Benson was elected to City Council in 1974 and served five terms until his retirement in 1994. During the final two years of his tenure he was Council President. He was particularly active in the reestablishment of electric trolleys in Seattle and development of the Waterfront Trolley. He chaired four committees during his incumbency, including Transportation (1974-1977, 1982-1987, and 1990-1991), Recreation and Community Services (1978-1981), Environmental Management (1988-1989), and Labor (1992-1993).

4614-02
Subject Files
1972-1993
24.0 cubic feet

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.

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4614-03
Parks and Community Resources Committee Records
1978-1981
2.2 cubic feet

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.

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4614-04
Transportation Committee Records
1976-1991
5.2 cubic feet

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.

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4614-05
Transportation Subject Files
1972-1987
4.8 cubic feet

Correspondence, reports, studies, committee minutes, news releases, and notes relating to City transportation and traffic issues. The bulk of the records concern reestablishing the electric trolley system and developing the Waterfront Streetcar.

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4614-06
Environmental Management Committee Records
1988-1989
0.8 cubic foot

Agendas, correspondence, draft legislation, staff reports, and notes regarding environmental issues and policies before the committee.

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Sally Clark was appointed to City Council in 2006 to fill the vacancy created by Jim Compton's resignation. She was subsequently elected to the position at the next special election. During her first term, she chaired the Economic Development and Neighborhood Committee. Clark currently chairs the Land Use, Planning, and Neighborhoods Committee. She also serves as vice chair of the Transportation Committee, and is a member of the Finance and Budget Committee. Clark is also a member of the Council's Labor Policy Committee and the King County Board of Health, the Puget Sound Regional Council Growth Management Board, Enterprise Seattle, and the Regional Transit Committee.

4616-03
Economic Development & Neighborhood Committee Records
2006-2007
1.0 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, staff reports, development proposals, public hearing documents, and neighborhood profiles produced during Clark's tenure as committee chair. Includes substantial information and legislation about nightclubs in residential neighborhoods, as well as project funding proposals, loan legislation, and development reports for building an educated workforce, including a national fund for workforce solutions. Also includes drafts for new sections to the City Ethics Code, farmer's markets and neighborhood reports, and council appointment documentation.

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Martha Choe was elected to City Council for the term beginning January 1, 1992, and served to 1999. In September, 1999, a few months before the end of her second term, Choe accepted appointment as director of the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development. During her tenure on the Council, she chaired the Transportation and Economic Development Committee (1992-1995) and the Finance and Budget Committee (1996-1999). She was the first Korean-American to serve on the Council. Choe graduated from Seattle's Roosevelt High School, earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and her MBA degree from Seattle University. Prior to being elected to City Council, she was vice-president for commercial lending, credit administration, and private banking for the Bank of California.

4617-02
Subject Files
1986-1999
15.0 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and recommendations relating to transportation planning, open space, regional transit, City budget and finance issues, and general urban planning issues. Specific issues include the Central Waterfront Project, University of Washington Southwest Campus Plan, Seattle Commons, civic center planning, and South Lake Union Plan. The records also reflect Choe's involvement in the Korean-American Political Conference and the Asian Youth-at-Risk Committee.

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4617-03
Finance and Budget Committee Records
1996-1997
2.4 cubic feet

Agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, correspondence, notes, and other background materials related to financial management and related issues before the Committee.

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Cheryl Chow was elected to City Council for the term beginning January 1, 1990. She unseated long time incumbent City Councilmember Jeanette Williams. During her first term, Chow chaired the Parks and Public Grounds Committee (1990-1993). During her second term, she chaired the Health, Housing, Human Services, Education and Libraries Committee (1994-1997). In 1997, Chow chose not to run for reelection. She ran again for City Council in 1999, but was defeated by Judy Nicastro. Chow is a native of Seattle, the daughter of Ruby Chow, a former King County Councilmember. Prior to her tenure on City Council, Chow was a teacher, principal, and administrator for the Seattle School District. Following her second term on the Council, she served as interim principal at Franklin High School and then at Garfield High School.

4618-02
Subject Files
1988-1995
11.4 cubic feet

Correspondence, reports, studies, and reference materials relating primarily to parks and recreation issues. Major subjects include the Parks Complan, Greenlake, open space, Seattle Center redevelopment, Coliseum/Arena improvements, Seattle Commons, off-leash dog runs, punchboard and pulltab gambling, the Shoreline and Park Improvement Fund, and Sandpoint Naval Station reuse planning.

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4618-03
Parks and Public Grounds Committee Records
1990-1993
2.0 cubic feet

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

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4618-04
Housing, Health, Human Services, Education, and Libraries Committee Records
1994-1997
1.4 cubic foot

Correspondence, memoranda, agendas, and staff reports related to social service, education, and library issues.

