[0:08] I can hear you. MAY 28th, 2026

[0:09] meeting of the King County

[0:10] Council. I

[0:11] m Sarah Perry, chair

[0:12] of the council this year,

[0:13] joined by vice Chair Sawyer

[0:15] Brown and Regan Dunn and our

[0:16] council colleagues. Today in

[0:17] this meeting is called to

[0:19] order. Before we begin, please

[0:20] join me in acknowledging that

[0:22] we are on the traditional lands

[0:23] of the Puget Salish peoples,

[0:25] past and present. We thank

[0:26] these caretakers of this land

[0:27] who

[0:28] ve lived here and continue

[0:29] to live here since time

[0:30] immemorial, bringing their

[0:32] cultural ways of life and

[0:33] greatly enriching our

[0:35] communities. I also want to

[0:37] take a moment to observe a

[0:38] moment of silence for the

[0:39] members of our community who

[0:41] lost their lives in the tragic

[0:43] and senseless violence, gun

[0:44] violence. This past weekend at

[0:45] the Bite of Seattle. Please

[1:16] join me in a moment of silence.

[1:19] Thank you. Clerk. Will you

[1:21] please call the roll? Thank

[1:23] you. Councilmember Balducci.

[1:25] Here. Council member Baron

[1:28] here. Councilmember Dembowski

[1:32] here. Councilmember Dunn here.

[1:33] Councilmember Fain here.

[1:36] Councilmember Lewis here.

[1:40] Councilmember Mosqueda here.

[1:42] Councilmember von Reichbauer

[1:45] here. Chair Perry here. I have

[1:46] a full quorum.

[1:48] Thank you very much. Next,

[1:51] please join me in the Pledge of

[1:53] Allegiance. Pledge allegiance

[1:55] to the flag of the United

[1:56] States of America. And to the

[1:58] Republic by which it stands.

[2:00] One nation under GOD,

[2:02] indivisible, liberty and

[2:07] justice for all. Turning next

[2:08] to a special item, which is the

[2:10] recognition of the Freedom

[2:12] Plane. Documents that forged a

[2:16] nation. Exhibit at Mohi. This

[2:19] will be presented by both me

[2:25] and Council member Leron. And

[2:28] one moment. Councilmember

[2:29] Baron, are you ready to join

[2:30] me?

[2:31] I

[2:32] m ready. Chair. Great.

[2:33] I don

[2:34] t have my colors here, so

[2:34] I

[2:36] m going to go ahead and just

[2:37] start and we

[2:38] ll just share. I

[2:39] m

[2:40] pleased to co-sponsor this

[2:43] proclamation with Council Dunn

[2:45] and supported in the reading of

[2:47] it by Council Member Barone,

[2:48] recognizing the National

[2:50] Archives exhibit to celebrate

[2:52] the 250th anniversary of the

[2:54] signing of the Declaration of

[2:55] Independence. The exhibit is

[2:57] called Freedom Plain Documents

[2:59] That Forged a Nation, and you

[3:05] can visit it from. Let me see.

[3:09] You can visit it from JULY 30th

[3:11] to AUGUST 16th at our very own

[3:13] Museum of History and Industry

[3:15] in Seattle. King County is one

[3:16] of few counties nationwide to

[3:17] host this historically

[3:19] significant exhibit, which

[3:20] gives all of us a rare

[3:22] opportunity to view some of the

[3:23] foundational documents that

[3:25] helped shape our nation,

[3:27] including an original engraving

[3:28] of the Declaration of

[3:31] Independence, a secret printing

[3:33] of the Constitution in draft

[3:35] form, and the Treaty of Paris

[3:36] and Bill of rights. It

[3:37] s really

[3:39] something to see historical

[3:39] knowledge and deep

[3:42] understanding of our civic

[3:44] origins of our country are

[3:46] essential to maintaining the

[3:48] strength of our Constitution,

[3:49] the resilience of our

[3:51] democracy, and the values of

[3:53] freedom and justice for all

[3:55] that were and continue to be,

[3:56] the vision for this great

[3:58] nation. I hope that through

[4:00] this proclamation and through

[4:01] spreading the word about this

[4:02] exhibit, you

[4:03] ll join me in

[4:04] taking time to reflect on the

[4:07] history and ideals of our

[4:14] nation. Including, uh. One

[4:21] moment. And hope you

[4:22] ll also

[4:24] join us in participating in

[4:26] civic like life. Because we are

[4:28] all in the government vying for

[4:29] the government and our

[4:30] communities thrive when we all

[4:32] lean in and are engaged in our

[4:34] neighborhoods, communities, and

[4:36] local governments. Uh,

[4:38] Councilmember Brown and I will

[4:40] now read the proclamation, and

[4:41] afterward, I

[4:42] ll invite Anthony

[4:44] Long from the Museum of History

[4:46] and Industry, lo hi to share a

[4:52] few words. Whereas the Museum

[4:54] of History and Industry has

[4:56] long served as the Pacific

[4:56] Northwest

[4:57] s preeminent

[4:59] institution for preserving and

[5:00] interpreting the history of our

[5:02] region, fostering public

[5:03] understanding of the people,

[5:05] ideas, industries and events

[5:06] that have shaped our

[5:08] communities and nation.

[5:11] And whereas in 2026, the United

[5:14] States commemorates the 250th

[5:15] anniversary of the signing of

[5:16] the Declaration of

[5:17] Independence, marking a

[5:19] historic milestone in the

[5:19] nation

[5:20] s ongoing pursuit of

[5:22] liberty, self-governance, and

[5:23] democratic ideals.

[5:26] And Whereas, the Freedom Plain

[5:28] documents that forged a nation,

[5:30] national tour organized in

[5:31] partnership with the National

[5:33] Archives will provide members

[5:34] of the public with a rare

[5:35] opportunity to view

[5:37] foundational historical

[5:39] documents that helped shape the

[5:41] United States and define the

[5:43] principles on upon which the

[5:45] nation was established.

[5:47] And whereas King County has

[5:49] been selected as one of only a

[5:51] limited number of host regions

[5:52] nationwide for this

[5:53] extraordinary exhibition,

[5:54] reflecting both the national

[5:56] significance of the tour and

[5:58] the leadership of the Museum of

[5:59] History and Industry. As a

[6:01] trusted steward of historical

[6:03] education and civic engagement.

[6:06] And Whereas, the Freedom Plane

[6:07] exhibition will offer

[6:09] residents, students, families

[6:10] and visitors throughout King

[6:12] County an opportunity to engage

[6:13] directly with the nation

[6:13] s

[6:14] history, deepen their

[6:16] understanding of the American

[6:18] democratic experiment, and

[6:19] reflect on the enduring

[6:20] importance of civic

[6:22] participation, constitutional

[6:23] governance, and the

[6:24] preservation of historical

[6:25] memory.

[6:27] And whereas, at a time when

[6:29] civic understanding and

[6:30] historical literacy remain

[6:32] essential to the strength of

[6:33] democratic institutions,

[6:34] exhibitions that connect

[6:35] communities with the nation

[6:36] s

[6:37] founding history serve an

[6:39] important public purpose and

[6:41] help inspire future generations

[6:43] to participate in civic life.

[6:45] And oh no, that

[6:45] s it.

[6:47] Now, therefore, we, the

[6:48] Metropolitan King County

[6:50] Council, recognize the Freedom

[6:52] Plain documents that forged a

[6:54] nation national tour and

[6:55] celebrate the Museum of History

[6:57] and Industry for bringing this

[6:59] nationally significant

[7:00] exhibition to Seattle and King

[7:02] County. During the 250th

[7:04] anniversary of the United

[7:06] States, dated this 28th day of

[7:08] JULY 2026, and signed by all

[7:10] members of the King County

[7:12] Council. Thank you very much

[7:14] for joining me in that

[7:16] Councilmember Baron. Uh, I

[7:16] d

[7:17] like to now invite Anthony Long

[7:18] from the Museum of History and

[7:23] Industry to share a few words.

[7:25] Thank you, Chair Perry. Good

[7:27] afternoon, Chair Perry.

[7:28] Thank you. Yes.

[7:30] Council member Baron.

[7:33] Councilmember Dunn. The entire

[7:34] county council and friends from

[7:36] across King County. My name is

[7:37] Anthony Long, and I

[7:37] m the

[7:39] executive associate and Board

[7:40] of relations manager at zm of

[7:42] History and Industry in

[7:43] Seattle. We are extremely

[7:45] honored to receive this

[7:46] proclamation and to be

[7:47] recognized by the County

[7:49] Council. Oha is proud to offer

[7:50] this once in a lifetime

[7:52] opportunity for our community

[7:53] to experience our nation

[7:53] s

[7:55] founding documents before they

[7:56] return to the nation

[7:57] s, uh, the

[7:59] National Archives faults. We

[8:01] are especially proud to have

[8:02] been recognized by the Council

[8:03] for connecting to our nation

[8:04] s

[8:06] founding history for America

[8:08] 250 and to showcase the ideals

[8:10] of democracy and freedom in

[8:12] their original form. We hope

[8:13] you all get the chance to visit

[8:14] us during the Freedom Plains

[8:18] exhibit run from JULY 30th to

[8:20] AUGUST 16th. Thank you to the

[8:22] entire King County Council and

[8:23] most importantly, our

[8:24] community. We are grateful for

[8:26] your support. Thank you.

[8:27] Thank you, MR. Lang, for

[8:29] joining us and for hosting

[8:29] this. And we

[8:30] re proud to be a

[8:32] part of this. Thank you very

[8:37] much. We

[8:38] ll now turn to the

[8:39] reading of the items into the

[8:40] record and the hearing of

[8:43] public comments before the

[8:44] clerk reads the items into the

[8:45] record. Vice CHAIRMAN, MAY I

[8:47] please have a motion to relieve

[8:48] the employment and

[8:50] Administration Committee of

[8:51] item 12?

[8:52] Smith, chair.

[8:54] Thank you. The motion is before

[8:56] us. All those in favor say aye.

[8:57] Aye, aye.

[8:59] All those opposed say nay. Nay.

[9:01] Motion is approved with that

[9:02] clerk. Haley, please read the

[9:04] items into the record.

[9:05] Thank you, Chair Perry. Item

[9:07] four is recognition of freedom.

[9:09] Plain documents that forged a

[9:10] nation. Exhibit at Mile High.

[9:11] Item six is proposed.

[9:13] Substitute Ordinance Number

[9:16] 2026 0126 related to the King

[9:18] County Employee Code of Ethics.

[9:19] Item seven is proposed

[9:23] ordinance number 2026 0189

[9:23] approving and adopting the

[9:25] Memorandum of Agreement

[9:26] negotiated by and between King

[9:27] County and Pro Tech 17,

[9:29] representing engineering

[9:30] Services Manager employees in

[9:31] the Department of Natural

[9:32] Resources and Parks, and

[9:34] establishing the effective date

[9:36] of set agreements. Item eight

[9:37] is proposed ordinance Number

[9:40] 2026 0196, proving and adopting

[9:42] the Coalition Labor Agreement

[9:44] Agreement negotiated by between

[9:45] King County and the King County

[9:46] Coalition of Unions

[9:47] representing employees in the

[9:48] Department of Natural Resources

[9:49] and Parks. The Department of

[9:50] Local Services, and the

[9:51] Department of Executive

[9:53] Services, and establishing the

[9:54] effective date of the

[9:57] agreements. Item 11 as Proposed

[10:00] Motion number 2026 0115

[10:01] confirmed the executive

[10:01] s

[10:03] appointment of Juan Kato

[10:04] resides in Council District two

[10:05] to the Washington State Major

[10:07] League Baseball stadium. Public

[10:08] facilities. District board of

[10:10] directors. Item 12 is proposed

[10:13] motion number 2026 0197. A

[10:14] motion approving the job

[10:16] description for the position of

[10:18] Inspector General, and item 25

[10:19] is proclamation celebrating

[10:21] AUGUST 15th, 2026 as India

[10:21] s

[10:24] 80th Independence Day.

[10:26] Thank you very much. Uh, do we

[10:27] have we

[10:28] re going to turn now to

[10:29] public comment. Do we have

[10:31] folks in the room or online

[10:33] with us to provide public

[10:33] comment today?

[10:35] We have both.

[10:37] We have both. Okay. Well, now

[10:38] take public comment on those

[10:39] ordinances, motions,

[10:41] proclamations and recognitions

[10:41] on today

[10:43] s agenda for action

[10:44] and any topics directly related

[10:46] to county business. As this is

[10:47] the fourth Tuesday of the

[10:50] month, listening to public and

[10:51] taking into consideration the

[10:51] public

[10:52] s thoughts is an

[10:54] important part of our process

[10:55] and one that greatly enhances

[10:57] our deliberations. In order to

[10:58] allow everyone equal time to

[11:00] provide comment, please

[11:02] recognize the following chamber

[11:04] ground rules. Please limit your

[11:05] comments to two minutes. Remain

[11:07] seated until time for comment

[11:08] and do not make audible noise

[11:09] during the meeting without

[11:11] being recognized. It

[11:11] s also a

[11:13] reminder that public comment

[11:14] MAY not be used for the purpose

[11:16] of assisting a campaign for

[11:17] election of any person to any

[11:19] office, or for the promotion

[11:21] of, or opposition to any ballot

[11:23] proposition. Speakers should

[11:24] address their comments directly

[11:26] to the chair per cow, per

[11:27] council rules, disruptive

[11:29] behavior can or MAY lead to an

[11:30] audience member being asked to

[11:33] leave the meeting or be muted.

[11:35] Um uh. In addition to behavior

[11:37] already mentioned, uh, the

[11:38] disruptive behavior would

[11:41] include holding signs at the at

[11:44] the podium. Um, and the use of

[11:47] bullhorns or noisemakers not

[11:49] allowed for online comment.

[11:51] Press star nine on the phone or

[11:54] click the raise hand icon in on

[11:56] the zoom toolbar, located at

[11:57] the bottom of the screen to

[11:58] notify the clerk. The clerk

[11:59] will call the names or the last

[12:01] three digits of the phone

[12:02] numbers in order, and will then

[12:04] unmute each line, uh, lowering

[12:06] the hands. Then after the

[12:09] comment is completed with that

[12:10] clerk pass, please begin

[12:12] calling the names in person,

[12:13] followed by those hands raised

[12:16] online for public comment.

[12:17] Thank you. Chair. The first

[12:21] name on the list is Tamara.

[12:23] Hello, my name is Tamara. I

[12:23] m

[12:24] on the board of the directors

[12:26] of the Newport Hills Townhomes,

[12:30] located at 5800 1/23 Avenue

[12:32] Southeast, uh, Bellevue. Raegan

[12:35] Dunn, this is your district. We

[12:36] share a significant property

[12:39] border with the new border. Um,

[12:39] it

[12:40] s apartments owned by King

[12:43] County. On 1/19 Avenue

[12:45] southeast on the Newport side

[12:46] of the border is a densely

[12:47] populated row of

[12:49] well-established coniferous

[12:51] trees that, in my 13 years of

[12:52] living in this immediate area,

[12:55] has never been pruned, nor had

[12:57] the overgrown English ivy been

[12:58] cut back. These trees were

[13:00] planted about six feet apart,

[13:01] giving absolutely no

[13:03] consideration to the adult size

[13:05] of the trees and their root

[13:07] system. This neglect has

[13:09] unfortunately caused thousands

[13:11] of dollars in undue costs to

[13:12] the homeowners of the privately

[13:14] owned townhomes, which affects

[13:17] about 250 units, which were

[13:20] built in 1967. So you can

[13:21] imagine we have a lot of costs

[13:22] going on right now with

[13:23] plumbing. Um, we

[13:24] ve repaired

[13:26] sidewalks and parking lots over

[13:27] the years for problems we have

[13:30] not created by root damage from

[13:32] your trees. Uh, we sent this

[13:34] letter to King County Housing

[13:36] Authority on JULY 1st, alerting

[13:38] them to the situation and

[13:40] asking them to basically do the

[13:41] right thing and be responsible

[13:43] neighbors. Well, if you

[13:43] ve ever

[13:45] heard the sound of crickets,

[13:47] you can insert that right here.

[13:49] As if the tree damage isn

[13:49] t bad

[13:51] enough. Now we realize there is

[13:53] a rat infestation coming

[13:55] directly from the new quarter

[13:57] onto our property. We

[13:57] ve seen

[13:59] them traveling and there are

[14:00] highways underneath that border

[14:02] property fence. We

[14:02] ve paid

[14:04] thousands to control the rat

[14:06] problem. We simply cannot

[14:09] continue to absorb your costs.

[14:09] There

[14:11] s also several restaurant

[14:12] businesses in a strip mall

[14:15] nearby that appear to possibly

[14:17] be contributing to the problem

[14:19] as well, by not limiting access

[14:21] to their dumpsters on behalf of

[14:23] the homeowners of the Newport

[14:26] Hill Townhomes, please do the

[14:28] right thing. Uh. Communities

[14:31] thrive when we all lean in and

[14:36] do the right thing. Please,

[14:36] please.

[14:37] Thank you. Was that the timer

[14:38] that I heard?

[14:40] I guess you heard at the time.

[14:40] I

[14:41] m sorry.

[14:42] That is the timer.

[14:44] That is the timer for two

[14:45] minutes. Okay. Thank you very

[14:46] much for your time.

[14:48] Appreciate the letter that we

[14:48] have.

