committee  
Plan required by the 2026-2027 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 20023, Section 17, Proviso P8.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
A motion was made by Lewis that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass  
Substitute. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Barón, Fain, Lewis and Mosqueda  
Yes:  
Sam Porter and Miranda Leskinen, Council staff, briefed the Committee on the  
legislation and answered questions from members. Jeff Muhm, Special Advisor to the  
Executive's Leadership Team,  
Madeline Grant, Chief Administrative Officer, Harborview Medical Center, commented  
and answered questions from members.  
The following amendments were moved:  
Amendment 1 moved by CM Lewis was passed.  
Amendment 2 moved by CM Lewis was passed.  
Briefing  
9.  
Briefing No. 2026-B0089  
Disability Pride Month - 39th Anniversary of the Federal American’s With Disability Act; Implementation  
and Activation at King County.  
This matter was Presented  
Darya Farivar, ADA & Disability Equity Specialist, King County Executive Office,  
(KCEO), Cecelia Black, ADA & Disability Equity Specialist, KCEO and Nate Olsen,  
ADA & Disability Equity Specialist, KCEO, briefed the Committee via PowerPoint  
presentation and answered questions from the members.  
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10.  
Briefing No. 2026-B0090  
Update on U.S. Continuum of Care Funding  
This matter was Presented  
Jeff Simms, Chief Program Officer, King County Regional Homelessness Authority,  
briefed the Committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the  
members. Daniel Malone, Executive Director, Downtown Emergency Service Center  
(DESC), Regan McBride, Union Representative, PROTEC17,  
Lindsey Grad, Legislative Director, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW and Byram Simpson,  
Union Representative, OPEIU Local 8, commented to the Committee and answered  
questions from the members.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 12:29 p.m.