Seattle (Wash.). City Council

Records from the committee studying the viaduct and seawall.

Committee records maintained by Jean Godden during her tenure leading the budget development process. Departments represented heavily in the records include City Light, Human Services, and the Police Department. Other topics include 2008 storm costs and the Rainy Day Fund Policy.

Records of the committee during Burgess's tenure as chair.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and newspaper clippings related to issues before the City Council during Chong's tenure. Subjects include Sand Point reuse, the Seahawks Stadium and vote, Comprehensive Plan, off-leash areas, City-wide personnel issues, schools, and various City department policy and reorganization issues.

Correspondence, reports, studies, and reference materials relating primarily to parks and recreation issues. Major subjects include the Parks Complan, Greenlake, open space, Seattle Center redevelopment, Coliseum/Arena improvements, Seattle Commons, off-leash dog runs, punchboard and pulltab gambling, the Shoreline and Park Improvement Fund, and Sandpoint Naval Station reuse planning.

Records from the City Council Advisory Panel on Police Accountability.

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, notes, and other materials related to the City Council's weekly briefings meetings. The meetings provide Council members the opportunity to apprise one another of issues that will be coming to the Council and to receive briefings from other City staff on programs, projects, and issues of concern for the Council. The meetings were formerly known as the City Council Business Meetings. Note that there are some years missing from the series.

Reports of suggested changes by the City Council to departmental proposed budgets during annual budget deliberations. For most years, this series includes summaries of votes by Councilmembers. Also includes reports of estimated city revenues.

Notebooks and binders covering a variety of issues relevant to nearly all core functions of City government. Most of the notebooks were compiled for City Council members to provide background information for pending legislation. A large number of the notebooks are from Tim Hill, Jeanette Williams, and George Benson.

Weekly listing of all City Council meetings, regular and special committee meetings, public hearings, and the schedule for Channel 28, the City-owned government access cable television station. First named the Hearings Calendar, the schedules were later called "Two-Week Look Ahead."

News releases issued by the City Council and its various committees covering the full range of issues that come before the Council, hearing dates and schedules, and resolutions.

Committee agendas, voting records, background materials, and draft legislation relating to municipal utilities and other city-wide municipal operations.

Log maintained by City Council for claims against the City. Includes date, person or corporate entity filing claim, claim number, and nature of the claim. In some instances entry also includes notation of whether claim was allowed, Council Bill number of legislation authorizing payment, fund claim drawn on, and amount to be paid.

Records of the committee during Clark's tenure as chair.

This series includes general correspondence from councilmember Jim Compton and his Legislative Assistant Linda Robson.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, City Council briefings, and press clippings relating to issues before the Seattle City Council during Compton's tenure. Major topics of interest to Compton were technology and public safety.

This series includes general correspondence from councilmember Richard Colin and his Legislative Assistants. It contains internal and external correspondence revolving around the business of the city council.

Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.

Correspondence, draft legislation, reports, notes, and staff analysis related to issues and legislation discussed by the Culture, Arts, and Parks Committee during Licata's tenure as chair.

Records from Nick Licata's tenure as committee chair.

This series includes general correspondence from councilmember David Della and his Legislative Assistants. It contains internal and external correspondence revolving around the business of the city council.

Publications produced by the department, including informational brochures about City Council, employee newsletters, materials sent out by individual Councilmembers, and publications of the Office of the City Clerk, including the City Records Management Program and the Seattle Municipal Archives.

This series includes general correspondence from councilmember Jan Drago and her Legislative Assistants Krista Bunch, Katherine Fountain, and Barbara Clemons. It contains internal and external correspondence revolving around the business of the city council.

Agendas, correspondence, background materials, reports, and draft legislation relating to taxation, grants, public corporations, and a wide variety of business issues.

Committee agendas, correspondence, staff reports, draft legislation, and notes related to issues before the Business, Economic and Community Development Committee.

Agendas, correspondence, draft legislation, notes, and other materials related to issues before the City Council's Finance, Budget and Economic Development Committee.