[14:50] Sent you. Thank you. Appreciate

[14:51] that.

[14:52] The next thing on the list is

[15:00] Mark Rosenberg. King County

[15:01] Council.

[15:02] Members, my name is Mark

[15:04] Rosenberger. I reside in

[15:06] unincorporated King County

[15:06] today. I

[15:06] m here again

[15:08] representing the Remington

[15:10] Homeowners Association and the

[15:12] surrounding communities that

[15:14] have expressed their opposition

[15:16] to the redevelopment of the

[15:17] Drews Glen Golf Course and

[15:19] primarily for the ecosystem

[15:20] impact that it will have for

[15:22] all of King County residents.

[15:24] Today, I wish to provide you a

[15:25] brief update and to thank you.

[15:27] When I speak of protecting the

[15:29] ecosystem within Jerusalem, I

[15:29] m

[15:30] referring to the local

[15:32] geographical area where the

[15:34] forest, ponds, streams, plants,

[15:36] animals, landscape, all that

[15:38] works together to shape this

[15:39] region. For King County.

[15:41] Recently we held a community

[15:42] meeting focused on protecting

[15:43] the environment was well held.

[15:45] It well attended, but currently

[15:45] we

[15:47] re in collaboration with the

[15:48] Greater Maple Valley

[15:50] Unincorporated Area Council for

[15:51] their experience in land

[15:52] development within

[15:54] unincorporated King County. If

[15:56] the preliminary land

[15:57] development application to

[15:59] eliminate the golf course and

[16:01] develop a gated community of

[16:03] elite homes were to advance to

[16:05] a development permit

[16:07] application, we call upon King

[16:08] County to declare a

[16:10] determination of significance

[16:12] which will require a full

[16:14] environmental impact statement,

[16:15] along with following all of the

[16:17] Washington state environmental

[16:20] policies. Also note that in

[16:22] 1998, the King County

[16:24] Assessment Office declared this

[16:26] property as open space land for

[16:27] all of King County and granted

[16:29] it special taxation rates.

[16:31] Therefore, we also call upon

[16:33] King County to address all the

[16:35] open land space penalties if

[16:35] there

[16:37] s a parcel of land were

[16:38] to be redeveloped into a

[16:39] housing community, I

[16:40] d like to

[16:42] extend a special thank you to

[16:43] council members Regan Dunn,

[16:45] Pete von Reichbauer and

[16:46] Steffanie Fain for their

[16:48] support. In closing, again, I

[16:48] d

[16:49] like to extend all of the

[16:51] council members an opportunity

[16:53] to visit the Jerusalem Golf

[16:54] Course and take in all the

[16:56] environmental impacts that I

[16:57] m

[16:58] speaking about. Uh, if the

[17:00] saying picture is worth a

[17:01] thousand words, a personal

[17:03] experience is worth a million

[17:05] words. Thank you for allowing

[17:06] me time today to bring this to

[17:07] your attention.

[17:08] Thank you.

[17:10] The next name on the list is

[17:15] Margaret Yajima.

[17:16] Hello, everyone. My name is

[17:18] Margaret Shima. I

[17:19] m a Sansei

[17:22] that is a third generation, um,

[17:25] immigrant from Japan. Uh, when

[17:28] i am able, I go to King County

[17:29] Airport. So this is about

[17:31] deportations at the airport,

[17:35] which happened 3 to 4 times a

[17:37] week today. Right now, as we

[17:39] speak, there is a second

[17:43] airplane bringing in a.

[17:45] Prisoners from other detention

[17:49] centers to ours near Tacoma and

[17:51] taking 71 men and six women

[17:52] out. And we

[17:53] re awaiting the

[17:56] second arrival. I do this

[17:58] because I believe that if

[18:01] something big is not witnessed,

[18:02] it does not happen. It

[18:03] s as if

[18:05] the people who are being

[18:07] deported. Thank you for your

[18:11] faces. Our faceless and don

[18:11] t

[18:14] count as human beings. In 1942,

[18:16] two sides of my immediate and

[18:19] extended family were taken by

[18:22] bus and then by train to an

[18:24] unknown place which happened to

[18:26] be Minidoka on Indian land in

[18:28] Idaho, where they were

[18:29] incarcerated for three years

[18:31] without due process. Accused

[18:33] and suspected of being of

[18:36] collaborating with the Imperial

[18:38] Army of Japan against the

[18:39] United States. Half of those

[18:41] people who were taken away

[18:43] were, as my parents were,

[18:44] citizens of the United States.

[18:47] They had lost all their civil

[18:49] rights. And that is happening

[18:50] today. And what is I

[18:51] m here

[18:53] most concerned is that people

[18:55] in Seattle, in the United

[18:57] States and the county don

[18:57] t

[18:59] know people are being

[19:01] disappeared like they are in

[19:03] third world countries. But here

[19:05] in our beloved country, people

[19:07] are being disappeared by the

[19:10] scores daily out of King County

[19:12] Airport, we were promised that

[19:14] we could see it, witness it,

[19:17] and we do not have clear access

[19:20] to those people.

[19:22] Thank you. Thank you very much.

[19:25] Yes, thank you for your time.

[19:27] Please make this right. It

[19:29] breaks my heart and makes me

[19:30] furious.

[19:30] Thank you.

[19:32] Thank you for your testimony.

[19:35] My name is Alex Zimmerman.

[19:41] Thank you.

[19:44] Yeah. Agenda number four. I see

[19:45] what freedom I don

[19:45] t

[19:47] understand. Where is freedom in

[19:49] King County? You count?

[19:50] Inaugural fascist county in

[19:51] America. There

[19:52] s only one

[19:53] fascist county. What is in

[19:55] Trump list? What is freedom?

[19:58] You talk. Ten year ago you

[19:59] changed rules. So right now we

[20:02] can speak only one time per

[20:04] month for two minutes. Is this

[20:06] a freedom of speech? You are

[20:09] more dangerous than Hitler. Not

[20:11] saying can stop. I explain to

[20:14] you why? Because Hitler, Nazi,

[20:15] Gestapo don

[20:16] t have a

[20:19] constitution for 250 years in

[20:21] freedom of speech. What is you

[20:23] talking about? Freedom. Freedom

[20:26] for who? For fascist. What is?

[20:28] Live here. But as I call them,

[20:30] Nazi. Gestapo. Fascist junta.

[20:32] This is exactly who you are.

[20:34] Understand this or not? Because

[20:36] I come to this place and speak

[20:38] in Council chamber from Tacoma,

[20:40] Seattle. Everett. More than 35

[20:43] years. You are in fascist. You

[20:45] are evil Nazi, human, dangerous.

[20:47] And indeed you said Hitler,

[20:48] Nazi, Gestapo don

[20:49] t have

[20:51] constitution. We have

[20:53] constitution for 250 years.

[20:55] Freedom of speech for 200

[20:57] years. You do not care. You cut

[21:01] everything one day per month

[21:03] for two minutes. You give us

[21:06] freedom of speech. You did this

[21:08] ten year ago, remember? I

[21:10] remember before people can

[21:11] come, American citizen can come

[21:13] and speak about everything. But

[21:14] you don

[21:15] t want this because you

[21:18] Nazi pig, Viva Trump! Viva new

[21:19] American Revolution! Stand up!

[21:21] Slept in happy cow. How many

[21:24] seconds? I have 20, 20. Okay.

[21:26] Good guys. And I talking about

[21:28] these rules for many years from

[21:29] beginning when you started

[21:31] doing ten years ago. Can you

[21:34] explain to me why people like

[21:36] Councilmember Balducci and

[21:38] Consular Power for five six

[21:40] years never have in person

[21:41] speech? Can you explain to me,

[21:45] is this a freedom, uh, Nazi pig?

[21:48] Thank you, MR. Zimmerman.

[21:50] Yes. We welcome my friend.

[21:52] Posting on the list is Glenn

[21:58] Stockwell.

[22:00] CHAIRWOMAN And council members.

[22:02] My name is Glenn Stockwell. I

[22:04] come before you today, and I

[22:07] have a handout here. And it

[22:09] represents it. I have given it

[22:12] to the clerk and also a cup for

[22:16] project Cup for you. Patty

[22:18] Murray has the opportunity to

[22:20] bring the, uh, our country

[22:21] s

[22:22] largest economic development

[22:25] and job project to Washington

[22:28] state in our history. And the

[22:30] project is already pre funded.

[22:38] It was a $1.2 trillion signed

[22:41] by Joe Biden. Uh, and, uh, the

[22:42] project that we want to fund is

[22:44] the completion of the Columbia

[22:46] Basin Project in eastern

[22:47] Washington. And also the

[22:50] expansion of the park districts

[22:54] in western Washington. And, uh,

[22:56] this is an opportunity we

[22:56] ve

[22:58] only had once before during

[23:02] Governor Gray was, uh,

[23:05] administration. And it gives

[23:08] the governor an opportunity to

[23:11] change his mind and go into a

[23:13] special session. And, uh,

[23:16] target is his efforts into

[23:18] acquiring the monies for this

[23:21] project. And hopefully during

[23:23] the special session, he will

[23:25] rescind what has taken place

[23:30] on, on the, uh, taxation and

[23:33] etc. And on the income tax.

[23:34] And, uh, since he

[23:35] s a chess

[23:36] master, I think he

[23:36] s looking

[23:38] for other alternatives.

[23:39] Hopefully he thinks he

[23:40] s going

[23:41] to be reelected. But I don

[23:41] t

[23:44] understand how he expects to be

[23:46] reelected. But, uh, with your

[23:47] help, I

[23:49] m asking you to to send

[23:51] a letter to Senator Patty

[23:54] Murray asking her to go out and

[23:56] try to acquire the funds for

[23:57] this project. It

[23:58] ll help

[24:00] eastern and western Washington

[24:02] for the next hundred years, and

[24:02] it

[24:03] ll help save Social

[24:05] Security. Thank you for your

[24:05] time.

[24:08] Thank you for your testimony.

[24:09] This is Justine.

[24:15] Guyot.

[24:16] I

[24:16] m going to stumble.

[24:17] So I.

[24:19] Apologize in advance. I am an

[24:21] observer of Ice flights at King

[24:22] County Airport. I

[24:23] m here today

[24:24] to talk about safety at King

[24:25] County Airport. I

[24:25] m here to

[24:27] talk about ending the use of

[24:30] chains on ice lights at King

[24:30] County Airport.

[24:32] And your name, please.

[24:34] Justine Guyot. Thank you. It

[24:35] s

[24:36] happening right now. I

[24:37] m here

[24:41] to inform each of you that the

[24:43] King County Council has the

[24:46] ability to end the use of

[24:48] chains on ice flags at King

[24:50] County Airport. You have the

[24:52] authority. We gave you the

[24:53] authority to work on behalf of

[24:54] the people. When we voted you

[24:57] into office, Washington State,

[24:59] our cw gives you the their

[25:01] authority to to regulate the

[25:05] airport. Uh, faa regulations

[25:09] exist that do that prohibit

[25:11] transporting people in chains,

[25:13] shackled at the ankles, wrist

[25:16] and waist. King County code

[25:18] title 15 gives you the

[25:20] authority to take action. You

[25:23] have the tools, the primary

[25:24] management compliance document,

[25:26] and the supplemental rules and

[25:27] regulations for King County

[25:29] Airport. Call out the King

[25:30] County Council

[25:32] s authority to

[25:34] supplement, amend, adopt rules

[25:37] or adopt rules, regulations or

[25:39] directives. The sr calls out

[25:40] the primary purpose of the

[25:42] regulations as airport user

[25:45] safety. That includes

[25:47] passengers. All passengers who

[25:50] fly in and out of King County.

[25:53] You have the responsibility. No

[25:54] part of the faa regulations

[25:56] with no part of the federal use

[25:57] agreement with King County

[26:00] Airport, allows the illegal and

[26:02] unsafe practice of transporting

[26:06] people in shackles. The faa

[26:07] recognizes the fact that people

[26:09] flown in chains cannot take the

[26:11] required action to save their

[26:14] own lives. The council needs to

[26:15] hold dhs, Department of

[26:18] Homeland Security, Airport

[26:19] operations, and pilots

[26:21] accountable for existing

[26:22] regulations. I

[26:23] m asking you to

[26:25] find the courage to stand up

[26:27] and stop the largest transport

[26:29] of people in chains since the

[26:30] end of slavery. It

[26:30] s what

[26:32] Doctor King would expect of

[26:32] you. It

[26:33] s what the people of

[26:35] King County are calling for,

[26:35] and it

[26:38] s serious violations of

[26:39] safety rules. Thank you.

[26:41] Accepting hundreds of

[26:42] passengers.

[26:43] Thank you. Thank you for your

[26:44] testimony.

[26:45] Thank you. Have a packet.

[26:47] Thank you for your testimony.

[26:48] Um.

[26:50] Next time to read that I gave

[26:51] to the clerk.

[26:53] Thank you for your testimony.

[26:54] The next name on the list is

[26:59] Angela Beck.

[27:01] Good afternoon. My name is

[27:03] Angela. Debbie. I am a resident

[27:04] of the Columbia City

[27:05] neighborhood in Seattle. I

[27:06] m

[27:07] here to speak about my concerns

[27:10] related to deportation, flight

[27:11] observations at King County

[27:13] International Airport as a

[27:15] weekly flight. Observer

[27:16] volunteer. I can confirm

[27:19] firsthand that Geo isis

[27:21] contractor purposely parks

[27:22] their vehicles on the tarmac at

[27:24] angles that obstruct are

[27:27] limited camera coverage. This

[27:29] is a very, very serious concern

[27:30] because this impedes our

[27:33] ability to observe and track

[27:34] who is being detained and how

[27:37] they are being treated.

[27:38] Observations are critical to

[27:40] make sure that all detainees

[27:42] are treated respectfully and

[27:44] humanely. We ask that you take

[27:46] steps to keep geo from hiding

[27:48] their activities by making sure

[27:50] buses are parked in a way that

[27:52] does not obstruct flight,

[27:55] observers view. Thank you.

[27:56] Thank you very much for your

[27:57] testimony.

[28:06] My name is Guadalupe Gonzalez.

[28:07] Hello everyone. My name.

[28:09] Is Guadalupe Gonzalez and I

[28:09] ve

[28:11] been observing the deportation

[28:14] flights since 2023. I came here

[28:16] today to talk about the online

[28:17] log. Which county has which

[28:19] tracks these flights? The King

[28:20] County Airport website states

[28:21] that by order of King County

[28:24] Executive in 2023, reaffirmed

[28:26] in 2026, King County maintains

[28:28] a log of federal Immigration

[28:29] and Customs Enforcement flights

[28:30] operating to and from our

[28:32] airport. However, since the

[28:34] first executive order in 2023

[28:35] passed, we have never had the

[28:37] numbers of people being brought

[28:38] in or out shared with community

[28:40] members. This is mentioned

[28:41] within the 2023 Executive

[28:43] decree, and it has yet to

[28:44] happen. I find this a little

[28:45] ridiculous when much more

[28:47] conservative counties like

[28:48] Yakima have been able to

[28:50] achieve the same using their

[28:52] own resources, and earlier this

[28:53] year, in MARCH of this year,

[28:55] the Executive Office promised

[28:56] us that a new position would

[28:57] start and that this promised

[28:59] data would be shared. That has

[29:01] yet to happen. Uh, I think that

[29:03] for the sake of transparency,

[29:04] the county needs to start

[29:05] sharing this information and

[29:06] use their resources so that the

[29:07] community can know what

[29:07] s

[29:09] happening at this airport,

[29:09] especially when we

[29:10] re seeing

[29:11] more than 4000 people being

[29:12] moved in and out every year.

[29:13] Hundreds of flights are

[29:15] occurring and only increasing.

[29:15] Thank you.

[29:17] Thank you.

[29:19] The next thing on the list is

[29:23] Michael c.

[29:23] It

[29:25] s very hard to hear the

[29:26] names when they

[29:26] re being

[29:28] called. Just relax.

[29:31] Oh yes. We oh sorry I

[29:32] apologize.

[29:32] It

[29:35] s my writing I apologize.

[29:37] Um. Good evening or good

[29:39] afternoon, Council members,

[29:40] thank you for the opportunity

[29:42] to speak in support of battery

[29:44] energy storage systems for

[29:46] best. My name is Michael Li,

[29:46] and I

[29:47] ve lived in practice

[29:49] medicine in King County for 40

[29:52] years. I support best because

[29:53] it will decrease burning of

[29:56] fossil fuels. Climate change is

[29:58] harming our health via extreme

[30:00] weather, heat events, and

[30:03] wildfires. If we fail to expand

[30:05] clean sources of energy, these

[30:06] impacts will continue to

[30:08] worsen, including right here in

[30:10] King County. Battery storage

[30:12] allows us to store excess clean

[30:14] energy for when sun or wind is

[30:18] not available. As a surgeon, I

[30:19] had to carefully weigh risks

[30:20] and benefits of surgery

[30:22] compared to alternative

[30:24] treatments. We should carefully

[30:25] weigh the risks and benefits of

[30:29] best, which the 2024 Council

[30:31] framework did quite well. We

[30:32] should also consider risks and

[30:34] benefits. Without this. A major

[30:36] risk is that we could easily

[30:38] need to build more gas fueled

[30:40] power plants that would

[30:42] definitely harm our health for

[30:45] 20 or more years. There have to

[30:46] be places in King County where

[30:49] best would be reasonable. I

[30:50] actually installed battery

[30:51] storage in my garage because my

[30:53] grid power has gone out 35

[30:56] times in two years, right? In

[30:59] Bellevue, I researched and used

[31:00] the safest type of batteries,

[31:03] the same type used in all new

[31:05] best facilities. Remember how

[31:07] we used to worry about charging

[31:09] EVs in our garages? Now with

[31:12] improved technology, we have

[31:14] over 100,000 EVs and other

[31:17] large batteries charging all

[31:19] over King County. I strongly

[31:21] support battery energy storage

[31:25] in King County using the 2024

[31:27] Council framework. It is

[31:28] absolutely needed to protect

[31:30] our health. Thank you very

[31:31] much.

