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King County committee forwards K4C 2025 work plan and budget to council
Summary
The Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee voted Feb. 18 to forward the King County Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C) 2025 work plan and budget with a due-pass recommendation; the plan focuses on building regional climate coordination, a building-decarbonization platform, and city-level emissions profiles.
On Feb. 18 the King County Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee voted to forward a motion accepting the King County Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C) 2025 work plan and budget to the full council with a due-pass recommendation.
The work plan and budget are an annual product of K4C, a long-standing partnership that the committee packet described as “a formal partnership between … King County, the Port of Seattle, and 21 King County cities,” and which operates under an interlocal agreement requiring cost sharing among members. Jake Tracy of Council Central staff told the committee the ILA ties contributions to member population and that K4C expenditures require 75% member approval.
Committee staff said the K4C report highlights the partnership’s 2024 activities — including a region-wide building decarbonization information platform launched in early 2024 and a contracted effort with Cascadia Consulting to develop city-by-city emissions profiles — and outlines priorities and tasks for 2025. The transmitted packet shows anticipated partner contributions of $53,200 and $1,500 in leftover funding; staff also said $54,925 of K4C funding supported development of the emissions profiles.
Committee discussion focused on financing and how to broaden participation. Councilmember Dombowski praised the initiative and said: “the only way locally we're going to bend the needle … on emissions and investments for resiliency is to work in partnership with our 39 cities.” Committee members asked about King County’s direct contribution; staff said King County’s current annual contribution to K4C is $10,000 and that the funds come from the executive’s climate office.
The motion to accept the 2025 work plan and budget (Proposed Motion 2025-0043) was moved by Councilmember Dombowski, carried in a roll call vote recorded as five ayes and no noes, and will be transmitted to the full council on the regular schedule for March 4, 2025.
The K4C work plan lists additional 2025 tasks including providing government-emissions inventories for Bothell, Renton, and Shoreline, continuing a learning-and-networking series for member jurisdictions, and development of a 2025 K4C strategic climate action plan expected in the second quarter of 2025 that will outline about 30 proposed actions to strengthen coordinated implementation.