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4618-05
Human Development Strategic Planning Ad Hoc Committee Records
1995
0.2 cubic foot

Agendas, staff reports, briefing materials, draft legislation, and work plans for ad hoc committee established to develop a plan for addressing health and safety issues within the context of the 1994 Comprehensive Plan.

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Charlie Chong was elected to City Council in 1996 to fill the vacancy left by Tom Weeks' resignation. Chong served for one year, choosing to run for mayor in 1997, an election he subsequently lost to Paul Schell. While on City Council, Chong chaired the Personnel, Organization and Performance Committee. He received his college education at Georgetown University and served in the Air Force before becoming executive vice-president of a small canning company in Minnesota from 1958-1963. For the next 20 years, Chong was an anti-poverty program employee for the Federal government. Prior to running for City Council, he was retired, but was an outspoken community activitst. Chong also ran for City Council in 1999 and for mayor in 2001, but lost in both elections.

4619-02
Subject Files
1991-1997
10.2 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and newspaper clippings related to issues before the City Council during Chong's tenure. Subjects include Sand Point reuse, the Seahawks Stadium and vote, Comprehensive Plan, off-leash areas, City-wide personnel issues, schools, and various City department policy and reorganization issues.

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4619-03
Personnel, Organization and Performance Committee Records
1996-1997
0.6 cubic foot

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

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4620-02
Subject Files
1995-2006
12.8 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, Council Briefings, and press clippings relating especially to public safety. Major subjects include technology, energy, environment, police, fire, public safety, transportation, libraries, housing, economic development, health, equal rights, the City budget, neighborhoods, water and utilities, land use, parks, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting riots. Also included are files of correspondence with various non-city organizations. The files also reflect work of the 2000 Seattle Chief of Police Search Committee, the 2001 Seattle Fire Chief Search Committee, and the Seattle Police Pension Fund Board.

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4620-03
Public Safety and Technology Committee Records
2000
0.8 cubic foot

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, staff reports, and notes related to public safety concerns and city-wide technology issues.

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4620-04
Utilities and Telecommunications Committee Records
2004-2005
0.8 cubic foot

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, staff reports, and notes related to public utilities, telecommunications, cable franchising, and the Seattle Channel during Compton's tenure as committee chair.

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Richard Conlin was elected to City Council for the term beginning January 1998 and is currently serving his second term. He has chaired the Council's Neighborhoods, Sustainability and Community Development Committee (1998-2001) and the Transportation Committee (2002-present). Prior to his election, he served eleven years as director of the Community and Environment Department of the Seattle Metrocenter YMCA. Since the early 1970s, Conlin has worked and volunteered in a variety of businesses and organizations focusing on energy conservation and sustainability issues.

4621-02
Subject Files
1993-2001
4.4 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and other materials relating primarily to neighborhood planning, zoning, and sustainability issues.  Also includes records concerning the proposed exotic animal ban issue, the Green Party, the Washington State Convention Center expansion, and empowerment zones.

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4621-03
Neighborhoods, Sustainability, and Community Development Committee Records
1998-2001
1.8 cubic feet

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

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4621-04
Transportation Committee Records
2002-2005
3.2 cubic feet

Agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, correspondence, memoranda, and testimony regarding traffic and transportation issues during Conlin's tenure as Committee chair.

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David Della was elected to City Council in 2003 and served until 2007. He chaired the Parks, Neighborhoods and Education Council (2003-2006) and the Parks, Education, Libraries and Labor Committee for 2007. He was defeated by opponent Tim Burgess in his bid for reelection in 2007. Prior to his election, David Della served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Norm Rice, the Director of State's Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs and the Community Affairs Director for United Way of King County. Since the 1970s he has been involved in a variety of labor and civil rights movements.

4622-03
Parks, Education, Libraries and Labor Committee Records
2004-2007
2.4 cubic feet

Committee meeting records maintained by David Della during his tenure as committee chair. The Committee began as the Parks, Education and Neighborhoods Committee, but was renamed in 2007. The subjects covered include parks, public grounds, recreation, community centers, the Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle Center, neighborhood plans, outreach, citizen involvement, workforce development and education activities. Records within the collection include committee calendars with roster of issues, staff memoranda, correspondence, reports and draft legislation.

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Sue Donaldson served on City Council from 1990 to 1999. She was appointed in 1990 by the City Council to fill the vacancy created when Norm Rice was elected mayor. She subsequently won a special election in 1990 to fill out the balance of Rice's unexpired term and in 1991 was elected for her first full term. While on City Council, Donaldson chaired the Land Use Committee (1990-1993); and Public Grounds, and Recreation Committee (1994-1999. She was Council President from 1998-1999. Donaldson earned her bachelor's degree from Harvard and a law degree from the University of Washington. She worked for Seattle law firm, Perkins Coie, in property law before joining the City Council. After leaving the City Council, Donaldson ran a public policy forum and taught courses in law and public affairs at the University of Washington.

