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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Index to Council Resolutions

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1801-11
Scope and Contents note

Index to Resolutions in Series 1890 through Series 1904. This record indexes the bound volumes of Resolutions and is divided into four sections: 1) cross-references Resolution number to volume and page; 2) detailed subject index; 3) broad generic subject index; and 4) index to street improvements. Entries include subject term, resolution number, volume number, and page.

Dates: 1890-1906

Local Improvement District Project Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1804-01
Scope and Contents note

Project files for street, sewer, and other improvements funded by assessments against property benefiting from improvement. Files include specifications, bids, contracts, notices of assessment, bonds, majority petitions, payment statements, affidavits of publication, estimates of cost, certificates of completion, protests against assessments, drawings, and City Council committee reports. Arranged by LID number after 1891 and alphabetically for earlier years.

Dates: 1881-1999

Local Improvement Record

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1804-09
Scope and Contents note

Register of local improvements arranged by LID number. Includes portion of street to be improved, nature of improvement, authorizing ordinance number, estimated cost, amount of bond, total assessment, bid opening and contract award dates, name of contractor, time for completion, and general information regarding assessment rolls and financing bonds.

Dates: 1899-1903

Majority Petitions

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1804-05
Scope and Contents note

Petitions for street improvements containing signatures of sixty percent or more of affected property owners approving of work to be done. Includes report of BPW giving estimate of cost, amount of assessment against property, and total aggregate assessed real estate. Also included are drawings, protest petitions, and City Council committee reports.

Dates: 1903-1947

Gordon S. Clinton Mayoral Records

 Series
Identifier: 5219-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, and studies, financial papers, minutes, speeches, notes and memoranda, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to Clinton's term as mayor. Includes departmental files and correspondence with agencies and individuals outside City government. Arranged alphabetically for each year.

Dates: 1953-1964

Record of Petitions for Street Improvements

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1804-08
Scope and Contents note

Engrossed petitions for street improvements with reports by City Council committees. Includes street name, ordinance number authorizing improvement, petition text, names of petitioners, date, estimated cost as provided by the City Engineer, and certification of majority. Also includes an index by street name to page number of volumes and authorizing ordinance.

Dates: 1892-1906

Norm Rice Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5272-01
Scope and Contents note

Records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and briefing materials to and from City agencies regarding the full range of municipal government activities during Rice's terms as mayor. Topics include municipal facilities, arts and culture, planning, budget and financial issues, and schools and education, among others. Records are arranged chronologically and then by major departments within City government. Constituent correspondence is included in this record series.

Dates: 1990-1997

Transportation Committee Records

 Series
Identifier: 4614-04
Scope and Contents note

Committee calendars including issues under consideration and committee action. Files contain correspondence, personal notes, staff memoranda, testimony, and draft legislation. Records relate to all transportation and traffic issues affecting Seattle and requiring City Council attention.

Dates: 1976-1991

Transportation Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4624-08
Scope and Contents note

Agendas, draft legislation, correspondence, reports, and staff notes relating to traffic and transportation issues referred to the Committee during Drago's tenure as chair.

Dates: 2006-2009