Correspondence, memoranda, staff reports, agendas, draft legislation, and other materials related to municipal finances and business matters that came before the committee during Drago's tenure as chair.

Agendas, draft legislation, correspondence, reports, and staff notes relating to pedestrian safety issues referred to the Committee during Drago's tenure as chair.

Agendas for City Council's Education Committee. Agendas include number and title of legislation, resolutions, and comptroller files.

Agendas, reports, printed presentations, and other materials on issues before the committee during O'Brien's tenure as chair.

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, reports, notes, and agendas for the Energy and Environmental Policy Committee during Will's tenure as committee chair.

Records include committee agendas, staff reports, correspondence, notes, and draft legislation relating to energy issues during Rice's tenure as chair of the Energy Committee.

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, staff reports, and other committee records from Harrell's tenure as committee chair. Issues addressed include broadband service, energy risk management, the digital television transition, body-mounted cameras for police officers, streetlight repair, and the city's response to the winter 2008 storm. From 2008 through 2009, the body was named the Energy and Technology Committee.

Agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, correspondence, memoranda, and testimony related to the work of the committee during Conlin's tenure as Committee chair. Issues covered include sustainability, emergency preparedness, energy policies, and Seattle Public Utilities.

Agendas, correspondence, draft legislation, staff reports, and notes regarding environmental issues and policies before the committee.

Committee agendas, record of votes, draft legislation, staff reports, and other background material relating to environmental issues.

Agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, correspondence, notes, and other background materials related to financial management and related issues before the Committee.

Agendas, memos, reports, and other records documenting issues discussed by the committee during Godden's tenure as chair. Topics under consideration by the committee included taxicab regulations, audits, business and occupation taxes, revenue forecasts, Lake Union Park financing, and funding from the American Recovery and Investment Act and other sources.

Agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, studies, correspondence, and memoranda related to City finances and budget matters that came before the Committee during McIver's tenure as chair. Arranged chronologically.

Committee agendas, record of votes, background material, and draft legislation relating to city finances and personnel issues.

Finance Committee agendas, draft legislation, staff reports and memoranda, and other background materials related to City finances and budget issues.

Records include committee agendas, correspondence, staff reports, and draft legislation relating to the financial management of the City during Rice's tenure as chair of the Finance Committee. Agendas include the legislation and issues under consideration and the committee's actions.

Papers of the Finance Committee collected by chairman Dolores Sibonga. Among the subjects regularly addressed by the committee are reviewing departmental annual reports, operating budgets, emergency fund requests and grant applications. In addition it adopts the budgets and investment plans and authorized collective bargaining agreements and payments for at fault accidents involving city vehicles.

Virginia Galle served on the Seattle City Council between 1981 and 1989. This collection contains her subject files on topics such as solid waste, smoking policies, and domestic partnerships.

Agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, and notes related to issues before the Government, Education, and Labor Committee.

Agendas for meetings of committee dealing with regional growth and planning issues. Includes committee votes and cross references to audio tapes of meetings.

Agendas, correspondence, reports, notes, and draft legislation relating to health and human services issues. Most of the records are committee agendas.

Records documenting Michael Hildt's work on the Seattle City Council from 1978-1985; records address issues such as conservation and desegregation and include information on Hildt's work with the Pike Place Market and his work with various committees, including the Energy Committee and Urban Development and Housing Committee.

Agendas and supporting documents for two committee meetings: September 29 and December 7. Issues include use of mapping applications by City departments, a Housing Affordability Strategy, appointments and oaths of office for commissions and task forces, and other issues related to health and human services.

Correspondence, memoranda, agendas, and staff reports related to social service, education, and library issues. From 1994 to 1996 the committee was titled Health, Human Services, Education and Libraries; from 1996 to 1997 it was Health, Housing, Human Services, Education and Libraries.

Agendas, draft legislation, correspondence, reports, and notes related to issues before the committee during McIver's tenure as chair.