4623-02
Subject Files
1974-1999
42.6 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and press clippings relating especially to land use issues and parks and recreation. Subjects include historic preservation, open spaces, shoreline park improvements, helicopters and helistop regulations, accessory housing, multi-family zoning, quasi-judicial issues, encroachment on Parks Department property, and environmentally critical areas. Also included are utility issues such as telecommunications, water quality, the Tolt River Filtration Plant, Cedar River conservation, and the 1992 water shortage. Other issues reflected in this series are neighborhood planning, comprehensive planning, and children and youth programs and concerns. The historic landmarks related records predate Donaldson's tenure on the City Council.

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4623-04
Land Use Committee Agendas
1992-1993
1.4 cubic feet

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, draft legislation, and decisions regarding land use issues including SEPA appeals, rezone petitions, historic preservation controls, Council Conditional Use Applications, and zoning text amendments among others. Arranged chronologically.

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4623-05
Parks, Public Grounds, and Recreation Committee Records
1994-1997
2.4 cubic feet

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.

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4623-06
Government, Education, and Labor Committee Records
1998-1999
0.4 cubic foot

Agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, and notes related to issues before the Government, Education, and Labor Committee.

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4623-07
Joint Seattle School Board/Seattle City Council Committee Records
1998-1999
0.4 cubic foot

Agendas, correspondence, and reports of joint meetings between the City Council and the Seattle School Board. The Committee was established to strengthen the relationship between the City and the School District and to explores areas for building on the existing partnerships between the two. Among the many topics covered are the Families and Education Levy, joint use of school and Parks Department properties, and school-to-work issues.

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Jan Drago was elected to City Council for the term beginning January 1994. During her first two years on the Council, she chaired the Business and Labor Committee (1994-1995). She served as the chair of the Business, Economic and Community Development Committee from 1996-2000. In 2001, Drago assumed the chair of the Finance, Budget and Economic Development Committee. In 1996, she became the first Councilmember since Liem Tuai (1972) to serve as Council President during her first full term in office. Drago was educated at Douglass College, Rutgers University. Prior to joining City Council, she was a school teacher (1973-1978) and a proprietor of a small business (1980-1991).

4624-02
Subject Files
1992-2003
17.2 cubic foot

Correspondence, reports, studies, and other materials related to the Comprehensive Plan, police and fire fighter pensions, labor policy, neighborhood planning, regional transportation, housing issues, off-leash dog runs, and business and economic development.

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4624-03
Business and Labor Committee Records
1994-1995
0.2 cubic foot

Agendas, correspondence, background materials, reports, and draft legislation relating to taxation, grants, public corporations, and a wide variety of business issues.

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4624-04
Business, Economic and Community Development Committee Records
1996-1999
2.8 cubic feet

Committee agendas, correspondence, staff reports, draft legislation, and notes related to issues before the Business, Economic and Community Development Committee.

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4624-05
Finance, Budget and Economic Development Committee Records
2000-2001
1.4 cubic foot

Agendas, correspondence, draft legislation, notes, and other materials related to issues before the City Council's Finance, Budget and Economic Development Committee.

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4624-06
Finance, Budget, Business and Labor Committee Records
2002-2003
1.4 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, staff reports, agendas, draft legislation, and other materials related to municipal finances and business matters that came before the committee during Drago's tenure as chair.

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4624-07
Government Affairs and Labor Committee Records
2004-2005
0.6 cubic foot

Agendas, correspondence, memoranda, staff reports, draft legislation, and other materials related to general government business matters and labor issues that came before the committee during Drago's tenure as chair.

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4624-08
Transportation Committee Records
2006-2007
1.0 cubic foot

Agendas, draft legislation, correspondence, reports, and staff notes relating to traffic and transportation issues referred to the Committee.

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4624-10
Labor-Management Leadership Committee Records
1996-2001
0.8 cubic foot

The Labor-Management Leadership Committee (LMLC) was formed in 1996 to promote communication and cooperation in the delivery of high quality, cost efficient public service to the citizens of Seattle while maintaining a high quality work environment for City employees. The Committee's mission is to enhance understanding of the problems, challenges, and opportunities facing the City and its workforce. Issues tackled by the LMLC include health care cost containment, managed competition, performance measures, collective bargaining, employment security, job flexibility, compensation philosophy, and technology acquisition, among others.

A Labor-Management Task Force was created on April 11, 1996, and engaged in a month-long planning process to develop a charter for an ongoing group. The LMLC was established with representatives from City Council, the Mayor's Office, the Personnel Department, Office of Management and Planning, Police Department, Parks Department, and the various employee unions.

