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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, October 1, 2024  
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Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
October 1, 2024  
1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
The meeting was called to order at 1:34 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  
Councilmember Dembowski led the flag salute and Pledge of Allegiance.  
Approval of Minutes of September 24, 2024  
Councilmember Dembowski moved to approve the minutes of the September 24,  
2024, meeting as presented. Seeing no objection, the Chair so ordered.  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
There were no additions.  
Special Item  
Proclamation of September 15 to October 15, 2024, as Latino/a/e Heritage  
Month in King County  
Councilmember Barón and Councilmember Mosqueda made remarks, presented the  
proclamation, and introduced Councilmember Ruth Pérez, City of Renton; Miguel  
Maestas, El Centro de la Raza; and Jake Prendez and Judy Avita-Gonzales, Nepantla  
Cultural Arts Gallery. Councilmember Pérez, Miguel Maestas, Jake Prendez, and  
Judy Avita-Gonzales made remarks and thanked the Council.  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
October 1, 2024  
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 6-8, 11-12, and 42  
The following people spoke:  
Zhan Chen  
Nikko Chan  
Elaine Chan  
Sea Chan  
EL'ona Kearney  
Kong Lefeau  
Gary Lee  
Justin Carlson  
Gene Schomin  
Howard Greenwich  
AJ  
Budget and Fiscal Management  
7.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0226.2  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the condemnation of real property to obtain easements, and other rights in  
property for the construction of the Rapid Ride I Line in the city of Renton.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
Mary Bourguignon, Council Staff, briefed the Council and answered questions.  
Councilmember Dembowski requested that Proposed Substitute Ordinance No.  
2024-0226 be delayed one week.  
Mark Ellerbrook, Capital Division Director, briefed the Council and answered  
questions.  
Janine Robinson, Transit Capital Project Manager, briefed the Council and answered  
questions.  
Councilmember Dunn withdrew the motion to place Proposed Substitute Ordinance No.  
2024-0226 before the Council for consideration.  
Seeing no objection, Chair Zahilay ordered that Proposed Substitute Ordinance No.  
2024-0226 be delayed one week, to the October 8, 2024, Council meeting.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. This matter was Deferred.  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
October 1, 2024  
Metropolitan King County Council  
8.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0295  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Memorandum of Agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the Teamsters Local Union No. 174, representing Station Operator, Truck Driver, Utility  
Worker (Tipper Classification), Scale Operator, and Signs and Marking Specialist employees working in  
the fleet, road services, parks, solid waste divisions of the department of local services, the department  
of natural resources and parks, and department of executive services, and establishing the effective date  
of the agreement.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 19827.  
Jeff Muhm, Chief Policy Officer, briefed the Council and answered questions.  
Michael Gonzales, Teamsters Local Union No. 174, briefed the Council and answered  
questions.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. A motion was made by  
Councilmember Dunn that this Ordinance be Passed. The motion carried by  
the following vote:  
9 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, Upthegrove, von  
Reichbauer, and Zahilay  
Hearing Examiner Consent Agenda Items 9-10  
9.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0218.2  
AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to  
conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space submitted  
by Darren and Carrie Dofelmier for property located at 30766 Cumberland Kanaskat Road SE,  
Ravensdale, WA, designated department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources  
division file no. E24CT001.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 19828.  
This matter passed on the Consent Agenda.  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
October 1, 2024  
10.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2024-0220.2  
AN ORDINANCE concurring with the recommendation of the hearing examiner to approve, subject to  
conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space submitted  
by Steven and Casey Litz for property located at 34203 SE 270th Street, Ravensdale, WA, designated  
department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E24CT004.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 19829.  
This matter passed on the Consent Agenda.  
Passed On The Consent Agenda  
A motion was made by Councilmember Dembowski 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  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional  
Committees and Motions related to Collective  
Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Item 11  
11.  
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:  
The enacted number is 16672.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. A motion was made by  
Councilmember Dunn that this Motion be Passed on the Consent Agenda. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
9 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, Upthegrove, von  
Reichbauer, and Zahilay  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
October 1, 2024  
Transportation, Economy and Environment  
12.  
