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April 21, 2021 Virtual Meeting 1200 King County King County Courthouse 516 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 Meeting Agenda Committee of the Whole Councilmembers: Joe McDermott, Chair; Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair; Claudia Balducci, Rod Dembowski, Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Kathy Lambert, Dave Upthegrove, Pete von Reichbauer, Girmay Zahilay Lead Staff: Jake Tracy (206-263-0875) Committee Clerk: Marka Steadman (206-477-0887) 9:30 AM Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Virtual Meeting PUBLIC NOTICE: The Committee of the Whole meetings will be held virtually until further notice. To help prevent the spread of the COVID 19 virus, the Chambers will be closed and all committee members and staff will be participating in the meeting remotely. The live feed of the video conference will be streaming on the King County Council's website and on KCTV Channel 22. Ways to provide public comment are noted below. Pursuant to K.C.C. 1.24.035 A. and F., this meeting is also noticed as a meeting of the Metropolitan King County Council, whose agenda is limited to the committee business. In this meeting only the rules and procedures applicable to committees apply and not those applicable to full council meetings. HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT: The Committee of the Whole values community input and looks forward to hearing from you on agenda items. There are two ways to provide public comment: 1) In writing: You may comment in writing on agenda items by submitting your written comments to [email protected] or by going to https://kingcounty.gov/council/committees/cow.aspx and selecting "Click Here to Submit Written Public Comment". If your comments are submitted before 8:00 a.m. on the day of the Committee of the Whole meeting, your comments will be distributed to the committee members and appropriate staff prior to the meeting. King County Page 1 Printed on 4/9/2021 COW Meeting Materials Page 1 April 21, 2021 Committee of the Whole Meeting Agenda April 21, 2021 2) Orally during the meeting by phone or computer: You may provide oral public testimony during the meeting by connecting using the ZOOM application at https://zoom.us/ and the meeting identification and password below. Meeting ID: 979 3173 9282 Passcode: 404997 If you do not have access to the ZOOM application, you can connect to the meeting by calling 1-253-215-8782 and using the meeting ID and password above. Connecting in this manner, however, may impact your ability to be unmuted to speak. You are not required to sign up in advance. During this period of virtual meetings, public comment will be limited to items on the meeting agenda. You have the right to language access services at no cost to you. To request these services, please contact our Language Access Coordinator, Reeni Nair, at 206-477-4978, or [email protected], by 8:00 a.m. the day prior to the meeting. If you do not wish to be called upon for public comment during the meeting, please help us manage the callers and use one of the options below (Live Streaming or King County TV Channel 22). HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN TO THE MEETING: There are two ways to watch or listen in to the meeting if you don't wish to provide public comment: 1) Stream online via this link https://livestream.com/accounts/15175343/events/4485487 or input the link web address into your web browser. 2) Watch King County TV Channel 22 (Comcast Channel 22 and 322(HD), Wave Broadband Channel 22) 1. Call to Order To show a PDF of the written materials for an agenda item, click on the agenda item below. 2. Roll Call 3. Public Comment 4. Approval of Minutes April 7, 2021 meeting pp. 4-6 King County Page 2 Printed on 4/9/2021 COW Meeting Materials Page 2 April 21, 2021 Committee of the Whole Meeting Agenda April 21, 2021 Briefing 5. Briefing No. 2021-B0062 (No materials) Executive COVID-19 Response Dwight Dively, Director, Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget Discussion and Possible Action 6. Proposed Motion No. 2021-0157 pp. 8-12 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of the Honorable Bill Boyce, councilmember, city of Kent, who resides in council district nine, to Harborview Medical Center board of trustees, as the district nine representative. Sponsors: Mr. Dunn Sam Porter, Council staff 7. Proposed Motion No. 2021-0158 pp. 13-17 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of David Hadley, who resides in council district three, to the Harborview Medical Center board of trustees, as the district three representative. Sponsors: Ms. Lambert Sam Porter, Council staff 8. Proposed Ordinance No. 2021-0091 pp. 18-34 AN ORDINANCE relating to facial recognition, prohibiting the acquisition and use of facial recognition technology by County administrative offices and executive departments, including the department of public safety; and adding a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 2. Sponsors: Ms. Kohl-Welles and Mr. Dembowski Nick Bowman, Council staff Other Business