Minutes of three member board established to hear appeals to decisions of the Superintendent of Buildings. Includes appeals of rejected permit applications and required alterations or revisions to plans. The Board also heard appeals for use of new building materials and building methods. The bulk of the minutes are from 1909 to 1931, with minimal records from 1946 and 1971.

Proceedings of Transit Commission meetings.

Proceedings of commission meetings.

Proceedings of Board established in 1951 to encourage employee suggestions that benefit the City. The minutes include a brief description of the suggestion, who submitted it, the department responsible for reporting on its feasibility, whether the suggestion was adopted, the estimated savings involved if adopted, and the award amount for the employee. Minutes from 1951 through 1969 are in bound volumes; minutes from 1970 to 1977 are in folders.

Minutes recording discussions taking place at RIBCO meetings. Issues included budgets and funding, pollution control, solid waste, urban runoff, and water resources management.

Minutes detailing attendees and discussions at meetings of the Safety Coordinating Committee. Subjects covered include defensive driver training, alcohol treatment, first aid kits, accident reports, and fire prevention.

Agendas, meeting minutes, notes and financial statements of Lake City Sewer District. Subjects include sewer district expansion, sewer maintenance, and accounts management.

Minutes and agendas for meetings of the City Planning Commission. The files include correspondence, reports, and other background materials related to the agenda items and discussions at the meetings. For minutes from 1980 and earlier, see record series 1650-01.

Proceedings of Commission meetings including hearings decisions, findings of facts and conclusions read into the record, and policy and procedures decisions. The minutes for 2009 are missing. There are only agendas for 2007 and 2008.

Minutes, agenda, memoranda, task force rosters, discussion papers, reports, and maps related to the work of the Urban Runoff Task Force and the issue of storm water drainage in Seattle. The records address three specific issues: the use of storm water, minimizing erosion and flooding, and the disposal of excess runoff.

Commission minutes, correspondence, reports, studies, newsletters, and reference material relating to the activities of the Human Rights Commission prior to creation of the Human Rights Department.

Newsletters and brochures produced by various City departments and related agencies.

Annual reports, primarily of City agencies, filed with the City Clerk, per City Charter requirement.

Collection of atlases of Seattle published externally.

Proceedings of meetings of boards, commissions, committees, and special task forces. Includes minutes of permanent boards, etc., established by the City Charter and special committees, etc., appointed for a short duration. Does not include minutes of City Council.

Correspondence, memoranda, cost estimates, specifications, agreements and contracts, and maps for non-local improvement district public works projects. Folder titles link to associated legislation. The number of the Resolution, Clerk/Comptroller, Council Bill or Ordinance number can be entered as a search term, if known.

Includes maps with schedule of deeds for Great Northern Railway and maps created by other government agencies. Select objects are viewable in Digital Collections.

Newsletters and other serial publications produced by the zoo. Note that the external newsletter "At The Zoo" is in Series 8600-10.

Brochures and newsletters from Seattle Engineering Department.

Various newsletters and brochures published by the department.

Meeting materials from various short-term and special City Council committees.

Information requests, contracts for supplies, orders for supplies, notices of appointment, and general correspondence relating to the City's water system.

Contracts and agreements with individuals and organizations for services offered through the Model Cities Program. Includes 434 contracts.

Record of monthly expenditures for apparatus, equipment, supplies, maintenance, and services. Includes date; requisition, and voucher order numbers; and amount of order by type of expenditure.

Daily listing of events compiled in a monthly format. Includes cover page with basic information regarding hours, admission, and telephone number for facilities. Schedules include date, time, name of event, location, sponsor, and admission charge. Arranged chronologically.

Compilation of temperature and precipitation data for cities and towns in the State of Washington. Includes averages, highs and lows, daily records, and other pertinent weather information. Also includes average temperature and precipitation maps. Reports were produced by the United States Weather Bureau.

Records from Cathy Moore's office from her time serving on Seattle City Council.

Records from Tammy Morales's office from her time serving on Seattle City Council.

Records from Mosqueda's office during her time serving on Seattle City Council.

Motor Transportation Division annual reports date from 1965 and 1969. They include narrative and statistical information relating to automotive services, communications, and warehousing services.

