1200 King County

Courthouse

King County

516 Third Avenue

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, April 22, 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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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 & 19

Consent Items

Councilmember Perry

Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0109.2

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Metro transit department to file applications with the Federal Transit

Administration, an operating administration of the United States Department of Transportation, for

federal transportation assistance authorized by 49 U.S.C. chapter 53, Title 23 U.S.C., and other federal

statutes administered by the Federal Transit Administration; and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title

28.

Quinn

Sponsors:

On 4/1/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,

Economy, and Environment Committee.

On 4/15/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass

Substitute Consent.

Metropolitan King County Council

Councilmember Perry

Proposed Motion No. 2025-0114

A MOTION appointing the King County executive.

Balducci and Barón

Sponsors:

On 4/15/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Deferred.

Proposed Motion No. 2025-0116

10.

A MOTION establishing a process for appointing the King County executive.

Dunn

Sponsors:

On 4/15/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Deferred.

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First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral to Committee

Proposed Motion No. 2025-0115

11.

A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of King County Executive Shannon Braddock, to

the Sound Transit board of directors.

Balducci

Sponsors:

SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL TO

COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085

First Reading and Referral of Ordinances

Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0085

12.

AN ORDINANCE relating to the personnel system; amending Ordinance 9088, Section 1, and K.C.C.

3.12.005, Ordinance 12014, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.010, Ordinance 12014, Section

6, and K.C.C. 3.12.020, Ordinance 12014, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.040, Ordinance

12014, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.042, Ordinance 12014, Section 9, as amended, and

K.C.C. 3.12.044, Ordinance 12014, Section 10, and K.C.C. 3.12.050, Ordinance 12014, Section 11, as

amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.060, Ordinance 4324, Section 14, and K.C.C. 3.12.080, Ordinance 12014,

Section 12, and K.C.C. 3.12.090, Ordinance 12014, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.100,

Ordinance 12014, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.110, Ordinance 12014, Section 15, as

amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.120, Ordinance 12014, Section 34, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.123,

Ordinance 12077, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.125, Ordinance 4324, Section 38, and

K.C.C. 3.12.140, Ordinance 12014, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.180, Ordinance 18572,

Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.184, Ordinance 12014, Section 36, as amended, and K.C.C.

3.12.188, Ordinance 12014, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.190, Ordinance 12052, Section

1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.210, Ordinance 12014, Section 20, as amended, and K.C.C.

3.12.215, Ordinance 18408, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.219, Ordinance 12014, Section

21, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.220, Ordinance 18191, Section 4, and K.C.C. 3.12.221, Ordinance

15558, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.222, Ordinance 12014, Section 22, as amended, and

K.C.C. 3.12.223, Ordinance 13743, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.224, Ordinance 7956,

Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.225, Ordinance 19563, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C.

3.12.227, Ordinance 12014, Section 23, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.230, Ordinance 12077, Section

5, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.240, Ordinance 12014, Section 25, as amended, and K.C.C.

3.12.250, Ordinance 12014, Section 26, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.260, Ordinance 9967, Section

2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.262, Ordinance 12014, Section 27, as amended, and K.C.C.

3.12.270, Ordinance 12014, Section 28, and K.C.C. 3.12.280, Ordinance 12014, Section 29, as

amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.290, Ordinance 12014, Section 30, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.300,

Ordinance 4324, Section 9, and K.C.C. 3.12.310, Ordinance 12014, Section 31, as amended, and

K.C.C. 3.12.330, Ordinance 12498, Sections 1, 4-7, and K.C.C. 3.12.335, Ordinance 12014, Section

32, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.350, Ordinance 12014, Section 33, and K.C.C. 3.12.360, Ordinance

16640, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.400, Ordinance 12943, Section 13, and K.C.C.

3.12A.010, Ordinance 12943, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12A.020, Ordinance 12943,

Section 15, and K.C.C. 3.12A.030, Ordinance 12943, Section 16, and K.C.C. 3.12A.040, Ordinance

12943, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12A.050, Ordinance 12943, Section 18, and K.C.C.

3.12A.060, Ordinance 18696, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.12S.010, Ordinance 12014, Section 46, as

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amended, and K.C.C. 3.14.010, Ordinance 8179, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.14.020, Ordinance 12014,

Section 47, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.14.030, Ordinance 12014, Section 48, as amended, and

K.C.C. 3.14.040, Ordinance 1282, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.060, Ordinance 12014,

Section 50, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.020, Ordinance 12014, Section 54, and K.C.C. 3.15.110,

Ordinance 12014, Section 51, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.025, Ordinance 14233, Section 5, as

amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.120, Ordinance 12014, Section 52, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.030,

Ordinance 14233, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.130, Ordinance 14233, Section 7, as

amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.140, Ordinance 1780, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.050,

Ordinance 197, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.010, Ordinance 11480, Section 5, and K.C.C.

