King County

1200 King County Courthouse
516 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

Meeting Proceedings

Metropolitan King County Council

Councilmembers: Larry Phillips, Chair; Pete von Reichbauer, Vice Chair;
Carolyn Edmonds, Bob Ferguson, Kathy Lambert, Dwight Pelz,
Rob McKenna, Dow Constantine, Steve Hammond, Larry Gossett,
Jane Hague, David W. Irons, Julia Patterson

Room 1001

April 5, 2004

1:30 P.M.

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 1:44 p.m.

Roll Call

Present: Mr. Phillips, Ms. Edmonds, Mr. von Reichbauer, Ms. Lambert, Mr. Pelz, Mr. McKenna, Mr.
Ferguson, Mr. Hammond, Mr. Gossett, Ms. Hague, Mr. Irons, Ms. Patterson and Mr. Constantine

Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance

Mr. von Reichbauer led the flag salute and Pledge of Allegiance.

Approval of Minutes of March 29, 2004 and Special Meeting of March 29, 2004

1.

Mr. von Reichbauer moved to approve the minutes of the March 29, 2004 meeting and Special
Meeting of March 29, 2004 as presented. Seeing no objection, the Chair so ordered.

Reports on Special and Outside Committees

2.

Ms. Patterson reported on the March 25th Puget Sound Regional Council General Assembly and the
re-election of Seattle Councilmember Richard McIver as president and Pierce County Executive
John Ladenburg as vice- president. Vision 2020 Awards, recognizing transportation and land use
planning efforts that have helped to improve the quality of lives in this region, were given. The first
award was given to the City of Renton's urban center regarding its mixed use development; the
second award was given to the City of Redmond for its Trip Reduction Incentive Program, the first
publicly sponsored program in the nation. Other awards were given to the City of Seattle University
Way multi-modal project, Greenbrier Heights, portions of King County and Woodinville, and
Snohomish County for its model permit system.

Ms. Edmonds reported on the Watershed Resource Inventory Area 7, the Snohomish Basin Salmon
Recovery Forum. WRIA 7 is a joint forum between Snohomish County and King County. The forum
had a discussion regarding proposed recovery approach and alternatives determining its decision
criteria. The forum plans to finalize its project list at the next meeting in June.

Ms. Lambert reported that April is Alcohol Awareness Month. She displayed a poster outlining
various activities throughout the month and gave statistics regarding alcohol problems in King
County.

Special Items

3.

Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring the Month of April as Child Abuse Prevention Month
in King County

Chair Phillips spoke about child abuse, a community problem that we must respond to. He was
joined by Ms. Lambert and Mr. Gossett who read the proclamation. Ms. Gayle Zeller accepted the
recognition and thanked the Council. She explained how the poster that was distributed to each
councilmember was being disseminated.
Beverly Jacobson, co-chair, Advisory Board, Children's Response Center, also thanked the Council
and made remarks.

Presentation of a Recognition Celebrating Korean Arbor Day, April 5, 2004 in King County

Mr. von Reichbauer acknowledged Federal Way City Councilmember Mike Park who was present
for the recognition. He read the recognition, commented on the achievements of honored guest,
Korean Consul General Jae-gouk Kim and presented the recognition to Consul General Kim .
Consul General Kim thanked the Council. Mr. von Reichbauer also introduced Korean Consul
Byung-ha Chung.
Ms. Edmonds made comments regarding the great contributions of the Korean community in the City
of Shoreline.

Introduction of Ordinances for First Reading and Referral

4.

Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0016

Ms. Edmonds and Mr. Phillips

AN ORDINANCE relating to the operation of the West Point Treatment Plant, confirming
satisfaction of the 1991 City of Seattle Council Conditional Use Approval (Project-Level)
to Expand the West Point Treatment Plant, adopting findings, in satisfaction of condition
1c of said approval, regarding future use of digesters at the treatment plant, and authorizing
a memorandum of agreement for payments to the City of Seattle in satisfaction of section
1(d) of the settlement agreement regarding the continuing use of the digesters at West
Point.

Introduced and Referred to Natural Resources and Utilities Committee

5.

Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0161

Mr. Gossett

AN ORDINANCE providing for the issuance of one or more series of limited tax general
obligation bonds of the county in an outstanding aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$107,500,000 to refund all or a portion of the county's Limited Tax General Obligation and
Refunding Bonds (Various Purpose), 1993 Series B and Limited Tax General Obligation
and Refunding Bonds (Various Purpose), 1996 Series A; providing for the public sale of
the bonds and the disposition of the proceeds of sale; establishing funds for the receipt and
expenditure of bond proceeds and for the payment of the bonds; and providing for the
annual levy of taxes to pay the principal thereof and interest thereon.