Proceedings of Municipal Art Commission meetings, 1955-1969.

The Municipal Art Commission Subject Files, 1955-1969, contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, and press clippings relating to the programs, activities, and administration of the Commission.

Records relating to the construction of the Yesler Building.

The Seattle Municipal Code codifies all general ordinances currently in effect. The Code is indexed by subject and arranged by title, chapter, and section. Predecessors to the Municipal Code include numerous compilations of City ordinances published between 1884 and 1938, often organized in subject arrangements. These earlier compilations were referred to variously as General Ordinances or Codes. The Office of the City Clerk maintains an automated, full text index to the Municipal Code.

Annual reports of the Municipal Court of Seattle. Also included are Municipal Traffic Court and Traffic Violations Bureau reports.

Correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to activities of the City's publicly owned golf courses. Includes statistics on rounds of golf played, receipts, rates and fees, and concessions. Also included are photographs, diagrams of courses, material on cooperative arrangements with public school golf teams, course regulations, and policies of the City's recreational golf program.

Records concerning the management of Seattle's municipal golf courses.

Semi-monthly newsletter on local government. Many missing issues. Topics include local government at the city, county and state levels. Coverage of activity in all departments on topics ranging from traffic to elections. The last issue of each year contains an index.

The Municipal Street Railway System annual reports date from 1919 to 1937, although reports for some years are missing. Two reports exist for 1919; the second is a report on the finances of the Municipal Street Railway System by the Comptroller. The reports include financial information (in its first year of operation, the System operated at a loss of 18,000 dollars) and information on routes, including schedule changes and revenue, as well as other operating statistics.

Records from a committee reviewing the municipal street railway system as it faced a large monetary shortfall.

Miscellaneous reports and studies relating to the Municipal Street Railway System including audits, traffic counts, rider volumes, and the 1939 Beeler report on efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Records relating to bonds funding Seattle's municipal transportation system.

Correspondence, legal opinions, and copies of legislation relating to a ten million dollar loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to modernize the Seattle Municipal Street Railway System. The City issued bonds to pay for the loan. The system was reorganized as the Seattle Transit System under the direction of the Seattle Transportation Commission. Included are documents outlining the organization and authority of the Commission.

Records created by Ed Murray's office during his tenure as mayor of Seattle.

Records from various mayoral staffers during Ed Murray's term in office.

Email correspondence from Mayor Ed Murray and his office.

Twenty-nine black and white prints acquired from [daughter of] former Seattle City Light Engineer Dwight Livingston Myers. Prints show construction of Boundary Dam. Also included are several photos of a snow storm in the Boundary Dam/Metalline Falls area during the timeframe of February 1964 through November 14, 1967.

Photographic negatives documenting public works, city employees, and elected officials.

Records relating to planning and administration of Neighbor Appreciation Day events.

Correspondence, working papers, testimony, petitions, reports, and recommendations relating to zoning and mapping of neighborhood commercial areas. Includes four boxes of code, policy, mapping, and publicity files and seven boxes of individual zoning cases arranged by region of the City. Case files include pre-project zoning designation, Mayor's recommendation, Council committee recommendation, and final Council decision.

Correspondence, memoranda, financial statements, grant applications, agreements and maps relating to the Neighborhood Development Program.

Applications to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Records relating to the promotion of farmers markets in Seattle.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and Federal loan materials relating to the rehabilitation of single and multi-family housing units, especially in the central area. These are primarily the files of program coordinator Bill Stalzer.

Plans and resource tools related to neighborhood planning.

Records documenting the administration of Neighborhood Matching Fund grants.

Records regarding Neighborhood Outreach and Development grants from the Neighborhood Matching Fund.

Neighborhood Planning Advisory Committee (NPAC) records contain information regarding committee meetings, projects, and members.

Profiles of Seattle neighborhoods compiled by the Office of Management and Planning for the Neighborhood Planning Office.

Materials compiled by the Neighborhood Planning Office to assist groups in creating neighborhood plans.

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, and other documents related to neighborhood issues that come before the City Council.