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Virginia Galle served two terms on City Council between 1981 and 1989. The daughter of career Salvation Army officers, she was a librarian and high school English teacher in the Midwest before moving to Seattle. Influenced by the women’s movement, in 1965 Galle went back to school to earn a master’s degree at the University of Washington’s Graduate School of Public Affairs, writing her thesis on King County’s home-rule charter. She began working in the City of Seattle’s new Citizens Service Bureau, an agency which served as a resource for information and a clearinghouse for complaints about the city. Galle worked her way up through the ranks to become the head of the agency. In 1973, she became the first woman department head in Seattle city government when she was appointed director of the Department of Licenses and Consumer Affairs. She eventually was fired from that position by Mayor Wes Uhlman after her aggressive pursuit of companies she perceived to be swindling the public. She served as executive director of the Girl Scouts Totem Council from 1977 until she resigned in 1981 to run for a City Council seat vacated by Randy Revelle. While on the Council, Galle chaired the City Operations and Utilities (1982-1983), Environmental Management (1984-1987), and Finance and Personnel (1988-1989) committees. In 1987, she testified before a U.S. Congressional subcommittee on municipal solid waste issues. She lost her seat to Tom Weeks in the 1989 election. After leaving the Council, Galle worked as a consultant and remained active in community affairs.

4630-02
Subject Files
1982-1989
4.8 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, surveys, newspaper clippings, and other materials relating to Galle’s work on various City Council committees. The largest category of records, Utilities, Water, and Waste Management (2.2 cubic feet), reflects Galle’s extensive work on solid waste issues. One major initiative documented in the files is a proposal to demolish the West Point secondary treatment plant and build a new plant in Interbay. The files contain a large number of citizen comments about this plan. Another key topic is solid waste management, including issues surrounding a proposal to build a mass burn incinerator. Public Safety and Health materials (0.8 cubic feet) focus on the development of smoking policies for City employees. Files chronicle the development of the policy, from recruitment of smoking and non-smoking employees to serve on the Citywide Smoking Policy Development Committee through employee input and legal challenges. The Civil Rights and Education category contains 0.4 cubic feet of material pertaining to domestic partnerships. Files relate to two Council Bills addressing domestic partner benefits and use of sick leave and funeral leave for domestic partners. Materials include correspondence, news clippings, constituent letters, and background information. Materials in the Parks, Recreation and Culture (0.2 cubic feet) category pertain to redevelopment of Seattle Center, including files relating to a proposal from Disney to take over the site. Other categories with smaller amounts of material include Personnel (management compensation and the employee charitable campaign); Finance (budget priorities and the admissions tax); Energy (the City Light customer information system); and Land Use & Urban Development (the Seattle/Kent Good Neighbor Program).

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4630-03
City Operations and Utilities Committee Records
1982-1983
1.0 cubic foot

Committee agendas, voting records, background materials, and draft legislation relating to municipal utilities and other city-wide municipal operations.

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4630-04
Environmental Management Committee Records
1984-1985
1.0 cubic foot

Committee agendas, record of votes, draft legislation, staff reports, and other background material relating to environmental issues.

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4630-05
Finance and Personnel Committee Records
1988-1989
1.0 cubic foot

Committee agendas, record of votes, background material, and draft legislation relating to city finances and personnel issues.

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Jean Godden was first elected to City Council in 2003. During her first term, Godden served as the chair of the Energy and Technology Committee. At the start of her second term Godden became the chair of the Finance and Budget Committee. Prior to her tenure on City Council, Godden graduated from the University of Washington School of Communications and was a long time columnist for both the Seattle Post Intelligencer and the Seattle Times.

4631-03
Energy and Technology Committee
2004-2007
2.0 cubic feet

Committee records maintained by Jean Godden during her tenure as committee chair. These records include committee calendars with rosters of issues, correspondence, reports, presentations and draft legislation relating to Seattle City Light, environmental policy, information technology planning, telecommunications, and the city's website. This committee was formerly known as the Energy and Environmental Policy Committee, but was changed to the Energy and Technology Committee in early 2006.

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Harris served one term on City Council. She unseated incumbent Sam Smith in his bid for a seventh term. During her tenure she served as chair of the Housing, Health, Human Services and Education Committee (1992-1995). She was defeated by John Manning in her bid for reelection in 1995.

4633-02
Subject Files
1973-1995
6.0 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other materials related to education, public safety, land use, housing, and social services issues. Topics include the education summit, joint use of school facilities, domestic partnerships, the Comprehensive Plan, the Housing Levy, public restrooms, Just Cause Eviction Ordinance amendments, and drug traffic loitering. Most of the education material predates Harris' tenure on the City Council.

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4633-03
Housing, Health, Human Services, and Education Committee Records
1993
0.2 cubic feet

Agendas and supporting documents for two committee meetings: September 29 and December 7. Issues include use of mapping applications by City departments, a Housing Affordability Strategy, appointments and oaths of office for commissions and task forces, and other issues related to health and human services.

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Hildt served two terms on Council, 1978-1986, before choosing not to run for reelection. He chaired the Urban Development and Housing Committee (1978-1981), Energy Committee (1982-1985), and two ad hoc committees, Shorelines (1979) and Campaign Financing (1984-1985). His records reflect, in particular, his work on energy related issues.