[31:33] Thank you for your testimony.

[31:35] Next name on the list is Paul

[31:40] Lee. Everyone.

[31:42] My name is Paul Lee and I

[31:43] strongly support more battery

[31:45] energy storage in King County.

[31:46] Uh, I

[31:47] m a professional engineer

[31:47] with over eight years of

[31:49] experience in clean energy.

[31:49] Personally, i

[31:50] ve worked on over

[31:52] a dozen battery energy projects

[31:53] for the U.S. Department of

[31:55] Energy, City of Los Angeles,

[31:57] Texas, Massachusetts, to name a

[31:59] few. Uh, batteries are a

[32:00] critical part of our clean

[32:01] energy transition. They

[32:01] re

[32:02] proven to help lower

[32:05] electricity costs, improve grid

[32:07] reliability during outages and

[32:08] events. Our climate goals, uh,

[32:10] safety was paramount in my

[32:11] work. And, of course, there

[32:11] s

[32:13] always risks. But the industry

[32:15] has overcome many of these with

[32:15] improvements in battery

[32:17] chemistries and standards such

[32:21] as ul 9540 and nfpa 55, as well

[32:22] as a long and proven track

[32:23] record of many successful

[32:25] battery manufacturers. I

[32:27] support more best installations

[32:28] in King County across the board

[32:30] and accelerating more energy

[32:31] storage adoption. Um, for the

[32:33] region. Thank you.

[32:34] Thank you.

[32:36] The next name on the list is

[32:41] Nathan Hatch.

[32:42] Hello, Council members. My name

[32:44] is Nathan Hatch. I live in

[32:44] Seattle.

[32:46] In the Fremont neighborhood,

[32:48] and like Mike and Paul, I

[32:48] m

[32:49] here to talk about battery

[32:51] energy storage systems. Last

[32:52] time I was here, we heard a lot

[32:54] of concern from, uh, residents

[32:57] of Snoqualmie about thermal

[32:58] runaway for the proposed

[33:00] facility over there. I do share

[33:01] their worry about what that

[33:03] might do to the surrounding air

[33:05] and water systems. So I

[33:05] ve

[33:06] spent many hours over the past

[33:09] two months learning about these

[33:10] issues. And today, I

[33:11] m happy to

[33:12] report that the risk seems

[33:14] lower than I feared. Uh, best

[33:15] facilities are designed and

[33:17] tested so that a fire in one

[33:18] container cannot spread to

[33:20] another container. So even if a

[33:22] fire does occur, which is

[33:23] unlikely, only a small portion

[33:25] of the site will burn. The air

[33:26] pollution would be comparable

[33:28] to any structural fires, such

[33:30] as the warehouse in Ballard

[33:32] that burned down last month.

[33:33] Um, and of course, as Mike

[33:34] said, if we don

[33:35] t build this,

[33:35] we

[33:36] re going to get 20 years of

[33:37] air pollution from new gas

[33:40] powered energy plants instead.

[33:42] So I hope this information sets

[33:43] the hearts of council members

[33:44] and Snoqualmie residents at

[33:46] ease. Thank you.

[33:48] Thank you for your testimony.

[33:50] Next on the list is Billy

[33:58] Harston.

[33:58] Is there.

[33:59] Like a timer somewhere? And go

[34:00] ahead and just guess.

[34:01] Just. I

[34:01] m guessing.

[34:01] You got.

[34:02] It.

[34:04] 30 talk as fast as possible.

[34:06] Uh, hello. Uh, Council members,

[34:08] thank you for the opportunity

[34:09] to present and speak. Uh, I

[34:10] understand you guys have a very

[34:11] difficult job, and we

[34:13] appreciate all the work that

[34:14] you do. Um, my name is William

[34:15] Hairston. Uh, I have the

[34:17] opportunity to be one of the

[34:18] senior directors at center for

[34:19] Children and Youth Justice. And

[34:21] in lieu of recent events, i

[34:22] think it was pertinent to

[34:24] elevate some of the work that

[34:25] cci does in the community.

[34:27] Violence intervention and

[34:28] prevention space. Predominantly

[34:31] our Youth Link program, uh,

[34:32] Youth Link program is a

[34:34] regional adaptation of the

[34:35] National Gang Centers

[34:37] comprehensive gang model, uh,

[34:39] where cci coordinates and

[34:41] convenes partners to provide a

[34:43] collaborative wraparound case

[34:45] management and supports uh for

[34:46] young people at the highest

[34:48] risk of violence or system

[34:50] involvement. Link brings

[34:51] together partners from a

[34:53] multitude of disciplines, such

[34:55] as law enforcement, education,

[34:58] dcf or juvenile rehabilitation.

[35:00] Community based organizations,

[35:01] behavioral health, housing,

[35:02] employment and other service

[35:05] providers. Um, since 2020.

[35:08] Today, Link is served over 400

[35:09] young people across Kane

[35:12] County. 2025 to date. Those

[35:13] young people that link has

[35:14] served as accomplished over 300

[35:16] individualized goals based on

[35:19] their individualized, uh, plans

[35:20] that they create themselves.

[35:22] Um, these goals include things

[35:23] such as, uh, meeting court

[35:25] ordered probation requirements,

[35:26] re-engaging in education,

[35:28] securing housing, and meeting

[35:30] basic needs, uh, gang

[35:31] assistance and violence

[35:33] intervention and employment,

[35:34] and other things that are

[35:37] stabilizing goals. Um, and

[35:39] these are goals are in part

[35:40] thanks to our great

[35:41] collaborations and partnerships

[35:43] with organizations such as

[35:45] Choose 180, Urban Family and

[35:46] Freedom Project, Washington.

[35:48] Um, I would welcome the

[35:49] opportunity to share more about

[35:51] the link model in our program

[35:52] and our partnerships, as well

[35:53] as the impact of these

[35:55] collaborative efforts

[35:56] throughout King County to the

[35:58] Council or any of the

[35:59] subcommittees that you guys see

[36:00] fit. Thank you very much for

[36:01] your time and all the work that

[36:02] you do.

[36:04] Thank you for your testimony.

[36:07] Thanks, on the list is Lassie

[36:21] Lester.

[36:22] Hello, everyone.

[36:23] Thank you for.

[36:25] Letting me speak today.

[36:26] Um.

[36:28] My name is Lassie Webster, and

[36:29] I want to I

[36:30] m here to speak

[36:32] about the observation flights

[36:32] at King.

[36:33] County International.

[36:35] Airport. Um, I

[36:35] ve been

[36:37] observing for about a year, a

[36:39] little bit more, and I

[36:39] ve

[36:41] learned a lot. Uh, what I

[36:44] wanted to address specifically

[36:49] today is, um, I spoke with, um.

[36:50] Oh.

[36:50] My microphone

[36:53] s on. I spoke

[36:56] with, uh, executives. All I had

[36:59] hit Salahi, so I saw, I

[36:59] m

[37:02] sorry. Last year, um, and I

[37:03] asked him this question. Are

[37:06] you willing to introduce and

[37:07] support legislation when you

[37:09] are our King County Executive

[37:13] to increase the safety of

[37:14] people in detention and

[37:16] designate that the county sees

[37:18] and requires them to be treated

[37:20] as passengers as opposed to

[37:22] their current treatment by Ice

[37:25] as cargo? I want to acknowledge

[37:27] that since that time, there has

[37:29] been a pledge added by the King

[37:32] County Executive Office that

[37:33] the office of the executive

[37:34] will continue to collaborate

[37:37] with key leaders from immigrant

[37:39] and refugee communities to

[37:41] establish a countywide strategy

[37:43] that enhances the health,

[37:44] safety and well-being of

[37:46] immigrants. When traveling

[37:48] within or arriving at King

[37:51] County Airport. From the

[37:53] standpoint of an observer who

[37:54] is familiar with the treatment

[37:55] of the immigrants at King

[37:56] County Airport, I

[37:57] d like to.

[37:58] I

[37:59] d like you to know that while

[38:01] the intention of this part of

[38:03] the statement is well-meaning,

[38:06] little has actually changed, I

[38:07] think there have been a tense

[38:09] like, we have a new four new

[38:13] large monitors in our very tiny

[38:14] observation room, which, by the

[38:16] way, one of our volunteers was

[38:17] not able to continue

[38:20] volunteering to observe because

[38:21] it caused such trouble to her

[38:25] neck. Um, but I don

[38:26] t see any

[38:28] change, really, in the way that

[38:30] the immigrants are treated. I

[38:31] think there needs to be more

[38:34] than good intentions. I think

[38:35] there needs to be a deep felt,

[38:37] heart full hearted commitment

[38:39] to restore the dignity, safety

[38:41] and health to the people being

[38:42] transported in shackles.

[38:44] So my person.

[38:46] Can ask a question.

[38:48] Uh, this is a statement, not a

[38:50] question and answer

[38:51] opportunity. But you can

[38:53] certainly send emails.

[38:53] Okay.

[38:55] Thank you very much for your

[38:57] testimony.

[39:03] Next on the list is Zach Pinot.

[39:05] Thank you. Chair. Thank you,

[39:06] Council members. My name is

[39:07] Zach Pinard. I

[39:08] m a King County

[39:09] resident and I

[39:09] m speaking on

[39:11] behalf of clean and prosperous

[39:13] in strong support of King

[39:13] County

[39:14] s current battery energy

[39:16] storage system, or best

[39:18] ordinance. We have. Clean and

[39:19] prosperous are concerns that

[39:21] our state is ranked dead last

[39:22] in the nation for renewable

[39:25] energy growth. However, after

[39:27] reviewing existing best

[39:28] ordinances at the city and

[39:29] county level, clean and

[39:31] Prosperous has determined that

[39:32] King County currently has the

[39:34] single most effective ordinance

[39:35] for enabling well cited best in

[39:38] Washington State. So once

[39:39] again, thank you. That

[39:39] s

[39:41] awesome. As you

[39:42] ve heard, when

[39:44] real time solar and wind

[39:45] generation cannot meet demand

[39:47] best allows us to use stored

[39:48] clean energy instead of fossil

[39:50] fuel powered peaker plants. To

[39:51] meet those demand. Spikes we

[39:53] have clean and prosperous have

[39:54] identified 100 energy storage

[39:56] projects currently stuck in

[39:56] Washington

[39:57] s pipeline that

[39:59] could provide the grid with

[40:02] 10.72gw of clean energy

[40:03] capacity. These storage

[40:04] projects represent tens of

[40:06] billions of dollars in economic

[40:07] activity and thousands of

[40:08] highly skilled and long term

[40:10] jobs. Ten of these projects are

[40:12] located in King County. So just

[40:13] want to thank you again for

[40:14] passing this ordinance. It

[40:16] should remain in place so as to

[40:17] avoid delaying the grid

[40:18] reliability and the clean

[40:20] energy economy that we cannot

[40:22] afford to wait for.

[40:24] Thank you for your testimony.

[40:26] The next name on the list is

[40:33] Aaron Cargill.

[40:35] Hi, my name is Aaron McArthur.

[40:37] I am one of the security leads

[40:40] for the solidarity day. Uh,

[40:42] that happens down in Tacoma at

[40:44] the detention center. As a part

[40:47] of that, I try to create an

[40:49] environment that is safe by

[40:51] default, because that is what

[40:53] is required for safety. If

[40:56] safety requires action on the

[40:59] part of the people involved,

[41:01] they cannot be reliably

[41:05] considered safe. The Ice

[41:06] flights are doing what are

[41:09] called hot fueling, which is

[41:11] fueling while people are on

[41:14] board, they are shackled and

[41:16] they are unable to move at any

[41:18] kind of speed to keep

[41:19] themselves safe. It

[41:20] s against

[41:23] faa regulations, and it is

[41:27] risking the lives and safety of

[41:29] thousands of people that move

[41:30] through King County Airport

[41:33] every month. These are people

[41:35] that could not get themselves

[41:39] out. Fire safety requires clear

[41:42] exits, requires people to be

[41:43] reasonably be able to.

[41:44] Escape the space.

[41:48] They are in. There are so many

[41:51] people that would die, trampled

[41:55] and burning in the event of a

[41:59] fire. During this, I ask you to

[42:02] make the choice to create this

[42:04] safe environment, to design the

[42:06] safe environment so that we can

[42:10] treat people as people and not

[42:15] just things to be discarded.

[42:17] Thank you for your testimony.

[42:19] The next name on the list is

[42:27] Rick Bogart.

[42:29] My name is Rich. I

[42:30] m here to

[42:33] talk about the supporting the

[42:35] King County Battery Energy

[42:36] storage system. I

[42:37] m not going

[42:39] to repeat what other folks have

[42:43] said. My comments are more just

[42:46] in general with climate change

[42:50] to fight climate change. We

[42:52] have to reduce fossil fuels,

[42:54] and that means electrifying

[42:57] everything. To do that, we need

[43:00] more electricity. And as was

[43:01] pointed out, we

[43:02] re dead last in

[43:06] the country and making new

[43:12] energy. And that is because of

[43:16] geography. Renewable energy

[43:18] works best in the eastern side

[43:20] of the state, and getting

[43:23] transmission lines up over the

[43:27] Cascades is expensive. So the

[43:30] way out of that is with

[43:34] batteries. So, um, don

[43:35] t back

[43:37] down. Use your political will

[43:37] and don

[43:41] t cave in to any of the

[43:43] folks who say no to that.

[43:44] Thank you.

[43:47] Thank you for your testimony.

[43:49] Sure, you are currently no

[43:51] further names listed on the in

[43:52] person sign up, though we do

[43:54] have an online.

[43:56] All right. Is there anyone else

[43:58] in the room that would like to

[43:58] speak that didn

[43:59] t have a chance

[44:02] to sign up? Anyone else in the

[44:03] room who would like to make

[44:04] comments that did not have a

[44:07] chance?

[44:07] Thanks.

[44:09] Anyone seeing anyone.

[44:11] Know Chuck Berry?

[44:12] Thanks very much. Okay, let

[44:12] s

[44:14] go ahead and move on to online

[44:15] testimony.

[44:17] Thank you. Chair Perry. The

[44:21] first name online is Shalom

[44:22] Khan.

[44:25] Um, hi. Yeah. My name is, uh,

[44:27] Shalom Khanum, 16 years old.

[44:28] Uh, cricket has been one of the

[44:30] biggest parts of my life for as

[44:31] long as I can remember. It is

[44:33] shaped who I am, not just as an

[44:35] athlete, but as a person.

[44:35] Through cricket, I

[44:36] ve learned

[44:37] discipline, resilience,

[44:39] leadership, and the importance

[44:40] of working together as a team.

[44:41] Every match teaches me

[44:42] something new, whether it

[44:42] s

[44:43] celebrating a victory or

[44:45] learning from a tough loss.

[44:46] These lessons have helped me

[44:47] become more confident in

[44:49] school, in my community, in

[44:50] everyday life. As a girl who

[44:51] plays cricket, I

[44:51] ve also seen

[44:53] how powerful the sport can be.

[44:54] It gives young women a place

[44:56] where they can challenge

[44:57] themselves, build lifelong

[44:59] friendships and discover what

[44:59] they

[45:00] re capable of. But one of

[45:01] the biggest challenges we face

[45:03] is not having a dedicated place

[45:05] to play. We often have to

[45:06] adjust to fields that weren

[45:06] t

[45:07] designed for the sport, making

[45:09] it harder to grow the sport and

[45:10] welcome new players. A cricket

[45:11] field and Mary Moore would

[45:13] change that. It would create

[45:14] opportunities for youth

[45:15] programs, school teams,

[45:17] community events and

[45:18] tournaments while giving girls

[45:19] like me a place where we can

[45:21] train, compete and inspire the

[45:23] next generation. It wouldn

[45:23] t

[45:24] just be a field, it would be a

[45:26] home for growing community. I

[45:27] hope you support the Cricket

[45:29] Community Park at Mary Moore,

[45:30] because investing in cricket

[45:31] means investing in young

[45:33] people. It means creating

[45:34] opportunities, building

[45:35] stronger communities, and

[45:36] giving future generations a

[45:38] place where they can grow both

[45:39] on and off the field. Thank

[45:40] you.

[45:42] Thank you, Shalane, for your

[45:43] testimony.

[45:45] The next person on line is

[45:58] Swami.

