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Courthouse  
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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, July 9, 2024  
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: 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.  
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).  
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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 Dembowski  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of July 2, 2024  
Councilmember Dunn  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
County Service Awards  
Executive Constantine  
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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 7-13  
Consent Item 7  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0189.2  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE establishing the Doors Open Program fund; and adding a new section to K.C.C.  
chapter 4A.200.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 6/18/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 6/26/2024, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute  
Consent.  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Items 8 and 9  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0194  
8.  
A MOTION accepting the office of law enforcement oversight's annual report for the year 2023.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
On 6/18/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and Justice  
Committee.  
On 6/26/2024, the Law and Justice Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0207  
9.  
A MOTION approving a job description for the position of operations manager.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 6/25/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Employment and  
Administration Committee.  
On 7/2/2024, the Employment and Administration Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute  
Consent.  
Reappointment Consent Agenda - Items 10-13  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0031  
10.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Jen Syrowitz, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County conservation futures advisory committee, as an executive at-large  
representative.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0039  
11.  
12.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Mari Knutson, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County rural forest commission.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0178  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Martin Turney, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County investment pool advisory committee, filling the elected official or employee of  
a school district position.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0185  
13.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Monty Anderson, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County priority hire advisory committee.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
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First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0209  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to King County's combined sewer overflow program and authorizing the King  
County executive to sign and fulfill the obligations in the First Material Modification to the 2013  
Consent Decree with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington state  
Department of Ecology.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0217  
15.  
AN ORDINANCE revising permit review processes; and amending Ordinance 11622, Section 3, as  
amended and K.C.C. 16.02.260, Ordinance 14914, Section 104, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.03.120,  
Ordinance 1488, Section 7, as amended and K.C.C. 16.82.060, Ordinance 12196, Section 9, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.020, Ordinance 12196, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.030,  
Ordinance 12196, Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.040, Ordinance 12196, Section 13, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.060, Ordinance 12196, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.100,  
and Ordinance 10870, Section 634, as amended, and K.C.C. 21.42.140, adding new sections to  
K.C.C. chapter 16.02, recodifying K.C.C. 16.82.060, and repealing Ordinance 12196, Section 12, and  
K.C.C. 20.20.050, Ordinance 12196, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.080, and Ordinance  
10870, Section 618, and K.C.C. 21A.42.110.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0040  
16.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Eric Oien, who resides in council district nine, to  
the King County rural forest commission.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0042  
17.  
18.  
19.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Jon Matson, who resides in council district nine,  
to the King County rural forest commission.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0056  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Gracie McDanold, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0149  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Tim Gately, who resides in council district nine,  
to the King County emergency management advisory committee, as an alternate for the King County  
Police Chiefs Association representative.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0198  
20.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a tree code update report, in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial  
Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 90, Proviso P2  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0203  
21.  
A MOTION confirming the appointment of Kelly Rider as director of the department of community and  
human services.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0205  
22.  
23.  
24.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the second of two independent monitoring reports on the  
confinement of juveniles in county detention facilities as required by the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget  
Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 54, Proviso P1.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Law and Justice Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0211  
A MOTION relating to the King County Search and Rescue Association; acknowledging receipt of the  
funding report for its proposed new headquarters as required by the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget  
Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 94, Proviso P1.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0212  
A MOTION relating to public restrooms at transit centers; acknowledging receipt of the Transit Public  
Restroom Initiative Report submitted in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance 19546,  
Section 114, Proviso P1, as amended by Ordinance 19633, Section 86, Proviso P1.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0213  
25.  
A MOTION accepting a RapidRide Prioritization Plan report as called for by Ordinance 19367, Section  
6.B., which report includes an update on the status of the planning and design of the RapidRide K and  
R lines, in response to Ordinance 19546, Section 114, Proviso P4.C.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Regional Transit Committee  
This is a nonmandatory referral to the Regional Transit Committee under K.C.C. 1.24.065.I as  
an issue that would benefit from interjurisdictional discussion.  
This is a dual referral first to the Regional Transit Committee and then to the Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
26.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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