4636-02
Subject Files
1973-1985
8.8 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and staff notes relating to issues before City Council during Hildt's eight year tenure. Subjects include education, civil right, energy and conservation issues, land use and urban development, housing, economic development, parks, and public health. Specific issues of note that are reflected in Hildt's papers are the Pike Place Market, the Housing Preservation Ordinance, historic preservation, fair employment, and Energy, Ltd. Arranged alphabetically by major issue area.

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4636-05
Urban Development and Housing Committee Records
1980-1981
0.2 cubic foot

Committee agendas, draft legislation, and recorded votes of the Urban Development and Housing Committee, chaired by Hildt.

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Hill served three terms on City Council, 1968-1980. He declined to run for a fourth, choosing instead to run for City Comptroller. While on the Council, Hill chaired several committees including Streets and Sewers (1968-1971), Transportation (1972-1973), Finance (1974-1977, 1979), Labor (1974-1977), Personnel and Property Management (1978-1979), and a special committee on an Ombudsman (1979). Hill's Council records are located at the University of Washington and identified as Accession 3056.

4637-01
Subject Files and Committee Records
1973-1979
16.0 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and draft legislation reflecting Hill's activities and interests on Council. Also includes agendas, reports, and draft legislation of six City Council committees including Finance, Parks and Community Services, Personnel and Property Management, Urban Development and Housing, Transportation, and Labor Relations.

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Paul Kraabel was appointed in 1975 to fill the seat vacated by Bruce Chapman and subsequently won a special election to complete the unexpired term. He served four full terms, retiring at the end of 1991, and was Council President in 1980-1981 and 1990-1991. He chaired six different committees during his tenure including Planning and Urban Development (1975-1977, 1984-1989), Water and Waste Management (1978-1979), Labor (1980-1981, 1990-1991), Land Use (1982-1983), Public Safety (1984-1985), and Business (1990-1991). In 1996, Kraabel was appointed by the City Council to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Tom Weeks. He did not run in the subsequent special election to fill the unexpired term.

4647-02
Subject Files
1969-1996
15.2 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and studies relating particularly to downtown planning, land use and transportation issues. Major topics include senior housing, Interstate-90, Westlake Mall, shoreline planning, the CAP Initiative, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Pioneer Square, Denny Regrade, houseboats, multi-family policies, the West Point Sewage Treatment Plant, Pike Place Market, historic preservation, and general zoning issues.

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4647-05
Planning and Urban Development Committee Records
1976-1977
0.1 cubic foot

Agendas of Planning and Urban Development Committee.

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4647-06
Water and Waste Management Committee Records
1978-1979
0.1 cubic foot

Agendas of the Water and Waste Management Committee.

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Lamphere was elected to Council in 1968 and served until 1978 when she resigned to become director of Region X, United States Economic Development Agency. She chaired the Planning Committee (1968-1971) and the Intergovernmental Relations Committee (1972-1977) and was Council President in 1978. Lamphere's records are located at the University of Washington.

4648-01
Subject Files I
1968-1978
34.0 cubic feet

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. Also includes agendas, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation related to Lamphere's work as chair of the City Council's Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

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4648-02
Subject Files II
1968-1978
20.0 cubic feet

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.

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Nick Licata was elected to the City Council for the term beginning January 1998. During his first term, Licata chaired the Culture, Arts, and Parks Committee. Licata is a long time social and political activist. He was a founder of The Civic Foundation and the Friends of Westlake Park, and he was a member of the first board of directors for the Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program. Licata received his undergraduate training at Bowling Green State University and attained a Master's degree in Sociology from the University of Washington. Prior to his election to City Council, Licata spent 17 years as an insurance broker.

4650-02
Subject Files
1993-2001
20.2 cubic foot

Correspondence, memoranda, staff reports, and notes regarding issues coming before the City Council during Licata's tenure. Primary issue areas include parks and recreation, cultural events and resources, the public library system, and social welfare concerns. The series also includes records related to the Monorail, Pike Place Market and the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting and riots in Seattle.

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4650-03
Culture, Arts, and Parks Committee Records
1998-2000
1.8 cubic feet

Correspondence, draft legislation, reports, notes, and staff analysis related to issues and legislation discussed by the Culture, Arts, and Parks Committee during Licata's tenure as chair.

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4650-04
Urban Politics (Newsletter)
1996-1999
0.2 cubic foot

Newsletter 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. The newsletter was distributed primarily in electronic form.

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John Manning was elected to City Council for the term beginning January 1, 1996, but served only one year. He resigned his position late in 1996 because of personal and legal issues. Prior to his election, Manning served 16 years as a Seattle police officer. He was a sergeant on the force when he ran against and defeated incumbent Councilmember Sherry Harris. Manning chaired the City Council's Transportation Comiittee.