[46:02] I, um, my name is Swami, and

[46:02] I

[46:04] m speaking not as a coach or

[46:05] administrator or as a girl. I

[46:05] m

[46:08] talking more like a father

[46:09] whose daughter has actually

[46:11] picked up cricket. Right? When

[46:13] she picked up, it was. It was

[46:14] not just about playing any

[46:16] sport. Right. So cricket has

[46:17] given her a lot of resilience,

[46:20] discipline, confidence and the

[46:23] teamwork. But, uh, we have

[46:25] faced some challenges here. So

[46:27] first we have to actually try

[46:29] very long distances, searching

[46:31] for fields similar to what she

[46:32] learned mentioned. Right

[46:34] practices are often squeezed in

[46:37] limited time slots. Right. And,

[46:39] uh, the young athlete finds it

[46:41] difficult to actually compete

[46:43] at the national tournaments

[46:45] with the lack of facilities

[46:47] available. Uh, a dedicated

[46:48] cricket community park at the

[46:50] marymount would actually change

[46:51] that. It would give a daughter

[46:53] a safe, reliable place to

[46:56] train, compete and train. That

[46:57] would create an opportunity not

[46:57] just for today

[46:58] s players, but

[47:00] also hundreds of girls who are

[47:01] actually waiting to discover

[47:03] this beautiful sport. This

[47:03] isn

[47:04] t just about building

[47:05] cricket fields, it

[47:05] s about

[47:07] investing in youth, promoting

[47:08] healthy lifestyle, and

[47:11] fostering inclusion and showing

[47:12] young girls that their dreams

[47:13] matter just as anyone else

[47:14] s.

[47:16] Right? As a father, my greatest

[47:18] hope is not that my daughter

[47:19] becomes a famous cricketer.

[47:19] It

[47:21] s more about how she goes

[47:23] into young women who believes,

[47:24] who can achieve anything she

[47:27] works hard for. I respectfully

[47:30] ask the King County and city of

[47:31] Bolivia to work together with

[47:33] our community to make sure that

[47:34] cricket, community park at

[47:37] minimal becomes a reality, and

[47:38] it will inspire the generations

[47:40] of girls, dream bigger, work

[47:42] harder, and proudly call this

[47:44] Community Day home. Thank you.

[47:45] Thank you for your testimony,

[47:47] Swami.

[47:52] Next name is Suwalki Singh.

[47:53] Hello Council members, my name

[47:54] is Swati Singh. I

[47:55] ve been King

[47:57] County resident for ten plus

[48:00] years now. Um, as as previous

[48:01] Swami and Shalom. I

[48:01] ve also

[48:04] been talking in support of

[48:05] Seattle Orcas commitment to

[48:05] women

[48:07] s cricket and developing

[48:09] cricket facilities throughout

[48:11] the King County. Uh, actually,

[48:11] I

[48:12] m speaking today for my own

[48:14] dream and for girls who will

[48:16] pick up cricket bat after me.

[48:18] Uh, I want them to have more

[48:19] opportunities, better

[48:21] facilities, and easier path

[48:23] into the game than we had at

[48:25] our time. Uh, the Seattle Orcas

[48:25] women

[48:27] s upcoming, uh, t20

[48:29] tournament gives us hope

[48:30] because it puts women

[48:30] s

[48:32] cricket, cricket in the

[48:33] spotlight throughout the

[48:35] international tournament coming

[48:37] up, which is a great spotlight

[48:38] on cricket. Women

[48:39] s cricket in

[48:42] Seattle. Uh, I trust Seattle to

[48:44] help deliver cricket. Community

[48:46] Park that hope into a permanent

[48:48] opportunity. Uh, so yeah,

[48:50] please. King County and City of

[48:51] Bellevue, please work together

[48:53] with Seattle Orcas and the

[48:55] cricket community. We have, uh,

[48:56] to move forward with this

[48:59] project. Uh, thank you so much.

[49:00] And you guys are doing great.

[49:01] Thanks again.

[49:03] Thank you for your testimony,

[49:05] Swati.

[49:10] Next on is iPhone.

[49:12] Um, hi.

[49:14] My name is Sarasa Ramanujan,

[49:14] and I

[49:16] m 14 years old. Um,

[49:18] cricket has given me role

[49:20] models, players who stay calm,

[49:21] under pressure, support their

[49:22] teammates and compete with

[49:24] courage. The women

[49:24] s t20

[49:26] tournament being conducted by

[49:27] the Seattle Orcas can be more

[49:29] of those role models into view.

[49:31] For girls like me, role models,

[49:33] inspires and but mentors and

[49:34] facilities help us take the

[49:35] next step at a cricket

[49:37] community park, experienced

[49:38] players could coach younger

[49:40] girls. Teams could practice

[49:41] regularly, and women

[49:41] s matches

[49:42] could become part of our

[49:45] community life by organizing a

[49:46] tournament for women, the

[49:47] Seattle Orcas are showing

[49:49] leadership. I trust them to

[49:50] help deliver a part that keeps

[49:51] girls and women

[49:51] s cricket at

[49:53] the center of its plans. I

[49:54] asked King County and Bellevue

[49:56] to support the Miramar project

[49:57] and work with the Seattle Orcas

[49:59] and our community. Please

[50:00] create a place where

[50:01] inspiration can become

[50:02] instruction and where

[50:03] instruction can become

[50:05] achievement. Thank you.

[50:08] Thank you for your testimony.

[50:09] So yeah.

[50:14] Next online is Veer Narayan.

[50:16] Hello, my name is Vienna and

[50:16] I

[50:18] m 12 years old and I

[50:18] m a

[50:20] budding cricket player. Bowling

[50:21] has taught me that real

[50:24] progress comes from patience,

[50:25] discipline and the ability to

[50:27] refine a skill through

[50:29] consistent practice, repeating

[50:31] the same motion again and again

[50:33] has shown me that improvement

[50:35] depends on balance, accuracy,

[50:36] and having the right

[50:38] environment to grow. Young

[50:39] cricketers need that same

[50:42] environment to develop fully as

[50:44] bowlers, batters and fielders.

[50:46] We need proper run ups, poorly

[50:48] practice nets and pitches

[50:50] maintain to recognised cricket

[50:52] standards. These are essential

[50:54] for learning the complete game,

[50:56] not just fragments of it. When

[50:58] given the right facilities, we

[50:59] are ready to show the

[51:01] dedication our community

[51:03] already has. This is why I

[51:05] request King County Council to

[51:07] move forward with the Cricket

[51:08] community. Park proposed at

[51:10] Mary Moore, building it as an

[51:12] international standard. Ground

[51:14] would place the Seattle region

[51:15] alongside other established

[51:17] cricket hubs across the country

[51:19] and allow us to host the same

[51:22] level of competition. It is a

[51:24] rare opportunity to create a

[51:26] world class venue for a sport

[51:27] that is already thriving here.

[51:29] I am fully committed to

[51:31] cricket. I practised several

[51:33] hours every week and I play

[51:34] matches that often lasts seven

[51:36] hours or more. My cricket

[51:38] friends train just as hard.

[51:41] Week after week, season after

[51:43] season. Together we are fully

[51:45] invested in the sport and we

[51:47] are asking you to invest in our

[51:49] future. We are ready to

[51:52] practice, learn and compete.

[51:53] All we need are the facilities

[51:55] that allow our effort to become

[51:57] an achievement. Supporting this

[51:59] park means investing in the

[52:00] future of cricket and in the

[52:02] potential of every young

[52:04] athlete in our community. Thank

[52:05] you for your time.

[52:06] Thank you for your testimony.

[52:10] There.

[52:13] Next up is Bob Barnett.

[52:15] I hope you can hear me. My name

[52:18] is Bob Rangarajan and I have

[52:20] proudly called King County Home

[52:22] for more than 11 years now. I

[52:22] m

[52:23] also a proud parent whose

[52:25] daughter has chosen cricket as

[52:27] a sporting pathway, and I

[52:27] ve

[52:28] also had the privilege of

[52:30] coaching many young cricketers

[52:32] and budding talent across the

[52:34] community. I want King County

[52:36] to be recognised as a place

[52:37] where girls and women

[52:38] s cricket

[52:40] can truly thrive. Uh, the

[52:41] Seattle Arcus Women

[52:41] s

[52:42] tournament is an important

[52:44] milestone. It provides women

[52:45] with a high quality,

[52:47] competitive platform while

[52:48] giving young girls the

[52:50] confidence to dream bigger and

[52:51] believe that they have a place

[52:52] in this sport. But a tournament

[52:54] alone is not enough. It is

[52:56] about creating a permanent home

[52:57] for cricket, a cricket

[52:58] community park at Mary Moore

[52:59] would provide year round

[53:01] opportunities for girls and

[53:02] women to train, compete and

[53:04] grow. It would strengthen youth

[53:06] development pathways, expand

[53:07] access to the sport and create

[53:08] an opportunity for women not

[53:10] only as players but also as

[53:12] coaches, mentors, officials and

[53:14] community leaders. The Seattle

[53:16] Orcas have demonstrated a

[53:18] genuine commitment to growing

[53:18] women

[53:19] s cricket by partnering

[53:20] with King County, the City of

[53:22] Bellevue, and our vibrant

[53:23] cricket community. We have the

[53:25] opportunity to create a lasting

[53:27] public private partnership that

[53:28] will benefit generations of

[53:29] residents. While establishing

[53:30] King County as a leader in the

[53:31] growth of cricket in the

[53:33] Pacific Northwest. I

[53:34] respectfully urge King County

[53:35] and City of Bellevue to come

[53:37] together and move this project

[53:38] forward. Please don

[53:38] t let this

[53:40] opportunity pass us by. Invest

[53:41] in a place where talent is

[53:44] nurtured. Girls are empowered.

[53:46] Women are celebrated, and

[53:47] future champions begin their

[53:49] journey. Thank you for your

[53:50] time and consideration,

[53:51] everyone.

[53:52] Thank you for your testimony

[53:55] and. Ash.

[53:58] Next up is Ben Jenkins.

[53:59] Well, good afternoon, Chair

[54:01] Perry and council members. Uh,

[54:02] my name is Ben Jenkins. I

[54:02] m a

[54:04] resident of unincorporated

[54:05] Snoqualmie. I

[54:06] ve been here for

[54:07] the past five years. I

[54:07] ve

[54:08] previously lived in Seattle for

[54:09] six. I

[54:10] m here to talk about the

[54:11] local land sale. There

[54:12] s a 4800

[54:14] acres, roughly of forest above

[54:14] Fall City. That

[54:15] s going on a

[54:17] sealed bid auction on AUGUST

[54:18] 5th. I know Chair Perry. You

[54:18] re

[54:20] aware of this? Um, yeah. Inside

[54:22] this land sale, there are three

[54:24] of the four parcels. Are have

[54:25] mountain bike trails on them

[54:26] that have been there for over

[54:27] 20 years, and they

[54:28] ve been, uh,

[54:29] been able to be used by the

[54:32] public via a permit system from

[54:33] the current landowner, which is

[54:34] a timber company. There

[54:35] s also

[54:36] other, uh, recreational

[54:38] opportunities in that zone for

[54:39] gravel riding and hiking and

[54:41] things like that. This region

[54:43] is, uh, has switched from a

[54:44] logging economy, obviously, to

[54:45] a recreation and tourism

[54:46] economy. And these, these

[54:47] trails and all these recreation

[54:49] areas in the, in the vicinity

[54:51] are really important for this

[54:54] community, for the economy and

[54:55] for the residents and all that

[54:57] kind of stuff. So the area of

[54:58] Tokyo in particular is

[54:59] important because it has south

[55:00] facing slopes and it

[55:01] s at a

[55:02] lower elevation and it drains

[55:04] well. So it becomes a really

[55:05] big hub for mountain biking and

[55:06] recreation. In the winter

[55:08] months, when the other areas

[55:09] are covered in snow or have

[55:12] condition problems. So, uh,

[55:13] what I would like the council

[55:14] to be aware of, and I know

[55:14] that

[55:15] s been on the agenda a

[55:15] little bit here, but that this

[55:17] area is not protected. And if

[55:19] it, you know, as soon as it

[55:21] gets sold to a new, uh,

[55:23] property owner, the right to

[55:23] have access to that

[55:24] s probably

[55:25] going to go away. So I

[55:26] m asking

[55:27] that, uh, the county is

[55:29] hopefully actively working on

[55:30] looking at securing parcels c

[55:32] and d at a minimum, which is

[55:35] 603 acres. Uh, also, there

[55:35] s

[55:36] another parcel b, which would

[55:36] be great, but I know it

[55:37] s at a

[55:38] higher price point. Um, I

[55:38] d

[55:39] also like to say that because

[55:41] of the way that auction is

[55:42] priced and structured, the

[55:43] likely buyer is not going to be

[55:43] someone who

[55:44] s going to be

[55:45] looking for a financial return.

[55:47] So this if this land ends up in

[55:48] tribal ownership, I

[55:48] m really

[55:49] hoping that King County will do

[55:51] everything in its power to work

[55:52] with that future owner to

[55:54] purchase a recreation easement,

[55:56] uh, on these trail corridors,

[55:58] hopefully for parcels b, c, and

[55:59] d. Uh, just to wrap up here,

[56:01] this area is critical to the

[56:03] community for Recreation Hub.

[56:03] It

[56:04] s right off the Snoqualmie

[56:04] Valley Trail and it

[56:05] s a great

[56:06] resource for the community.

[56:07] Thank you.

[56:08] Thank you for your testimony,

[56:10] Ben.

[56:14] Next up is Joe Kunstler.

[56:15] Hi, Joe.

[56:17] Council here. It

[56:17] s good to see

[56:19] all of you. Um, it

[56:19] s always a

[56:21] privilege in orange King County

[56:23] Council, though. Today is a

[56:26] tragic anniversary as it is the

[56:27] 20th anniversary since the

[56:30] assassination of Pamela Zell

[56:32] and the injury of five Jewish

[56:34] Federation of Seattle

[56:36] employees. This is also.

[56:38] Tomorrow will be the 16th

[56:40] anniversary of when I was home

[56:43] invaded by an anti-Semitic, uh,

[56:46] felon and his nephew. Um, so I

[56:48] think anti-Semitism very

[56:49] seriously. And these statements

[56:49] we

[56:50] re not supposed to address

[56:52] previous commenters, but I will

[56:53] say the statements by a

[56:55] previous commenter I find is

[56:57] always anti-Semitic, deeply

[56:58] offensive and deeply

[57:00] inappropriate. And I wish they

[57:04] would stop. Um, I ask that this

[57:06] council and others continue to

[57:09] stand up against anti-Semitism

[57:11] for a more inclusive community,

[57:12] as well as stand up against

[57:15] Islamophobia. Um, I think it

[57:15] s

[57:16] important that we all come

[57:18] together and address this, this

[57:20] kind of hatred that we see

[57:21] exhibited in public comment

[57:23] periods. We see exhibited in

[57:28] the community. Um, I take to

[57:31] heart, you know, the, um,

[57:32] statements have been issued by

[57:35] Jewish leaders remembering the

[57:38] tragedy of JULY 28th, 2006, and

[57:38] I

[57:40] m deeply grateful that one of

[57:43] the survivors, uh, decided to

[57:45] join gun responsibility and

[57:46] work to close gun violence

[57:48] loopholes like, uh, making sure

[57:49] the background check on every

[57:52] single firearms transfer and

[57:53] assault weapons ban and other

[57:54] stuff that keeps the public

[57:59] safe. Um, and I just wanted to

[58:00] bring that to your attention

[58:02] and that could that hopefully

[58:04] explains why I find this one

[58:06] individual who comes before you

[58:07] so offensive.

[58:13] Thank you, MR. Counselor.

[58:18] Next stop is Patrick Frye.

[58:20] Hi. Good afternoon Council. I

[58:23] am here to follow up with, uh,

[58:25] Ben Jenkins said about the Toco

[58:26] land sale. Uh, so I won

[58:26] t

[58:28] repeat the things that he

[58:29] touched on because he he stated

[58:30] them all perfectly. Toco is

[58:32] really important to the

[58:34] community. Um, and the false

[58:36] city community and surrounding

[58:39] mountain bike, uh, equestrian

[58:40] and trail running community.

[58:42] Um, what I will state, though,

[58:48] is that those 42 or 4800 acres

[58:51] of recreational use, uh, are

[58:52] incredibly valuable, and they

[58:54] actually already have access

[58:56] that King County already has.

[58:56] There

[58:57] s parking lots already

[59:00] constructed at the trailheads

[59:03] that are around. Uh, and so

[59:03] there would be little

[59:06] infrastructure needed to

[59:08] continue using these parks. And

[59:08] so I

[59:11] m hoping that when sealed

[59:13] bids for these local, either

[59:14] King County can be a purchaser

[59:16] or if not, uh, that they will

[59:18] work with the purchaser, uh, to

[59:21] secure access to those, uh,

[59:22] trails so that we can continue

[59:24] recreating and using those

[59:26] trails. Thank you.

[59:28] Thank you for your testimony,

[59:29] Patrick.

[59:31] Next on the list is Eddie

[59:33] Espinosa.

[59:35] Good afternoon, Chair Perry.

[59:37] Council members and members of

[59:37] the community. I

[59:38] m Eddie

[59:38] Espinosa. I

[59:39] m the executive

[59:40] director of the Evergreen

[59:42] Mountain Bike Alliance. Um, I

[59:44] live in Bothell. Our offices in

[59:46] North Bend, uh, and here to

[59:49] talk about local, um, I

[59:49] ll just

[59:52] add a little bit more to what

[59:54] folks have already said. Um,

[59:55] and a little bit more about us.

[59:56] We

[59:58] re the statewide nonprofit

[1:00:00] that advocates for mountain

[1:00:01] biking through education,

[1:00:02] community building, and

[1:00:04] partnerships. Uh, we have a

[1:00:06] membership of close to 10,000.