Committee agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, and supporting documentation related to issues the come before the committee.

Records of the committee from Nick Licata's tenure as chair.

Agendas, staff reports, briefing materials, draft legislation, and work plans for ad hoc committee established to develop a plan for addressing health and safety issues within the context of the 1994 Comprehensive Plan.

Correspondence, working papers, testimony, petitions, reports, recommendations, and draft legislation relating to a new industrial commercial areas zoning code.

Agendas, correspondence, and reports of joint meetings between the City Council and the Seattle School Board. The Committee was established to strengthen the relationship between the City and the School District and to explores areas for building on the existing partnerships between the two. Among the many topics covered are the Families and Education Levy, joint use of school and Parks Department properties, and school-to-work issues.

Records documenting Paul Kraabel's tenure on the Seattle City Council from 1975-1991.

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, draft legislation, and decisions regarding land use issues including SEPA appeals, rezone petitions, historic preservation controls, Council Conditional Use Applications, and zoning text amendments among others. Arranged chronologically.

Committee agendas including members present, the short title of legislation being considered, and action taken. Attached to calendars are briefing memoranda from committee staff. For the period covered, the committee was known as Planning and Urban Development, then Urban Development.

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, briefing materials, notes, and staff reports related to the City's relations with other governmental entities, and to internal Legislative Department issues.

Collection includes Legislative Department offices, councilmember portraits, council chambers, City Hall, mayors, events, and celebrations.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and staff reports related to issues that come before the City Council for consideration. Also includes copies of City Council work programs and policy planning agendas. A large portion of the material relates to regional planning issues, especially water, electrical power, transportation, and governance.

Formal photos of City Council, councilmembers, City Engineers, and Board of Aldermen.

Record of license applications considered by City Council, organized by date introduced to the Council. Includes license number, business license number, business name, address, whether new or a renewal, and the Council action taken.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and recommendations regarding the major institutions policy in the Seattle land use code. A major institution is a public or private organization providing educational, religious, medical, or recreational services to a community, and that dominates an area based on the amount of land owned and number of staff, clients, or visitors, and traffic impacts.

Records of John Manning during his service as Seattle City Councilmember.

This series includes general correspondence from councilmember Richard McIver and his Legislative Assistant Francis Youn. It contains internal and external correspondence revolving around the business of the city council.

Correspondence, working papers, testimony, petitions, reports, and recommendations relating to zoning and mapping of neighborhood commercial areas. Includes four boxes of code, policy, mapping, and publicity files and seven boxes of individual zoning cases arranged by region of the City. Case files include pre-project zoning designation, Mayor's recommendation, Council committee recommendation, and final Council decision.

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, and other documents related to neighborhood issues that come before the City Council.

Agendas, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation relating to the arts, human rights and discrimination, neighborhood improvement projects, housing, transportation, ethics and elections, and historic landmark preservation. Includes materials on the Seattle Monorail Project (Green Line) and the Downtown Hygiene and Day Center.

Newsletters created by Nick Licata to provide a forum for his opinions and as a means of disseminating information and public policy issues to his constituents. Subjects include all issues that come before the City Council with emphasis on Licata's special areas of interest including parks and recreation, cultural resources and activities, the arts, transportation, and social justice concerns. Includes both "Urban Politics" and "Nick's Notes."

This series includes general correspondence from councilmember Judy Nicastro and her Legislative Assistants. It contains a very small amount of internal and external correspondence revolving around the business of the city council the bulk of which was between November and December of 2003.

Agendas, draft legislation, correspondence, staff reports, and other background materials relating to the issues before the Landlord/Tenant and Land Use Committee. In 2002, the committee name was changed back to just the Land Use Committee, although landloard/tenant issues are still part of its jurisdiction.

Records from Jane Noland's tenure as Seattle City Councilmember.

Records from the committee during Conlin's tenure as chair.

This series includes general correspondence from councilmember Margaret Pageler and her Legislative Assistants. It contains internal and external correspondence revolving around the business of the city council.

