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Abel Pacheco Electronic Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 4668-01

Scope and Contents Note

Email correspondence from City councilmember Abel Pacheco's tenure at city councilmember. This series includes the councilmember's correspondence as well as staff accounts with many topics related to the committees Pacheco chaired which included Planning, Land Use, and Zoning; Sustainability and Transportation; and Gender Equity, Safe Communities, New Americans, and Education committees. Constituent correspondence spans a wide range of subjects of concern to citizens, especially homelessness and homeless encampments, public safety, ride-share programs, public transportation, infrastructure and technology.

Dates

  • Creation: April 2019 - November 2019

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Records are open to the public.

Conditions Governing Use

Records are available for use onsite through ePADD software in the SMA reading room.

Historical Note

Abel Pacheco served Northeast Seattle's District 4 as an appointed city council from April to November of 2019. Pacheco graduated with his BA degree in Political Science from California State University, Northridge in 2010 then went on to earn his Masters in Public Administration with Emphasis on Leadership, Management, and Decision-Making from the University of Washington in 2012. From 2015-2019, Pacheco worked with the University of Washington’s Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity, most recently serving as the Director of Strategic Engagement for the UW’s Washington MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) program to increase opportunities for students of color and young women in STEM. During his tenure in office, Pacheco was the chair of the Planning, Land Use, and Zoning Committee, served as vice chair of the Sustainability and Transportation Committee, and served as a member of the Gender Equity, Safe Communities, New Americans, and Education Committee.

Full Extent

12,209 email messages (1.9 GB)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Electronic correspondence from City Councilmember Abel Pacheco's tenure.

Existence and Location of Copies

Related Materials

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

Separated Materials

Attorney-client privileged materials have been separated.

Location of Records

SMA

Author
Allison Gale
Date
2021-08-06
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Repository Details

Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository

Contact:
PO Box 94728
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
Seattle 98124-4728 USA US