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:  
The enacted number is 16673.  
April Sanders, Council Staff, briefed the Council and answered questions.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. A motion was made by  
Councilmember Dembowski that this Motion be Passed. The motion carried by  
the following vote:  
9 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, Upthegrove, von  
Reichbauer, and Zahilay  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
13.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0299  
AN ORDINANCE that adopts the 2025 Annual Budget and makes appropriations for the operation of  
county agencies and departments and capital improvements for the fiscal year beginning January 1,  
2025, and ending December 31, 2025; and establishing an effective date.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
14.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0300  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2025 5.5 GWI King County Hourly Squared Schedule, 2025 5.5 GWI  
King County Annual FLSA-Exempt Squared Schedule, 2025 5.5 GWI King County Standardized Hourly  
Salary Schedule, 2025 5.5 GWI King County Standardized Annual FLSA-Exempt Salary Schedule, the  
annual general wage increase for nonrepresented King County employees, as stipulated in K.C.C.  
3.12.130 and K.C.C. 3.12.140, and the insured benefits agreement for nonrepresented King County  
employees.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
October 1, 2024  
15.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0301  
AN ORDINANCE regarding surface water management; revising surface water management service  
charges; amending Ordinance 7590, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.08.070 and establishing an  
effective date.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
16.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0302  
AN ORDINANCE abolishing the 2008-2013 parks operating levy and open space and trails and the  
2014-2019 parks, trails, and open space replacement levy funds, transferring any remaining net assets  
and fund balances to the parks operating fund.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
17.  
18.  
19.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0303  
AN ORDINANCE establishing the county hospital levy fund; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter  
4A.200.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0305  
AN ORDINANCE establishing the Harborview Medical Center capital program 2020 Proposition 1 other  
revenues fund; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4A.200.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0304  
AN ORDINANCE increasing the fee to attend a parenting seminar in cases under Chapters 26.09 RCW,  
and 26.26 RCW related to custody, visitation, or parenting of minor children; and amending Ordinance  
16972, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4A.632.120.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
October 1, 2024  
20.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0306  
AN ORDINANCE establishing the electric-vehicle-charging infrastructure fund; and adding a new section  
to K.C.C. chapter 4A.200.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
21.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0307  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance and sale of one or more series of limited tax general  
obligation bonds of the county in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $585,000,000 to provide  
funds for acquiring and constructing capital improvement projects of the county and to pay the costs of  
issuing such bonds; authorizing the issuance and sale of one or more series of limited tax general  
obligation refunding bonds to refund outstanding limited tax general obligations of the county and to pay  
the costs of issuing such refunding bonds; pledging the annual levy of taxes to pay the principal of and  
interest on the bonds issued under this ordinance; and providing for other matters relating thereto.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
22.  
23.  
24.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0308  
AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation, revising water taxi rates of fare; amending Ordinance  
18411, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.700.820 and establishing an effective date.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0309  
AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation, revising Water Taxi rates of fare; amending Ordinance  
18411, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.700.820 and establishing an effective date.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0310  
AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation, revising the rate for regular fare; amending Ordinance  
19474, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.700.010 and establishing an effective date.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
October 1, 2024  
25.  
26.  
