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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Local Improvement Districts

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

Adjudication Committee Minutes

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 5200-01
Scope and Contents note

Proceedings of a three member committee hearing protests, claims, and offers regarding adjustments of assessment taxes for local improvements. Includes meeting minutes, resolutions, and determinations.

Dates: 1892-1911

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

Cedar River Water Supply System #2 Correspondence

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8203-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence of the assistant City Engineer relating to improvements, construction, and extension of the Seattle water supply system.

Dates: 1907-1911

City of Ballard City Clerk's Files

 Series
Identifier: 9106-03
Scope and Contents note Administrative records of Ballard filed with the City Clerk. Materials include audits, bids and proposals, financial statements, city officials' reports, contracts and bonds, political party nomination records, franchises, oaths of office, petitions, resolutions, specifications, and correspondence. Of particular interest are records relating to the city water system contracted from Seattle, local improvements, service franchises, election materials, activities of the West Coast Improvement...
Dates: 1890-1907

City of Ballard Local Improvement District Records

 Series
Identifier: 9106-06
Scope and Contents note

Official files on local street and sewer improvements. Includes assessment rolls, majority petitions, bids, bonds, contracts, work completed, estimates, City Council reports, assessment collection statements, and hearing determinations. Arranged alphabetically by street and numerically by district.

Dates: 1891-1907

City of Georgetown City Clerk's Files

 Series
Identifier: 9123-03
Scope and Contents note

Administrative records of Georgetown filed with the City Clerk. Includes bids and proposals, specifications, correspondence, city officials' reports, franchises, petitions, and oaths of office. The bulk of records relate to local improvements, extension of city services, and franchise administration.

Dates: 1904-1910

City of West Seattle City Clerk's Files

 Series
Identifier: 9190-03
Scope and Contents note

Administrative records of West Seattle filed with the City Clerk. Includes contracts, bonds, correspondence, city officials' reports, franchises, oaths of office, petitions, resolutions, and bids and proposals. Filed alphabetically by subject or record type.

Dates: 1902-1907

City of Columbia City Clerk's Files

 Series
Identifier: 9112-03
Scope and Contents note Administrative records of the City of Columbia filed with the City Clerk. They cover the period from incorporation in 1893 to annexation in 1907 with a few records relating to completion of local improvements in 1913. Materials include Council resolutions, committee reports, City Attorney opinions, contracts, correspondence, franchises, city officials' reports, local improvement district bonds, mayor's messages, oaths of office, petitions, ordinances, bonds, and bills and receipts. Arranged...
Dates: 1893-1913

City of Columbia Local Improvement District Records

 Series
Identifier: 9112-06
Scope and Contents note

Majority petitions, assessment rolls, collection receipts, affidavits of publication, contracts, bonds, cost estimates, and work completed reports relating to local street and sewer improvements. Arranged numerically by district.

Dates: 1904-1907

Law Department Correspondence (Series II)

 Series
Identifier: 4401-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.



Dates: 1939-1977

Town of Columbia Delinquent Assessment Rolls

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8003-04
Scope and Contents note

Roll of delinquent assessments for local improvement districts created by Town of Columbia Ordinances 29, 31, 32. Includes property description, owner, frontage feet, per foot assessment, total cost, penalty interest, total delinquent charge, amount and date paid, and special notes.

Dates: 1893-1907

South Park Delinquent Local Improvement Assessment Rolls

 Series
Identifier: 8003-03
Scope and Contents note

Delinquent assessment roll for local improvement districts in South Park. Includes property description, owner name, frontage feet, assessment, penalties and interest, total due, date paid and name of payee.

Dates: 1904

Horowitz, Donald v. City, 1974-1974

 File — Box 18, Folder: 5

Index Clerk's Record of Local Improvement Rolls Received

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8003-05
Scope and Contents note

Register of all local improvement assessment rolls received by the Office of the Treasurer. Includes district number, ordinance number authorizing improvement, street name, nature of improvement, installment date, length of time for bond, percent, volume and page number, and date received. Arranged by district number.

Dates: 1892-1952

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 Index Cards

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0603-07
Abstract

Cards indexing local improvement district projects by street.

Dates: circa 1891-1992

Local Improvement District Index Cards

 Series
Identifier: 8003-02
Scope and Contents note

These index cards are arranged in two ways. Cards filed by LID number include enabling ordinance number, street name, consolidated ledger and warrant register volume numbers, date of bond issuance, assessment roll volume and folio, and type of improvement. Cards containing the same information are also filed by street name.

Dates: 1891-1930

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 Letterpress Books

 Series
Identifier: 2608-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, bid sheets, reports on majority petitions, notices to commence work, and completion notices relating to local improvements. Arranged chronologically.



Dates: 1900-1931

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
Identifier: 2615-03
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, petitions, specifications, bids, estimates of work completed, bond rate tables, drawings, and photographs of improvement projects funded through local property owner assessments. Projects include street and sidewalk paving, sanitary and storm sewers, water mains, and other improvements that benefit property within a specific district. Arranged numerically by LID number. Folder titles link to associated legislation. The number of the Resolution, Clerk/Comptroller, Council Bill...
Dates: 1894-1985

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

Thymian, Richard v. City, 1966-1966

 File — Box 7, Folder: 1
Dates: Other: 1966

Town of South Park City Clerk's Files

 Series
Identifier: 9174-03
Scope and Contents note

Administrative records of South Park filed with the City Clerk. Materials include contracts, claims, bonds, correspondence, city officials' reports, oaths of office, petitions, and tax statements. Records relate to local improvements, franchise operations, elections, and licensing of saloons and sporting exhibitions.

Dates: 1902-1907