Committee meeting records maintained by Benson during his tenure as committee chair. Includes committee calendars with roster of issues and action taken, staff memoranda, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation relating to parks and recreation, and community oriented social services.

Committee calendars, correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and draft legislation relating to City parks, recreation, community centers, festivals, and the arts. Arranged chronologically.

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, and draft legislation related to the City's parks system and publicly owned lands.

Committee calendars, correspondence, staff notes, reports, and draft legislation relating to City parks and public grounds. Arranged chronologically.

Committee meeting records maintained by Sue Donaldson during her tenure as committee chair. Includes meeting agendas with schedules of issues and actions taken, staff memoranda, reports, correspondence, and draft legislation relating to parks, recreation, and community oriented social services.

Records from Pedersen's office during his term on Seattle City Council.

Committee calendars, correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and legislation relating to personnel reclassifications, sale of surplus property, affirmative action, fair employment practices, open housing, collective bargaining, and police intelligence gathering. Arranged chronologically.

Agendas, work plans, correspondence, staff reports, and other materials related to personnel and performance issues brought before the committee.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning.

Agendas of Planning and Urban Development Committee.

Records of the committee during Richard Conlin's tenure as chair.

Agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, correspondence, notes, and other background materials related to Clark's tenure as committee chair. Topics discussed include zoning, historic preservation, multifamily code, neighborhood planning and development, comprehensive plan updates, backyard cottages, and the stadium north lot development.

Reports, correspondence, and staff notes regarding the policy planning process. A 1977 Resolution established a collaborative process by which the Mayor and City Council would develop agreed upon policies. The Agendas were devised as two-year documents that were updated annually. The process created a policy catalog and index to policies to be accessible to the public and City officials.

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, staff reports, and notes related to public safety concerns and city-wide technology issues.

Reports, public statements, and printed presentations relating to the work of the committee. Major issues include cable franchise options, Police Department accountability, and workplace equality.

Agendas of the Public Safety Committee during Noland's tenure as committee chair. Agendas are annotated with committee votes, audio tape information, and some marginal notes, and include some background materials related to issues before the committee.

Agendas of the Public Safety Committee meetings, including agendas from Jane Noland's tenure as chair. Includes hand written notes and annotations regarding votes on proposed legislation and issues before the committee.

Records include committee agendas, correspondence, staff reports, and draft legislation relating to public safety issues during the first two years that Rice chaired the Public Safety Committee. Agendas include legislation under consideration and action and recommendations by the committee.

Agendas, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation relating to public safety, police accountability, the arts, and human rights and discrimination. In 2004 and 2005 the committee was known as the Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Arts Committee.

Agendas, briefing papers, staff reports, draft legislation, and correspondence related to issues before the Public Safety, Health, and Technology Committee.

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, staff reports, and other committee records from Burgess's tenure as committee chair. Issues addressed include indigent public defense, youth violence, the siting of Fire Station 20, police accountability, jail services, prostitution, and the Families and Education Levy. From 2010 through 2011, the body was named the Public Safety and Education Committee.

Records relating to issues under discussion during Rasmussen's time on City Council.

Lists of proposed legislation and Clerk Files introduced to City Council and subsequently referred to committees. Includes Council Bill and Clerk File numbers, title of document, name of sponsoring Councilmember, and committee to which document was referred.

Records of the committee during Conlin's tenure as chair.

City legislation of an administrative or administrative nature, or expressing policy. Resolutions are passed by City Council and may carry the Mayor's signature as an endorsement. Arranged numerically with some early duplicate numbering because resolutions were maintained in two-year series from 1890-1906 with each series beginning with number 1. Beginning with series 1906, resolutions are on microfiche or microfilm cassette.

Records from Revelle's office during his time on Seattle City Council.

Correspondence relating primarily to Council support functions of the City Clerk. The bulk of the material is outgoing correspondence reporting on actions taken by City Council. Principal correspondents include the Board of Public Works, City Comptroller, Corporation Counsel, and Reginald H. Thomson, then City Engineer.

