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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, August 27, 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  
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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:  
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 Upthegrove  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of August 20, 2024  
Councilmember Zahilay  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Proclamation of August 15, 2024, as India Day in King County  
Councilmember Balducci  
Proclamation of August 29, 2024, as One Ocean Day in King County, on the opening day of  
Seattle Aquarium’s expansion, named the Ocean Pavilion  
Councilmember Mosqueda  
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 6-16 and 28  
Consent Item 8  
Councilmember Zahilay  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute identical interlocal agreements with  
Mountain View Fire & Rescue and South King Fire delegating administrative duties to perform  
inspections of the fire code operational permit program of regulated occupancies in fire protection  
districts 39 and 44.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
On 7/23/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 8/21/2024, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmember Zahilay  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Memorandum of Agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the Professional and Technical Employees, Local 17, representing Involuntary  
Commitment Supervisors 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 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan  
King County Council.  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Memorandum of Agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 587, representing benefits-eligible employees  
in the Metro transit department; and establishing the effective date of said agreement.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan  
King County Council.  
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11.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting a memorandum of agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the King County Coalition of Unions representing employees in the departments of  
adult and juvenile detention, community and human services, elections, executive services, judicial  
administration, information technology, natural resources and parks, local services, public defense,  
and public health, the sheriff's office, and the Metro transit department, the assessor, the council,  
district court, superior court, and the prosecuting attorney's office; approving and adopting two  
memoranda of agreement negotiated by and between King County and the Joint Labor Management  
Insurance Committee of Unions regarding insured benefits for represented benefits-eligible employees  
identified by King County deemed eligible to receive these benefits; and establishing the effective date  
of the agreements.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan  
King County Council.  
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Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Items 12-14  
Councilmember Zahilay  
12.  
13.  
14.  
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:  
On 7/9/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 8/21/2024, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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:  
On 7/9/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 8/21/2024, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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:  
On 7/9/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 8/22/2024, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
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Committee of the Whole  
Councilmember Balducci  
15.  
A MOTION authorizing the chair of the council to enter into a contract for services to represent the  
county with the Washington state Legislature.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
On 7/2/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 7/23/2024, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass.  
On 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Hearing held/closed and deferred.  
Law and Justice  
Councilmember Barón  
16.  
A MOTION declaring the intent of the King County Council to maintain operations of the Patricia H.  
Clark Children and Family Justice Center.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
On 4/16/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and Justice  
Committee.  
On 6/26/2024, the Law and Justice Committee Deferred.  
On 7/24/2024, the Law and Justice Committee Passed Out of Committee Without a  
Recommendation.  
On 8/20/2024, the Metropolitan King County Council Deferred.  
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First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
17.  
AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Enumclaw Water System Plan dated February 2024.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
18.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the withdrawal of approximately 25 acres of land from the Sammamish  
Plateau water and sewer district to the Ames Lake water association, known as the Ames Lake Road  
water de-annexation, for the purpose of water service.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
19.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the  
City of Shoreline to implement a regional program to transfer development rights from lands in  
unincorporated King County into the city of Shoreline.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
20.  
AN ORDINANCE related to expanding eligible uses of transfer of development rights bank amenity  
funding; and amending Ordinance 13733, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.37.150.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
21.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an agreement with the  
Washington state Department of Ecology for loan financing of a wastewater capital project.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an agreement with the  
Washington state Department of Ecology for loan financing of a wastewater capital project.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
23.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Donna Lurie, who works in council district three,  
to the King County personnel board.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee  
24.  
A MOTION accepting the King County Equitable Development Initiative Implementation Plan Phase 2  
in compliance with Motion 16062 and the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, as  
amended by Ordinance 19712, Section 77, Proviso P1.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
25.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Lori Price, to the King County rural forest  
commission, representing the Washington state Department of Natural Resources.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
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26.  
A MOTION expressing the King County council's opposition to the approval of Washington state  
Initiative 2117, which, if approved by voters, would repeal sections of the Climate Commitment Act and  
prohibit state agencies from implementing any type of carbon tax credit trading.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
BALLOT TITLE:  
Statement of Subject: Initiative Measure No. 2117 concerns carbon tax credit trading.  
Concise Description: This measure would prohibit state agencies from imposing any type of  
carbon tax credit trading, and repeal legislation establishing a cap and invest program to  
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  
27.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Proclamation/Recognition Presented in the Community  
28.  
Proclamation of September 2024 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in King County  
Councilmember Barón  
Adjournment  
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