City Council - Regular Meeting

To the 04/21/2026 meeting of the King County Council. I'm Sarah Perry, chair of the council. I'm joined by vice chairs Barron and Dunn and our council colleagues today, and this meeting is called to order. Before we begin, please join me in acknowledging that we are on the traditional lands of the Puget Salish peoples, past and present. We thank these caretakers of this land who have lived here and continue to live here since time immemorial, bringing their cultural ways of life and greatly enriching our communities. With that, Clerk Foss, would you please call the roll?

Thank you, Chair Perry. Council Member Balducci? Here. Council Member Barron?

Here.

Council Member Dembowski? Here. Council member Dunn? Council member Fain? Here. Council member Lewis? Here. Council member Mosqueda? Here. Member Von Reichbauer?

Here. Here.

Thank you. Next, please join us in the pledge of allegiance led by council member Dombowski. Alright. Moving on to the approval of minutes. Vice chair Barone, may I please have a motion to approve the minutes of the 04/07/2026 council meeting?

I move approval of the minutes of April 7.

Thank you. Motion is before us. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed say nay. The minutes are approved. Clerk Foss, are there any additions to the council agenda today?

I don't have anything.

Thank you very much. Next, we'll turn to our special item, which is a proclamation recognizing Vaisakhi. Did I say that right? Vaisakhi? Vaisakhi? Okay. I got it. Day in King County. Council members Fain and Von Reichbauer, please begin when you are ready.

All right. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for being here. Due to last week's council recess, this proclamation's retroactive, but it is an honor to recognize April 14 as Vaisakhi Day here in King County. I'm proud to mark this occasion with my colleague, council member Von Reichbauer, and members of the Sikh communities from Auburn, Kent, Renton, and Federal Way.

Vaisakhi is one of the most important observances in the Sikh faith, marking both the spring harvest and the founder of Kalsa in 1699 by Guru Bind Singh Ji. It is a time of renewal, reflection, and recommitment to values like selflessness, courage, service to others, and justice. And those values resonate far beyond any community. They reflect the ideals we strive to uphold across inclusion, diversity, community, and care for one another. SEEKS first arrived in Washington in the early nineteen hundreds, and despite facing significant discrimination, the community persevered and built a lasting presence in our region.

Today, King County is home to one of the largest Sikh communities in The United States, and our residents have made enduring contributions to the cultural, civic, and economic life of the Pacific Northwest. In times of division, Vaisakhi reminds us of the power of unity, resilience, and the importance of standing for respect and belonging for all. And we are so grateful for the opportunity to recognize Vaisakhi Day and to celebrate alongside you. And before we read the proclamation We're going the proclamation. Okay. We are going to read the proclamation.

And I would invite all of

our special guests to join me up at the podium as we read the proclamation, then we'll move the podium and do a few pictures. Okay. So we'll go first.

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Make some room here.

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Yeah. Guess come down this way.

Thank you.

Alright. Whereas Sikhism is a religion and philosophy founded in Punjab, in the Punjab region of the Indian Subcontinent in the late fifteenth century and

Whereas Sikhism is the world's fifth largest religion with approximately 25,000,000 adherents worldwide.

Whereas King County is home to the fifth largest Sikh community in any United States county and

Whereas Vesahe is one of the most significant celebrations in the Sikh calendar, marking both the harvest festival and the establishment of the Khalsa. Khalsa in 1699, Guru Gobind Singh Ji, a pivotal moment in the Sikh history that embodies the values of sovereignty, justice, and devotion. And?

Whereas Baisaki is observed as reflection and renewal, inviting Sikhs worldwide to recommit to the principles of Sikhism, including selflessness, courage and service to others, while honoring the vibrant heritage and enduring contributions of Sikh communities and

Whereas, Vazaki also speaks to the values of unity, resilience, honoring the sacrifices made by Sikh leaders and communities throughout history to protect and preserve their faith and identity.

Now therefore, we, the Metropolitan King County Council, proclaim 04/14/2026 as Vaisakhi Day in King County and invite all residents to join in celebrating Vaisakhi Day, learn about Sikh history, and foster understanding and respect for diverse cultures dated this April 2026. Great. And we will move the podium carefully.

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I do that every time.

Alright. Colleagues, let's join for the photo. We'd be honored.

