Margaret Pageler Subject Files

Series

Identifier: 4667-02

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, studies, staff reports, and newspaper clippings related primarily to public safety and public utilities issues. Major topics include zoning for adult cabarets, drug traffic loitering, fireworks, weed and seed, gun control, police/community relations, internal investigations, specific complaints against the police from the public, electricity rates, Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities management, environmental... policies and conservation, water quality, and telecommunications. The series also includes material related to the Comprehensive Plan and zoning.

Dates

Creation: 1987-2003

Creator

Pageler, Margaret (Person)
Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access note

Records are open to the public.

Conditions Governing Use

Records are available for use onsite in the SMA reading room, including electronic records through the electronic records search.

Biographical Note

Margaret Pageler was elected to City Council for the term beginning January 1992, to fill the seat vacated by the retired Paul Kraabel, and served until 2003. She chaired the Public Safety Committee (1992-1995) during her first term, and the Utilities and Environmental Management Committee (1996-1999) during her second term. She became City Council President in 2000 and chaired two committees: the Water Resources, Solid Waste and Public Health Committee;... and the Legislative Department and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. Pageler was born and raised in China and Taiwan, the daughter of missionaries. She received a law degree from the University of Chicago and practiced utility law for the Seattle law firm, Stoel Rives. Pageler was a Vision Seattle candidate for City Council in three elections prior to winning her first race.

Extent

51.8 Cubic Feet (121 boxes)

2,839 digital files (137 MB)

Language of Materials

English

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Additional Description

Arrangement

The folder structure of the electronic files consist of separate directories for Margaret Pagelersâs office and her staffâs network storage drives (H drive). Original subfolder names and order have been maintained and mainly reflect divisions by subject.

Arrangement note

Arranged chronologically

Related Materials

Councilmember Margaret Pageler, City of Seattle Website. 21 Jul. 2006-. Internet Archive Wayback Machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20031204203821/http://seattle.gov/council/pageler/

Location of Records

SMA

Procesing Information note

According to legacy practice, electronic files were burned on a compact disc from network storage for transfer to archives. Disc images were then captured and files moved to network storage with regular fixity checks. CloneSpy was used to filter and log duplicate files. Duplicate files and non-record material were deleted. Spider2008 PII Scan and DtSearch were used to screen for personal and sensitive information. DROID was used to identify file formats, extract metadata, and facilitate processing decisions. ReNamer was used to remove and log problematic characters from file names. Files were then logged and transferred using Robocopy to preservation storage.