Agendas, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation relating to the arts, human rights and discrimination, neighborhood improvement projects, housing, transportation, ethics and elections, and historic landmark preservation. Includes materials on the Seattle Monorail Project (Green Line) and the Downtown Hygiene and Day Center.

Correspondence, memoranda, staff reports, draft legislation, and other materials related to the work of the Neighborhoods Committee during Conlin's tenure as chair.

Monthly publication for City Light employees.

Photograph albums, 1919-1936, illustrating the planning and construction of Gorge and Diablo Dams and their respective power houses on the Skagit River.

Bimonthly newsletter of the ARSCE containing news from city hall, event notices, and information about retirement programs.

News clippings related to zoo events, facilities, animals, and activities. Most are loose clippings, but there are also four scrapbooks. One contains articles primarily from the early 1940s and from the late 1960s. One is of the first Zoo director, Gus Knudson. One contains Seattle Times articles from 1949-1956 written by Byron Fish while he worked for the zoo.

Monthly departmental newsletter.

Sally Clark's newsletters concerning issues related to City business.

Newsletters created by Nick Licata to provide a forum for his opinions and as a means of disseminating information and public policy issues to his constituents. Subjects include all issues that come before the City Council with emphasis on Licata's special areas of interest including parks and recreation, cultural resources and activities, the arts, transportation, and social justice concerns. Includes both "Urban Politics" and "Nick's Notes."

Includes incomplete 1955-2003 run of monthly employee newsletter containing internal departmental news; notices of employee activities, promotions, and retirements; and announcements of Park Department-sponsored events. Also includes other newsletters published by the department for the general public. Most newsletters from the zoo and aquarium are filed separately.

News clippings related to the Police Department.

Newspaper clippings of events and activities at Seattle Center. Arranged chronologically.

This series includes general correspondence from councilmember Judy Nicastro and her Legislative Assistants. It contains a very small amount of internal and external correspondence revolving around the business of the city council the bulk of which was between November and December of 2003.

Agendas, draft legislation, correspondence, staff reports, and other background materials relating to the issues before the Landlord/Tenant and Land Use Committee. In 2002, the committee name was changed back to just the Land Use Committee, although landloard/tenant issues are still part of its jurisdiction.

Correspondence from councilmember Licata's email account.

Records created by the Mayor's Labor Liaison.

Document prepared by the previous mayor to aid Mayor Nickels in his transition to office.

Press releases from Mayor Nickels's office staff concerning issues, events, personnel, funding, and other items related to City business.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other materials relating to City programs and services during the Nickels administration. Records are arranged by year and then grouped by City function: for example, transportation, public safety, economic development, parks, human services, and so on. Major topics covered include environmental issues, the Alaskan Way Viaduct, public utilities, civil rights, neighborhood issues, and Seattle Public Schools.

Ceremonial documents issued by the Mayor honoring individuals and organizations, and celebrating special events. Records include a copy of the proclamation and information about the honoree or the event being celebrated.

Activity reports sent to the Mayor each week from executive department directors. The reports highlight issues needing attention and document progress on departmental projects and goals. Reports are filed chronologically.

Agendas and background materials for the Mayor's weekly meetings with the executive team, which was made up of City department heads.

Agendas and background materials for the Mayor's regular meetings with his senior staff aides.

Charles served as legal counsel to Mayor Nickels. Her records focus largely on police issues and public safety, including racial profiling, police accountability, urban search and rescue, use of firearms and less lethal weapons, emergency preparedness, and marine fire protection. Other topics covered in the records include the Seattle Municipal Court, homelessness, alcohol impact areas, and children and youth issues.

Correspondence from Mayor Nickels' staff.

Records from a board reviewing nightlife legislation in Seattle.

Records from Jane Noland's tenure as Seattle City Councilmember.

Ledger with various fund and assessment information for the sewer district.

Minutes of the meetings of the District's Board of Commissioners. This outlying system was taken over by the City when the northend annexations occurred in the 1950s.

Ledger of benefits and damages for properties within the North Beach Sewer District.

Administrative and subject files relating to construction, financing, maintenance, and policy in the district. Specific topics include waste treatment, railroads, schools, fire protection, and district elections.

Records related to North Greenwood neighborhood improvement projects.