[1:00:07] And we also speak on behalf of

[1:00:09] the almost 1 million bike, uh,

[1:00:11] bike riders in the state of

[1:00:13] Washington. Um, mountain biking

[1:00:14] is an important part of the

[1:00:15] recreation economy in

[1:00:17] Washington, which is just as

[1:00:19] big in size as tech and

[1:00:21] aerospace, and vocal. Some of

[1:00:24] you MAY know is the is a is a

[1:00:26] pretty important part of a

[1:00:28] region full of mountain bike

[1:00:31] trails and areas that have

[1:00:33] national, if not world

[1:00:37] recognition for the and access

[1:00:41] for these trails. Um, also

[1:00:42] thank you, Chair Perry, for

[1:00:44] your work here. A little bit

[1:00:45] over a little bit over a year

[1:00:48] ago. Thanks for that. Um, and

[1:00:49] we

[1:00:49] re a little bit late in the

[1:00:51] hour. Uh, the auction is next

[1:00:52] month. We spent a bunch of

[1:00:55] months, um, this summer, uh,

[1:00:56] with outreach to to

[1:00:58] organizational partners to to

[1:01:00] other land managers and also to

[1:01:02] other, uh, offices within King

[1:01:04] County. Um, but to echo what a

[1:01:06] what everyone else has already

[1:01:08] said, um, we would love to make

[1:01:11] sure that access is maintained

[1:01:13] for whoever owns the property

[1:01:16] next. Um, and ideally, if it

[1:01:18] could be an acquisition, um,

[1:01:20] if, if, if the county could

[1:01:22] prioritize the acquisition

[1:01:23] itself. Um, in order for us to

[1:01:25] maintain that access and

[1:01:27] continue building on the, the

[1:01:29] economy and opportunity for

[1:01:31] mountain biking in this region.

[1:01:35] Um, that would be, uh, amazing.

[1:01:35] And we

[1:01:36] d be hugely, hugely

[1:01:42] appreciative.

[1:01:46] Thank you for your testimony.

[1:01:51] Next on the list is Japonica.

[1:01:51] Uh.

[1:01:54] Good afternoon councilmembers.

[1:01:56] My name is Chopin Edgar, and my

[1:01:57] age is 25. I

[1:01:59] m from India, and

[1:02:01] for me, cricket is like a food.

[1:02:02] If I need food to live, I need

[1:02:06] cricket to survive as well. And

[1:02:07] here in the United States, I

[1:02:09] start playing cricket because

[1:02:11] as a fun sport. But again, it

[1:02:13] becomes part of my life and I

[1:02:15] want to continue, uh, further

[1:02:19] and represent my national, uh,

[1:02:21] the most important part of my

[1:02:22] life is my teammates who

[1:02:24] encourage me when I make

[1:02:26] mistakes and celebrate with me

[1:02:28] when I improve. Cricket has

[1:02:30] helped me make friends and feel

[1:02:33] connected to my community. We

[1:02:35] practice everywhere, wherever

[1:02:37] space is available, but cricket

[1:02:40] needs, as my companion said,

[1:02:42] more than open pitches for

[1:02:44] grass. We need a ball to bounce

[1:02:47] at certain point, but due to

[1:02:48] the grass it is not able to

[1:02:51] bounce that much. We really

[1:02:53] appreciate if in Kansas, if

[1:02:55] King County will help us to

[1:02:56] build certain pitches that

[1:02:58] improve our game and we don

[1:02:58] t

[1:02:59] need to travel so far for

[1:03:00] leather ball matches like

[1:03:02] Linden and Northmen, it would

[1:03:05] be great initiative and will

[1:03:07] really appreciate the moment

[1:03:09] that my remote park bring it to

[1:03:11] reality. A dedicated home for

[1:03:13] cricket would give a team

[1:03:15] stability and give many more

[1:03:17] girls the chance to discover

[1:03:18] this sport. Thank you for

[1:03:20] listening to my voice. Thank

[1:03:21] you so much.

[1:03:24] Thank you for your testimony,

[1:03:25] Shibani.

[1:03:28] Next on the list is Saravia

[1:03:34] Chandrakant.

[1:03:36] Good. Uh. Good evening. Uh,

[1:03:38] members of council. My name is

[1:03:38] Rabia and I

[1:03:40] m 27 years old. I

[1:03:41] m

[1:03:43] here representing a passionate

[1:03:45] community of athletes. Uh,

[1:03:47] teammates who train beside me

[1:03:48] and the girls who look up to

[1:03:51] us. All of, uh, all of whom

[1:03:53] share a singular dream to see

[1:03:56] our sport thrive here at home.

[1:03:59] Cricket has been the defining,

[1:04:01] has been defining the passion

[1:04:03] of my life, a pursuit that has

[1:04:05] pushed me to test my limits. We

[1:04:07] are fully committed to this

[1:04:10] game. Uh, training for over 20

[1:04:12] hours every single week to

[1:04:14] reach our goal. However, even

[1:04:16] the greatest dedication is

[1:04:18] hampered when you lack the

[1:04:20] infrastructure to support it.

[1:04:23] The reality of my team is

[1:04:24] incredibly challenging right

[1:04:27] now. To make do. We are

[1:04:30] constantly forced to improvise,

[1:04:31] attempting to convert various

[1:04:34] multiple multi-purpose sports

[1:04:36] grounds just to make them even

[1:04:38] remotely suitable for cricket.

[1:04:41] This is not sustainable without

[1:04:44] a dedicated, dependable cricket

[1:04:45] ground, it is nearly impossible

[1:04:48] to properly simulate match

[1:04:49] conditions, develop a

[1:04:51] professional grade pitch, or

[1:04:53] even gain the competitive

[1:04:55] experience necessary to grow.

[1:04:57] Far too often we have had to

[1:04:59] travel great distances just to

[1:05:02] find adequate training, losing

[1:05:05] valuable time and energy that

[1:05:07] should have been spent honing

[1:05:09] our craft right here in our own

[1:05:12] community. The proposed cricket

[1:05:14] community Park at Miramar

[1:05:16] represents more than just a

[1:05:18] field. It is the infrastructure

[1:05:21] needed to create a legitimate,

[1:05:23] uh, sustainable pathway for all

[1:05:26] of us within this facility. We

[1:05:28] could establish consistent

[1:05:30] practice routines, access

[1:05:33] quality coaching, and finally

[1:05:33] host the tournament

[1:05:34] s that are

[1:05:36] that turn our collective

[1:05:37] potential.

[1:05:40] Into.

[1:05:42] Okay.

[1:05:44] Thank you very much for your

[1:05:49] testimony. Thank you.

[1:05:52] Next up is Mitch Corey.

[1:05:53] Good afternoon Council.

[1:05:56] My name is Mitch Corey. Um,

[1:05:56] I

[1:05:59] ve lived in Washington all 36

[1:06:02] years of my life. And in King

[1:06:06] in Seattle for 32 of those, um,

[1:06:07] and probably every weekend I

[1:06:09] travel on I-90 to go mountain

[1:06:13] biking and probably one half of

[1:06:14] those times I go mountain

[1:06:16] biking at Tokyo. And so I

[1:06:16] m

[1:06:19] speaking on the, uh, the land

[1:06:23] going up for auction. Um, I, I

[1:06:23] feel like I

[1:06:25] m almost a resident

[1:06:27] of, like, Tokyo. And it

[1:06:27] s been

[1:06:29] really important to me. Um, but

[1:06:29] it

[1:06:30] s also really important to

[1:06:32] the mountain biking community

[1:06:34] in the King County area. I

[1:06:34] think what

[1:06:35] s said before is

[1:06:36] that it

[1:06:38] s often used for bike

[1:06:40] riding. When the conditions

[1:06:42] further along I-90 are too cold

[1:06:44] or too snowy. Um, so it

[1:06:44] s

[1:06:45] really important just for

[1:06:46] people that mountain bike and

[1:06:49] King County, um, I think that

[1:06:51] the entire county and the city

[1:06:54] would benefit from, um, the

[1:06:56] conservation of that land,

[1:06:58] especially for recreation, um,

[1:07:00] for not only for mountain

[1:07:01] biking, but I know that there

[1:07:01] s

[1:07:03] a quest train and trail running

[1:07:05] in that area, too. Unlike was

[1:07:06] said before, there

[1:07:06] s also

[1:07:06] there

[1:07:08] s already infrastructure

[1:07:10] in place that would support the

[1:07:12] people that would use that. Um,

[1:07:13] and that would continue to

[1:07:16] travel, um, to, uh, Fall City

[1:07:18] and some of the other kind of

[1:07:21] areas, uh, almost like

[1:07:23] metropolitan areas to support

[1:07:25] the businesses that are there.

[1:07:25] Um, and I

[1:07:26] m thinking of coffee

[1:07:28] and restaurants and baked goods

[1:07:29] after I

[1:07:30] m done mountain biking.

[1:07:32] Um, I do think that the local

[1:07:35] area is very important for the

[1:07:36] mountain bike community in

[1:07:37] Washington. And like others

[1:07:39] have said, I hope that the

[1:07:41] council, uh, I mean, whether it

[1:07:43] could be purchased by the city,

[1:07:46] um, or whoever does purchase

[1:07:49] it, the there would be, um,

[1:07:51] cooperation to allow continued,

[1:07:53] uh, mountain biking on the

[1:07:55] property. Thank you.

[1:07:59] Thank you for your testimony.

[1:08:02] Next up is Rachel Dwivedi.

[1:08:04] Um, hello, everyone. My name is

[1:08:05] Rachel dvd, and I

[1:08:06] m 17 years

[1:08:08] old. Cricket has genuinely been

[1:08:10] one of the greatest gifts in my

[1:08:11] life. Um, it

[1:08:12] s taught me

[1:08:14] resilience, discipline,

[1:08:16] teamwork and confidence. Some

[1:08:17] of my closest friendships have

[1:08:18] been built on the cricket

[1:08:20] field, and every match teaches

[1:08:22] me something new about myself.

[1:08:23] Um, today, cricket is known as

[1:08:25] one of the fastest growing

[1:08:26] sports in the world. It has

[1:08:29] more than 2.5 billion fans

[1:08:31] globally, if I remember

[1:08:32] correctly, and it makes it the

[1:08:32] world

[1:08:34] s second most popular

[1:08:34] sport, and it

[1:08:35] s returned to the

[1:08:38] 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is

[1:08:39] helping fuel even more growth,

[1:08:41] especially here in the United

[1:08:42] States. A cricket community

[1:08:44] park at Mary Moore would allow

[1:08:45] our region to grow alongside

[1:08:46] that momentum. It wouldn

[1:08:46] t just

[1:08:48] be another sports field, it

[1:08:49] would become a home for rapidly

[1:08:51] growing community. It would

[1:08:52] create opportunities for youth

[1:08:54] programs, school teams,

[1:08:55] leagues, tournaments and

[1:08:57] community events while bringing

[1:08:58] families from all backgrounds

[1:08:59] together through a shared love

[1:09:01] of the game. As a girl who

[1:09:03] plays cricket, this park means

[1:09:04] even more to me. Cricket has

[1:09:05] traditionally been a male

[1:09:07] dominated sport, but that is

[1:09:09] also changing. More girls are

[1:09:10] stepping onto the field than

[1:09:11] ever before, and women

[1:09:11] s

[1:09:13] cricket is experiencing

[1:09:14] incredible growth around the

[1:09:16] world. I also believe that this

[1:09:17] park would become an incredible

[1:09:19] asset for King County, just as

[1:09:21] we proudly rally behind the

[1:09:22] Seahawks, the Mariners, the

[1:09:24] Sounders and the storm, we have

[1:09:25] the opportunity to build an

[1:09:26] equally passionate cricket

[1:09:27] community right here in the

[1:09:29] Pacific Northwest. We already

[1:09:31] have thousands of players and

[1:09:32] families who love this game. We

[1:09:34] have a dedicated I mean, a

[1:09:36] dedicated cricket park would

[1:09:37] help bring them together,

[1:09:39] attract new players and host

[1:09:40] regional and national

[1:09:41] tournaments, which would help

[1:09:43] establish King County as a

[1:09:43] leader in one of the world

[1:09:44] s

[1:09:46] fastest growing sports. For

[1:09:47] players like me, this park

[1:09:48] represents opportunity. It

[1:09:49] s a

[1:09:50] place where lifelong

[1:09:51] friendships are formed,

[1:09:52] confidence is built, and young

[1:09:54] people learn leadership.

[1:09:55] Cricket has shaped me into the

[1:09:56] person I am today, and I know

[1:09:57] it can do the same for

[1:09:59] countless others. I hope your

[1:10:00] support the Cricket Community

[1:10:02] Park at Mary Moore, and help

[1:10:03] create a space that will

[1:10:04] inspire generations of players

[1:10:06] and girls for years to come.

[1:10:08] Thank you.

[1:10:10] Thank you for your testimonial

[1:10:12] to..

[1:10:16] Next up is Radha Shriram.

[1:10:18] I love.

[1:10:19] Hi, my name is Radha and I

[1:10:20] m 16

[1:10:22] years old. One of my favorite

[1:10:23] moments in cricket is walking

[1:10:24] out to bat, knowing that my

[1:10:26] team believes in me. Batting

[1:10:28] takes focus, confidence and

[1:10:30] courage, and even when I feel

[1:10:30] nervous, I

[1:10:31] ve learned to trust

[1:10:33] my preparation, stay calm and

[1:10:35] make good decisions one ball at

[1:10:37] a time. But for girls to become

[1:10:38] strong, confident batters, we

[1:10:40] need regular opportunities to

[1:10:41] practice against different

[1:10:43] bowlers and play on proper

[1:10:44] cricket fields. Right now,

[1:10:48] limited access to quality

[1:10:49] facilities means fewer chances

[1:10:51] to develop our skills, play

[1:10:52] full matches and learn from

[1:10:54] both our successes and our

[1:10:56] mistakes. A dedicated cricket

[1:10:57] community park at Mary Moore

[1:10:59] would give girls like me the

[1:11:00] opportunity to practice

[1:11:02] consistently, compete

[1:11:04] regularly, and grow as players.

[1:11:05] It could also host youth

[1:11:07] matches and tournaments that

[1:11:08] help us prepare for the next

[1:11:09] level of cricket, while

[1:11:10] bringing our community

[1:11:12] together. I respectfully ask

[1:11:14] King County and the City of

[1:11:15] Bellevue to work together to

[1:11:17] make this park a reality. We

[1:11:17] re

[1:11:19] not asking for our dreams to be

[1:11:19] handed to us. We

[1:11:20] re simply

[1:11:21] asking for a fair opportunity

[1:11:23] to work hard and improve and

[1:11:25] pursue those dreams. Thank you

[1:11:26] for your time, your support,

[1:11:27] and for investing in the future

[1:11:28] of girls cricket.

[1:11:30] Thank you Radha for your

[1:11:31] testimony.

[1:11:33] Next on the list is Kevin

[1:11:51] Alzheimer.

[1:11:52] MR. Alzheimer, are you there?

[1:11:52] We

[1:11:54] re not hearing you. Are you

[1:11:54] muted?

[1:11:56] Can you hear me now?

[1:11:58] We can sir. Go right ahead.

[1:12:00] Okay. Yes, I thank Sir Perry

[1:12:01] and counsel. I

[1:12:02] m here in

[1:12:08] opposition to motion 2026 0197.

[1:12:08] I

[1:12:09] m in. I don

[1:12:09] t I don

[1:12:10] t approve

[1:12:11] of it, but I don

[1:12:11] t have a

[1:12:13] problem if if you decide to get

[1:12:15] an individual in this position.

[1:12:15] Here

[1:12:17] s where my dissatisfaction

[1:12:19] with this, uh, ordinance or

[1:12:21] potential uh, ordinance under

[1:12:23] this motion is you still have a

[1:12:24] legal issue, and your legal

[1:12:26] issue is that you have a

[1:12:28] constitutional issue. Perhaps

[1:12:30] under Washington state versus,

[1:12:32] uh, actually state versus

[1:12:35] miles. Now, in that there is a

[1:12:36] portion of the Constitution of

[1:12:38] Washington state, article one,

[1:12:41] section seven, that actually

[1:12:44] says that the that the state

[1:12:45] Supreme Court had already ruled

[1:12:49] a citizen cannot be compelled

[1:12:51] to be subpoenaed by an agency.

[1:12:52] And it seems like your

[1:12:53] legislation is still trying to

[1:12:55] push that. At the same time.

[1:12:58] Rob Dembowski was involved. I

[1:13:00] have his email way back in

[1:13:02] OCTOBER. I found his email that

[1:13:04] came and came in today where he

[1:13:05] was pushing for an inspector

[1:13:05] general

[1:13:07] s position, and that

[1:13:07] s

[1:13:09] why he wanted this to go to the

[1:13:12] office. And the office had no

[1:13:13] constitutional right to even be

[1:13:15] in investigate that potential

[1:13:16] crime when they don

[1:13:17] t even have

[1:13:19] it under the Constitution.

