1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Minutes  
Regional Water Quality Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Claudia Balducci, Chair  
Reagan Dunn  
Alternate:  
Sound Cities Association: Conrad Lee, Bellevue; Vice Chair,  
Laura Mork, Shoreline;  
Jessica Rossman, Medina; Sarah Moore, Burien  
Alternates: Penny Sweet, 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: Marka Steadman (206-477-0887)  
3:00 PM  
Thursday, January 16, 2025  
SPECIAL MEETING  
Hybrid Meeting  
1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Chair Balducci called the meeting to order at 3:06 PM.  
11 -  
Present:  
Lee, Mork, Moore, Rossman, Hollingsworth, Kettle, Warren, Dunn,  
Balducci, Sweet and Hooshangi  
1 - Clarke  
Excused:  
3.  
4.  
Approval of Minutes  
This matter was not addressed.  
Chair's Report  
Chair Balducci provided an overview of the agenda and updated the committee on King  
County Council re-organization for 2025.  
Regional Water Quality Committee  
Meeting Minutes  
January 16, 2025  
5.  
MWPAAC Report  
John McClellan, Chair, MWPAAC, briefed the committee on recent and upcoming  
MWPAAC meetings, work done on the Regional Wastewater Services Plan update,  
and recent "WTD University" trainings.  
6.  
Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) Report  
Kamuron Gurol, Director, Wastewater Treatment Division, Department of Natural  
Resources and Parks, briefed the committee on the 2026 sewer rate process, the  
Regional Wastewater Services Plan update, and PFAS/PFOS risk assessments  
published by the Environmental Protection Agency and how they are being and will be  
addressed by Wastewater Treatment Division.  
Discussion and Possible Action  
7.  
Briefing No. 2025-B0010  
Selection of Vice Chair  
Councilmember Sweet moved to appoint Deputy Mayor Mork as vice chair of the  
committee. There being no objections, Deputy Mayor Mork was appointed vice chair  
of the Regional Water Quality Committee.  
This matter was Presented  
8.  
RWQC Resolution No. RWQC2025-01  
A RESOLUTION declaring the regional water quality committee's support of the wastewater treatment  
division's scoping document for updating the regional wastewater services plan update.  
Jenny Giambattista, Council staff, briefed the committee.  
Commissioner Warren moved approval of Amendment 1. There being no objections,  
the amendment was adopted.  
Deputy Mayor mork Mork moved a friendly amendment with the following effects: on  
line 2, strike "regional wastewater services plan update scoping document" and enter  
"scoping document for updating the regional wastewater services plan update," on line  
17, strike "WTD" and enter "Wastewater Treatment Division," and on line 49, strike  
"A. The regional water quality committee declares its support of the wastewater  
treatment division's Regional Wastewater Services Plan update scoping document,  
attached as Attachment A to this resolution, which the division shall use to guide the  
development and content of the long-range Regional Wastewater Services Plan  
update" and enter "A. The regional water quality committee declares its support of the  
wastewater treatment division's Scoping Document for Updating the Regional  
Wastewater Services Plan Attachment A to this resolution, which the division shall use  
to guide the development and content of the long-range Regional Wastewater Services  
Plan update" There being no objections, the friendly amendment was adopted.  
The committee unanimously passed the resolution.  
This matter was Passed  
Regional Water Quality Committee  
Meeting Minutes  
January 16, 2025  
Briefings  
9.  
Briefing No. 2025-B0004  
Regional Wastewater Services Plan Update  
Darren Greve, Government Relations Administrator, Wastewater Treatment Division,  
Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Ben Marre, Drainage & Wastewater  
Planning & Program Management Division Director, Seattle Public Utilities and Vice  
Chair of MWPAAC’s Engineering & Planning Subcommittee, and Carly Joerger, Utility  
Policy and Community Relations Supervisor, City of Kirkland, briefed the committee  
via PowerPoint presentations.  
This matter was Presented  
10.  
Briefing No. 2025-B0005  
Discussion of 2025 Regional Water Quality Committee Work Program  
Jenny Giambattista, Council staff, and Darren Greve, Government Relations  
Administrator, Wastewater Treatment Division, Department of Natural Resources and  
Parks, provided an overview of the upcoming year for RWQC. Councilmember  
Balducci inquired of members as to whether they wanted to conduct site visits this  
year, and interest in site visits was confirmed by committee members.  
This matter was Deferred  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 4:45 PM.