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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Seattle (Wash.). City Council

 Organization

Found in 173 Collections and/or Records:

Special Committee on Charter Amendments Records

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 4684-07
Abstract

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

Dates: 2006

Special Committee on Pedestrian Safety Records

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 4650-07
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 2007-2009

Special Committee on the SR 520 Project Records

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 4621-08
Abstract

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

Dates: 2010-2013

Norm Rice Speeches and Statements

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 4674-06
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1984-1989

Peter Steinbrueck Electronic Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 4684-01
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2001-2008

Peter Steinbrueck Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4684-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and staff analysis related to Steinbrueck's work on City Council. A substantial portion of the records deal with urban planning, development, design, environmental issues, and comprehensive planning, and reflect his concerns about sustainability and quality of life as affected by the built environment. Also significant in this series are records related to his work on low and moderate income housing, human services, homelessness, neighborhood...
Dates: 1979-2007

Housing, Human Services, Education and Civil Rights Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4684-03
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1999-2001

Urban Development and Planning Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4684-05
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 2004-2007

Jim Street Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4683-02
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1967-1995

George Benson Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4614-02
Scope and Contents note

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.



Dates: 1972-1993

Martha Choe Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4617-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and recommendations relating to transportation planning, open space, regional transit, City budget and finance issues, and general urban planning issues. Specific issues include the Central Waterfront Project, University of Washington Southwest Campus Plan, Seattle Commons, civic center planning, and South Lake Union Plan. The records also reflect Choe's involvement in the Korean-American Political Conference and the Asian Youth-at-Risk...
Dates: 1986-1999

Sherry Harris Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4633-02
Scope and Contents note

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.



Dates: 1973-1995; 1992-1995

Nick Licata Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4650-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, staff reports, and notes regarding issues of note during Licata's 18-year tenure on City Council. Primary issue areas include civil rights, parks and recreation, transportation, cultural events and resources, and social welfare concerns. Transportation-related topics in the records include the monorail, the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement, Sound Transit light rail planning, pedestrian safety, and streetcars. Other records in the series cover planning for the...
Dates: 1979-2015; Majority of material found within 1998-2015

Clarence Massart Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4653-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1957-1968

Floyd C. Miller Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4658-01
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1962-1969

Margaret Pageler Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4667-02
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,...
Dates: 1987-2003

Tina Podlodowski Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4670-02
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1986-1999

Alfred R. Rochester Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4678-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1945-1956

Heidi Wills Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4695-02
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1999-2004

Richard Conlin Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4621-02
Scope and Contents note Conlin's subject files include correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and other materials relating to policy and budget issues that came before City Council during his tenure. Most of the records reflect his work as chair of committees and his personal interests, especially in the areas of neighborhood planning, parks development, environmental issues, food and hunger issues, solid waste reduction, and transportation. The records are particularly rich on subjects such as waterfront...
Dates: 1993-2013

Richard McIver Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4654-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and other materials reflecting McIver’s interests and work on City Council, especially issues that came before the committees he chaired and those on which he served. Although the records touch on all issues that came before the Council during his tenure, the largest grouping of records relates to transportation issues, housing and neighborhood development, fair extension of social services, police accountability, and race and social justice...
Dates: 1996-2009

Tim Hill Subject Files and Committee Records

 Series
Identifier: 4637-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1973-1979

Phyllis Lamphere Subject Files I

 Series
Identifier: 4648-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1968-1978

Taxi, For-Hire, and Limousine Regulations Committee Records

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 4616-07
Abstract

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

Dates: 2013-2014

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Seattle (Wash.) 138
Seattle 131
Transportation 18
Housing 15
Housing -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 13
Parks -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 13
Public Utilities 13
Parks 12
Public safety -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 12
Zoning 12
Civil Rights 11
Monorail System 11
Cable Television 9
Land Use Planning 9
Traffic 9
Alaskan Way Viaduct (Seattle, Wash.) 8
Energy -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 8
Historic preservation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 8
Homeless 8
Magnuson Park 8
Parks for dogs -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 8
Solid Waste 8
Transportation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 8
Bicycles and bicycling -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 7
Civil rights -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 7
Comprehensive Plan 7
Labor Relations 7
Neighborhood planning -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 7
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 7
City planning 6
Convention Center 6
Data processing -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 6
Disabled Persons 6
Discrimination in housing -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 6
Economic Development 6
Fort Lawton 6
Land use -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 6
Low-Income Housing 6
Mass Transit 6
Monorail railroads -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 6
Pike Place Market 6
SAFECO Field (Seattle, Wash.) 6
Seattle (Wash.) -- Politics and government 6
Taxicabs 6
West Seattle Bridge (Seattle, Wash.) 6
Affordable Housing 5
African Americans 5
Aged 5
Benaroya Hall (Seattle, Wash.) 5
City planning -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 5
Education 5
Environmental policy -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 5
Forward Thrust 5
Homelessness -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 5
KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.) 5
Light Rail Transit 5
Pike Plaza Redevelopment Project 5
South Lake Union (Seattle, Wash.) 5
Taxicabs -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 5
Transportation -- Planning -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 5
Urban Renewal Program 5
Waterfront Streetcar (Seattle, Wash.) 5
Waterfronts -- planning -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 5
Westlake Mall 5
Adult Entertainment 4
Arboretum - Washington Park 4
Burke Gilman Trail (Wash.) 4
Child Care 4
Children -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
City council members -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Code of Ethics 4
Community development, Urban -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Crime Prevention 4
Domestic Violence 4
Energy conservation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Exotic Animals 4
Express highways -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Gambling 4
Government and Politics 4
Gun Control 4
Kingdome (Seattle, Wash.) 4
Neighborhood Plans 4
Open Space Land 4
Parking 4
Pedestrians 4
Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.) 4
Police shootings -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Police-community relations -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Prostitution 4
Public defenders -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Public utilities -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Regional Transportation Planning 4
Regional planning -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
Seattle Commons 4
Seattle Commons (Seattle, Wash.) 4
Shorelands 4
Signs and Billboards 4
Sister Cities 4
Smoking law and legislation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 4
South Lake Union 4