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everybody look at Andrew. One 23. Wait. There we go. Look at Andrew.

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Thank you, sir. Thank you.

Chair. Council member Fain. Thank you. Sorry. I I meant to do this early on, but I wanted to I think all of said hello to Kent City Councilwoman Seth Winder Core, who represents two SEEK female leaders in City Of Kent. Nice. Yay. Okay.

Well, thank you very much council members for leading us in that important proclamation and congratulations to everyone in the Sikh community. And I hope it's a wonderful a wonderful holiday. We'll now turn to the reading of items into the record and the hearing of public comments. Before the clerk reads the items into the record, vice chair Barron, may I please have a motion to suspend the rules to take action on item eight without referral to committee and to hold the public hearing without waiting the required period.

So moved.

Thank you. The motion is before us. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed nay. The motion carries. A quick note before we proceed. Item seven, ordinance number twenty twenty six zero zero four eight was adopted on the council, by the council on March 3. This ordinance declared an emergency and adopted a one year moratorium prohibiting the acceptance of applications for the establishment of new or expansion of existing detention facilities. Pursuant to state law, a moratorium adopted on an emergency basis requires that the council hold a public hearing on the ordinance within sixty days of adoption.

Because of this, item seven is noticed on the agenda for the purpose of holding a public hearing, and we will be accepting public comment on it today. However, the council will not be discussing the ordinance or taking any action as the ordinance has already been adopted. With that, clerk Voss, will you please read the items into the record?

Thank you, chair Perry. Item six, proclamation of 04/14/2026 is Vaisakhi Day in King County. Item seven is proposed ordinance twenty twenty six zero zero four eight declaring a one year moratorium prohibiting the acceptance of applications for the establishment of new or expansion of existing detention facilities as primary or accessory uses, establishing a work plan and declaring an emergency. Item eight is proposed motion twenty twenty six zero zero eight seven authorizing all members of the King County Council to sign a letter calling for John Arthur Wilson to immediately resign as the King County assessor. Item nine is proposed substitute motion twenty twenty five zero three six six, adopting the 2025 King County Youth Action Plan.

Item 10 is proposed motion twenty twenty six zero zero two nine, authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept a donation of $233,411 from Virginia Mason Medical Center to be used for Eastgate Public Health Center Operations and Services. And item 28, recognition of the Seattle Torrent Women's Hockey Team for their historical inaugural season and impact on the community.

Thank you very much. The council will now take public comment on those ordinances, motions, proclamations, and recognitions on today's agenda. Listening to public and taking into consideration public thoughts is an important part of our process and one that enhances our deliberation and we greatly appreciate. In order to allow everyone equal time to provide comment, I'd like to set the following ground rules. Please limit comments to two minutes and remain seated until time for your comments.

Do not It's also a reminder that public comment may not be used for the purpose of assisting a campaign for election of any person to any office or for the promotion of or opposition to any ballot proposition. In addition, per council rule number 10, disruptive behavior can can or may lead to the commenter being asked to leave the meeting. Disruptive behavior includes the following among other considerations. Standing rather than remaining seated except when entering or leaving the chambers or when providing comment at the podium after being called on to speak. Speaking from the audience without being recognized to provide comment.

Making audible noises in the audience beyond speaking. The use of any bullhorns or no noisemakers. Also holding signs that obstruct the free passage or view of others attending the meeting. In addition, no signs are allowed at the podium or viewable behind speakers while speaking at the podium. For online comment, press star nine on the on the phone or click the raise hand icon on the Zoom toolbar located at the bottom of the screen to notify the clerk.

The clerk will call the names for the last three digits of the phone numbers in order and will then unmute each line. At the end of the comment, the clerk will lower hands. With that, clerk Foss, please begin calling the names here in person followed by those hands raised online for public comment.

Thank you. First name is Kevin Alzheimer.

Good afternoon, counsel. I'm Kevin Alzheimer. I'm gonna let you

listen to something that I have already pre planned since you're talking about having a person resign.

Good afternoon council members. My name is Kevin Alzheimer. Since today's topic concerns accountability and public trust, I want to address consistency in how this council applies those principles. The public heard repeated fraud narratives last year tied to county grant programs. Those claims were amplified in media appearances and public statements by elected officials.