Adjournment King County Page 3 Printed on 4/9/2021 COW Meeting Materials Page 3 April 21, 2021 1200 King County King County Courthouse 516 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 Meeting Minutes Committee of the Whole Councilmembers: Joe McDermott, Chair; Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair; Claudia Balducci, Rod Dembowski, Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Kathy Lambert, Dave Upthegrove, Pete von Reichbauer, Girmay Zahilay Lead Staff: Jake Tracy (206-263-0875) Committee Clerk: Marka Steadman (206-477-0887) 9:30 AM Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Virtual Meeting DRAFT MINUTES 1. Call to Order Chair McDermott called the meeting to order at 9:32 a.m. 2. Roll Call Present: 8 - Ms. Balducci, Mr. Dembowski, Mr. Dunn, Ms. Kohl-Welles, Ms. Lambert, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Upthegrove and Mr. Zahilay Excused: 1 - Mr. von Reichbauer 3. Public Comment The following individuals provided public comment: Jessica Galvez Erin Haick Karen Howe 4. Approval of Minutes Councilmember Dunn moved approval of the March 17, 2021, meeting minutes. There being no objections, the minutes were approved. King County Page 1 COW Meeting Materials Page 4 April 21, 2021 Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes April 7, 2021 Briefing 5. Briefing No. 2021-B0058 Executive COVID-19 Response Dwight Dively, Director, Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget, briefed the committee and answered questions from the members. This matter was Presented Discussion and Possible Action 6. Proposed Ordinance No. 2021-0062 AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special election to be held in King County on August 3, 2021, of a proposition providing for resident oversight and authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW for a six-year consecutive period at a rate of not more than $0.19 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation in the first year, and limiting annual levy increases to three percent in the five succeeding years, all for the purpose of funding prevention and early intervention strategies and a capital grants program to improve the health and well-being of children, youth and their communities. Miranda Leskinen, Council staff, briefed the committee and answered questions from the members. Wendy Soo Hoo, Council staff, and Sheila Capestany, Director, Children, Youth and Young Adults Division, Department of Community and Human Services, answered questions from the members. Councilmember Dunn moved amendment 1. The amendment was withdrawn. Councilmember Upthegrove moved amendment 2. The amendment was withdrawn. A motion was made by Councilmember Balducci that this Ordinance be Recommended Do Pass. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 8 - Ms. Balducci, Mr. Dembowski, Mr. Dunn, Ms. Kohl-Welles, Ms. Lambert, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Upthegrove and Mr. Zahilay Excused: 1 - Mr. von Reichbauer Other Business There was no further business to come before the committee. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 11:07 a.m. King County Page 2 COW Meeting Materials Page 5 April 21, 2021 Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes April 7, 2021 Approved this _____________ day of _________________ Clerk's Signature King County Page 3 COW Meeting Materials Page 6 April 21, 2021 Committee of the Whole April 21, 2021 Agenda Item No. 5 Briefing No. 2021-B0062 Executive COVID-19 Response There are no materials for this item. COW Meeting Materials Page 7 April 21, 2021 Metropolitan King County Council Committee of the Whole STAFF REPORT Agenda Item: 6 Name: Sam Porter Proposed No.: 2021-0157 Date: April 21, 2021 SUBJECT Proposed Motion 2021-0157 would confirm the appointment of Kent City Councilmember Bill Boyce to the Harborview Medical Center (HMC) Board of Trustees as the district nine representative. SUMMARY Nominated by King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn in accordance with King County Code 2.42.040.A, the Executive has appointed Bill Boyce to the remainder of a four-year term on the HMC Board of Trustees, expiring on July 31, 2024. Proposed Motion 2021-0157 would confirm this appointment. BACKGROUND HMC was founded in 1877 as a six-bed King County Hospital in South Seattle. In 1931, the hospital moved to its present location overlooking Puget Sound where it currently consists of a 413 inpatient bed teaching hospital and is the designated disaster control hospital for the region. HMC serves as the only Level 1 trauma center in the four-state region of Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and Montana. Harborview prioritizes serving the non-English-speaking poor, the uninsured and underinsured, people who experience domestic violence and sexual assault, incarcerated people in King County's jails, people with behavioral health illnesses, particularly those treated involuntarily, people with sexually transmitted diseases, and individuals who require specialized emergency care, trauma care, and severe burn care.
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