4652-02
Subject Files
1992-1996
4.2 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to issues before the City Council during Manning's tenure. The records reflect his particular interest in transportation, public safety, parks and recreation, youth services, and professional sports.

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4652-03
Transportation Committee Records
1996
0.6 cubic foot

Agendas, correspondence, draft legislation, and staff reports related to legislation and issues discussed by the Transportation Committee.

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Massart served on City Council from 1950 to 1966. He was Council President four consecutive years, 1964-1967. He was a leader in spearheading the adoption of a comprehensive plan for rezoning in 1957 and chaired the Judiciary, Public Safety, and Personnel and Efficiency Committees. Massart's records are located at the University of Washington. They also include some personal papers.

4653-01
Subject Files
1957-1968
3.4 cubic feet

Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and photographs collected by Massart while serving on City Council (1950-1967). Includes materials relating to Metro, Seattle Center, Century 21 Exposition, Pacific Science Center Foundation, and the Port of Seattle. Other subjects include transportation, city finances, housing, alcoholism, sports stadium, human rights, and urban renewal.

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Richard McIver was appointed to City Council to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of John Manning. Instead of running for election to fill the remaining two years of Manning's term, McIver chose to run for the seat vacated by Cheryl Chow who chose not to run for reelection. Since joining the City Council, McIver has chaired the Transportation Committee. McIver was educated at Western Washington University's Fairhaven College. He was employed by the City of Seattle for 16 years in urban renewal and city planning positions, prior to becoming president of a private management consulting firm. Before his appointment to City Council, McIver served as executive director of the Washington Association for Community Economic Development, an association of nonprofit organizations committed to the revitalization of disadvantaged communities.

4654-02
Subject Files
1997-2001
3.6 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other materials related primarily to traffic and transportation issues including records regarding Sound Transit. Other subjects include parks, public health, and expansion of the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.

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4654-03
Transportation Committee Records
1997-2001
2.8 cubic feet

Agendas, draft legislation, correspondence, reports, and staff notes relating to traffic and transportation issues referred to the Committee.

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4654-04
Housing, Human Services, and Community Development Committee Records
2002-2003
0.6 cubic foot

Agendas, draft legislation, correspondence, reports, and notes related to issues before the committee during McIver's tenure as chair.

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4654-05
Finance and Budget Committee Records
2004-2007
1.8 cubic feet

Agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, studies, correspondence, and memoranda related to City finances and budget matters that came before the Committee during McIver's tenure as chair. Arranged chronologically.

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Miller served on City Council from 1956 until 1969 when he was appointed interim Mayor to fill the unexpired term of James Dorm Braman. While on Council, Miller twice served as President, 1962-1963 and 1968-1969. Miller's records are located at the University of Washington.

4658-01
Subject Files
1962-1969
2.0 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to Miller's tenure on City Council and his brief stint as acting mayor.

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Miller was elected to City Council for the term beginning 1972. He served two terms before leaving the Council to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. He replace Phyllis Lamphere as Council President in August 1978 and served in that capacity through 1979. While on Council, Miller chaired the Planning and Urban Development Committee (1972-1973), Parks and Public Grounds Committee (1974-1977), Finance Committee (1978-1979), Labor Committee (1978-1979), and three ad hoc committees: Westlake Project (1978-1979), Campaign Financing (1978-1979), and Annexation (1979).

4659-01
Parks and Public Grounds Committee Records
1977
0.2 cubic foot

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

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Judy Nicastro was elected to City Council for the term beginning January 2000. She chaired the Land Use Committee (formerly Landlord/Tenant and Land Use). Prior to her election she was a renter's rights and affordable housing advocate. She earned a bachelor's degree in Women's Studies and a law degree from the University of Washington (1997).

4661-02
Subject Files
1999-2003
15.8 cubic foot

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and notes relating to issues before the City Council. Subjects include the World Trade Organization meeting and riots, public safety, the Aquarium, exotic animals, playfield lighting, and the Admiral parking garage.

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4661-03
Landlord/Tenant and Land Use Committee Records
2000
0.8 cubic foot

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 Land Use Committee, although landlord/tenant issues are still part of the committee's jurisdiction.

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Jane Noland was a member of the Seattle City Council for 12 years, from 1986 to 1997. During her tenure, she chaired three committees: Housing and Human Services (1986-1989), Public Safety (1988-1991, 1996-1997), and Utilities and Environment (1992-1995). Issues of special importance to Noland during her tenure included utility ratepayer's issues, domestic violence, neighborhood concerns regarding noise and traffic, and child care. Noland was born in Washington DC. She received her Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina, a Master's degree in Public Law and Government in 1965, and a law degree from the University of Puget Sound. Prior to serving on City Council, Noland was legal counsel to the King County Council and was a litigation attorney at Perkins Coie, a Seattle law firm.