However, records later obtained from the Washington State Auditor's Office indicated a far narrower picture, including statements that only one fraud investigation was determined necessary. And in other matters, no fraud finding had been made. That matters because when public officials use the weight of their office to advance fraud rhetoric before final trust is distorted and the public can be misled. The King County Charter is grounded in ethical governance, fairness, and faithful performance of public duty. Accountability should not apply only to some people.

If this council demands accountability in one case, then it should also examine whether members or officials who promoted unsupported fraud narratives owe the public correction and accountability.

I'm gonna stop that there. There are two, members on this council right now that did that, and they did

it publicly, Rod and Reagan. And you need to

be held accountable because the charter of the King County doesn't allow you to go out there and make fraud. I received a full re a full file from the state auditor yesterday. King County, no fraud. Megan Cole, Kimber Wassman, and Ed Stutton took a a a a fraud case to the state auditor. And you know what the state auditor did? Said no fraud. So therefore, it is time for you guys to hold yourself accountable Thank you. And quit claiming fraud and get rid of this ideal of an inspector general fraud.

Thank you very much.

Gotta get it out of here.

Next on the list is Yvette Dyneisch.

Good afternoon. I'm speaking on item number 25. Last Sunday, as the council member yes, two days ago, as the council member Lewis, we attended the Black Panther Party Park grand opening, the first in the nation, if not first in the world. And, I want to thank you for the funding that came from King County that make made it a reality. The one who spearheaded this in the community, Naima Clark, worked on this for two for ten years. So, thank you for the funding and we get a chance, roll by and check it out. Thank you.

Thank you. Yes.

Proceed.

Okay. Go ahead to online.

Next person on the list is Jerry Blackburn.

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don't know if our camera go on.

No. They don't, Jerry, but we can hear you. Go ahead.

Awesome. Thank you. And good afternoon, council members. My name is Jerry Blackburn. I'm grateful to serve as one of the co chairs for the King County Children and Youth Advisory Board.

I'm here to ask for your support for the 2025 youth action plan as I hope you've recognized this isn't just an update but a comprehensive evolution of the 2015 plan that reflects all of the current realities our youth are experiencing. We are calling for a shift in how the county operates specifically by strengthening ecosystem that serves them, that circles them, that encapsulates their experiences. This community vetted plan recognizes that to support our youth, we must really support the adults and the organizations that serve them. By recognizing the full cost of services and contracts and providing multi year funding we stabilized the very foundation of our youth support network. Thank you all in advance for voting yes and continuing to advance the progress we've made in supporting our young people since it was first adopted.

Thank you, Jerry.

Why?

Thank you for having me. Joe Kunzler here, regular caller. I understand you're gonna ask King County assessor to step down. I really appreciate you doing that, and and I think it's a step in the right direction. We need a King County assessor with integrity, And we also need, very badly to have the King County Council write letters to certain antisemitic public commenters, like Alex Zimmerman, and tell them to stop growing hate. And that's my comment for today. Thank you for your public service.

Thank you, mister counselor.

Next on the list is Megan Walsh.

Good afternoon, council members. My name is Megan Walsh, and I'm a resident of King County, and I also serve on the Children and Youth Advisory Board. As a mental health provider who works really closely with kids and families in a rural area of King County, I see every day the negative impacts of the school to prison pipeline, isolation, and of lack of resources. And I also see the incredible impact of the work being done in our community to offer children the experience of felt safety. We are doing a lot, and there is so much more that needs to be done, especially in support of our BIPOC and LGBTQIA plus communities.

The proposed update of the youth action plan effectively provides a background and accountability structure and a path forward for the programs doing this important work. And for King County as we support the kids and families of our community, I urge you to support the youth action plan on your agenda today. Thank you.

Thank you.

Next on the list is Lisa Sturges.

Hello council members. My name is Lisa Sturges, and I serve on the King County Children Youth Advisory Board for the last two years, and I'm also co chair of the Youth Justice Subcommittee. I'm here today in strong support of the 2025 youth action plan as well. I just wanted to share from from my perspective that how much this plan matters, especially over the last year, seeing the concerns with the the audit reports. This just this didn't come out of a room of people guessing.

