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Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmembers: Sarah Perry, Chair;  
Jorge Barón, Vice Chair of Policy Development and Review;  
Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair of Regional Coordination;  
Claudia Balducci, Rod Dembowski, Steffanie Fain,  
Rhonda Lewis, Teresa Mosqueda, Pete von Reichbauer  
1:30 PM  
Tuesday, March 17, 2026  
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: 873 0459 1515  
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 Balducci  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of March 10, 2026  
Councilmember Barón  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Proclamation of March 22 to 28, 2026, as Transit Appreciation Week in King County.  
Councilmember Fain and Councilmember Balducci  
Proclamation of March 2026 as Women’s History Month in King County.  
Councilmember Balducci, Councilmember Fain, Councilmember Lewis, Councilmember Mosqueda, and  
Councilmember Perry  
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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 & 9-13  
Law and Justice  
Councilmember Lewis  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2026-0027.2  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE limiting the use of King County-owned and controlled property; amending Ordinance  
18665, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.005 and Ordinance 17706, Section 2, as amended,  
and K.C.C. 2.15.020 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.15.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 2/17/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and Justice  
Committee.  
On 3/4/2026, the Law and Justice Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute.  
A one week’s continuance of final action on this item has been requested. Unless the ruling of  
the chair is overturned, in accordance with Rule 2, action on Proposed Ordinance 2026-0027  
will be continued to next week’s Council agenda and no public comment will be taken at  
today’s meeting.  
Hearing Examiner Consent Agenda - Item 8  
Councilmember Fain  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0368.2  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of a portion of 52nd Avenue South/Indiana Ave,  
file no. V-2735; Petitioner: Whispering Woods Estates, LLC.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
On 12/9/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Hearing  
Examiner.  
On 1/6/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
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Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Items 9-13  
Councilmember Barón  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0228  
9.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Crystal Goodwin, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County board for developmental disabilities.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
On 12/9/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health, Housing,  
and Human Services Committee.  
On 1/20/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 3/3/2026, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0253  
10.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Dae Degrate, who resides in council district nine,  
to the King County behavioral health advisory board.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
On 12/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health, Housing,  
and Human Services Committee.  
On 1/6/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 3/3/2026, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0255  
11.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Someireh Amirfaiz, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County mental illness and drug dependency advisory committee, as a provider of  
culturally specific mental health services in King County.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
On 12/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health, Housing,  
and Human Services Committee.  
On 1/6/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 3/3/2026, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
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Proposed Motion No. 2025-0337  
12.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Carrol Stripling, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County veterans advisory board.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
On 12/9/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health, Housing,  
and Human Services Committee.  
On 1/20/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Reintroduced.  
On 3/3/2026, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2026-0017.2  
13.  
A MOTION stating the council's support for continued entheogen-related research for alternative  
treatment modalities, structured medical models, and full decriminalization of entheogen-related  
activities and requesting that the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of any adult engaging in certain  
entheogen-related activities be among King County's lowest criminal enforcement priorities.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 1/27/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health, Housing,  
and Human Services Committee.  
On 2/3/2026, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Deferred.  
On 3/3/2026, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Substitute Consent.  
14.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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