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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.

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An ordinance providing for the improvement of alley in Block 24 of the Plat of South Park between Donovan Avenue and Sunset Avenue, Washington Boulevard and Eighth Street by filling same with rock, and providing for the assessment of the expense therefor, and authorizing the Clerk to advertise for bids to do the same.

Abstract An ordinance providing for the improvement of Washington Boulevard from the south margin of Cloverdale (Ave.) to the alley between Donovan and Sunset (Ave.), also Sixth Street from the north margin of Cloverdale to the north side of the street so called County Road, opposite Block 4 in South Park, also said street or so-called County Road going west from the county line, also Valley Road from the east margin of Tenth Street 250 feet or more southeast on Valley Road, by grading, draining and...

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An Ordinance providing for an appropriation of Two Hundred Fifty $250.00 from the General Fund of the City of Georgetown to be given to the Duwamish River Improvement Club, a corporation, for the purpose of widening, deepening and straightening the Duwamish River, in order that it may be made into a commercial waterway.

Scope and Contents note Correspondence with city departments regarding departmental activities and programs. Records document ongoing operations as well as specific issues and events. A large portion of the records relate to the Department of Community Development and document the city's work on urban renewal, housing, neighborhood improvement, and historic preservation. Records relating to City Light deal with issues ranging from nuclear power to rates to discrimination against female and minority employees....

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Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and reference materials relating to Benson and topics of particular interest to him. Major subjects include parks and recreation, traffic and transportation, and the Westlake Mall Project, the Downtown Seattle Transit Project, the University District Transportation Program, the Waterfront Streetcar, gun control, land use, and solid waste disposal.