This has been this the the revisions and the edits were shaped by real voices across our community, you know, young young people, their families, the organizations that are doing the work every day with these youth and their families. Through our work on the youth justice subcommittee, we've spent a lot of time doing listening sessions, to find out what the youth and the families need who are closest to the legal system. And, you know, what they're asking for isn't complicated. It's it's stability, opportunity not to be defined by their worst decision and to be given a second chance. And and this plan truly reflects that.

It it leans into early investment, you know, behavioral health, education, pathways to jobs. It also calls out something that we don't always say clearly. If we want better outcomes for youth, we have to strengthen the organizations that are in their corner every day. Just on a personal note, wanted to share maybe a little different perspective from the other people sharing is that my career is in banking, so I am used to a lot of compliance and regulatory reporting. But this past year, I I worked in a nonprofit and that I'd served on the board for.

And I'll be honest, the grant process is and managing the contract of that is it's so complex. And so the intent of the youth action plan and best starts for kids is so great. And even in really strong organizations, teams are stretched so thin and it's it's they're just burning enough hours in the day. So if we want strong outcomes, we've gotta support not just the work, but the infrastructure behind it. And because of that, I'm asking you to support this.

Thank you very much.

Next on the list is Donald Felder.

Good afternoon. My name is Donald Felder, and I too serve on the Children and Advisory Board. And I happen to have the opportunity on that board for two years or so to watch the development of young folks developing this youth action plan. I'm really excited about it because one of the areas that that I have often struggled with is how do we stop this prison pipe pipeline. And so I I think about the history of our country where every time change occurred, it was the young folks who were involved in what you've done that's given our young people opportunity to change the landscape of what's going on today.

Close to sixty years in the educational system. I want to say thank you for creating a comprehensive plan, but I want you to know that I need help with spreading the good word that you have adopted, and that's a youth educational plan. Currently, I'm working in two schools and none of those two schools know anything about this youth action plan. And so we have 19 school districts in King County. And I believe that if we really want change, particularly in relationship to stopping this prison pipeline, I'm gonna say that we have to work together, and more importantly, I think it's time for the council to show the leadership that's necessary so that we really do the work cohesively and that there is a culture for recognizing how we do that.

So I applaud you for your work and I applaud you for the next step which is to eradicate the violence and all the other issues that youth face in our communities. Thank you so much.

Thank you, mister Felder. Okay. That is it for public comment. We very much appreciate everybody stepping forward and taking the time to share your views and and and make the public testimony that you have. And on the fourth Tuesday of every month is the opportunity to speak to anything that is not on the agenda. So we always appreciate hearing from folks in general and hope you'll take advantage of that. So seeing no further requests, we'll close the public hearing. Turning now to council business. And as a reminder, item seven was included

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on the agenda.

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Excuse me, mister Zimmerman. Ex me, mister Zimmerman. You were not signed up.

What is this man for? What are you talking about? The other guy. What is

Okay. Mister Zimmerman, you were not on the list, but if you would like to have your mister Zimmerman, if you would like your two minutes now, please step up to the to the podium. Mister Zimmerman, your time is starting now.

Okay. Don't go there. I open to everything. This trick, what is

Mister Zimmerman, the sign needs to never come up with you That and you know is your first warning.

No sign. No problemo. My name Alex Zimmerman. I'm president of Stand Up America. A 15 time candidate for election. You prosecute me seven time. All cases dismissed. I have seven thousand day of trespass. Nobody in America have seven thousand day in trespass. Thank you very much. Dirty Nazi Gestapo fascist buster. It's exactly who you are. I want to speak about agenda number seven. It's very critical agenda. You know what this mean?

What is talking about prison, about jail, about some You talking about this. I forgot this word, but I will remember right now because my my memory not so good. Give me ten second here. Oh, yeah. Facility. Yeah. Absolutely. About detention facility. How we can talking about detention facility when you have this a criminal? You're bandita. You Nazi buster. You are criminal. A real bandita. Cut microphone before you cut everything. Right now, you cut two second microphones. So you have right now only one

to the topic, mister

It's exactly what is the topic. It's about jail. What is we have here in this council chamber? It's exactly who you are. You're criminal. You're Bandita. You're Nazi buster. I told you 100 times. How you can talking about criminality when you all criminal? All of it. You all identical. It's a problem. What is I talking here for thirty years almost in every meeting? It's a fundamental problem, what is we have. So press, we need to clean this chamber from this Bandita. We were Trump. We were new American revolution. Stand up, slave, and happy cow. It changed

this country. Mister Zimmerman. Okay. Now, turning now. Does anyone else would like to speak that hasn't had a chance to from council? No. Okay. Okay. Thank you very much. Turning now to council business.