Records documenting Norm Rice's eleven years on the Seattle City Council, 1978-1989; included are correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to Rice's work on financial management, housing, public safety, and education, among other issues.

Records from Richards's office during his term on Seattle City Council.

Two scrapbooks documenting the public career of Al Rochester, as well as the 25th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.

Minutes of City Council when it sits as a committee. Committee of the Whole meets to discuss issues that cross the jurisdiction of two or more Council committees or when issues are considered of such importance that the full Council deems it appropriate to meet as a committee. From 1980 to the present Committee of the Whole minutes are included with the regular meeting minutes.

Select Budget Committee records for the 2018 budget.

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, reports, testimony, and notes regarding important issues in the City Council work of Dolores Sibonga, 1979-1990.

Tabulation of legislation "of significant public interest." Includes Council Bill, Comptroller File, or Resolution number; Ordinance number, if applicable; date of Council action; title of legislation; significance of the issue; and each Councilmember's vote. No log was maintained from 1986-1992.

General correspondence and responses to and from constituents, covering a wide array of topics. The series generally includes complaints, requests to investigate issues and allegations, invitations, thank you letters, and marketing/lobbying correspondence. Many letters are from individuals and organizations seeking Smith's support for issues that are coming before the City Council, or asking his active support for issues taken up by other jurisdictions.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Smith's activities and interests on City Council, especially during his final six years in office. Primary subjects include utilities, public safety, social services, and issues within the African-American community.

Correspondence, reports, notes, and agendas of City Council Utilities Committee. Smith chaired the committee during his final term on City Council.

Records from Peter Steinbrueck's tenure as chair of the Special Committee on Charter Amendments.

Agendas, reports, presentations, background materials, and staff notes relating to pedestrian safety issues referred to the Committee.

Records of a committee reviewing plans for the replacement of State Route 520.

Records include speeches and prepared statements delivered by Rice during his years on City Council. Includes Martin Luther King Jr. Day speeches and mayoral campaign speeches and policy statements.

This series includes general correspondence from councilmember Peter Steinbrueck and his Legislative Assistants, Neil Powers, Stephanie Pure and Roger Valdez. It contains internal and external correspondence revolving around the business of the city council.

Agendas, correspondence, draft legislation, reports, staff analysis, and notes related to issues before the Housing, Human Services, Education and Civil Rights Committee during Steinbrueck's tenure as chair.

Correspondence, memoranda, staff reports, draft legislation, and notes related to urban planning, development, the built environment, and sustainability issues during Steinbrueck's four-year tenure as committee chair.

Subject files of Seattle City Council member Jim Street; includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to issues including land use, the downtown plan, neighborhood planning, housing, education, and economic development.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and reference materials relating to Benson and topics of particular interest to him. Major subjects include parks and recreation, traffic and transportation, and the Westlake Mall Project, the Downtown Seattle Transit Project, the University District Transportation Program, the Waterfront Streetcar, gun control, land use, and solid waste disposal.

The records include correspondence, petitions, proposals, constituent letters, and draft legislation related to economic development, City-wide technology issues, comprehensive planning, labor relations, open space, public safety, sexual minorities, housing, and zoning issues. Specific topics include the Sand Point neighborhood, off-leash areas, cable communications, the Added Activities Ordinance, the Seattle Commons, landslides, Bradner Park, and sports stadiums.

Correspondence, speeches and writings, photographs, and newspaper clippings from Rochester's years on City Council. Includes correspondence and advertising from his unsuccessful re-election campaign in 1956.

