1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Regional Policy Committee  
Councilmembers: Pete von Reichbauer, Chair;  
Claudia Balducci, Girmay Zahilay  
Alternate: Jorge Barón  
Sound Cities Association: Angela Birney, Redmond, Vice Chair; Nancy Backus, Auburn;  
Armondo Pavone, Renton; Jay Arnold, Kirkland  
Alternates: Dana Ralph, Kent; Debra Srebnik, Kenmore  
City of Seattle: Cathy Moore, Alexis Mercedes Rinck  
Alternates: Sara Nelson  
Lead Staff: Miranda Leskinen (206-263-5783)  
Committee Clerk: Angelica Calderon (206-477-0874)  
3:00 PM  
Wednesday, January 8, 2025  
Hybrid Meeting  
Hybrid Meetings: Attend the King County Council committee meetings in person in Council  
Chambers (Room 1001), 516 3rd Avenue in Seattle, or through remote access. Details on how  
to attend and/or to provide comment remotely are listed below.  
Pursuant to K.C.C. 1.24.035 A. and F., this meeting is also noticed as a meeting of the  
Metropolitan King County Council, whose agenda is limited to the committee business. In this  
meeting only the rules and procedures applicable to committees apply and not those  
applicable to full council meetings.  
HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT: The Regional Policy Committee values community  
input and looks forward to hearing from you on agenda items.  
The Committee will accept public comment on items on today’s agenda in writing. You may do  
so by submitting your written comments to kcccomitt@kingcounty.gov. If your comments are  
submitted before 1:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting, your comments will be distributed to the  
committee members and appropriate staff prior to the meeting.  
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1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Approval of Minutes  
Minutes of the November 20, 2024, Special Meeting.  
Briefing  
Briefing No. 2024-B0132  
Selection of the Vice Chair  
Miranda Leskinen, Council staff  
4.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0133  
RPC Work Plan for 2025  
5.  
Miranda Leskinen, Council staff  
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Discussion and Possible Action  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0225  
6.  
7.  
8.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the 2023 health through housing annual report, in accordance with  
K.C.C. chapter 24.30.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
Olivia Brey, Council staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0243  
A MOTION approving the 2023 annual mental illness and drug dependency evaluation summary report,  
in compliance with K.C.C. 4A.500.309.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council staff  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0402  
AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special  
election to be held in King County on April 22, 2025, of a proposition to reauthorize an expired regular  
property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW, for a consecutive  
seven year period beginning in 2026 at the rate of not more than $0.0275 per one thousand dollars of  
assessed valuation, with the 2026 levy amount being the base for computing maximum allowable levy  
amounts under chapter 84.55 RCW for years two through seven (2027-2032), for the purpose funding  
the continued operation of the regional automated fingerprint identification system, also known as  
AFIS, which maintains expanded crime scene and arrest identification technology and services for all  
local criminal justice agencies in King County.  
Zahilay and von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council staff  
Erica Newman, Council staff  
Contingent upon referral to the Regional Policy Committee.  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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