And as a reminder, item seven was included on the agenda for the purpose of fulfilling a required public hearing. And no discussion or action is needed, so we will proceed to the next agenda item, which is item eight. So our first action item for today is proposed motion twenty twenty six dash zero zero eight seven, which would authorize all members of the King County Council to sign a letter calling for John Arthur Wilson to immediately resign as the King County assessor. Before we proceed to Please move the twenty twenty six dash zero zero eight seven.

I move approval of proposed motion number twenty twenty six zero zero eight seven.

Thank you. Proposed motion twenty twenty six zero zero eight seven is before us. Any would my colleagues like to make any comments? I'm I'm happy to. Yeah. Yeah. Would

Chair May I? Councilmember Balducci. Thank you. I I want to thank you, and my colleagues for once again speaking out on this matter. It is it is very serious, and it's very disheartening to see a member of our ranks, elected officials who are given a a special trust by the voters and the people we represent to act in ways that are absolutely inconsistent with that trust and betray that trust in many ways.

I just wanna add for purposes of the record that several of us have been hearing over the last few days. This is not this is not like something that has happened in the past that Assessor Wilson argued in court that he should not be required to use an ankle bracelet because he had a medical condition that requires him to soak his legs, and later that evening posted a Facebook post jokingly showing himself in a photo of soaking in a hot tub and talking about how great it is to soak his leg after a productive day. He's just thumbing his nose at the public, thumbing his nose at the court process, making a joke of a very serious issue, is domestic abuse and in violation of protection orders, and he absolutely should step down. He should step down. And I'm sorry that we don't have the ability to do more than keep calling for it, but I'm glad that we use our voices to keep calling for it because this is just very damaging to public trust and and and really just a stain on the reputation of this county, and it should end.

And I'm glad that we are once again saying that. Thank you.

Vice chair Burrow.

Thank you, chair. I wanna also thank you for your leadership on bringing this issue forward again before our council, and I was glad to already sign on to the letter and glad that we had this opportunity to to allow more of our colleagues to join in this, I would say, renewed call. As council member Balducci, we've already spoken on this issue before. I think the fact that that criminal charges are filed is an important milestone in this process that requires us to speak up again. I I'm you know, I think I mentioned this last time when was this issue was before the council last year that I appreciate the need for due criminal case.

I last year, before this issue came before the council, I had a conversation directly with assessor Wilson, gave him the opportunity to deny some of the issues that were alleged because I wanted to at least give him a chance to respond. He did not deny the allegations that were made in the in the court record, and so that's what's prompted me to continue to assess that the conduct did in fact occur. And while there's a criminal process for any kind of, like, criminal law violations, this is not about, you know, sending somebody to jail. It's about whether somebody has engaged in conduct that betrays the public's trust. And I think we as public officials and elected officials should be held to a higher standard than than any individual in the community, at least at least as high a standard as we we hold anybody else.

And so I, you know, I I hope that assessor Wilson will heed our call for the better, know, for the for the situation of the residents of the county. And so I'm well, thank you for bringing this forward and I'll be supporting this motion.

Thank you, vice chair Barron. Council member Lewis.

Thank you, Chair. I want to thank you for bringing this forward and echo my colleague's comments. You know, we in King County are held up as an example in so many areas. You know, we're tops in the nation with our public health department, for example, and there are other examples. So let's be a leader in this kind of action as well, holding our elected officials to higher standard to what the public expects of them.

And I am happy to be able to support this letter today. One comment about ethics. I'm not sure if there needs to be some tightening up of our ethics code, but if we could take a look at that, I'd appreciate it.

Thank you, Council Member Lewis. I think that's a great idea. And next we'll hear from Council Member Mosqueda.

Thank you, chair Perry. And I wanna echo the comments that my colleagues have made. Also, I wanna appreciate the reporting from Erica C. Barnett, that was quoted earlier, in terms of the journalism that was after that court hearing. Obviously, that behavior is appalling in addition to the appalling behavior of stalking any member of our community.