Correspondence, reports, studies, notes, and other materials related to issues before the City Council during Wills' tenure. Broad issues include transportation, land use, social services, parks, public safety, environmental concerns, and public utilities, especially City Light related issues. Specific topics include the proposed exotic animals ban, homelessness, neighborhood planning, vehicle impoundment, the teen dance ordinance, and Sound Transit.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other materials related to education, public safety, land use, housing, and social services issues. Topics include the education summit, joint use of school facilities, domestic partnerships, the Comprehensive Plan, the Housing Levy, public restrooms, Just Cause Eviction Ordinance amendments, and drug traffic loitering. Most of the education material predates Harris' tenure on the City Council.

Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and photographs collected by Massart while serving on City Council (1950-1967). Includes materials relating to Metro, Seattle Center, Century 21 Exposition, Pacific Science Center Foundation, and the Port of Seattle. Other subjects include transportation, city finances, housing, alcoholism, sports stadium, human rights, and urban renewal.

Correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to Miller's tenure on City Council and his brief stint as acting mayor.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and draft legislation reflecting Hill's activities and interests on Council. Also includes agendas, reports, and draft legislation of six City Council committees including: Finance, Parks and Community Services, Personnel and Property Management, Urban Development and Housing, Transportation, and Labor Relations. The records are identified as Accession 3056 at UW.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning. Also includes agendas, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation related to Lamphere's work as chair of the City Council's Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

Records from a committee studying issues around taxicabs and other for-hire vehicles.

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, draft legislation, and notes related to labor issues and City-wide technology development and implementation including cable franchising.

Committee calendars including issues under consideration and committee action. Files contain correspondence, personal notes, staff memoranda, testimony, and draft legislation. Records relate to all transportation and traffic issues affecting Seattle and requiring City Council attention.

Agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, correspondence, memoranda, and testimony regarding traffic and transportation issues during Conlin's tenure as Committee chair.

Records of the committee during Rasmussen's tenure as chair.

Agendas, draft legislation, correspondence, reports, and staff notes relating to traffic and transportation issues referred to the Committee during Drago's tenure as chair.

Agendas, correspondence, draft legislation, and staff reports related to legislation and issues discussed by the Transportation Committee.

Agendas, draft legislation, correspondence, reports, and staff notes relating to traffic and transportation issues referred to the Committee.

Correspondence, reports, studies, committee minutes, news releases, and notes relating to City transportation and traffic issues. The bulk of the records concern reestablishing the electric trolley system and developing the Waterfront Streetcar.

Committee agendas, draft legislation, and recorded votes of the Urban Development and Housing Committee, chaired by Hildt.

Agendas of the Utilities and Environmental Management Committee during Noland's tenure as committee chair. Agendas are annotated with committee votes, audio tape information, and some marginal notes.

Records maintained by Richards as committee chair. Includes committee calendars, agendas, staff briefings, memoranda, and committee votes and recommendations relating to water and waste management issues.

Agendas of the Water and Waste Management Committee.

Correspondence, reports, draft legislation, notes, and committee agendas relating to Seattle's water and solid waste utilities, and public health issues in the City and King County.

Records from Weeks's office during his time on Seattle City Council.

Speeches, prepared statements, and articles prepared for community meetings, hearings, conferences, and publications. Subjects include regional transportation planning, aging, women's rights, access to government, community development, and human resources planning, among other.

Committee agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, and other background material and supporting documents relating to issues involving Seattle and other governmental jurisdictions.

Committee agendas, records of votes, staff reports, and draft legislation relating to parks, playfields, and other public recreational areas.

Committee agendas, draft legislation, staff notes, record of votes, and background material relating to traffic and transportation issues in Seattle.

Committee agendas, correspondence, staff reports, notes, and draft legislation relating to issues before the Human Resource and Judiciary Committee. Also known as Human Resources and Operations Committee.

Records documenting Williams' work in Democratic politics, as well as materials from her various City Council campaigns. Series also contains news clippings, correspondence, and ephemera.

Committee agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, and other background materials relating to municipal utilities and city operations.

This series includes general correspondence from councilmember Heidi Wills and her Legislative Assistants, Josh Belzman, and Jo Chavira-Bash. It contains internal and external correspondence revolving around the business of the city council.