1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Minutes  
Board of Health  
Metropolitan King County Councilmembers: Teresa  
Mosqueda, Chair;  
Reagan Dunn, Rhonda Lewis, Pete von Reichbauer  
Alternate: Vacant  
City of Seattle Members: Dionne Foster, Vice Chair; Debora  
Juarez, Alexis Mercedes Rinck  
Alternate: Rob Saka  
Sound Cities Association Members: Amy Falcone, Victoria  
Schroff, Hugo Garcia;  
Alternates: Pierre Blosse, Satwinder Kaur, Cheryl Paquette  
Public Health, Facilities, and Providers: Butch de Castro, PhD,  
MSN/MPH, RN, FAAN;  
Lisa Chew, MD, MPH; Katherine Gudgel, MS Alternate: Karen  
Hartfield  
Consumers of Public Health: Quiana Daniels, BS, RN, LPN,  
Vice Chair;  
Mustafa Mohammed, MD, MBCHB, MHP, LAAC, AAC  
Alternate: LaMont Green (Gullah), DSW  
Community Stakeholders: Christopher Archiopoli, Victor Loo  
Alternate: Francoise Milinganyo  
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe: Jaison Elkins; Alternate: Andrea  
N. Thomas, MHA  
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe: Jolene R. Williams, MMC, or  
Steve de los Angeles; Alternate: Quintina Bowen  
Seattle Indian Health Board: Esther Lucero; Alternate: Meriah  
Gille  
Dr. Sandra Valenciano, Director and Health Officer,  
Seattle-King County Department of Public Health  
Staff: Joy Carpine-Cazzanti, Board Administrator -  
KCBOHAdmin@kingcounty.gov  
1:00 PM  
Thursday, July 16, 2026  
Hybrid Meeting  
REVISED AGENDA  
DRAFT MINUTES  
Board of Health  
Meeting Minutes  
July 16, 2026  
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Chambers (Room 1001), 516 3rd Avenue in Seattle, or through remote  
access. Details on how to attend and/or provide public comment remotely  
are listed below.  
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Meeting ID: 836 2614 2088  
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callers by using one of the options below to watch or listen to the  
meeting.  
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1.  
Call to Order  
The meeting was called to order at 1:02 p.m.  
82.  
Roll Call  
16 -  
Present:  
Archiopoli, Chew, Daniels, de Castro, Dunn, Lewis, Loo, Lucero,  
Mohammed, Mosqueda, von Reichbauer, Williams, Garcia, Kaur, Hartfield  
and Thomas  
8 - Elkins, Falcone, Foster, Gudgel, Juarez, Rinck, Schroff and de los Angeles  
Excused:  
Board of Health  
Meeting Minutes  
July 16, 2026  
3.  
Announcement of Any Alternates Serving in Place of Regular  
Members  
Boardmember Kaur served in place of Boardmember Schroff.  
Boardmember Hartfield served in place of Boardmember Gudgel.  
Boardmember Thomas served in place of Boardmember Elkins.  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of June 18, 2026  
Vice Chair Daniels moved to approve the minutes of the June 18, 2026, meeting as  
presented. Seeing no objection, the Chair so ordered.  
Boardmember Williams abstained from voting on the minutes.  
5.  
6.  
7.  
Public Comments  
The following person spoke:  
Alex Tsimerman  
Chair's Report  
The Chair briefed the Board on the upcoming agenda and announced that the August  
meeting will be cancelled. The next meeting will be on September 17, 2026.  
Director's Report  
Dr. Sandra Valenciano, Director, Public Health – Seattle & King County, made  
remarks and briefed the Board on cyclosporiasis.  
Board of Health  
Meeting Minutes  
July 16, 2026  
Briefings  
8.  
BOH Briefing No. 26-B18  
Update on BOH membership plans and recruitment for 2027  
Joy Carpine-Cazzanti, Board Administrator, briefed the Board and answered questions.  
This matter was Presented  
9.  
BOH Briefing No. 26-B19  
Pet Businesses & Public Health - Zoonotic Disease Code and Rates  
Ryan Kellogg, Assistant Director, Public Health's Environmental Health Division,  
briefed the Board and answered questions.  
Dr. Jocyelyn Mullins, Public Health Veterinarian, briefed the Board.  
Leah Helms, Manager, Solid Waste, Rodent and Zoonotic Disease Program, briefed  
the Board.  
This matter was Presented  
10.  
BOH Briefing No. 26-B20  
Seattle/King County Continuum of Care  
Boardmember Loo made remarks and introduced the presenters for Item 10.  
Jeff Simms, Chief Program Officer, King County Regional Homelessness Authority,  
briefed the Board and answered questions.  
Daniel Malone, Executive Director, Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC),  
briefed the Board and answered questions.  
Regan McBride, Union Representative, Professional and Technical Employees Local  
17 (PROTEC17), briefed the Board and answered questions.  
Lindsey Grad, Legislative Director, SEIU 1199NW, briefed the Board and answered  
questions.  
This matter was Presented  
11.  
BOH Briefing No. 26-B21  
Impacts of the Current Political Environment on Gender Affirming Care  
Boardmember Archiopoli briefed the Board and answered questions.  
Ro Yoon, Community Educator and Engagement Manager, Seattle Vaccine Trials Unit  
(SVTU), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, briefed the Board and answered  
questions.  
Board of Health  
Meeting Minutes  
This matter was Presented  
July 16, 2026  
12.  
13.  
Board Member Updates  
No updates were given.  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
No other business was presented.  
The meeting was adjourned at 3:15 p.m.  
If you have questions or need additional information about this agenda,  
please call (206) 263-0365, or write to Joy Carpine-Cazzanti, Board of  
Health Administrator via email at KCBOHAdmin@kingcounty.gov