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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, April 1, 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).  
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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 Dunn  
4.  
5.  
Approval of Minutes of March 25, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
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 6-16  
Consent Items 6-10  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0261.2  
6.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the  
City of Shoreline to implement a regional program to transfer development rights from lands in  
unincorporated King County into the city of Shoreline.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 8/27/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 1/21/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 3/19/2025, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute  
Consent.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0010  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to sign an agreement between King County, a  
political subdivision of the state of Washington, and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit  
Authority, a regional transit authority organized under the laws of the state of Washington, regarding  
the operation and maintenance of the portion of the Downtown Redmond Link Extension that is within  
King County property.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 1/14/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 3/18/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0038  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the annexation of approximately 1.1 acres of land into the Northeast  
Sammamish sewer and water district, known as the Parklane Annexation, for the purpose of sewer  
service.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
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On 1/28/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 2/11/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Hearing Held.  
On 3/19/2025, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0071  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to retail establishments; changing the effective date of the requirement that  
retailers in unincorporated King County, unless otherwise exempted, must accept payment in cash;  
and amending Ordinance 19639, Section 6.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 2/18/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 3/19/2025, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0084  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the Lower Duwamish Waterway cleanup and authorizing the King County  
executive to sign and fulfill the obligations in the Consent Decree with the United States Environmental  
Protection Agency and the Washington state Department of Ecology and the associated multiparty  
Settlements to govern the cleanup of sediment contamination at the Lower Duwamish Waterway  
Superfund Site and address King County and other parties' roles, contributions, and obligations for  
cleanup.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 3/11/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 3/18/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment 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 11-12  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0059  
11.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Alissa Campbell, who works in council district  
eight, to the King County solid waste advisory committee, as a representative from the waste  
management industry.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 3/11/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 3/18/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0060  
12.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Laura Mork, councilmember, city of Shoreline,  
who resides in council district one, to the King County solid waste advisory committee, filling the local  
elected public official position.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 2/18/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 3/18/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
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Committee of the Whole  
Councilmember Balducci  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0088  
13.  
A MOTION adopting the King County 2025 Federal Legislative Priorities.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 3/18/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 3/25/2025, the Committee of the Whole Passed Out of Committee Without a Recommendation.  
First Reading and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0110  
14.  
A MOTION appointing an acting King County executive.  
Dunn and Perry  
Sponsors:  
SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL  
TO COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085  
Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 15-16  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0096  
15.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Meenakshi Natarajan, who resides in council  
district one, to the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0104  
16.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Jasmine Fry, who resides in council district  
three, to the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
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First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0094  
17.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of an amendment to an existing lease to support the  
operation of the King County sheriff's office.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0106  
18.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county executive to renew an interlocal agreement between King  
County and the cities of Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, and SeaTac for stormwater education in  
the Highline Public School District.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0109  
19.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Metro transit department to file applications with the Federal Transit  
Administration, an operating administration of the United States Department of Transportation, for  
federal transportation assistance authorized by 49 U.S.C. chapter 53, Title 23 U.S.C., and other federal  
statutes administered by the Federal Transit Administration; and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title  
28.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
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First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0105  
20.  
A MOTION confirming the county executive's appointment of Carol Williams to the King Conservation  
District, as a representative of an organization that specifically promotes equity and social justice.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0107  
21.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Neal Black, who works in council district six, to  
the King County Housing Authority board of commissioners.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee  
22.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
23.  
Capital Project Notice to Release Moneys Withheld by Proviso Per Ordinance 19712,  
Section 89, ER2 and P3.  
Adjournment  
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