Introduced and Referred to Budget and Fiscal Management Committee

6.

Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0164

Ms. Patterson

AN ORDINANCE authorizing an interlocal agreement between King County, the city of
Des Moines, the city of SeaTac, the Port of Seattle and the Washington state Department of
Transportation for construction and operation of the Des Moines creek restoration projects.

Introduced and Referred to Natural Resources and Utilities Committee

7.

Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0165

Mr. Phillips

AN ORDINANCE authorizing a subdivision on certain property located on the southwest
corner of the intersection of 148th Avenue SE and SE Renton-Issaquah Rd (SR 900), at the
request of Michael Romano, Norris Homes Inc., department of development and
environmental services file no. L00P0024/L03RE048.

Introduced and Referred to Hearing Examiner

8.

Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0166

Mr. Phillips

AN ORDINANCE authorizing a subdivision on certain property located directly south of
the SE 288th Street and 118th Avenue SE intersection, at the request of H. James White,
White Mountain Trails, department of development and environmental services file no.
L01P0011/L03RE046.

Introduced and Referred to Hearing Examiner

9.

Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0167

Mr. Phillips

AN ORDINANCE authorizing a subdivision on certain property located south of the SE
204th Way (aka Lk Young's Way), at the request of Novastar Development Inc., department
of development and environmental services file no. L03ALT04/L99P3006.

Introduced and Referred to Hearing Examiner

10.

Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0180

Ms. Patterson and Mr. Phillips

AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the collective bargaining agreement and four
memoranda of agreement negotiated by and between King County and Washington State
Council of County and City Employees, Council 2, Local 1652R (Industrial and Hazardous
Waste), representing employees in the department of natural resources and parks; and
establishing the effective date of said agreement.

Introduced and Referred to Labor, Operations and Technology Committee

11.

Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0181

Ms. Patterson and Mr. Phillips

AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the collective bargaining agreement negotiated
by and between King County and Washington State Council of County and City
Employees, Council 2, Local 2084-S (Juvenile Detention Division Supervisors)
representing employees in the department of adult and juvenile detention; and establishing
the effective date of said agreement.

Introduced and Referred to Labor, Operations and Technology Committee

12.

Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0182

Ms. Patterson and Mr. Phillips

AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the collective bargaining agreement negotiated
by and between King County and Washington State Council of County and City
Employees, Council 2, Local 2084-SC (Superior Court - Staff (Wages Only)) representing
employees in the King County superior court; and establishing the effective date of said
agreement.

Introduced and Referred to Labor, Operations and Technology Committee

13.

Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0184

Mr. Ferguson

AN ORDINANCE establishing the 2004 work program for the regional policy committee
of the King County council.

Introduced and Referred to Regional Policy Committee

Introduction of Motions and Referrals

14.

Proposed Motion No. 2004-0162

Mr. Gossett

A MOTION of the county council accepting a bond purchase contract for the purchase of
the county's Limited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds, 2004, Series A in the
aggregate principal amount of $___________, and establishing certain terms of such bonds
and a plan of refunding.

Introduced and Referred to Budget and Fiscal Management Committee

15.

Proposed Motion No. 2004-0163

Mr. Gossett

A MOTION of the county council accepting a bond purchase contract for the purchase of
the county's Limited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds, 2004, Series A in the
aggregate principal amount of $___________, and establishing certain terms of such bonds
and a plan of refunding.

Introduced and Referred to Budget and Fiscal Management Committee

16.

Proposed Motion No. 2004-0183

Ms. Lambert

A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Joshua Freed, who resides in
council district one, to the King County mental health advisory board.

Introduced and Referred to Law, Justice and Human Services Committee

Other Business

Introduction of and Action on a Motion

17.

Proposed Motion No. 2004-0197

Ms. Lambert

A MOTION authorizing the publication and distribution of a local voters' pamphlet in
conjunction with a special election relating to Fire District 45.

Ms. Lambert moved to suspend the rules in order to take action on Proposed Motion 2004-0197
without referral to committee. Seeing no objection, the Chair so ordered.

The enacted number is 11898.

A motion was made by Ms. Lambert that this matter be Passed. The motion carried by the
following vote:

Votes:

Yes: 13 - Mr. Phillips, Ms. Edmonds, Mr. von Reichbauer, Ms. Lambert, Mr. Pelz, Mr. McKenna,
Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Hammond, Mr. Gossett, Ms. Hague, Mr. Irons, Ms. Patterson and Mr. Constantine
No: 0
Excused: 0

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 2:20 p.m.