4663-02
Subject Files
1983-1997
61.6 cubic feet

The records include correspondence, reports, notes, and memoranda relating to public safety, regional transit planning, housing, and public utilities issues in Seattle. Includes material on the Police Department management study, drugs and alcohol, parks security, adult entertainment zoning, transportation, housing, and local and regional utilities. Utilities issues documented in Noland's records include solid waste management, water rates, and Seattle City Light issues such as customer service, rates, and facilities. Subjects also documented in her records include neighborhood concerns about noise, discussion of the Seattle Commons, the debate over construction of the baseball stadium, and cable communications franchising.

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4663-03
Health and Human Services Committee Records
1986-1988
0.4 cubic foot

Agendas, correspondence, reports, notes, and draft legislation relating to health and human services issues. Most of the records are committee agendas.

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4663-04
Public Safety Committee Agendas
1996-1997
0.2 cubic foot

Agendas of the Public Safety Committee during Noland's tenure as committee chair. Agendas are annotated with committee votes, audio tape information, and some marginal notes, and include some background materials related to issues before the committee.

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4663-05
Utilities and Environmental Management Committee Agendas
1992-1995
0.2 cubic foot

Agendas of the Utilities and Environmental Management Committee during Noland's tenure as committee chair. Agendas are annotated with committee votes, audio tape information, and some marginal notes.

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Margaret Pageler was elected to City Council for the term beginning January 1992, to fill the seat vacated by the retired Paul Kraabel. She chaired the Public Safety Committee (1992-1995) during her first term, and the Utilities and Environmental Management Committee (1996-1999) during her second term. She became City Council President in 2000 and chaired two committees: the Water Resources, Solid Waste and Public Health Committee; and the Legislative Department and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. Pageler was born and raised in China and Taiwan, the daughter of missionaries. She received a law degree from the University of Chicago and practiced utility law for the Seattle law firm, Stoel Rives. Pageler was a Vision Seattle candidate for City Council in three elections prior to winning her first race.

4667-02
Subject Files
1987-2001
44.0 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, studies, staff reports, and newspaper clippings related primarily to public safety and public utilities issues. Major topics include zoning for adult cabarets, drug traffic loitering, fireworks, weed and seed, gun control, police/community relations, internal investigations, specific complaints against the police from the public, electricity rates, Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities management, environmental policies and conservation, water quality, and telecommunications. The series also includes material related to the Comprehensive Plan and zoning.

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4667-03
Utilities and Environmental Management Committee Records
1996-1999
3.2 cubic feet

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, and draft legislation related to the issues and work of the Utilities and Environmental Management Committee.

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4667-04
Public Safety Committee Agendas
1988-1997
1.4 cubic feet

Agendas of the Public Safety Committee meetings, including agendas from Jane Noland's tenure as chair. Includes handwritten notes and annotations regarding votes on proposed legislation and issues before the committee.

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4667-05
Water Resources, Solid Waste, and Public Health Committee Records
2000-2003
3.2 cubic feet

Correspondence, reports, draft legislation, notes, and committee agendas relating to Seattle's water and solid waste utilities, and public health issues in the City and King County.

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4667-06
Legislative Department and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee Records
2000-2001
0.8 cubic foot

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, briefing materials, notes, and staff reports related to the City's relations with other governmental entities, and to internal Legislative Department issues.

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Tina Podlodowski was elected to City Council for the term beginning January 1996. During her single term on the Council, she chaired the Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Planning Committee (1996-1997); Technology and Telecommunications Committee (1996); Technology and Labor Committee (1997); and the Public Safety, Health, and Technology Committee (1998-1999). During her tenure on Council, Podlodowski was also an officer of the Economic Development Council locally; an advisory board member of Women for Health Care, Education, Reform, and Equity; and an executive committee member of the International Network of Gay Lesbian Officials. In 1999, she chose not to run for reelection in order to devote more time to her children. Prior to her election to City Council, Podlodowski worked for Microsoft Corporation where she held a variety of positions, including product manager for Microsoft Word, East Coast corporate sales manager, international marketing manager focusing on Europe and the Far East, and director and general manager of Microsoft University, the corporation's worldwide training program. She also co-founded the Gay and Lesbian Employees at Microsoft, and spearheaded the effort to establish domestic partnership benefits at the company.

4670-02
Subject Files
1986-1999
21.6 cubic feet

The records include correspondence, petitions, proposals, constituent letters, and draft legislation related to economic development, City-wide technology issues, comprehensive planning, labor relations, open space, public safety, sexual minorities, housing, and zoning issues. Specific topics include the Sand Point neighborhood, off-leash areas, cable communications, the Added Activities Ordinance, the Seattle Commons, landslides, Bradner Park, and sports stadiums.

