1200 King County
Courthouse
King County
516 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Meeting Minutes
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
12:00 PM
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Hybrid Meeting
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1.
2.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 12:01 p.m.
Roll Call
8 - Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Fain, Lewis, Mosqueda and Perry
1 - von Reichbauer
Present:
Excused:
3.
Approval of Minutes of July 7, 2026
Councilmember Dembowski moved to approve the minutes of the July 7, 2026,
meeting as presented. Seeing no objection, the Chair so ordered.
4.
Issue Briefing
Jeff Bjornstad, President of Federal Affairs and Strategic Communications,
Washington2 Advocates, provided an update on federal partnerships and local
priorities. Mac Nicholson, Director of Government Relations, answered questions of the
Council.
Miranda Leskinen, Policy Staff, briefed the Council on Proposed Motion 2026-0084,
potential amendments, and answered questions.
