1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Minutes  
Transportation, Economy, and  
Environment Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Rod Dembowski, Chair;  
Teresa Mosqueda, Vice Chair;  
Claudia Balducci, Jorge Barón, Pete von Reichbauer,  
Lead Staff: Sherrie Hsu (206-477-7253)  
Committee Clerk: Angelica Calderon (206 477-7470)  
11:30 AM  
Thursday, September 12, 2024  
Hybrid Meeting  
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hearing from you on agenda items.  
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1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Chair Dembowski called the meeting to order at 11:34 a.m.  
Roll Call  
5 - Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Mosqueda and von Reichbauer  
Present:  
3.  
Approval of Minutes  
Councilmember Balducci moved approval of the August 22, 2024 meeting minutes.  
There being no objections, the minutes were approved.  
Meeting Minutes  
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Environment Committee  
4.  
Public Comment  
The following people were present to offer public comment to the Committee:  
1.Rachel Snell  
2. Alex Tzimerman  
3. Friendly Vang-Johnson  
4. J M Wong  
5. Aaron Clark  
6. Shiku Wainaina  
Consent  
5.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0274  
A MOTION approving a forest carbon credit approval report in accordance with K.C.C. chapter 18.35.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
A motion was made by Councilmember Barón that this Motion be  
Recommended Do Pass Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
5 - Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Mosqueda and von Reichbauer  
Yes:  
Briefing  
6.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0107  
Metro General Manager Briefing  
Michelle Allison, Director, Metro Transit, briefed the Committee and answered  
questions from the members.  
This matter was Presented  
Discussion and Possible Action  
7.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0258  
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:  
April Sanders, Council staff, briefed the committee on the legislation and answered  
questions from the members. Yasmeen Perez, Equitable Development Program  
Manager, King County Department of Community and Human Services and Xochitl  
Maykovich, Housing and Community Development Division Deputy Director, King  
County Department of Community and Human Services, were present to briefed the  
committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the members.  
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September 12, 2024  
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Environment Committee  
Aaron Garcia, Executive Director of White Center Community Development  
Association; Debbie Lacy, Executive Director of Eastside for All, and Yordanos Teferi,  
Executive Director of Multicultural Community Coalition; were also present to briefed  
the committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the  
members.  
A motion was made by Councilmember Barón that this Motion be  
Recommended Do Pass. The motion carried by the following vote:  
5 - Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Mosqueda and von Reichbauer  
Yes:  
Briefing  
8.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0108  
State Forest Trust Lands Report Briefing  
Kathleen Farley Wolf, Forestry Program Manager, DNRP; Sarah Ogden, Trust  
Outreach Specialist, Washington State Department of Natural Resources: Duane  
Emmons, Assistant Deputy Supervisor for State Uplands, Washington State  
Department of Natural Resources, were present to briefed the committee via  
PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the members.  
This matter was Presented  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 1:55 p.m.