Colleagues, I just wanted to bring to our attention that there is increasing awareness, there's increasing evidence that in the wake of the short lived Me Too movement where we heard widespread calls for survivor led, demands for accountability, we heard people asking for there to be a reckoning within every institution that sexual harassment and assault be identified, called out and people be held accountable. That in fact there's been significant backlash since 2020 leading up to the Me Too Movement in 2018 and 2017. In fact what we see from recent reports is that there's been intensified misogyny that we are seeing continue to percolate throughout our community. So I think that this act here today from King County Council is part of our collective effort that we should be working on to push back against the growing level of misogyny that we're seeing. Calling for accountability in the wake of the Me Too movement needs to be a movement and not just a flash in the pan as a moment.

We need to make sure that we're responding to the surge of online harassment, the legal threats against survivors who are speaking out, the rise in the popular misogyny that labels women who call for accountability as somehow hysteric or raising a false flag when they're just truly calling for accountability. In fact, according to a PBS documentary, there was a particular surge in misogyny following 2024 in the election that we saw there. In just the twenty four hours following the twenty twenty four election, researchers documented a stunning rise in misogynistic rhetoric and attacks on social media platforms including a 4600% increase in the mentions of specific misogynistic terms on the platform Twitter or now known as X. You can find that on PBS from their 12/10/2024 publication. I appreciate that this has been brought forward here today.

We cannot be complicit. We cannot be compliant. We cannot normalize misogyny, harassment, stalking or complicit when sexist sexist behavior is displayed especially when an entity is representing a public office and when public dollars are funding these positions. So in this moment when we see rising misogyny and we see this individual continuing to try to blame the victim and retaliate against them, I think that this is our collective effort as a King County Council to demand an end to the harassment and call for him to step down knowing that we cannot allow these platforms to go unchecked and individuals to go without account

Excuse me, that is your first warning?

Nothing from the audience. Signal that this behavior is unacceptable and I'll be continuing to support this.

Thank you, Council Member Mosqueda. Any others like to speak? Okay, thank you. As my colleagues remember, this council already unanimously passed a motion calling for the assessor's resignation on 06/10/2025. Since that time, as mentioned, it's been confirmed that formal charges were brought forward on 03/25/2026 alleging multiple training orders.

For this reason, my office along with three other members of the council drafted and sent a letter to the assessor on the same day the charges were brought with a promise to bring a formal motion before the council to allow the rest of our colleagues the opportunity to sign on to the letter, and this is that moment. The allegations and court orders have caused irrevocable harm to the public's trust and faith in the assessor as a public servant and elected official. Our residents rely on the office of the assessor to provide critical county functions and with the public trust breached. In such a manner, it's clear that it's no longer possible for the assessor to effectively do the work of the people with this distraction in place. My intention in bringing this motion forward today, colleagues, is to once again call for the assessor's immediate resignation and to allow anyone else on this dais to authorize their signature on the letter that was sent to his office last month.

Assuming the motion is adopted today, my office will send an updated letter with any additional signatures in my capacity as chair following the conclusion of this meeting. And I want to note that a paramount importance to me personally, is the safety of our residents. That is the number one job we as elected officials have. And the silence in the face of the of behavior along the continuum of domestic violence of which stalking and and harassment is one. This silence in the face of that is deafening.

And it is incumbent on us as leaders to make sure that those who are in these violent situations throughout our county feel comfortable speaking up, feel comfortable reaching out. And when we do not speak about our values in King County and upholding our values, it reinforces that they should not speak up, that it will be met with silence, and that's on us. We take it very seriously. My first marriage was a situation of domestic violence, and I had not encountered that growing up. It was shocking.

I didn't see the warning signs coming. And I had a great deal of education from that experience, and that continuum is something I learned a great deal about. It's work that doesn't concern me. What concerns me is that we speak up as leaders, we call out this behavior, and we recognize when someone is no longer serving in the best interest of the people. So I hope that my colleagues will all join me in that signing of that letter today testimony.

With that, I'd like to ask if any of my colleagues have any other comments for discussion or are we closing this move? Okay. At this moment, thank you. We will proceed with a vote. Clerk Foss, will you please call the roll?