[1:13:19] Actually, under their

[1:13:21] ordinance, uh, under the

[1:13:23] county, what they have is the

[1:13:25] ability to investigate the

[1:13:27] agencies and investigate

[1:13:28] workers, but they can

[1:13:28] t

[1:13:30] investigate contractors. So you

[1:13:31] guys already went outside of

[1:13:33] that scope. I couldn

[1:13:33] t believe

[1:13:35] of all you people who were

[1:13:36] involved in this whole

[1:13:37] investigation with Clerk

[1:13:40] Newberg and getting him, uh,

[1:13:42] funded after he was already

[1:13:44] working from the executive

[1:13:46] office. And Rob Dembowski sends

[1:13:47] an email out to Shannon

[1:13:48] Braddock asking her to turn

[1:13:50] this over to, uh, Jeremy Bell

[1:13:52] with the office. Office? There

[1:13:53] is so much evidence against

[1:13:55] this. This, uh, this whole

[1:13:57] operation that it

[1:13:57] s about to

[1:13:59] come out. And I think that you

[1:14:00] guys know this, but you have a

[1:14:02] real big problem.

[1:14:10] Thank you, MR. Alzheimer. Are

[1:14:11] there more online?

[1:14:13] Yes, yes there are, chair

[1:14:13] Perry.

[1:14:15] Sorry any more? Are.

[1:14:16] Um, three.

[1:14:17] Okay.

[1:14:18] Next up is.

[1:14:20] Tom Reeves.

[1:14:21] Thank you.

[1:14:23] Hello. Council members. Uh,

[1:14:25] thank you for having me today.

[1:14:26] My name is Tom Reeves. I

[1:14:26] ve

[1:14:27] lived in the Central district

[1:14:30] of Seattle for 11 years. Uh,

[1:14:30] I

[1:14:31] m an avid mountain biker, and

[1:14:31] I

[1:14:33] m here to give my support for

[1:14:35] the total, uh, for conserving

[1:14:37] the local riding area in Fall

[1:14:39] City today. Uh, ever since I

[1:14:40] moved to Seattle, I

[1:14:41] ve spent a

[1:14:42] lot of time in Tokyo riding

[1:14:44] there on a consistent basis.

[1:14:44] It

[1:14:46] s great recreation for for

[1:14:48] my wife and I. I look forward

[1:14:49] to bringing my son there when

[1:14:49] he

[1:14:50] s old enough. Uh, it

[1:14:51] s also

[1:14:52] help helped us to bring build

[1:14:54] great community and get to know

[1:14:55] the people here, while also

[1:14:58] supporting the local community,

[1:14:59] uh, the local community in Fall

[1:15:02] City. Uh, you know, as we go

[1:15:04] forward, I ask that you do

[1:15:05] everything in your power to

[1:15:07] conserve that area. Um, it

[1:15:09] means a lot to us, a lot to our

[1:15:11] community. And thank you very

[1:15:12] much for your time.

[1:15:14] Thank you for your testimony,

[1:15:17] Tom.

[1:15:20] Next up is Kelly Amesbury.

[1:15:22] Hi. Uh, thank you for letting

[1:15:23] me speak here today. Um, my

[1:15:26] name is Kelly Amesbury. I am a

[1:15:27] mountain biker, mountain bike

[1:15:29] advocate. Um, former youth

[1:15:31] coach, and sometimes trail

[1:15:33] builder at local. Um, over

[1:15:35] Covid, I spent countless

[1:15:37] hundreds of hours building a

[1:15:39] trail and maintaining it

[1:15:41] specifically for youth and

[1:15:43] youth sports training there for

[1:15:45] youth cycling training. And I

[1:15:46] would just like to encourage

[1:15:47] the, um, the council to do

[1:15:48] everything in their power to

[1:15:50] help maintain this wonderful

[1:15:52] asset for recreation, not only

[1:15:54] for mountain biking, but for

[1:15:56] equestrians, um, trail runners

[1:15:58] and other outdoor enthusiasts.

[1:16:00] I would also encourage you to

[1:16:02] look at the model that the city

[1:16:04] of Bellingham has followed with

[1:16:05] the Galbraith Mountain

[1:16:07] Preservation, where the city

[1:16:09] has put together a consortium

[1:16:12] of private land timberland, um,

[1:16:17] protected, uh, uh, I think, um,

[1:16:18] forest pieces and also city

[1:16:21] park together into a

[1:16:22] recreational easement that

[1:16:24] really protects that, um, land

[1:16:25] in perpetuity for all sorts of

[1:16:27] recreational activities and

[1:16:29] also for wildlife and the

[1:16:30] environment. Um, thank you for

[1:16:32] my time. Really appreciate it.

[1:16:34] And and hope you can move

[1:16:35] forward in helping us protect

[1:16:36] this land. Thank you.

[1:16:37] Thank you for your testimony,

[1:16:39] Kelly.

[1:16:41] And the last hand raised on the

[1:16:44] list is Rachel. Damian.

[1:16:45] Hi there. Thank you, council

[1:16:47] members, for your time today.

[1:16:49] My name is Rachel Damian. I

[1:16:49] m a

[1:16:51] 34 year old. I live in Bellevue

[1:16:54] since 2019 and I board my

[1:16:56] horses in Fall City. I spent

[1:16:58] nearly half of my week for the

[1:17:00] past six years at the barn. And

[1:17:01] tackle is not just where I

[1:17:01] ride, it

[1:17:03] s part of my community

[1:17:05] and it is my home. To is

[1:17:06] essential because many riders

[1:17:06] don

[1:17:08] t own a truck and trailer

[1:17:10] with local access, they don

[1:17:10] t

[1:17:11] have another convenient place

[1:17:13] to ride. They lose the

[1:17:15] opportunity altogether, and

[1:17:16] horses are pivotal to our

[1:17:18] lives, so taking away that

[1:17:19] access takes away many

[1:17:21] livelihoods. Tokyo is also

[1:17:22] unique to horseback riders

[1:17:24] because of the soil. Even after

[1:17:26] heavy rain, the infamous Tokyo

[1:17:28] soil drains quickly and it

[1:17:30] allows year round riding.

[1:17:32] Previously in my life, I was

[1:17:34] limited to only six years or

[1:17:36] six months of outdoor riding,

[1:17:37] and moving to Seattle means

[1:17:39] that my season is every day and

[1:17:39] that

[1:17:41] s incredible. I

[1:17:41] d also

[1:17:42] like to speak to the

[1:17:43] friendliness that I

[1:17:43] ve

[1:17:44] experienced with the mountain

[1:17:46] bikers there. I do firmly

[1:17:48] believe that horseback riders

[1:17:50] and bikers can coexist on

[1:17:51] trails, and total is a

[1:17:53] testament to that. So I know

[1:17:54] it

[1:17:55] s a very challenging

[1:17:56] situation, balancing the needs

[1:17:59] of urban and rural and bikers

[1:18:00] and equestrians. But I do ask

[1:18:01] you to try and use with all of

[1:18:03] your resources and your skills

[1:18:05] to try and keep our public

[1:18:07] access there. Thank you.

[1:18:09] Thank you for your testimony,

[1:18:11] Rachel.

[1:18:13] That was the last hand raised

[1:18:15] Chair Perry that I see online.

[1:18:16] All right. Is there anybody

[1:18:17] else online that has not had a

[1:18:18] chance to speak who would like

[1:18:20] to? If so, please raise your

[1:18:23] hand again. Raise your hand if

[1:18:23] you haven

[1:18:24] t had a chance to

[1:18:26] speak and you would like to.

[1:18:27] Are we seeing anybody raising

[1:18:31] their hands?

[1:18:33] I am not okay.

[1:18:34] Thank you so much. Seeing no

[1:18:36] further request, I want to

[1:18:37] thank each and every person who

[1:18:39] showed up to testify in person

[1:18:41] and online. Today we take your

[1:18:43] comments and your time very

[1:18:44] seriously, and it matters a lot

[1:18:46] to our deliberative process. So

[1:18:47] thank you very much for being

[1:18:49] with us today. And with that we

[1:18:52] will close the public hearing,

[1:18:53] turning next to those

[1:18:55] ordinances on the agenda for

[1:18:56] discussion and action,

[1:18:57] beginning with item six, which

[1:18:58] is an ordinance concerning King

[1:19:01] County Employee Code of Ethics.

[1:19:03] Councilmember von Reichbauer,

[1:19:05] would you please move? Um, uh,

[1:19:10] ordinance 2026 0126.

[1:19:11] So moved.

[1:19:12] Thank you. Uh, proposed

[1:19:15] ordinance 2026 0126 is before

[1:19:16] us. Before we proceed, I

[1:19:16] ll

[1:19:18] note that we have Randy Bello

[1:19:19] and council staff available to

[1:19:20] brief the item or answer

[1:19:22] questions. With that, I

[1:19:22] d like

[1:19:23] to ask if Councilmember Dunne

[1:19:23] s

[1:19:25] as sponsor would like to offer

[1:19:26] any opening remarks, or if

[1:19:26] you

[1:19:27] d like the item briefed.

[1:19:28] Yeah, I don

[1:19:29] t think we need the

[1:19:31] item brief. We passed this

[1:19:33] unanimously up here. Um, from

[1:19:35] committee, but, um, just to

[1:19:37] remind my colleagues, as we

[1:19:38] continue to improve the

[1:19:39] functions of King County

[1:19:41] government as we continue to

[1:19:43] reform, uh, what we do,

[1:19:46] delivering local services. Uh,

[1:19:48] this is another piece of that.

[1:19:49] As you all know, we

[1:19:49] ve done

[1:19:51] some audits and really worked

[1:19:53] hard to make our grantmaking

[1:19:55] process, uh, greater

[1:19:57] accountability moving forward

[1:19:58] with the tax dollars that we

[1:20:01] are bestowed by the taxpayers.

[1:20:01] We

[1:20:02] ve done things recently like

[1:20:03] streamlined the homeless

[1:20:06] governance. Uh, organization,

[1:20:08] uh, working to make that more

[1:20:10] efficient, bringing employees

[1:20:11] back to work following the

[1:20:13] pandemic. And there are other

[1:20:13] things we

[1:20:14] ve been working on as

[1:20:16] well. This one is in the form

[1:20:18] of reforming our King County

[1:20:19] ethics code. It is always a

[1:20:22] work in progress as new

[1:20:23] situations are uncovered, new

[1:20:25] technologies are uncovered. The

[1:20:26] ethics code is a living

[1:20:28] document. Um, and this, uh,

[1:20:30] this piece of legislation seeks

[1:20:32] to continue to reform. It

[1:20:33] really came, I think, quite

[1:20:36] effectively from Seattle Times

[1:20:38] investigation that many of you

[1:20:39] will remember, uh, that

[1:20:42] involved an employee who, uh,

[1:20:44] according to the Seattle Times,

[1:20:48] uh, had distributed grants to

[1:20:51] five, uh, family members. Um,

[1:20:53] uh, on the nature of about

[1:20:56] $800,000. And so this gives us

[1:20:58] the option, and we have the

[1:21:00] legal authority to actually,

[1:21:01] uh, amend the King County

[1:21:02] ethics code. We can do that by

[1:21:03] ordinance, which we are

[1:21:05] attempting to do here in this

[1:21:07] resolution, this ethics reform

[1:21:08] package, uh, does a couple of

[1:21:11] things. First, it expands and

[1:21:14] clarifies, uh, the conflict of

[1:21:17] interest rules to very clearly

[1:21:18] prohibit close relationships.

[1:21:19] In other words, significant

[1:21:21] relationships as defined in the

[1:21:24] legislation. It also requires

[1:21:26] that conflicts of interest be

[1:21:28] resolved, uh, before a

[1:21:30] distribution not just

[1:21:32] disclosed. And right now, uh,

[1:21:34] in this case, disclosure, but

[1:21:36] no resolution. We need to have

[1:21:38] resolution. So a conflict of

[1:21:40] interest, uh, doesn

[1:21:41] t occur.

[1:21:43] Finally, this clarifies, uh,

[1:21:45] the ethics code, um, in a

[1:21:47] variety of ways to ensure

[1:21:49] consistency throughout reading

[1:21:51] of the document. There are a

[1:21:53] couple of amendments Brandi

[1:21:54] might want to speak to those,

[1:21:56] uh, Chair Perry, um, which I

[1:21:56] m

[1:21:57] happy to move at the right

[1:21:59] time. And that

[1:21:59] s the

[1:22:00] introduction and look forward

[1:22:02] to a discussion on this issue.

[1:22:03] Thank you very much,

[1:22:04] colleagues. Are there any

[1:22:06] questions for staff or comments

[1:22:07] for the discussion at this

[1:22:12] moment? Please say please speak

[1:22:15] out. If you do. Okay. I also

[1:22:16] understand there

[1:22:16] s a technical

[1:22:18] amendment. Councilmember Dunn

[1:22:19] would you please move amendment

[1:22:19] one?

[1:22:20] Sure, sure. Councilmember Lewis

[1:22:21] has her hand up.

[1:22:23] Oh, thank you, Councilmember

[1:22:24] Lewis. Thank you, Vice chair.

[1:22:26] Thank you. I just have a couple

[1:22:30] of, um, pretty basic questions.

[1:22:32] Uh, one being how will

[1:22:34] employees be be notified of

[1:22:37] these changes? And, um, given

[1:22:39] the opportunity to comply with

[1:22:41] them? And the other has to do

[1:22:43] with whether or not we should

[1:22:46] have a regular cadence to

[1:22:48] update the ethics code like we

[1:22:51] do with the charter and and

[1:22:53] other regulations. Those MAY be

[1:22:54] questions for the executive.

[1:22:55] I

[1:22:57] m not sure.

[1:22:58] Uh.

[1:23:00] For my brand. Do you want to

[1:23:01] take a cut at that? And then

[1:23:01] I

[1:23:02] m happy to add in what I

[1:23:03] know.

[1:23:04] Sure.

[1:23:05] Uh, thank you, Council members.

[1:23:06] For the record.

[1:23:07] Brandy parabola with council

[1:23:10] central staff. I can try to

[1:23:11] answer the first one, and I am

[1:23:13] not equipped to answer the

[1:23:14] second. Um, the first one.

[1:23:18] There is no language in the

[1:23:20] ordinance that directs how any

[1:23:22] county employees should be made

[1:23:24] aware of these changes. That

[1:23:26] would be, um, at the discretion

[1:23:30] of the executive side on how

[1:23:32] they would prefer to do that.

[1:23:34] Um.

[1:23:37] Great. Um, yeah. I think the

[1:23:40] work this, this legislation

[1:23:42] changes the code. Uh, then once

[1:23:45] the code is changed, um, we

[1:23:46] will encourage both the Board

[1:23:48] of Ethics as well as the

[1:23:50] executive to use their

[1:23:51] appropriate outreach channels

[1:23:54] to get the information to our

[1:23:56] employees. Things like our

[1:23:58] regular trainings will be one

[1:24:00] method, uh, newsletters, emails

[1:24:01] for managers will be another

[1:24:03] will certainly use the news

[1:24:05] media to enhance that. But it

[1:24:05] s

[1:24:06] one thing to have a rule, but

[1:24:06] if it

[1:24:07] s not broadly known, it

[1:24:09] has no effect. So we look

[1:24:10] forward to the next steps of

[1:24:13] this being that outreach

[1:24:14] process, which will, since the

[1:24:15] overwhelming majority of

[1:24:17] employees are within the

[1:24:18] executive branch. Uh, we got to

[1:24:20] make sure that that that will

[1:24:22] happen moving forward. With

[1:24:24] respect to the regular cadence,

[1:24:27] uh, first let me say that, uh,

[1:24:28] Councilmember Balducci has I

[1:24:31] think, uh, taken on, uh,

[1:24:33] laboring or on some additional

[1:24:34] ethics, uh, reform that needs

[1:24:36] to happen, including pulling

[1:24:37] together a stakeholder group,

[1:24:39] which I think is wise. It MAY

[1:24:41] be as part of that review that

[1:24:42] we look at a regular cadence of

[1:24:45] review to make sure that, uh,

[1:24:47] this code is updated from time

[1:24:49] to time. The Board of Ethics

[1:24:50] did weigh in recently, maybe a

[1:24:52] little bit too late, but very

[1:24:54] helpful still nonetheless. And

[1:24:55] then we want to continue to

[1:24:56] review, because we do have a

[1:24:57] board that

[1:24:57] s supposed to be

[1:24:58] making these recommendations.

[1:25:00] Of course, nothing stops us

[1:25:01] from doing that as well.

[1:25:03] Thank you, Vice Chair. Don.

[1:25:04] Great question. Councilmember

[1:25:06] Lewis. Um, Councilmember

[1:25:08] Dembowski has something.

[1:25:09] Thank you. Chair. Just adding

[1:25:10] to the discussion and maybe

[1:25:13] APRIL Sanders could supply some

[1:25:15] precision here. But in the last

[1:25:17] supplemental budget, we did

[1:25:19] increase the fte authority for

[1:25:21] the executive ethics function

[1:25:23] and added some additional

[1:25:25] dollars, uh, presumably to help,

[1:25:28] um, educate and and ensure

[1:25:29] compliance with this

[1:25:30] legislation that we knew was

[1:25:32] coming. I think it was a couple

[1:25:36] FTEs or just shy of that.

[1:25:38] Okay. Thank you. Uh

[1:25:39] Councilmember Dembowski. Any

[1:25:42] other questions? Oh, my

[1:25:44] colleagues for staff or

[1:25:48] comment. Okay. Not seeing any,

[1:25:48] um. Let

[1:25:51] s see. So technical

[1:25:53] amendment has been moved. Uh.

[1:25:53] No, it hasn

[1:25:54] t yet.

