May 17, 2023
King County Board of Health meeting Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1 pm
How to provide public comment
- Join online: kingcounty.gov/boh/zoom
- Join by phone:
- Dial (US): 1-253-215-8782
- Meeting ID: 836 2614 2088
If you do not wish to provide public comment, please help us manage the callers by using one of the options below to watch or listen to the meeting.
Two ways to watch or listen in to the meeting
- Stream online at kingcounty.gov/boh/livestream
- Watch King County TV Channel 22 (Comcast Channel 22 and 322 (HD), Wave Broadband Channel 22)
- Call to order
- Roll call
- Announcement of any alternates serving in place of regular members
- Approval of minutes of the meetings of April 20, 2023
- Public Comments
- Chair's Report
- Director's Report
Briefing
- BOH Briefing No. 23-B09
Community wisdom: The Power of Co Creation in Addressing Racism as a Public Health Crisis
- Matías Valenzuela, Director
Office of Equity and Community Partnerships, Public Health — Seattle & King County
- Yordanos Teferi, Executive Director
Multicultural Community Coalition and Co chair of Community Health Board Coalition
- Lina Rauf Bayat, Community Navigator
- Matías Valenzuela, Director
- BOH Briefing No. 23-B10
A public health approach to regional gun violence
- Eleuthera Lisch, Director
Regional Gun Violence, Assessment, Policy Development & Evaluation/Chronic Disease & Injury Prevention, Public Health — Seattle & King County
- Paul Carter III, Violence Intervention and Prevention Specialist
Harborview Medical Center
- Marvin Marshall, Director
Department of Violence Prevention, YMCA of Greater Seattle
- Karyn Brownson, Community Safety Manager
Violence & Injury Prevention, Chronic Disease & Injury Prevention, Public Health — Seattle & King County
- Eleuthera Lisch, Director
Discussion and possible action
- Resolution No. 23-03
A Resolution recognizing June 2, 2023 as Regional Community Safety and Wellbeing Day, as part of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and recognizing the work of Public Health Seattle & King County and its regional partners in reducing firearm violence and injury in our county.
Briefing
- BOH Briefing No. 23-B11
State legislative session debrief
- Simon Vila, Government Affairs Officer, Public Health — Seattle & King County
- Board member updates
- Administrator's report
- Other business