Select Committee Records

Series — Box: 1

Identifier: 4642-05

Scope and Contents Note

Agendas, presentation materials, and sign-in sheets for two select committees chaired by Debora Juarez. The Select Committee on Civic Arenas met from 2017 through 2019 and addressed the potential development of Key Arena and a SODO arena. The 2019 Select Committee on the Library Levy examined proposals for a levy for the Seattle Public Library for equipment replacements, earthquake retrofits, and library program funding.

Dates

Creation: 2017-2019

Creator

Juarez, Debora (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Records are open to the public.

Biographical Note

Debora Juarez represented District 5 for two terms on City Council, from 2016 through 2023. An enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation, she was raised on the Puyallup Reservation in Tacoma by her Native American mother and first-generation Mexican-American father. She was the first member of her family to attend college, first at Western Washington University and then the Seattle University School of Law. She worked as a public defender, a judge, and a financial advisor, as well as serving as Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs. On Council, she chaired committees overseeing parks, intergovernmental affairs, and Native communities. She chose not to run for reelection in 2023.

Full Extent

0.4 Cubic Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Records for the Select Committee on the Library Levy for 2019 and and the Select Committee on Civic Arenas for 2017-2019. Both committees were chaired by Debora Juarez.