Records documenting the activities of the Northeast District neighborhood coordinator.

Itemized appraisals of real property including structures in the University Addition-Northlake area. Used for documenting neighborhood conditions and for property acquisitions related to the urban renewal program. Four images have been digitized and are included on the digital collections site, linked below.

Records created and received by O'Brien's office during his tenure as Seattle City Councilmember.

Records relating to the Office's projects and issues of concern.

Selections from Seattle Presents: Live concerts at city Hall, audio tours, and other items.

Photographs of public art projects around Seattle, as well as photos supporting artists' applications to be a part of the "In Public: Seattle 1991" project.

Records from the directors of the Office of Arts and Culture.

Correspondence to and from the Office of Cable Communications. Arranged chronologically.

Requests to the City by cable companies for rate increases. Includes correspondence, studies, reports, and notes. Also included are investigations of unauthorized rates being charged between 1976-1980.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and reference materials relating to cable television issues. Includes files and reports from the City's National Telecommunications and Information Administration grant project. Records are primarily from the years Frank Grief was OCC director, but also include materials from the years that the office was part of the Board of Public Works.

The records reflect the Office of Economic Development's participation in the neighborhood planning process in the late 1990s.

Monthly Economic Report newsletter. Also includes brochures produced by the office.

Posters of films and events and banners of the Office of Film and Music dating from 1992 to 2009.

Records documenting the work of this office, which promoted the film and music industry in Seattle.

Digital photos represent community centers, emergency service centers, artists' lofts, mental health facilities, and women's transitional housing.

Electronic correspondence from the Director, including emails, memos, briefings, meeting minutes, project proposals, annual reports, among others.

Records maintained by the Office of Intergovernmental Relations documenting international issues and visitors.

Correspondence, legislation, reports, and speeches organized by City department. Includes materials on the Mayor's Reorganization Project, energy legislation, conservation programs, and the activities of city council committees. Includes one folder of speeches by Mayor Charles Royer.

Records from Seattle's Office of Management and Budget.

Records from a policy unit established within Mayor Murray's office.

Photographs document locations in West Seattle, Sea-Tac, South Seattle, and Lake City where citizens can pay cable bills; Seattle Central Library construction; Marion O. McCaw Hall during construction; Carkeek Environmental Learning Center; Seattle Channel Studio; and the City of Seattle surplus warehouse.

Annual financial reports from the Office of the Comptroller.

Reports include organization charts, a description of administration and process, and case highlights for the year.

Photographs of mayoral programs and conferences.

Oversized portraits of seven past City Treasurers. Includes two photographs of Lloyd Hara and one undated 8x10 photograph of the Treasurer's employees. Includes: Hara, Lloyd ; Collier, Herbert L. ; Culver, G.H. ; Eldred, Preston F. ; Lorentzen, Ed ; Terry, Edward L. ; Kelly, John W.

Newspaper clippings presumably collected by the Office of Treasury regarding treasurer elections and related events and activites, as well as some unrelated events. Also included are clipipngs relating to meter maids, who worked in the Treasurer's Office beginning in 1957. One group photograph of meter maids from 1964 and a few pieces of miscellaneous textual documents are included as well.

Materials documenting projects and concerns of the Office of Urban Conservation, a City of Seattle historic preservation agency.

Records documenting Seattle's voluntary affirmative action plan for increasing the number of women in City employment.

The annual reports include program overviews, Affirmative Action activities, enforcement activities of the Fair Employment Practices Ordinance, and a description of the activities of the Women's Commission.

Records (1974-1980) relating to monitoring of the Seattle Fire Department's pre-recruit training program for prospective women fire fighters.

Petitions and recommendations for and designations of official names or name changes for streets, parks and playgrounds, public buildings, and bridges in Seattle.

Newspaper clippings of published ordinances and resolutions, mayoral vetoes, election returns, official notices, and other city business. Of particular interest is a published registration list of legal voters in Seattle by ward and precinct for the 1892 election.

Constituent correspondence and collected subject files. Letters from April 2015 are addressed to Clark and then to Okamoto. Replies are not collected with these constituent letters.