Thank you, chair Balducci. Or Aye. Chair Perry. Aye. Council member Balducci. Aye. Council member Marrone.

Aye.

Council member Dombowski. Council member Dunn.

Aye.

Council member Fain. Aye. Council member Lewis? Aye. Council member Mosqueda? Aye. Council member Von Reichberg? Aye. Perry? Aye. Vote is nine ayes and zero nos. By

our vote, we've adopted proposed motion twenty twenty six dash zero zero eight seven. I would like to note that it's a second warning out of order speaking from the audience. It's not allowed. Was there a sign was there a signature for him to sign up and speak? Public testimony?

There were two names on my desk that had a

long time running. He back down.

In here or out there? Out there. He signed up out there. He did not. Okay.

But he signed up out there as well. Are you here for the flood control district? There's a sign up outside for the No. Okay. Well, sorry, sir. We did not get that, but you are welcome to provide public comment for two minutes right now if you'd like. Please please list your name.

Father James Brewer was the chief counsel to the King County Council for twenty

five years. Begin Would one more time because My

name is Alexander Roberts Brewer. My father James Lawrence Brewer was chief counsel to King County Council in this room for twenty five years. Many of you worked with him. He is dead. So is Mary Roberts. As many people have been killed in this county and replaced. But I want to talk about structuring today. Structuring is when you arrange transactions to evade federal reporting requirements relating to money laundering. My partner, Brian David Voss, pays his taxes every year to the state of Washington. That's who we pay our property taxes to when we own houses.

In 2024, it was about 11 or $12,000 twice a year. Then last year, the bill went to King County, and it was $9,500 twice a year. You are engaging in structuring to avoid reporting to the federal government the value of these taxes because you, as many of us are probably aware, know that it is treason. What you are doing is levying war. Every single

Is this on the agenda?

It is. It's about the assessor. Who do you who do who sets these But

the assessor is about what we're talking about is asking him to step down.

The assessor is the person who you have said is the person who gets to say how much we pay each year in property taxes for our real property.

Continue. Okay.

In 2023, all but 27 lawyers licensed to practice law in Washington state failed to renew their bar licenses intentionally because they, as I know, knew it would be treason to continue to pay these kind of fees to the state as you engage. Now, collecting property taxes is the same thing. Levying war means paying taxes to support war. Washington is at war with The United States Of America. You, the council members, are all committing treason.

Every lawyer in our state withdrew their bar licenses except for 27. Did all of you ask your lawyers whether you should keep paying your property taxes? If you did, you committed treason. That's not nearly as significant as the 3,700,000,000 that died, but it might give the federal government a little ish so they can do something about this. I thought maybe the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms was gonna get you guys because, you know, every single cigarette stamp is fake on every cigarette sold in Washington state.

Thank you.

We are being killed by the billions. Half the human race is dead, and you're talking about someone sexually harassing someone? Thank you. Thank you.

Turning next to the motion, consent agenda. Vice chair Barron, would you please move, consent agenda items nine and Apologize.

Can we pull item nine for the purpose of speaking to it?

Say again?

I'd like to remove item nine from the consent agenda for the purpose of speaking to it.

Yes. We'd like to remove item nine from the consent agenda. Council member Mosqueda. I'm so sorry, chair.

I I'd like to give credit to some of our local media. I forgot to mention that Azalda Rafferty and KUOW's adults in the room also covered the increased numbers of assault and harassment occurring. Just wanted to make sure that folks know that local news source has also covered that.

Thank you very much for that. Shall we take up the consent agenda and then go to number nine? Yes. Okay. So turning to consent agenda, would you please move consent agenda item 10?

I move consent agenda item 10 only.

Thank you. Consent agenda item 10 is before us. Clerk Foss, would you please call the roll?

Thank you. Council member Balducci? Aye. Council member Barron?

Aye.

Council member Dembowski?

Aye.

Council member Dunn?

Aye.

Council member Fain? Aye. Council member Lewis? Aye. Council member Mosqueda? Aye. Council member Von Reichbar? Chair Perry. Aye. Vote is nine ayes and zero nos.

