1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Minutes  
Regional Water Quality Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Claudia Balducci, Chair  
Reagan Dunn, Dave Upthegrove  
Alternate:  
Sound Cities Association: Conrad Lee, Bellevue, Vice Chair;  
Sarah Moore, Burien;  
Laura Mork, Shoreline; Jessica Rossman, Medina  
Alternates: Kelli Curtis, Kirkland; Yolanda Trout Manuel,  
Auburn  
Sewer/Water Districts: Chuck Clarke, Woodinville Water  
District; Lloyd Warren, Sammamish Plateau Water District  
Alternate: Ryika Hooshangi, Sammamish Plateau Water  
City of Seattle: Joy Hollingsworth, Robert Kettle  
Alternate: Rob Saka  
Lead Staff: Jenny Giambattista (206-477-0879)  
Committee Clerk: Blake Wells (206-263-1617)  
3:00 PM  
1.  
Wednesday, October 2, 2024  
Hybrid Meeting  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Chair Balducci called the meeting to order at 3:07 PM.  
2.  
8 - Balducci, Clarke, Lee, Mork, Moore, Rossman, Curtis and Hooshangi  
5 - Dunn, Upthegrove, Warren, Hollingsworth and Kettle  
Present:  
Excused:  
3.  
4.  
Approval of Minutes  
This item was not addressed.  
Chair's Report  
Chair Balducci discussed the work accomplished during the in-person meeting of  
RWQC on September 4, 2024 and asked members whether they wanted to continue to  
meet during the King County Budget season. RWQC will continue to meet as  
scheduled for duration of the budget season.  
Regional Water Quality Committee  
Meeting Minutes  
October 2, 2024  
5.  
MWPAAC Report  
John McClellan, Chair, MWPAAC, provided updates on recent and upcoming  
MWPAAC meetings and discussed the list of proposed projects for 2025 that was  
produced by the Wastewater Treatment Division.  
6.  
Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) Report  
Kamuron Gurol, Director, Wastewater Treatment Division, Department of Natural  
Resources and Parks, provided updates on pending hearings regarding nutrients, an  
overflow event on September 25, 2024 on the west side of the Duwamish Waterway,  
recent tours of Wastewater Treatment Division facilities, and the Wastewater  
Treatment Division's Power Quality Improvement Project.  
Briefings  
7.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0085  
Regional Wastewater Services Plan  
Kamuron Gurol, Director, Wastewater Treatment Division, Department of Natural  
Resources and Parks, Darren Greve, Government Relations Administrator,  
Wastewater Treatment Division, Department of Natural Resources and Parks, and  
Janice Johnson, RWSP Update Program Manager, Wastewater Treatment Division,  
Department of Natural Resources and Parks, briefed the committee and answered  
questions from the members.  
This matter was deferred.  
8.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0067  
Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Update on Efforts to Reduce and Control PFAS and Contaminants  
of Emerging Concern as Requested by Motion 16434  
Erika Kinno, Research and Policy Project Manager, Wastewater Treatment Division,  
Department of Natural Resources and Parks, and Megan Smith, Environment and  
Water Quality Policy Manager, King County Department of Natural Resources and  
Parks, briefed the committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions  
from the members.  
This matter was deferred.  
9.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0114  
Executive’s Proposed 2025 Wastewater Treatment Division Proposed Capital Improvement Program  
The members asked questions of Department of Natural Resources and Parks staff.  
This matter was deferred.  
Regional Water Quality Committee  
Meeting Minutes  
October 2, 2024  
10.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0115  
Stormwater Study Session: Part 1-Understanding the Stormwater Problem  
John Taylor, Director, Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Megan Smith,  
Environment and Water Quality Policy Manager, King County Department of Natural  
Resources and Parks, and Angela Gallardo, Stormwater Services Section Manager,  
Water and Land Resources Division, Department of Natural Resources and Parks,  
briefed the committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the  
members.  
This matter was presented.  
11.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0042  
2024 Regional Water Quality Committee (RWQC) Work Plan  
Chair Balducci reviewed progress on the 2024 work program.  
This matter was deferred.  
Other Business  
There was no other business to come before the committee.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 4:52 PM.