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Courthouse  
King County  
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Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmembers: Dave Upthegrove, Chair;  
Girmay Zahilay, Vice Chair of Policy Development and Review;  
Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair of Regional Coordination;  
Claudia Balducci, Jorge Barón, Rod Dembowski,  
Teresa Mosqueda, Sarah Perry, Pete von Reichbauer  
1:30 PM  
Tuesday, January 14, 2025  
Hybrid Meeting  
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1001), 516 3rd Avenue in Seattle, or through remote access. Details on how to attend and/or  
provide comment remotely are listed below.  
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by emailing clerk@kingcounty.gov.  
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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: 830 3407 1240  
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.  
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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  
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1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance  
Councilmember Upthegrove  
4.  
5.  
Approval of Minutes of January 7, 2025  
Councilmember Zahilay  
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, 7 & 16  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0419  
6.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Memorandum of Agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 587, representing employees in the sheet  
metal worker job classification in the Vehicle Maintenance division of the Metro Transit department;  
and establishing the effective date of said agreement.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 1/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan King  
County Council.  
Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 7  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0014  
7.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Eric Zimmerman, who resides in council district  
five, to the King County conservation futures advisory committee, as a council at-large representative.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0010  
8.  
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:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
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Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0016  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE related to the repeal of RCW 10.70.140; and amending Ordinance 17706, Section 2,  
as amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.020.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Law and Justice Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0018  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to antidiscrimination text and making technical corrections, amending  
Ordinance 18665, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.005, Ordinance 16692, Section 2, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.010, Ordinance 12014, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.180,  
Ordinance 18757, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12D.010, Ordinance 18757, Section 4, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 3.12D.020, Ordinance 10159, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 6.27A.120,  
Ordinance 11992, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.16.010, Ordinance 11992, Section 2, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 12.16.020, Ordinance 11992, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.16.050,  
Ordinance 11992, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.16.070, Ordinance 10849, Section 19, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 12.16.125, Ordinance 13981, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.17.002,  
Ordinance 13981, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.17.010, Ordinance 7430, Section 1, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.010, Ordinance 7430, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.020,  
Ordinance 5280, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.010, Ordinance 5280, Section 2, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.020, Ordinance 5280, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.040,  
Ordinance 5280, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.050, Ordinance 5280, Section 3, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.060, Ordinance 5280, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.130,  
Ordinance 8625, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.22.010, Ordinance 8625, Section 2, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 12.22.020, Ordinance 8625, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.22.030,  
Ordinance 8034, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 22.16.030.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
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First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0001  
11.  
A MOTION relating to mature forests in King County, acknowledging receipt of the second of two  
reports on mature forests in King County as required by Motion 16437 requesting the executive to  
identify and analyze mature forests in King County and to transmit two reports.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0011  
12.  
A MOTION confirming the appointment of Aaron Parker as director of the community corrections  
division within the department of adult and juvenile detention.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
Reintroductions of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0328  
13.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to code compliance standards; and amending Ordinance 10636, Section 3,  
and K.C.C. 9.12.015, Ordinance 10636, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.12.080, Ordinance  
14114, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.86.700, Ordinance 19276, Section 9, as amended,  
and K.C.C. 17.11.060, Ordinance 4461, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.22.040, Ordinance  
13263, Section 1, and K.C.C. 23.01.010, Ordinance 13263, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C.  
23.02.010, Ordinance 13263, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 23.02.040, Ordinance 13262,  
Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 23.02.050, Ordinance 13263, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C.  
23.02.060, Ordinance 13263, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 23.02.070, Ordinance 13263,  
Section 15, and KC.C. 23.20.010, Ordinance 13263, Section 16, as amended, and K.C.C. 23.20.020,  
Ordinance 13263, Section 37, as amended, and K.C.C. 23.32.010, Ordinance 13263, Section 40, as  
amended, and K.CC. 23.32.040, and Ordinance 13263, Section 43, as amended, and K.C.C.  
23.36.010.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
On 10/22/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
Reintroductions of Motions  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0367  
14.  
A MOTION relating to the King County Metro Transit Strategic Plan for Public Transportation  
2021-2031 and King County Metro Transit Service Guidelines and accepting the King County Metro  
Transit 2024 System Evaluation.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
On 11/5/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Regional Transit  
Committee.  
On 11/20/2024, the Regional Transit Committee Recommended Do Pass.  
15.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Proclamation/Recognition Presented in the Community  
16.  
Proclamation of January 29, 2025, as Lunar New Year in King County  
Councilmember Balducci  
Adjournment  
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