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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, May 27, 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: 847 7480 7550  
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 May 20, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Proclamation of May 2025 as Wildfire Awareness Month in King County  
Councilmember Perry and Executive Braddock  
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 6-11  
Consent Items 8-9  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0086  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to King County district court electoral district boundaries for 2025; and  
amending Ordinance 16803, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.12.050.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
On 5/6/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Government  
Accountability and Oversight Committee.  
On 5/13/2025, the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0106  
9.  
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:  
On 4/1/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 5/20/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
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Budget and Fiscal Management  
Councilmember Dembowski  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0039  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale of the surplus property located at 33431 13th Place S., Federal  
Way, Washington, in council district seven.  
Zahilay and von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
On 1/28/2025, 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.  
On 3/18/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Re-referred to Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
On 5/14/2025, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Passed Out of Committee Without a  
Recommendation.  
Public Hearing Required  
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Committee of the Whole  
Councilmember Balducci  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0387.2  
11.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to wineries, breweries, distilleries, and remote tasting rooms; amending  
Ordinance 1888, Article III, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 6.01.150, Ordinance 19030, Section  
13, and K.C.C. 21A.06.996, Ordinance 19881, Section 211, and K.C.C. 21A.xx.xxx, Ordinance 10870,  
Section 336, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.070, Ordinance 10870, Section 335, as amended, and  
K.C.C. 21A.08.080, Ordinance 10870, Section 336, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.090, Ordinance  
19881, Section 177, and K.C.C. 21A.xx.xxx, Ordinance 10870, Section 407, as amended, and K.C.C.  
21A.18.030, Ordinance 10870, Section 536, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.30.080, Ordinance 15606,  
Section 20, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.30.085, Ordinance 10870, Section 537, as amended, and  
K.C.C. 21A.30.090, Ordinance 10870, Section 547, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.32.100, Ordinance  
10870, Section 548, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.32.110, Ordinance 10870, Section 549, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 21A.32.120, and Ordinance 13623, Section 37, as amended, and K.C.C.  
23.32.010, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 21A.06, repealing Ordinance 19030, Section 3,  
Ordinance 19030, Section 4, and K.C.C. 6.74.010, Ordinance 19030, Section 5, and K.C.C. 6.74.020,  
Ordinance 19030, Section 6, and K.C.C. 6.74.030, Ordinance 19030, Section 7, and K.C.C. 6.74.040,  
Ordinance 19030, Section 8, and K.C.C. 6.74.050, Ordinance 19030, Section 9, and K.C.C. 6.74.060,  
Ordinance 19030, Section 10, and K.C.C. 6.74.070, Ordinance 19030, Section 11, and K.C.C.  
6.74.080, Ordinance 19030, Section 14, and K.C.C. 21A.06.1427A, Ordinance 19030, Section 15, and  
K.C.C. 21A.06.1427B, Ordinance 19030, Section 16, and K.C.C. 21A.06.1427C, Ordinance 19030,  
Section 28, Ordinance 19030, Section 29, and K.C.C. 21A.55.110, and Ordinance 19030, Section 32,  
prescribing penalties, and establishing an effective date.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 11/12/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of  
the Whole.  
On 11/18/2024, the Committee of the Whole Deferred.  
On 2/25/2025, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Substitute Consent.  
On 4/15/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Deferred.  
Public Hearing Required  
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First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0147  
12.  
AN ORDINANCE establishing the Locally Preferred Alternative including the alignment and station  
locations of the RapidRide K Line.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0146  
13.  
A MOTION confirming the appointment of Charles Parkins as director of the juvenile division with the  
department of adult and juvenile detention.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0149  
14.  
A MOTION expressing King County council's opposition to proposed federal Medicaid cuts and  
affirming support for care workers, healthcare systems, and residents who rely on Apple Health.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0152  
15.  
A MOTION accepting the office of law enforcement oversight's annual report for the year 2024.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Law and Justice Committee  
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Proposed Motion No. 2025-0154  
16.  
A MOTION approving the job description for the position of hearing examiner.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Employment and Administration Committee  
17.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Required Notification Pursuant to K.C.C. 4A.100.080  
18.  
May 13, 2024, Exception Notification Regarding Transfer from Emergent Need  
Contingency to the Parks Capital Fund (Wayne Golf Course Trail Connector  
Improvements).  
Adjournment  
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