Subject files include materials related to the committees that Okamoto served on: Education and Governance; Energy; Housing Affordability, Human Services and Economic Resiliency; Planning, Land Use and Sustainability; and Select Committee on Housing Affordability.

Sixty seven copy prints of Olmsted Brothers from the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site of parks projects in Seattle desposited at SMA by Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks. Prints have been digitized and added to the Photograph Index for online access.

Records from the committee during Conlin's tenure as chair.

Records of a citizens' committee which recommended areas for acquisition by the city.

Records documenting the Seattle Parks Department's Open Space Program.

Monthly list of operating expenses including small stores, feed, harness repair, chemicals, fuel, drugs and medicine, etc. Arranged by engine company.

Brief abstracts of ordinances relating to Water and Lighting Departments. Includes ordinance number, date and summary. Covers ordinances 487 to 22011.

This card file lists all legislative action which amends, supercedes, repeals, or in some other way affects an ordinance. It is not a true index as the cards are arranged by ordinance number. This index has been superceded by the City Clerk's automated ordinance index.

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, and financial records relating to the WPA Project (#201) to codify Seattle City ordinances.

These cards list ordinances in numerical order with a short title, Council Bill number, and date approved. Information is sketchy between 1883-1910. Included are some entries from Ballard, Columbia City, and Georgetown.

Permanent laws of the City passed by City Council and signed by the Mayor. Includes ordinance number, title, text, date passed, and signatures. In some instances, background correspondence and affidavits of publication are filed in the ordinance jackets. Most ordinances from number 1 to 254 are not extant. Ordinances 255 to 1068 are found in bound volumes. All other ordinances are microfiched and hardcopy is arranged numerically in boxes.

Records from Pacheco's tenure on City Council.

The Pacific Science Center began as the Science Pavilion during Seattle's 1962 World's Fair, and became a science museum after the fair concluded.The Foundation, made up of community members, oversaw the activities of the museum. Meeting minutes cover topics such as exhibits, finances, awards, membership, and programs and events.

This series includes general correspondence from councilmember Margaret Pageler and her Legislative Assistants. It contains internal and external correspondence revolving around the business of the city council.

Committee meeting records maintained by Benson during his tenure as committee chair. Includes committee calendars with roster of issues and action taken, staff memoranda, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation relating to parks and recreation, and community oriented social services.

Committee calendars, correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and draft legislation relating to City parks, recreation, community centers, festivals, and the arts. Arranged chronologically.

Records documenting the work of the Parks and Green Spaces Levy Citizens' Advisory Committee.

Agendas and background materials for committee discussions of topics related to parks, community centers, Woodland Park Zoo, the Seattle Aquarium, and neighborhood issues.

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, and draft legislation related to the City's parks system and publicly owned lands.

Committee calendars, correspondence, staff notes, reports, and draft legislation relating to City parks and public grounds. Arranged chronologically.

Records of the committee during Bagshaw's tenure as chair.

Agendas, draft legislation, background information, and reports covering issues before the committee, including Seattle Center master plan, Parks and Green Space Levy, Magnuson Park, Bell Street Park Boulevard, historic preservation, the Museum of History and Industry, and the Seattle Aquarium. Discussion of the use of surveillance cameras in city parks, among other topics, is included.

Register of labor and materials used to complete construction and improvement projects for the Parks Department.

Maps and drawings created primarily by the Olmsted Brothers, and also by the Seattle Parks Department. The maps illustrate work of the Olmsted Brothers on various parks in Seattle, including Greenlake, Volunteer Park, Woodland Park, Schmitz Park and Hiawatha playfield. Grading, planting, trails and roads are some of the characteristics included on the maps.

Records relating to Mayor Nickels' proposed ban on firearms in city parks.

Committee meeting records maintained by Sue Donaldson during her tenure as committee chair. Includes meeting agendas with schedules of issues and actions taken, staff memoranda, reports, correspondence, and draft legislation relating to parks, recreation, and community oriented social services.

Records of the committee during Juarez's term as chair.

Two volumes documenting cracks in pavements on Seattle city streets.