27.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0312  
AN ORDINANCE maintaining emergent need thresholds at current levels as established in the  
2021-2022 biennium; and repealing Ordinance 19534, Sections 1, 4, and 5.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0313  
AN ORDINANCE related to plumbing permit fees and amending Ordinance 6746, Section 10, as  
amended, and Ordinance 16964, Section 6, as amended.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0314  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2024 levy of property taxes in King County for collection in the year  
2025.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
October 1, 2024  
28.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0315  
AN ORDINANCE relating to development permitting fees; amending Ordinance 10662, Section 42, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 27.02.010, Ordinance 18822, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.02.050,  
Ordinance 11141, Section 41, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.02.110, Ordinance 13332, Section 4, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 27.06.010, Ordinance 13332, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.020,  
Ordinance 17923, Section 45, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.035, Ordinance 17923, Section 46, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.037, Ordinance 13332, Section 20, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.050,  
Ordinance 13332, Section 22, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.070, Ordinance 18000, Section 83, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.075, Ordinance 13332, Section 23, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.080,  
Ordinance 13332, Section 24, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.090, Ordinance 13332, Section 28, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.130, Ordinance 13332, Section 30, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.150,  
Ordinance 13332, Section 31, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.160, Ordinance 13332, Section 32, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.170, Ordinance 13332, Section 33, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.180,  
Ordinance 13332, Section 34, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.190, Ordinance 13332, Section 35, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.200, Ordinance 13332, Section 36, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.210,  
Ordinance 13332, Section 37, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.220, Ordinance 13332, Section 40, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.320, Ordinance 13332, Section 42, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.350,  
Ordinance 13332, Section 43, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.360, Ordinance 13332, Section 46, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.380, Ordinance 17224, Section 43, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.425,  
Ordinance 13332, Section 53, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.510, Ordinance 13332, Section 54, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.550, Ordinance 17682, Section 46, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.560, and  
Ordinance 17682, Section 48, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.580, and establishing an effective date.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
29.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0316  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the county property tax levies for collection in 2025, and implementing RCW  
84.55.120.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
30.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0317  
AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation, revising the low-income fare rate; amending Ordinance  
19705, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.700.010 and establishing an effective date.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
October 1, 2024  
31.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0319  
AN ORDINANCE adopting 2024 Fund Management Policies for the Public Transportation Fund; and  
repealing Ordinance 18321, Section 2, and Attachment A to Ordinance 18321.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
32.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0322  
AN ORDINANCE relating to school impact fees and comprehensive planning; adopting the capital  
facilities plans of the Tahoma, Federal Way, Riverview, Issaquah, Snoqualmie Valley, Highline, Lake  
Washington, Kent, Northshore, Enumclaw, Fife, Auburn, and Renton school districts as subelements of  
the King County Comprehensive Plan capital facilities element to implement the school impact fee  
program; establishing school impact fees to be collected by King County on behalf of the districts; and  
amending Ordinance 18619, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.473, and Ordinance 10122,  
Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.44.010.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
33.  
34.  
35.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0323  
AN ORDINANCE adopting the community needs list for the Snoqualmie Valley/Northeast King County  
community service area.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0324  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2024 levy of property taxes in King County for collection in the year  
2025.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0326  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the collective bargaining agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the Technical Employees' Association, representing capital division staff employees in  
the Metro transit department 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.  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
October 1, 2024  
36.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0327  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated by and  
between King County and the King County Police Officers Guild, representing commissioned deputies  
and sergeants in the King County sheriff's office, 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  
37.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0296  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a plan identifying revenue to replace approximately $7,000,000 of  
American Rescue Plan Act, Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds that will expire  
December 31, 2024, that is currently supporting King County gun violence intervention and prevention  
programming, in accordance with the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section  
17, as amended by Ordinance 19712, Section 10, Proviso P8.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
38.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0297  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a gun violence prevention and response plan, in accordance with  
the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 42, as amended by Ordinance  
19791, Section 17, Proviso P2.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
39.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0298  
A MOTION appointing a qualified person to a vacant position on the Coal Creek utility district board of  
commissioners.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Committee of the  
Whole.  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
October 1, 2024  
40.  
Proposed Motion No. 2024-0320  
A MOTION relating to the review and assessment of the county hospital's operating, facility, and capital  
needs to inform potential utilization of the county's authority to levy a councilmanic property tax as  
allowable under RCW 36.62.090.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Committee of the  
Whole.  
41.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
No reports were given.  
Other Business  
At the September 10, 2024, Council meeting, the Chair asked members for  
nominations for an at-large Conservation Futures Advisory Committee position. The  
Chair received two nominations; Eric Adman and Daniel Kim; and indicated their  
names would be forwarded to the Executive.  
Proclamation/Recognition Presented in the Community  
42.  
Proclaiming September 30 - October 6, 2024, as Week Without Driving  
The Proclamation has been officially acknowledged and presented in the community.  
43.  
Executive Session  
There was no Executive Session.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned in honor of Jared Karstetter at 3:15 p.m.