Thank you. By our vote, we've adopted proposed substitute motion number twenty twenty six dash zero three six six and proposed motion twenty twenty six dash zero zero two nine. Oh, excuse me. We did not do, zero three six six. Just, zero zero two nine. Next, moving to, twenty twenty, twenty twenty five dash zero three six six to speak to it. Council member Dembowski.

Is it okay if I move adoption of it?

Oh, yes.

Okay. I'm looking at the sponsor and the committee chair. Okay. I move adoption of proposed substitute motion twenty twenty five three sixty six point two.

Would you like to speak to it?

Sure. Unless Councilor Mosqueda, the prime sponsor wants to know. I I just wanted to just comment on this because it's a very important piece of policy that's being adopted in my view because it has to do with updating our youth action plan. It has a special place in my heart because when I first came on the council, it was my first major undertaking and initiative as a council member. The county has long been involved in the health and well-being of young people going back to our youth service bureaus, many of which you are familiar with like Renton Youth and Family Services or you know, they're all at West West Seattle has one.

South King County has one. I'm seeing nods but they had kind of fallen a little bit to the side, I'll say. Anyway, we adopted after a tremendous public process when I first came on the council, a youth action plan to kind of recenter the county's initiatives and focus around youth and young people. We had tremendous input from a lot of our youth service providers and from young people as well. And we just frankly accomplished in the last year or so the final kind of installment of the work there, which was the Youth Bill of Rights.

I want to acknowledge and thank the two remaining original co sponsors of the first Youth Action Councilmember Dunn and Councilmember Reichbauer. We had eight out of nine co sponsors at the time and I've always been grateful for their support. I just we what this Youth Action Plan update does, it takes a look at all the lessons and learnings of our last ten years, including as informed by the Best Starts for Kids initiative, which really brought a lot of dollars to the policy and updates it and refreshes it. It centers youth and young adults as the leading voice in development of the plan and I wanted to thank our children and youth advisory board for all of their work in kind of shepherding this update through as well as give recognition to one of our former colleagues who led this work for many years on the executive side, Sheila Capistani, who is, on to other things with young people in an early starts program. But she is she was a great care taker and keeper of this work and really moved us forward.

So for let me just thank thank you for letting me just share a few words of pride and reflection on this, and I'm glad to see that the concept is living and growing and even getting better. Councilor Mosqueda has definitely upgraded the sponsorship of it. Thank you.

Thank you very much, councilmember Dombowski. So at this point, item 10 is before us, 2025Dash0366. Clerk Foss, would you please call the roll?

Clarification item nine is before us.

Item nine is before us. Yes. By item 10, that would be item nine. That's correct. Yes.

I gotcha. Council member Balducci. Aye. Council member Barron.

Aye.

Council member Dombowski. Aye. Council member Dunn.

Aye.

Council member Fain. Aye. Council member Lewis. Aye. Council member Mosqueda. Council member von Reichbauer.

Aye.

Chair Perry. Aye. Vote is nine ayes and zero nos.

Thank you. If there's no objection, the published marked agenda together with any changes made in today's meeting will stand approved as the first reading and referral of ordinances and motions, items 11 through 26 as listed. Under other business, I'll quickly note we have one recognition being presented in the community by council members Barron and Balducci to recognize the Torrent women's hockey team for their historic inaugural season and impact on the community. With that, do my colleagues have any other business for the good of the order? Yeah. Council member Barron.

Thank you, chair. Thank you for allowing me to say a few words about this recognition that councilmember Balducci and I prepared for the Seattle Torrent, which proudly plays industry four. It's our our region's only professional women's hockey team, and they're wrapping up an incredible inaugural season. Fan support for the team has been overwhelming and they've even set two US arena attendance records for women's hockey. I was happy to be at one of those record setting games.

The talent of individual team members is just as impressive with eight players having competed in the Olympic Games in Milan representing three different teams, Team Canada, Team Secchia, and of course, Team USA. And not only that, the Torrent athletes played a key role in helping Team USA win the gold medal, of course. Beyond the ice, the team is active in the community and that spirit carries into every game they play. They've quickly become a valuable part of our local professional sports landscape, and so we're grateful to have the opportunity to recognize the team's success and look forward to all that they'll accomplish in the years ahead. Thank you, chair.

Thank you. Very, very worthy and an exciting recognition. Seeing no further business, the meeting today is adjourned.