Metropolitan King County Council, May 26, 2026
Votes on Public hearing on withdrawal of ~67 acres from Vashon Sewer District
How this board votes
The County Council approved 95% of 93 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Reagan Dunn (7 of 90 recorded votes).
Parsed from the official meeting recordings. Verify against the official minutes.
See the full board record, member by memberWhat happened
The Metropolitan King County Council held no zoning votes at this May 26, 2026 meeting; its substantive land-use business was a consent agenda of four Public Benefit Rating System open-space valuation approvals (ordinances 2026-0041, 0042, 0044, 0045), all adopted 9-0.
- Jurisdiction
- King County, WA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- May 26, 2026
- Decisions
- 8 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Voted
Free sample: decision 1 of 8
PBRS open space valuation - Newcastle (Abrekian)
Concurring with hearing examiner recommendation to approve, subject to conditions, the application for public benefit rating system assessed valuation for open space submitted by Pavel Abrekian and Louisa Abrekian for property in Newcastle. Adopted with items 11-13 on a 9-0 roll call.
- subject to conditions
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Metropolitan King County Council held no zoning votes at this May 26, 2026 meeting; its substantive land-use business was a consent agenda of four Public Benefit Rating System open-space valuation approvals (ordinances 2026-0041, 0042, 0044, 0045), all adopted 9-0.
Key Decisions (8)
PBRS open space valuation - Newcastle (Abrekian)
PBRS open space valuation - Duvall (Furso)
PBRS open space valuation - Redmond (Tong)
PBRS open space valuation - Duvall (Smith/Bachman)
Public hearing on withdrawal of ~67 acres from Vashon Sewer District
Briefing on Department of Public Defense standards ordinance
Consent motions 2025-0252 and 2026-0064
Relief of Proposed Ordinance 2026-0066 from BFM Committee
Development Activity (2)
Cascadia Ridge BESS Project
Infrastructure
Cricket Community Park
Other
Market Signals (5)
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Who Spoke (20)
On the record: the chair, 4 councilmembers, a staff member, and 6 members of the public.
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