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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, April 23, 2024  
Revised Agenda  
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: 890 5838 1493  
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).  
HOW TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING: There are several ways to listen to the meeting if you  
don't wish to provide public testimony:  
1. Stream online via this link: https://kingcounty.gov/kctv, or input the link web address into  
your web browser.  
2. Watch King County TV on Comcast Channel 22 and 322(HD), and Astound Broadband  
Channels 22 and 711 (HD).  
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 von Reichbauer  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of April 16, 2024  
Councilmember Zahilay  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Proclamation of May 11, 2024, as Seattle Opera Day in King County  
Councilmember Balducci  
7.  
Public Comment  
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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.  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0110  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Memorandum of Agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the Service Employees International Union Local 925, representing Involuntary  
Commitment Specialists employees working in the Crisis and Commitment Services section in the  
department of community and human services, and establishing the effective date of the agreement.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 4/16/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan  
King County Council.  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Transportation, Economy and Environment  
Councilmember Dembowski  
Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2024-0092.2  
9.  
A MOTION related to the transfer of retired vanpool vans to nonprofit organizations and local  
governments to meet the needs of low-income, seniors or young people or people with disabilities.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 3/19/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 4/16/2024, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Substitute.  
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Reappointment Consent Agenda  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0122  
10.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Brian Berry, who resides in council district one,  
to the King County veterans, seniors and human services levy advisory board's veterans committee, as  
the district one representative.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0123  
11.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Heidi Shepherd, who resides in council district  
one, to the King County veterans, seniors and human services levy advisory board's vulnerable  
populations committee, as the district one representative.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0096  
12.  
AN ORDINANCE approving the King County Water District No. 20 Comprehensive Water System Plan  
dated December 2023.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0117  
13.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to a capital improvement project; making a supplemental appropriation of  
$52,065,500 to the Harborview Medical Center capital program 2020 Proposition 1 fund; and amending  
the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 129, as amended, and  
Ordinance 19546, Attachment A, as amended.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
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Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0127  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Memorandum of Agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 117, representing security screener  
employees in the King County sheriff's office, and establishing the effective date of the agreement.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Metropolitan King County Council  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0128  
15.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to King County district court electoral district boundaries for 2024; 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  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0103  
16.  
17.  
18.  
A MOTION accepting the Interagency Coordination Report, as required in Ordinance 19592, Section  
10.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0119  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Yasmin Ali, who resides in council district three,  
to the King County women's advisory board, as the district three representative.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0121  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Ramsey Mayhew, who resides in council district  
three, to the King County women's advisory board, as a council at-large representative.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
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Proposed Motion No. 2024-0125  
19.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Kristina Sawyckyj, who resides in council district  
one, to the King County behavioral health advisory board.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health and Human Services Committee  
20.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Letter to Director of the Washington State Office of Public Defense  
Adjournment  
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