[1:25:54] I

[1:25:54] ll move. Okay.

[1:25:54] Would you.

[1:25:55] Please I think there

[1:25:55] s an

[1:25:56] amendment. I think there

[1:25:57] s two

[1:25:57] amendments. So I

[1:25:58] m happy to

[1:25:59] move amendment one.

[1:26:01] Amendment one. Okay. Thank you.

[1:26:02] Amendment one is before us.

[1:26:03] Would you like to speak to

[1:26:04] amendment one? Uh, Vice Chair

[1:26:05] Dan.

[1:26:06] Just very generally it

[1:26:07] s a

[1:26:08] technical Stryker. And what it

[1:26:10] does is it changes the language

[1:26:11] since last meeting or meeting

[1:26:13] before last, we put language in

[1:26:14] regarding the inspector

[1:26:16] general. This added and

[1:26:17] acknowledges the existence of

[1:26:18] that office. And so it

[1:26:18] s a

[1:26:19] technical Stryker, and I

[1:26:19] d urge

[1:26:21] your support.

[1:26:22] Thank you. Any discussions from

[1:26:24] my colleague on that amendment.

[1:26:25] If I MAY.

[1:26:26] She. Yes, Randy.

[1:26:28] Go ahead. Um, there is actually

[1:26:30] only one amendment, and the

[1:26:33] technical amendment, um, is

[1:26:37] related to a couple of, uh,

[1:26:38] suggestions by the Board of

[1:26:41] Ethics that really just cleans

[1:26:42] up the language a little bit to

[1:26:44] make it clearer to read. Okay.

[1:26:44] Um, I

[1:26:46] m not sure if

[1:26:49] Councilmember Dunn has another

[1:26:50] amendment that I

[1:26:50] m not aware

[1:26:52] of, but the one that I have

[1:26:54] worked on is amendment one.

[1:26:55] Will you.

[1:26:58] Brief amendment one for us?

[1:27:00] I just did amendment one.

[1:27:00] That

[1:27:01] s all you have. Okay.

[1:27:01] That

[1:27:04] s all you, Councilmember.

[1:27:06] My understanding was what Randy

[1:27:07] just spoke to was amendment

[1:27:09] two. Sounds like, uh, amendment

[1:27:11] one is the technical striker

[1:27:13] that provides clarity as

[1:27:14] recommended by the Board of

[1:27:15] Ethics, and I certainly support

[1:27:17] that as well. So, um, it

[1:27:17] doesn

[1:27:19] t change my motion for

[1:27:20] amendment one. I just want to

[1:27:20] make sure that what I

[1:27:21] m putting

[1:27:23] forward is properly labeled

[1:27:25] within the council meeting

[1:27:26] materials.

[1:27:28] It is properly labeled. So the

[1:27:31] additional materials packet

[1:27:33] that went out this morning from

[1:27:33] the clerk

[1:27:34] s office, it is

[1:27:36] labeled as amendment one. And

[1:27:37] it is the only amendment in

[1:27:38] that packet.

[1:27:39] Very well then, uh, and that

[1:27:40] will be all we

[1:27:41] ll amend with

[1:27:42] unless council members have an

[1:27:45] additional amendment as well.

[1:27:46] Okay. All those in favor of

[1:27:49] amendment one say aye.

[1:27:49] Aye.

[1:27:51] All those opposed? Nay. Nay.

[1:27:53] Amendment one is adopted.

[1:27:54] Moving on to the underlying

[1:27:55] ordinance as amended. And my

[1:27:56] colleagues have any closing

[1:27:58] comments before we proceed.

[1:27:59] Sure.

[1:28:01] Yeah. Uh, Council Member

[1:28:02] Balducci, I think, followed by

[1:28:05] Councilmember Dembowski.

[1:28:05] He

[1:28:06] s shaking his head. No.

[1:28:08] Okay. Councilmember Balducci go

[1:28:09] right ahead.

[1:28:10] Um.

[1:28:12] Thank you. Chair. I just wanted

[1:28:14] to speak in favor of the

[1:28:16] ordinance. I will be voting in

[1:28:18] favor of the ordinance. I think

[1:28:20] this is a very important change

[1:28:23] in clarification. Uh, it is a

[1:28:26] key feature of ethics code

[1:28:28] ordinances in many, many

[1:28:30] places. That individual

[1:28:32] government employees should not

[1:28:35] and cannot work on, uh,

[1:28:37] contracts or other projects

[1:28:39] that financially benefit their

[1:28:41] relatives or or business

[1:28:44] partners. Uh, and so, uh, this,

[1:28:46] this, in my view, closes an

[1:28:47] important hole that should have

[1:28:49] been closed in our code

[1:28:50] probably long ago. And I

[1:28:50] m glad

[1:28:50] we

[1:28:52] re doing it now. Uh, just

[1:28:53] wanted to quickly echo and

[1:28:54] update from what Councilmember

[1:28:57] Dunn said. Uh, it has been

[1:28:59] brought to our attention as a

[1:29:01] council that the ethics code,

[1:29:04] on the whole, is really in need

[1:29:06] of some updating and and

[1:29:08] clarifying. And I have indeed

[1:29:09] raised my hand to say that I

[1:29:11] will work on a larger project

[1:29:14] to try to clean up the code.

[1:29:15] You will be hearing from our

[1:29:16] office about this. We

[1:29:17] ve had a

[1:29:19] kickoff meeting with, uh,

[1:29:21] stakeholders. We have assigned

[1:29:23] staff and both central policy

[1:29:26] staff and from the Ombuds

[1:29:28] office to help carry the water.

[1:29:28] And putting this together, it

[1:29:29] s

[1:29:30] going to be a longer road and a

[1:29:33] more detailed progress project.

[1:29:34] And to Councilmember Lewis

[1:29:34] s

[1:29:36] questions, uh, have spoken to

[1:29:36] the executive

[1:29:37] s office. They

[1:29:39] will be included in the work

[1:29:41] because they have some

[1:29:42] interest, obviously, in this as

[1:29:45] well. And a really important

[1:29:48] need to have a clear enough

[1:29:49] code to put together employee

[1:29:51] training so that they can train

[1:29:53] the staff and inform the staff

[1:29:54] of what they need to do, and

[1:29:55] they are observing that the

[1:29:57] code in some places is not

[1:29:58] clear enough to do a good job

[1:29:59] of that. So they have a keen

[1:30:01] interest in implementation and

[1:30:03] in what the code should be, so

[1:30:04] they will be part of it. The

[1:30:06] Board of Ethics will also be

[1:30:08] invited to participate and have

[1:30:09] already expressed an interest

[1:30:11] in participating. So much more

[1:30:13] to come. But this is a really

[1:30:14] important step and I

[1:30:14] m very

[1:30:16] happy to vote in favor today.

[1:30:16] Thank you chair.

[1:30:19] Thank you. Councilmember

[1:30:21] Balducci. Seeing no further

[1:30:22] discussion, Claire Kay, will.

[1:30:22] You please close.

[1:30:24] To close to close.

[1:30:25] Oh, sorry about that. Uh,

[1:30:28] sponsor to close. Vice Chair

[1:30:28] Dunn.

[1:30:30] Uh, thanks very much. And thank

[1:30:31] you, Chair Perry, for having

[1:30:33] this in an expedited forum

[1:30:35] today. And I want to thank, uh,

[1:30:36] my colleagues, Councilmember

[1:30:37] Billie Jean Louis, uh

[1:30:39] Dembowski, and others for their

[1:30:42] comments. And, uh, and smithing

[1:30:43] this and making this better.

[1:30:44] Uh, we have a board of ethics.

[1:30:46] We should use them, continue to

[1:30:48] use them and listen to what

[1:30:49] they they have to say. We MAY

[1:30:51] not always agree with them, but

[1:30:52] they certainly have very

[1:30:53] positive input. That

[1:30:53] s

[1:30:55] important. We should have a

[1:30:57] regular update process. I want

[1:30:58] to thank investigative

[1:31:00] journalists like Lulu Ramadan

[1:31:03] and, uh, and uh, David Gutman

[1:31:06] and others for getting some

[1:31:08] information that helped make

[1:31:09] this legislation better. I

[1:31:11] continue to believe the Fourth

[1:31:12] Estate is an important part of

[1:31:14] our democratic process, and

[1:31:16] this is an example of that. Um,

[1:31:18] this is a good, um, significant

[1:31:19] piece of legislation.

[1:31:21] Obviously, you shouldn

[1:31:21] t be

[1:31:22] doling out public dollars to

[1:31:24] members of your family. It just

[1:31:24] isn

[1:31:25] t it just doesn

[1:31:26] t pass the

[1:31:27] laugh test. And it isn

[1:31:27] t

[1:31:28] appropriate. It might be

[1:31:29] illegal, and there

[1:31:29] s a lot of

[1:31:30] other things there. And so we

[1:31:32] have to make sure that we make

[1:31:33] it clear up front through our

[1:31:35] own ethics codes. Uh, that that

[1:31:35] isn

[1:31:36] t something we

[1:31:36] re going to

[1:31:39] stand for or tolerate. Um,

[1:31:40] County has run into some

[1:31:42] challenging issues of

[1:31:43] perception, and I think for

[1:31:44] good reason. And we

[1:31:44] ve got a

[1:31:46] lot of work in reform area to

[1:31:46] continue forward on. I

[1:31:47] ll be

[1:31:48] driving that forward. Other

[1:31:49] members of the council, uh, as

[1:31:51] well, that I mentioned in these

[1:31:52] comments and want to thank

[1:31:54] Kevin Reichbauer for holding

[1:31:55] this important legislation in

[1:31:56] his committee and properly

[1:31:58] addressing it. I would urge my

[1:31:59] colleagues support, and let

[1:31:59] s

[1:32:00] take another step in making

[1:32:02] King County, uh, a great county

[1:32:05] running well and, uh, fully

[1:32:07] reformed and paying great

[1:32:09] attention to the tax dollars

[1:32:11] that we are given, uh, control

[1:32:13] over. I urge support.

[1:32:16] Thank you, Vice Chair Dunn. Uh,

[1:32:17] seeing no further discussion.

[1:32:18] Clerk. Hey, will you please

[1:32:19] call the roll?

[1:32:20] Thank you. Chair. Perry

[1:32:21] Councilmember Balducci.

[1:32:22] Hi.

[1:32:24] Council member Baron.

[1:32:25] Hi.

[1:32:26] Councilmember Dembowski.

[1:32:27] I am.

[1:32:29] Councilmember Dunn. I

[1:32:30] Councilmember Fain.

[1:32:31] I.

[1:32:35] Member Lewis. I Councilmember

[1:32:41] Mosqueda. Councilmember

[1:32:45] Mosqueda. Councilmember von

[1:32:45] Reichbauer.

[1:32:49] All right.

[1:32:50] Mosqueda.

[1:32:51] Apologies.

[1:32:51] Mosqueda votes.

[1:32:53] I thank you.

[1:32:55] And I got Councilmember von

[1:32:57] Reichbauer chair Perry. I vote

[1:33:00] is nine eyes and zero nose.

[1:33:01] Thank you. By a vote we

[1:33:01] ve

[1:33:02] adopted proposed substitute

[1:33:05] ordinance 2026 0126, as

[1:33:07] amended. Turning next to item

[1:33:09] seven and eight, which

[1:33:10] concerned labor agreements.

[1:33:11] Vice Chair Ron, will you please

[1:33:14] move? Proposed ordinance 2026

[1:33:16] 0189.

[1:33:17] So moved.

[1:33:18] Thank you. Proposed ordinance

[1:33:21] 2026 says Dash 0189 is before

[1:33:22] us. Before we proceed with

[1:33:23] discussion, I

[1:33:23] ll note that we

[1:33:25] have Angela marshall, labor

[1:33:26] relations interim director, and

[1:33:27] John Woodcock, labor relations

[1:33:29] negotiator from the executive

[1:33:29] s

[1:33:30] office, available to answer

[1:33:32] questions. We also have Yusuf

[1:33:34] al-Hamawi, union representative

[1:33:36] for protec 17, available as

[1:33:37] well. But first, I

[1:33:37] d like to

[1:33:39] ask Erika Newman from council

[1:33:41] staff to brief the item. Erica,

[1:33:42] please go ahead when you

[1:33:42] re

[1:33:51] ready.

[1:33:52] Erica, you

[1:33:55] re on mute.

[1:33:57] There we go. Um, sorry about

[1:33:59] that. Um, uh, Erica Newman,

[1:34:01] Council central staff. The

[1:34:02] proposed items, uh, the

[1:34:04] proposed Ida, the item for

[1:34:08] proposed ordinance 2026 0189,

[1:34:09] begin on page 46 of your

[1:34:11] packet. The proposed ordinance

[1:34:13] would adopt the memorandum of

[1:34:14] agreement that was negotiated,

[1:34:18] became, uh County and 17, which

[1:34:20] represents engineering services

[1:34:21] manager, employees and the

[1:34:23] Department of Natural Resources

[1:34:25] and part um, this is from a

[1:34:26] broader alignment within the

[1:34:29] Solid Waste Division and the

[1:34:31] county and protect 17. They

[1:34:34] engaged in to discuss

[1:34:35] operational concerns with the

[1:34:37] operational structure of the

[1:34:39] engineering and environmental

[1:34:41] compliance work. Historically,

[1:34:42] these functions were

[1:34:43] consolidated under a single

[1:34:46] engineering services manager

[1:34:47] under the proposed structure,

[1:34:50] the engineering Service Manager

[1:34:52] classification would be able to

[1:34:53] serve as the manager of an

[1:34:55] engineering unit or the section

[1:34:57] Manager responsible for

[1:34:58] environmental science and

[1:35:00] compliance. Um, the the

[1:35:02] bargaining, the terms and

[1:35:04] bargaining include, uh,

[1:35:05] increasing the pay rate for the

[1:35:07] engineering services manager,

[1:35:10] which is currently at arrange

[1:35:13] 77 to arrange 78, and the King

[1:35:16] County uh, square table uh. If

[1:35:17] adopted, this agreement would

[1:35:19] be considered effective. The

[1:35:21] first day of the first full pay

[1:35:24] period following the effective

[1:35:26] date. Um, according to the

[1:35:29] fiscal note, uh, the cumulative

[1:35:30] total for the duration of the

[1:35:33] agreement is a little over

[1:35:35] $15,000 that would be expended

[1:35:37] from the solid Waste Operating

[1:35:39] Fund. Executive staff note that

[1:35:40] there will be no supplemental

[1:35:42] budget authority needed to

[1:35:43] implement the agreement. MADAM

[1:35:44] Chair, that concludes my

[1:35:46] remarks.

[1:35:47] Thank you very much, Erica.

[1:35:48] With that, I

[1:35:48] d like to ask if

[1:35:49] there

[1:35:51] s any discussion from my

[1:35:52] colleagues opening this up so I

[1:35:58] can see any hands or questions.

[1:36:02] Okay. Not seeing any questions

[1:36:04] from my colleagues. Let

[1:36:04] s

[1:36:06] proceed with a vote. Clerk.

[1:36:07] Hey, will you please call the

[1:36:08] roll?

[1:36:10] Thank you. Councilmember

[1:36:12] Balducci. I Councilmember

[1:36:13] Baron.

[1:36:14] Hi.

[1:36:15] Councilmember Dembowski.

[1:36:16] Hi.

[1:36:18] Councilmember Dunn. I

[1:36:20] Councilmember Fain I remember,

[1:36:23] Louis. I Councilmember

[1:36:26] Mosqueda. I Councilmember von

[1:36:28] Reichbauer.

[1:36:29] I.

[1:36:30] Chair Perry.

[1:36:31] Hi.

[1:36:32] Hello. It is nine I

[1:36:33] s zero nos.

[1:36:35] Thank you. Clerk. By our vote,

[1:36:35] we

[1:36:36] ve adopted proposed

[1:36:40] ordinance 2026 0189. Turning

[1:36:41] next to item eight, proposed

[1:36:44] Ordinance 2026 0196. Vice Chair

[1:36:45] Brown, will you please move

[1:36:49] proposed ordinance 2026 0196..

[1:36:50] So moved.

[1:36:51] Thank you. The proposed

[1:36:53] ordinance is before us. Before

[1:36:54] we proceed with the discussion,

[1:36:54] I

[1:36:55] ll note that we have Maria

[1:36:56] Williams, PRESIDENT Of the

[1:36:58] director of Teamsters Local 117

[1:37:00] and co-chair of the King County

[1:37:01] Coalition of Unions, along with

[1:37:02] Michael Gonzalez, senior

[1:37:04] business agent for Teamsters

[1:37:06] Local 174 and co-chair of the

[1:37:07] King County Coalition of

[1:37:09] Unions, available to answer any

[1:37:10] questions. First, I

[1:37:10] d like to

[1:37:12] ask Erika Newman from council

[1:37:13] staff to brief the item. Erika,

[1:37:14] please go ahead when you

[1:37:14] re

[1:37:15] ready.