Correspondence, memoranda, and reports from the Superintendent of Streets to paving contractors, businesses, and individuals regarding maintenance and repair of streets and sidewalks. Mostly routine orders to repair. Also includes lists of Independent Asphalt Paving Company contracts, report of construction and operation of the Municipal Asphalt Plant, and information regarding City assumption of paving contracts.

Payroll record for all City departments and offices. Includes employee name, department, occupation or job title, pay rate, amount paid, deductions, balance due, and warrant number. This series has been sampled by accessioning every tenth year.

Payroll register for the Civilian Protection Division including employee name, occupation, pay rate, amount paid, deductions, balance, and warrant number.

Departmental payroll and general expenses. Payroll includes name, job title, pay rate, and amount paid. General expense categories include salaries, supplies, type of service, horses, and materials.

Photographs from Pedersen's office during his term on Seattle City Council.

Records from Pedersen's office during his term on Seattle City Council.

Records documenting the People's Academy for Community Engagement (PACE).

Chronological record of alarms and subsequent actions taken at the fire sites. Information provided for each fire: date of alarm, time alarm received, engine companies responded, distance traveled to fire, amount of time at site, feet of hose laid, feet of ladder raised, gallons of chemicals used, casualties, and remarks. Includes monthly tallies.

Committee calendars, correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and legislation relating to personnel reclassifications, sale of surplus property, affirmative action, fair employment practices, open housing, collective bargaining, and police intelligence gathering. Arranged chronologically.

Content includes images from the Training and Development Division, Service Awards for 35 years and 20 years of service as a City employee.

Records from the Personnel Director for the City of Seattle.

Agendas, work plans, correspondence, staff reports, and other materials related to personnel and performance issues brought before the committee.

Summary and index to department personnel files. Includes demographic data on employees and brief notes on personnel actions.

Video collected by Councilmember Steinbrueck’s office.

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.

Minutes and agendas of the Pike Place Market Historical Commission.

Records from litigation over legal title to eleven historic buildings in Pike Place Market.

Records of the public corporation responsible for managing the Pike Place Market.

Records of the public corporation responsible for managing the Pike Place Market.

Records of the public corporation responsible for managing the Pike Place Market.

Monthly reports of progress on a large renovation project for Pike Place Market.

Photographic prints and slides relating to the Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington.

Records documenting businesses in the Pike Place Market during the period when urban renewal plans were being contemplated.

Records of a project to make public improvements to Seattle's Pike Place Market.

Engineering reports for Pike Place Market buildings as part of a planned redevelopment project.

Correspondence, reports, and reference copies of legislation relating to the administration of the Pioneer Square Historic District. These are records generated while Arthur Skolnik was district manager.

Correspondence, reports, notes, and memoranda relating to the development and management of the Pioneer Square Historic District. Two-thirds of the series consists of newspaper clippings, including copies of the Pioneer Square Gazette. Of particular interest are reports and correspondence from 1952-1954 that include the initial proposals for the preservation of Pioneer Square.

Minutes and agendas documenting regular and special meetings of the various boards overseeing the Pioneer Square Preservation District.

Comprehensive plan for the City prepared by Virgil C. Bogue, an engineering consultant from New York. Also known as the Bogue Plan, it recommended replanning along European boulevard lines, improved transportation system, adoption of the Olmsted Brothers parks plan, relocation of the Civic Center, and development of the Port of Seattle. Approved 18-3 by the Commission, the plan was rejected by Seattle voters in 1912.

Hearing Examiner records related to citizen appeals of planned unit developments.

Applications, correspondence, plan reviews, staff analysis, recommendations, and other materials relating to the development of housing units for the Planning Commission's Planned Unit Development Program.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, grant applications, and studies relating to the Commission's planning function with the greatest emphasis on zoning and central area planning. This series was the City Planning Commission's central file.

Agendas of Planning and Urban Development Committee.

Early Planning Commission reports address implications of population growth and zoning issues. Post-World War II reports focus on comprehensive planning programs, transportation planning, and density issues.

Planning Commission Photographs depict Seattle neighborhoods, roads, parks, and marinas; also included are photographs of display materials and photographs related to land use.

Records of the Planning Commission from after the 1980 reorganization.

Collection documents Department of Planning and Development efforts to protect trees and plant life.

