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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Local Improvement Districts

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Assessment Roll Index

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1804-07
Scope and Contents note

Index to Treasurer's Local Improvement District assessment rolls including districts for the annexed cities. Contains alphabetical listing of street or addition, district number, ordinance, and assessment roll volume number.

Dates: 1891-1911

Index to Local Improvements

 Series — Box 0
Identifier: 1804-10
Abstract

Register of local improvement districts arranged by street name.

Dates: 1890-1911

Local Improvement District Indexes

 Series
Identifier: 1804-02
Scope and Contents note

One volume indexes LIDs 1-2178 alphabetically by street name and numerically for numbered streets. It provides the LID number and a description of the improvement. The second volume indexes LIDs 1-2333 and refers to the volume and page number of the City Council minutes in which the respective LID is mentioned. Also see the streets index in the Ordinance/Resolution Card Index.

Dates: 1891-1910

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 District Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1802-M6
Abstract

Records relating to the administration of local improvement districts in Seattle.

Dates: 1895-1962

Local Improvement District Records (Series I)

 Series
Identifier: 1804-A1
Abstract

Records pertaining to small public works projects funded by assessments against the property that benefits from the improvement.

Dates: 1882-1900; 1882-1891

Local Improvement District Tracking Cards

 Series
Identifier: 1804-04
Scope and Contents note

Since 1966, cards include LID number; site of and type of improvement; all resolutions, ordinances, and comptroller files relating to the LID; and date of assessment roll filing. Arranged numerically.

Dates: 1891-1988

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

Local Improvement Register

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1804-03
Scope and Contents note

This numerical listing of LIDs includes LID number, street value, and approving ordinance and resolution numbers.

Dates: 1891-1966

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

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

R.F. Stewart Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 1810-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence relating primarily to Council support functions of the City Clerk. The bulk of the material is outgoing correspondence reporting on actions taken by City Council. Principal correspondents include the Board of Public Works, City Comptroller, Corporation Counsel, and Reginald H. Thomson, then City Engineer.

Dates: 1894-1896