[1:37:17] Thank you, MADAM Chair. Erika

[1:37:18] and Council center staff the

[1:37:22] items for proposed ordinance

[1:37:26] 20260167. Begin on page 50 of

[1:37:27] your packet. Uh, the proposed

[1:37:29] ordinance would adopt the four

[1:37:31] successor agreement to the 2125

[1:37:32] Forward Coalition labor

[1:37:35] agreement. And, uh, between

[1:37:36] King County and the coalition

[1:37:37] of Unions, which represents

[1:37:39] employees from the Department

[1:37:41] of Natural Resources and Parks,

[1:37:43] Department of Local Services

[1:37:45] and the Department of Executive

[1:37:46] Services. The changes are

[1:37:48] consistent with the item County

[1:37:50] labor policies. Bargaining

[1:37:53] began in JUNE of 25 and

[1:37:54] agreements were reached by the

[1:37:57] end of MAY of 2026. The the

[1:37:59] agreement would be. If adopted,

[1:38:00] the agreement will cover the

[1:38:03] period of JANUARY 1st, 26

[1:38:06] through DECEMBER 31st of 28.

[1:38:07] Um. This will be referred to as

[1:38:09] appendix 160, which represents

[1:38:13] um employees. Uh, like I said,

[1:38:14] of Department of Natural

[1:38:15] Resources and part local

[1:38:17] services and Department of

[1:38:18] Executive Services, these

[1:38:19] employees usually hold the

[1:38:21] title of truck drivers, sign

[1:38:24] and marketing specialists. Uh

[1:38:27] fleet uh divisions and road

[1:38:29] signing services. Um, there

[1:38:30] s

[1:38:33] some notable changes to the

[1:38:36] cla, which is which includes a

[1:38:39] 2.5% solid waste hauling of

[1:38:41] equipment premiums, uh,

[1:38:42] hazardous material endorsement

[1:38:44] premium increase from $70 an

[1:38:47] hour to $100 a month and added

[1:38:48] theory delay pay employees

[1:38:50] report to dash on will be

[1:38:51] compensated. Their normal pay

[1:38:53] for delay time when a scheduled

[1:38:54] theory is canceled and there

[1:38:56] are no remaining alternative

[1:38:58] free books available within one

[1:39:00] hour or less. Um, after that,

[1:39:02] council votes, there will be

[1:39:05] changes to our weather related,

[1:39:06] such as snow and ice alert.

[1:39:08] Work overtime will be paid when

[1:39:09] weather events require

[1:39:11] alteration of shifts without

[1:39:14] required advance notifications.

[1:39:15] Uh, there

[1:39:15] s going to be a

[1:39:17] adding added bargaining

[1:39:21] reopening to establish, uh,

[1:39:24] sorry, uh, to establish a

[1:39:27] discipline matrix, uh, to cover

[1:39:29] instances of motor vehicle and

[1:39:31] or equipment accidents,

[1:39:32] property damages, snp

[1:39:34] violations, um, and then the

[1:39:35] other one is they

[1:39:36] re going to

[1:39:38] pilot establishing of regular

[1:39:40] Friday and start time for solid

[1:39:43] waste division truck drivers.

[1:39:46] Um, and yeah there

[1:39:46] s uh,

[1:39:47] they

[1:39:48] re going to also do some

[1:39:51] 17 work schedules from Monday

[1:39:53] from a Monday through Sunday

[1:39:54] workweek, Tuesday through

[1:39:56] Monday work week. The

[1:39:58] cumulative total to implement

[1:39:59] the, um, the cumulative total

[1:40:01] for the duration of there is a

[1:40:02] little it

[1:40:05] s almost $9 million,

[1:40:06] which will be extended from,

[1:40:09] um, the way operating from the

[1:40:10] county Road Fund and the parks

[1:40:12] levy operating fund. Um,

[1:40:14] according to this, executive

[1:40:16] staff will be the supplemental

[1:40:17] budget authority, uh, needed to

[1:40:19] implement this approved. MADAM

[1:40:21] Chair, that concludes my

[1:40:22] remarks.

[1:40:24] Thank you very much. Erica. Do

[1:40:26] my colleagues have any

[1:40:28] questions, comments, discussion

[1:40:32] at this point? Okay.

[1:40:33] MISTER Chair Perry.

[1:40:34] Yes.

[1:40:35] Um.

[1:40:36] Councilmember Lewis, thank you.

[1:40:38] Thank you. Um, I would just

[1:40:40] like to say that I was really

[1:40:42] pleased to see the, um, the

[1:40:45] bilingual pay, um, provision

[1:40:48] in, uh, in the agreement. And I

[1:40:51] appreciate the Teamsters and,

[1:40:54] um, the county negotiating

[1:40:55] that. Thank you.

[1:40:57] Thank you, Councilmember Lewis.

[1:40:59] Okay, seeing no further

[1:41:00] discussion, let

[1:41:00] s proceed to

[1:41:01] the vote. Clerk, will you

[1:41:03] please call the roll?

[1:41:05] Thank you. Councilmember

[1:41:05] Balducci.

[1:41:06] I.

[1:41:08] Councilmember Marone. I

[1:41:11] Councilmember Dembowski. I

[1:41:13] Councilmember Dunn. I

[1:41:15] Councilmember Fain. I

[1:41:18] Councilmember. I Councilmember

[1:41:20] Mosqueda. I it

[1:41:21] s a member von

[1:41:21] Reichbauer.

[1:41:22] I.

[1:41:25] Hear Perry. I vote is nine I

[1:41:26] zero no

[1:41:26] s.

[1:41:28] Thank you. Uh, by our vote

[1:41:29] we

[1:41:30] ve adopted proposed

[1:41:37] ordinance 2026-0196. Thank you.

[1:41:38] Turning now to hearing examiner

[1:41:40] consent agenda items nine and

[1:41:41] ten. Clerk. Hey, will you

[1:41:42] please read the items into the

[1:41:43] record?

[1:41:44] Thank you. Chair. Perry, item

[1:41:45] nine is proposed. Substitute

[1:41:47] ordinance number 2026 0091,

[1:41:48] concurring with a

[1:41:49] recommendation of the hearing

[1:41:51] examiner to approve, subject to

[1:41:52] conditions, the application for

[1:41:53] both benefit rating system

[1:41:54] assessed valuation for Open

[1:41:56] Space. Submitted by Deborah

[1:41:58] Mallory and John Van. Wiring

[1:41:59] for property located in

[1:42:00] Enumclaw and item ten is

[1:42:02] proposed subsidy Ordinance

[1:42:04] Number 2026 0120, authorizing

[1:42:05] the vacation of a portion of

[1:42:08] County Road 393 se Twist Road

[1:42:10] and Enumclaw file number be

[1:42:13] 2776 for petitioners Alexis and

[1:42:16] Devin Jones and Garth Cook.

[1:42:18] Thank you very much. Council

[1:42:19] member Fain, will you please

[1:42:21] move consent agenda items nine

[1:42:22] and ten.

[1:42:23] So moved.

[1:42:25] Thank you. Consent agenda items

[1:42:26] nine and ten. And before us.

[1:42:27] Clerk, will you please call the

[1:42:27] roll?

[1:42:30] Thank you. Councilmember

[1:42:31] Balducci. I Councilmember

[1:42:32] Baron..

[1:42:33] Hi.

[1:42:34] Councilmember Dembowski.

[1:42:35] Hi.

[1:42:36] Councilmember Dunn..

[1:42:37] Hi.

[1:42:39] Councilmember Fain. I

[1:42:41] Councilmember Lewis. I

[1:42:44] Councilmember Mosqueda. I

[1:42:46] Councilmember von Reichbauer. I

[1:42:46] you

[1:42:47] re Perry.

[1:42:47] I.

[1:42:50] Go to nine eyes zero noes.

[1:42:51] Thank you. By your vote we

[1:42:51] ve

[1:42:53] adopted proposed substitute

[1:42:58] ordinances 2026 0091 and 0120.

[1:43:00] Turning next to the motion

[1:43:02] consent agenda. Vice chair,

[1:43:03] will you please move consent

[1:43:04] agenda item 11.

[1:43:06] I move item 11.

[1:43:08] Consent agenda item is before

[1:43:09] as clerk, will you please call

[1:43:09] the roll?

[1:43:11] Thank you.

[1:43:13] Councilmember Balducci I.

[1:43:14] Council member Baron.

[1:43:16] Aye.

[1:43:18] Councilmember Dembowski

[1:43:20] enthusiastically I.

[1:43:23] Never done. I.

[1:43:31] Fain. I Councilmember Lewis. I

[1:43:33] Councilmember Mosqueda. I

[1:43:35] Councilmember von Reichbauer. I

[1:43:36] chair.

[1:43:37] Perry I.

[1:43:40] Vote is nine eyes zero noes.

[1:43:40] Thank you bio but we

[1:43:41] ve adopted

[1:43:46] proposed motion 2026 0115.

[1:43:48] Turning the final action item

[1:43:48] on today

[1:43:49] s agenda item 12,

[1:43:50] which is motion approving the

[1:43:51] job description for the

[1:43:53] position of Inspector General

[1:43:54] Vice Chair Baron, will you

[1:43:55] please move? Proposed motion

[1:43:58] 2026 0197.

[1:43:59] So moved.

[1:44:02] Thank you. Proposed motion 2026

[1:44:04] 0197 is before us. Before we

[1:44:06] proceed, I will briefly share

[1:44:08] that the reason we relieved the

[1:44:09] committee of this item to take

[1:44:11] action today was to ensure that

[1:44:12] we could begin the Inspector

[1:44:14] General recruitment process in

[1:44:15] earnest, with council recess

[1:44:17] beginning next week. The

[1:44:19] Employment and Administration

[1:44:20] Committee, eac, will not be

[1:44:22] meeting again until SEPTEMBER.

[1:44:24] This is where this conversation

[1:44:25] is usually held. It

[1:44:25] s important

[1:44:27] that we begin this process

[1:44:28] expeditiously, so that the

[1:44:30] Inspector General can begin the

[1:44:31] crucial work of standing up the

[1:44:33] infrastructure of the office as

[1:44:35] soon as possible. With that, I

[1:44:36] will note that we have

[1:44:37] Stephanine Cirkovich Chief of

[1:44:39] Staff on the council available

[1:44:41] to answer any questions before

[1:44:42] I open it up to my colleagues,

[1:44:42] I

[1:44:44] d like to ask Councilmember

[1:44:44] Dembowski if you

[1:44:45] d like to

[1:44:46] provide any other opening

[1:44:48] remarks.

[1:44:50] Uh, thank you very much, chair.

[1:44:53] And this is the follow on step

[1:44:54] following approval of the

[1:44:55] Office of Inspector General

[1:44:57] that we did a week or two ago,

[1:45:00] I wanted to just express deep

[1:45:01] gratitude to our council Chief

[1:45:04] of staff, Stephanine Cirkovich,

[1:45:06] for accelerating the process

[1:45:07] here. We were looking at a

[1:45:08] couple of months through an eac

[1:45:11] process, and she really jumped

[1:45:12] on it and did a great bit of

[1:45:14] research. Looking around the

[1:45:16] country and inspectors, general

[1:45:18] positions and scopes of work.

[1:45:20] Uh, then the draft was shared

[1:45:21] out and a number of our

[1:45:22] colleagues provided some

[1:45:24] suggestions, I think, all of

[1:45:25] which were were included or

[1:45:29] will be and, uh, just really

[1:45:30] pleased to see the forward

[1:45:32] momentum on this to get the

[1:45:34] recruitment going. And I

[1:45:35] suspect we

[1:45:35] re going to have a

[1:45:36] lot of great candidates. It

[1:45:36] s

[1:45:37] an it

[1:45:38] s a really nicely done

[1:45:39] job description, and I

[1:45:39] m

[1:45:40] looking forward to seeing our

[1:45:43] applicants. So thanks for your

[1:45:45] leadership, Chair Perry. And as

[1:45:45] chair of the Employment

[1:45:46] Administration Committee and

[1:45:48] the Council and expediting this

[1:45:50] through and making sure we, uh,

[1:45:52] got it before everybody today.

[1:45:54] I appreciate you very much.

[1:45:56] Thank you. Council Member

[1:45:57] Dembowski, for your sponsorship

[1:45:59] and leadership on this. Is

[1:46:00] there any are there any other

[1:46:04] comments from my colleagues?

[1:46:04] Okay.

[1:46:06] I just want to say thank you to

[1:46:06] this.

[1:46:09] Council member Balducci.

[1:46:10] Thank you. Chair, I just want

[1:46:11] to say thank you to the

[1:46:13] sponsor, uh, and your office

[1:46:16] for seeking and incorporating

[1:46:17] feedback. Uh, we provided a

[1:46:18] couple of thoughts, and they

[1:46:20] show up very beautifully in

[1:46:22] this current draft, and that

[1:46:24] really makes it easy to move

[1:46:25] forward quickly. So really

[1:46:27] appreciate that effort. And I

[1:46:28] support the, uh, I support the

[1:46:31] both the proposal and the

[1:46:32] expeditious nature of the

[1:46:33] process.

[1:46:36] Thank you. Councilmember

[1:46:37] Balducci. Uh, seeing no

[1:46:39] further, we have a an amendment

[1:46:40] which attaches the job

[1:46:41] description to the motion.

[1:46:43] Councilmember Dembowski, please

[1:46:44] move. Amendment one.

[1:46:45] So moved.

[1:46:46] Thank you. Amendment one is

[1:46:47] before us. Any discussion from

[1:46:49] colleagues seeing no discussion

[1:46:50] on amendment. Let

[1:46:51] s proceed

[1:46:51] with the vote. All those in

[1:46:53] favor of amendment one say I.

[1:46:54] Aye.

[1:46:55] All those opposed. Nay.

[1:46:58] Amendment one is adopted. Any

[1:47:00] final closing remarks before we

[1:47:01] proceed with the final adoption

[1:47:04] of the underlying motion? Okay.

[1:47:06] Seeing no further discussion,

[1:47:07] clerk, will you please call the

[1:47:08] roll?

[1:47:10] Thank you. Councilmember

[1:47:10] Balducci.

[1:47:12] Hi, Councilmember.

[1:47:13] Hi.

[1:47:14] Councilmember. Dembowski.

[1:47:17] Aye. Councilmember Dunn.

[1:47:18] I Councilmember.

[1:47:20] Fain I.

[1:47:22] Councilmember Lewis. I

[1:47:25] Councilmember Mosqueda. I

[1:47:27] Councilmember von Reichbauer.

[1:47:27] I.

[1:47:29] Chair Perry.

[1:47:29] I I

[1:47:30] m.

[1:47:31] In our meeting.

[1:47:33] The vote is nine I zero no.

[1:47:34] Uh thank you. By our vote,

[1:47:34] we

[1:47:36] ve adopted proposed motion

[1:47:40] 2026 0197, as amended. If

[1:47:40] there

[1:47:41] s no objection, the

[1:47:42] publish marked agenda, together

[1:47:43] with any changes made in

[1:47:44] today

[1:47:44] s meeting, we

[1:47:44] ll stand

[1:47:46] approved as the first reading

[1:47:47] and referral of ordinances and

[1:47:49] motions. Items 13 through 23,

[1:47:53] as listed. And before we

[1:47:53] adjourn, I

[1:47:54] ll note we have a

[1:47:55] proclamation celebrating

[1:47:56] India

[1:47:57] s Independence Day being

[1:47:59] presented in community by

[1:48:01] Councilmember von Reichbauer.

[1:48:02] Additionally, I want to take a

[1:48:04] brief moment to announce the

[1:48:07] names of the nominees to fill

[1:48:08] Council nominated At-Large

[1:48:09] vacancy on the Conservation

[1:48:11] Futures Advisory Committee.

[1:48:14] Ellen Sheffer, Jamie Strobel,

[1:48:17] Masa Clements, Jane Boyce.

[1:48:19] Before we move on, I want to

[1:48:21] briefly recognize Vice Chair

[1:48:23] Barone to say a few final words

[1:48:25] after the recent tragedy at the

[1:48:29] bite of Seattle, Councilmember

[1:48:29] Baron.

[1:48:31] Thank you, Chair Perry, and I

[1:48:32] appreciate your taking a

[1:48:33] beginning of the meeting with

[1:48:35] with a moment of silence. I

[1:48:37] also wanted to take a moment to

[1:48:38] acknowledge the horrific

[1:48:39] incident that took place this

[1:48:40] weekend. Industry for at the

[1:48:41] Bite of Seattle event in

[1:48:43] Seattle Center. I believe I

[1:48:45] speak for everybody here when I

[1:48:46] say that our hearts are with

[1:48:47] the victims of this tragedy,

[1:48:49] their families and loved ones

[1:48:50] and everyone who has been

[1:48:51] impacted, and that we

[1:48:52] re

[1:48:53] grateful for the prompt actions

[1:48:55] of first responders, including

[1:48:56] Seattle police and fire

[1:48:57] departments and the staff of

[1:48:59] our own county hospital,

[1:49:00] Harborview Medical Center. So

[1:49:01] thank you on everybody

[1:49:01] s and

[1:49:03] our thoughts.

[1:49:05] Thank you very much. Vice chair

[1:49:07] maroon. With that, I want to

[1:49:08] share a quick reminder to the

[1:49:10] public that the council will be

[1:49:11] observing our annual AUGUST

[1:49:14] recess from AUGUST 3rd through

[1:49:16] AUGUST 14th. The council will

[1:49:18] not be meeting during this

[1:49:19] time, and our next regularly

[1:49:21] scheduled council meeting will

[1:49:23] be held on Tuesday, AUGUST

[1:49:25] 18th. With that, do my

[1:49:26] colleagues have any other

[1:49:27] business for the good of the

[1:49:30] order? Seeing no further

[1:49:32] business before us, the meeting

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