Sally Clark Subject Files

Series

Identifier: 4616-02

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, memos, and other materials created and collected by Clark and her staff relating to topics under discussion during her time on City Council. Major issues covered include neighborhood planning, land use and zoning, homelessness, minimum wage, farmers markets, taxis and for-hire vehicles, affordable housing, and human services.

Dates

Creation: 2003-2015

Creator

Clark, Sally (Person)

Conditions Governing Use

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

Biographical Note

Sally Clark was appointed to City Council in 2006 to fill the vacancy created by Jim Compton’s resignation. She was subsequently elected to the position at the next special election. She went on to serve on Council until April 2015, when she stepped down to accept the position of director of regional and community relations at the University of Washington.

Prior to her terms as a Councilmember, Clark worked as a print journalist, and later in communications... for the Chicken Soup Brigade. In 1997 she began working for City Councilmember Tina Podlodowski on issues including neighborhood development and public safety. When Podlodowski left office, Clark moved to the City's Department of Neighborhoods, where she worked as Neighborhood Development Manager for southeast Seattle. She later earned a Master's Degree in Public Administration at the University of Washington's Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, and then served as director of community resources at the Lifelong AIDS Alliance before joining City Council.

Clark worked on a range of issues during her terms, including land use, neighborhood planning, a minimum wage increase, zoning, and regulations for taxis and for-hire vehicles. Clark served as Council President from 2012 to 2013.

Extent

15 Cubic Feet (38 boxes)

4334 digital files (1.56 GB)

Language of Materials

English

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Additional Description

Related Materials

Additional materials from Councilmember Clark’s tenure found in City social media accounts and City websites are searchable online through ArchiveSocial and Archive-IT.

Processing Note

CloneSpy was used to filter and log duplicate electronic 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. Files were then logged and transferred using Robocopy to preservation storage.