3.16.012, Ordinance 10631, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.015, Ordinance 197, Section 2,

as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.020, Ordinance 11480, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.025,

Ordinance 8658, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.040, Ordinance 12014, Section 55, as

amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.050, Ordinance 14287, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.055,

Ordinance 13000, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.060, Ordinance 1902, Section 1, as

amended, and K.C.C. 3.28.010, Ordinance 12077, Section 12, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.30.010,

Ordinance 11183, Section 1, and K.C.C. 3.30.020, Ordinance 10930, Sections 3-4, as amended, and

K.C.C. 3.30.030, Ordinance 12077, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.30.050, Ordinance 12077,

Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.30.060, Ordinance 10930, Section 11, as amended, and

K.C.C. 3.30.070, Ordinance 8575, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.010, Ordinance 8575,

Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.020, Ordinance 8575, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C.

3.36.030, Ordinance 17332, Section 4, and K.C.C. 3.36.035, Ordinance 16035, Section 5, as

amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.045, Ordinance 16035, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.055,

Ordinance 16035, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.065, Ordinance 16035, Section 8, as

amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.075, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 3.15, adding a new section to

K.C.C. chapter 3.30, recodifying K.C.C. 3.15.060, K.C.C. 3.15.110, K.C.C. 3.15.120, K.C.C. 3.15.130,

K.C.C. 3.15.140, K.C.C. 3.15.145, and K.C.C. 3.15.135, repealing Ordinance 4324, Section 7, as

amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.030, Ordinance 12014, Section 16, and K.C.C. 3.12.130, Ordinance 4324,

Section 37, and K.C.C. 3.12.150, Ordinance 4324, Section 34, and K.C.C. 3.12.160, Ordinance 12014,

Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.170, Ordinance 11149, Sections 1-4, as amended, and

K.C.C. 3.12.187, Ordinance 14591, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.218, Ordinance 12014,

Section 24, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.247, Ordinance 4324, Section 33, as amended, and K.C.C.

3.12.320, Ordinance 4324, Section 4, and K.C.C. 3.12.340, Ordinance 9498, Section 14, and K.C.C.

3.12.365, Ordinance 1282, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.040, Ordinance 1282, Section 7,

as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.070, Ordinance 8299, Section 1, and K.C.C. 3.15.080, Ordinance

12014, Section 53, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.100, Ordinance 16818, Section 1, and K.C.C.

3.15.150, Ordinance 16818, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.160, Ordinance 16818, Section

3, and K.C.C. 3.15.170, and Ordinance 16818, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.180, and

establishing an expiration date.

von Reichbauer

Sponsors:

First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee

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Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0086

13.

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:

First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee

Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0118

14.

AN ORDINANCE accepting and approving the Medic One/Emergency Medical Services 2026-2031

Strategic Plan submitted by the executive.

Dunn and Dembowski

Sponsors:

First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee

This is a mandatory dual referral first to the Budget and Fiscal Committee and then to the Regional

Policy Committee.

This is a mandatory referral to the Regional Policy Committee as set forth in King County Charter

Section 270.30 and K.C.C. 1.24.065.

Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0119

15.

AN ORDINANCE relating to the funding and provision of Medic One emergency medical services;

providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County, at special election on November

4, 2025, of a proposition to fund the countywide Medic One emergency medical services by authorizing

the continuation of a regular property tax levy for a consecutive six year period, for collection beginning

in 2026, at a rate of $0.25 or less per $1,000 of assessed valuation, to provide for Medic One

emergency medical services.

Dunn and Dembowski

Sponsors:

First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee

This is a mandatory dual referral first to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee and then to the

Regional Policy Committee.

This is a mandatory referral to the Regional Policy Committee as set forth in King County Charter

Section 270.30 and K.C.C. 1.24.065.

Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0120

16.

AN ORDINANCE approving an application for current use assessment for public benefit rating system,

submitted by Madhukirana Reddy Timiri for property located north and abutting 4277 137th Avenue NE,

Bellevue, WA 98005, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources

division file no. E24CT021B.

Zahilay

Sponsors:

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