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Meeting Minutes  
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 2, 2024  
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1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
The meeting was called to order at 1:31 p.m.  
Roll Call  
9 -  
Present:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, Upthegrove, von  
Reichbauer and Zahilay  
3.  
4.  
Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance  
Approval of Minutes of March 26, 2024  
Councilmember von Reichbauer moved to approve the minutes of the March 26, 2024  
meeting as presented. Seeing no objection, the Chair so ordered.  
5.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
There were no additions to the Council agenda.  
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Meeting Minutes  
April 2, 2024  
There will be one public hearing on Items 6-15  
The following people spoke:  
Alex Tsimerman  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional  
Committees and Motions related to Collective  
Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Items  
6.  
Proposed Motion No. 2023-0396  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the feasibility report on intelligent speed assistance, as described  
in the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 123, Proviso P1.  
Dembowski and Balducci  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16544.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. This matter passed on the Consent  
Agenda.  
7.  
Proposed Motion No. 2023-0442  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the proviso report on an e-bike rebate, e-bike lending library, and  
e-bike ownership grant pilot program plan required by the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance,  
Ordinance 19546, Section 17, as amended by Ordinance 19633, Section 9, Proviso P6.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16545.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. This matter passed on the Consent  
Agenda.  
8.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0002  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the Skykomish Evacuations Alternatives Analysis Report as  
required by the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 23, Proviso P1.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16546.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. This matter passed on the Consent  
Agenda.  
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9.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0028  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of the Honorable Eric Zimmerman, councilmember,  
city of Normandy Park, who resides in council district five, to the King County conservation futures  
advisory committee, as a council at-large representative.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16547.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. This matter passed on the Consent  
Agenda.  
10.  
11.  
12.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0038  
A MOTION accepting the King County-Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C) 2024 Work Plan and Budget,  
prepared as the annual work plan and budget requested under Motion 14449.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16548.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. This matter passed on the Consent  
Agenda.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0071  
A MOTION confirming the appointment of John Taylor as director of the department of natural resources  
and parks.  
Balducci and Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16549.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. This matter passed on the Consent  
Agenda.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0074  
A MOTION relating to public transportation; acknowledging receipt of the Vanpool Program Update  
Report submitted in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section  
114, Proviso P6.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16550.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. This matter passed on the Consent  
Agenda.  
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13.  
Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2024-0075.2  
A MOTION appointing a qualified person to a vacant position on the public hospital district No. 1 board of  
commissioners.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16551.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. This matter passed on the Consent  
Agenda.  
14.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0083  
A MOTION appointing Rian Watt to the King County Regional Homelessness Authority's Implementation  
Board as a King County council appointee for the remainder of a five-year term expiring December 31,  
2024.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16552.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. This matter passed on the Consent  
Agenda.  
Passed On The Consent Agenda  
A motion was made by Councilmember Zahilay that the Consent Agenda be  
passed. The motion carried by the following vote:  
9 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, Upthegrove, von  
Reichbauer, and Zahilay  
Reappointment Consent Agenda  
15.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0097  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Maria Laura Musso Escude, who resides in  
council district one, to the King County board for developmental disabilities.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16553.  
A Public Hearing was and closed. This matter passed on the Consent Agenda.  
Passed On The Consent Agenda  
A motion was made by Councilmember Zahilay that the Consent Agenda be  
passed. The motion carried by the following vote:  
9 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, Upthegrove, von  
Reichbauer, and Zahilay  
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First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0093  
16.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to a capital improvement project; making a supplemental appropriation of  
$36,640,000 to the building repair and replacement fund; and amending the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget  
Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 129, as amended, and Ordinance 19546, Attachment A, as  
amended.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
17.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0102  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Memorandum of Agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 117, representing transit capital unit  
manager and supervisory employees in the Metro transit department in the capital division and  
establishing the effective date of the agreement.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Metropolitan King  
County Council.  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
18.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0098  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Amanda Knott, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County board for developmental disabilities.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Health and Human  
Services Committee.  
19.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0100  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Devony Boyle, who resides in council district two,  
to the King County board for developmental disabilities.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Health and Human  
Services Committee.  
20.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
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April 2, 2024  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 1:41 p.m.