Hearing Notice: 2025-0288

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

2025-0288

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing will be held before the Metropolitan King County Council on the 18th day of November 2025, at 11:00 a.m. to consider adoption of Proposed Ordinance 2025-0288, an ordinance that would adopt the 2026-2027 King County Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). The CIP becomes the capital facilities component of the King County Comprehensive Plan and is adopted as an amendment to the King County Comprehensive Plan. The 2026-2031 King County CIP, as adopted by the County Council, will satisfy the Growth Management Act requirement to provide a six-year plan that will finance capital facilities within projected funding capacities and clearly identify sources of public money for those capital facilities.

The public hearing will be held at the King County Courthouse, 516 3rd Avenue, Room 1001, Seattle; remote public testimony on Zoom will also be accepted. Written public testimony will be accepted from 9 a.m. on October 14, 2025, through 9 a.m. on November 18, 2025, by sending such public testimony to clerk.council@kingcounty.gov. Please include the legislation number and related agenda item in the subject line. More information on the public hearing and how to participate in public testimony can be found at this website: https://www.kingcounty.gov/council/committees/full_council.aspx.

SUMMARY

The CIP budget for 2026-2027 is $2.63 billion.  Of the $2.63 billion, approximately $67 million for transit capital projects, $125 million for solid waste capital projects, $499 million for parks and conversation capital projects, $195 million for county facilities and information technology capital projects, $327 million for Harborview Medical Center capital projects, $55 million for roads capital projects, $1,349 million for water and land resources capital projects, and $15 million for King County International Airport capital projects.

Final Action:

Prior to final action, Councilmembers may offer amendments for consideration by the Council. Persons wishing to testify on the Proposed Ordinance should attend the public hearing in person or remotely on November 18, 2025, or provide testimony in writing prior to the hearing.

A copy of Proposed Ordinance 2025-0288 is available on the internet at https://mkcclegisearch.kingcounty.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7680373&GUID=B4E9E09C-A982-4A8C-A0DA-6CC195D69EE0&Options=Advanced&Search=.  You may also view this notice at the Clerk’s page at http://www.kingcounty.gov/council/clerk/ordinances_advertised.aspx.

Copies of Proposed Ordinance 2025-0288 will be mailed upon request to the Clerk of the Council, email clerk.council@kingcounty.gov or telephone 206-477-1020.

This notice is given in accordance with the provisions of RCW 36.32.120(7) and provides penalties for the violation of the provisions thereof.

DATED at Seattle, Washington, this 16th day of October, 2025.

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

Melani Hay

Clerk of the Council