Sue Donaldson Subject Files

Series

Identifier: 4623-02

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and press clippings relating especially to land use issues and parks and recreation. Subjects include historic preservation, open spaces, shoreline park improvements, helicopters and helistop regulations, accessory housing, multi-family zoning, quasi-judicial issues, encroachment on Parks Department property, and environmentally critical areas. Also included are utility issues such as telecommunications, water quality, the Tolt River Filtration Plant, Cedar River conservation, and the 1992 water shortage. Other issues reflected in this series are neighborhood planning, comprehensive planning, and children and youth programs and concerns. The historic landmarks related records predate Donaldson's tenure on the City Council.

Dates

Creation: 1974-1999

Creator

Donaldson, Sue (Person)

Conditions Governing Access note

Records are open to the public.

Biographical Note

Sue Donaldson served on City Council from 1990 to 1999. She was appointed in 1990 by the City Council to fill the vacancy created when Norm Rice was elected mayor. She subsequently won a special election in 1990 to fill out the balance of Rice's unexpired term and in 1991 was elected for her first full term. While on City Council, Donaldson chaired the Land Use Committee (1990-1993); and Public Grounds, and Recreation Committee (1994-1999. She was Council President from 1998-1999. Donaldson earned her bachelor's degree from Harvard and a law degree from the University of Washington. She worked for Seattle law firm, Perkins Coie, in property law before joining the City Council. After leaving the City Council, Donaldson ran a public policy forum and taught courses in law and public affairs at the University of Washington.