Records of the committee during Richard Conlin's tenure as chair.

Records of the committee during Johnson's term as chair.

Records of the committee during Pacheco's term as chair.

Agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, correspondence, notes, and other background materials related to Clark's tenure as committee chair. Topics discussed include zoning, historic preservation, multifamily code, neighborhood planning and development, comprehensive plan updates, backyard cottages, and the stadium north lot development.

Records from the 2014 Planning, Land Use & Sustainability Committee meetings. Includes discussion on land use and rezoning, micro-housing, and workforce housing among many other topics. Supporting documents include reports, public statements, and printed presentations.

Plat books consisting of plats reduced to 12"x12" format. Includes drawings of platted lands, name of plat, an explanation of plat, and certification of filing. Plats are for additions to the City, subdivisions, and condominiums. Available for use in the research area. Some volumes contain indexes.

Newspaper clippings and typed reports of sports and recreational activities sponsored by the Parks Department at its playgrounds and playfields, and in its fieldhouses.

Records relating to the 2007 Mayor's Police Accountability Review Panel.

Records and information related to the process of selecting a new Seattle Police Chief during Mayor Mike McGinn's administration.

Records relating to Seattle's search for a new police chief in 1946.

Chronological file of all documents signed by the Chief or Acting Chief.

Audio recordings of police radio activity during the WTO protests in Seattle. Recordings were created by the Seattle Police Department.

Videotape from the Seattle Police Department.

Photographs, mostly group portraits, of various officers and patrols of the Seattle Police Department.

Files collected on various topics by Police Department staff.

Seattle Police Department reports pertaining to compliance with Ordinance #108333.

The Police Pension Board was responsible for oversight of the Police Relief and Pension Fund, which was established by ordinance in 1909. Minutes document topics discussed and detail attendance by board members and staff. Board business primarily concerned consideration of specific claims, but also covered some policy issues such as Medicare, alcohol treatment, hearing aids, and health insurance coverage.

Materials relating to the activities of the Police Precinct Task Force, appointed in 1978 to select the sites of three new police stations.

Annual reports from the board overseeing police pensions.

Compilations of policy resolutions and actions.

Memoranda outlining policies and procedures of the Civil Service Department. Includes a policy handbook and log of memoranda. Records predate the reorganization of the City's personnel function.

Reports, correspondence, and staff notes regarding the policy planning process. A 1977 Resolution established a collaborative process by which the Mayor and City Council would develop agreed upon policies. The Agendas were devised as two-year documents that were updated annually. The process created a policy catalog and index to policies to be accessible to the public and City officials.

Summaries of Commission policies extracted from Commission minutes.

Official and personal records from Allan Pomeroy, mayor of Seattle from 1952 to 1956.

Population studies, statistics, and census data primarily for Seattle and the metropolitan area. Includes reports on population of cities and towns in Washington State, population and housing trends in Seattle, and of special interest, the official census of the Town of West Seattle in 1907.

Monthly reports of the Port Warden, 1900-1938.

Report from a committee formed to prepare plans for public works projects to be undertaken following World War II.

Postcards collected from a variety of sources. Primarily of Seattle locations, postcards from other states and other countries are also included. Photographic, lithographic, and other types of postcards are included. The majority of postcards are 3x5" but larger ones are included in the collection.

Promotional posters for the Bumbershoot Festival. Not all inclusive years are represented. Duplicates exist for 1984, 1987, and 1992, with triplicates for 1988.

Promotional posters for festivals and exhibits sponsored on City-owned property including the Bumbershoot Festival and Public Art Space exhibitions. Flyers of public art and culture walking maps for Downtown and the University District are cataloged separately in the Map Index.

Records of a Seattle visual arts school and studio.

Press releases issued by the Department of Neighborhoods.

Press releases concerning programs and activities at the Seattle Center.

Drawings, correspondence, copies of legislation, certificates of completion, estimates, and agreements relating to private agencies granted contracts to develop areas at their own expense. Arranged by street or plat description. Folder titles link to associated legislation. The number of the Resolution, Clerk/Comptroller, Council Bill or Ordinance number can be entered as a search term, if known.