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4670-03
Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Planning Committee Records
1996-1997
0.8 cubic foot

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

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4670-05
Technology and Telecommunications Committee Records
1996
0.2 cubic feet

Agendas, staff reports, correspondence and memoranda related to city-wide technology and telecommunications issues. Subjects include cable franchising, system standards, Channel 28, the Public Access Network, and general technology policy.

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4670-06
Technology and Labor Committee Records
1997
0.8 cubic foot

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, draft legislation, and notes related to labor issues and City-wide technology development and implementation including cable franchising.

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4670-07
Public Safety, Health, and Technology Committee Records
1998-1999
1.6 cubic feet

Agendas, briefing papers, staff reports, draft legislation, and correspondence related to issues before the Public Safety, Health, and Technology Committee.

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Tom Rasmussen was elected to City Council in 2003. During his first term, he served as chair of the Housing, Human Services and Health Committee. Rasmussen was re-elected for the term beginning in 2008. He is currently the chair of the Parks and Seattle Center Committee, the vice chair of the Culture, Civil Rights, Heath and Personnel Committee, and the Labor Policy Committee. Prior to his tenure on City Council, Rasmussen earned a Bachelor's Degree from Pacific Lutheran University, a J.D. from Valparaiso University, and was an aide to former Councilmember Jeanette Williams.

4672-04
Housing, Human Services & Health Committee Records
2004-2007
1.6 cubic feet

Committee meeting records maintained by Tom Rasmussen during his tenure as committee chair. These records include committee calendars with rosters of issues, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation relating to homelessness, child care, aging services, disability services, healthcare and housing.

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Revelle was elected to City Council in 1974 and served until 1981 when he resigned to become King County Executive. He chaired the Public Safety and Health Committee (1974-1977), Energy Committee (1978-1981), and the ad hoc Ombudsman Committee (1980-1981).

4673-02
Subject Files
1973-1981
4.6 cubic feet

Primarily reports, studies, and analysis of electric energy issues. Includes information related to conservation, electric rates, load forecasting, costing and pricing, low income weatherization, Washington Public Power Supply System, and Seattle City Light management. Also included is material on the police intelligence gathering ordinance.

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Rice was elected at a special election in 1978 to fill the seat vacated by Phyllis Lamphere. He served on the Council from 1978 to 1989. During his tenure on the Council he served as chair of the following committees: Personnel and Property Management (1979), Finance (1980-1983), Labor (1984-1985), Intergovernmental Relations (1984-1985), Public Safety (1986-1989), and Energy (1986-1989). He was Council President in 1984-1985. Rice ran for and was elected Mayor in 1989, and served two terms in that position. He was the City's first African-American mayor. Rice was educated at the University of Washington. Prior to his election to City Council, he worked at KOMO-TV News, the Seattle Urban League, the Puget Sound Council of Governments, and Rainier National Bank.

4674-02
Subject Files
1977-1989
19.8 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Rice and his activities and interests on Seattle City Council. Files primarily concern financial management matters, public safety, housing, energy, education, and the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS). Also documented are issues relating to downtown space planning, solid waste, and Interstate-90.

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4674-03
Finance Committee Records
1980-1984
3.0 cubic feet

Records include committee agendas, correspondence, staff reports, and draft legislation relating to the financial management of the City during Rice's tenure as chair of the Finance Committee. Agendas include the legislation and issues under consideration and the committee's actions.

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4674-04
Public Safety Committee Records
1986-1987
1.6 cubic feet

Records include committee agendas, correspondence, staff reports, and draft legislation relating to public safety issues during the first two years that Rice chaired the Public Safety Committee. Agendas include legislation under consideration and action and recommendations by the committee.

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4674-05
Energy Committee Records
1987-1989
1.2 cubic feet

Records include committee agendas, staff reports, correspondence, notes, and draft legislation relating to energy issues during Rice's tenure as chair of the Energy Committee.

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4674-06
Speeches and Statements
1984-1989
0.4 cubic foot

Records include speeches and prepared statements delivered by Rice during his years on City Council. Includes Martin Luther King Jr. Day speeches and mayoral campaign speeches and policy statements.

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Richards served on City Council for one term, 1980-1983. He chaired the Water and Waste Management (1980-1981) and Public Safety (1982-1983) committees. Prior to his Council term, Richards spent two years (1972-1974) as Chief of the Seattle Fire Department.

4675-02
Subject Files
1977-1982
1.3 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and reference materials relating to water and waste issues, and cable television franchises. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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4675-03
Waste and Water Management Committee Records
1980-1981
0.1 cubic feet

Records maintained by Richards as committee chair. Includes committee calendars, agendas, staff briefings, memoranda, and committee votes and recommendations relating to water and waste management issues.

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Rochester was elected to City Council in 1944 and served until 1956. During most of that period, he was the City's official greeter of arriving ships and dignitaries. Rochester's City Council records are a small part of a larger collection of personal papers located at the University of Washington.

4678-01
Subject Files
1945-1956
0.3 cubic foot

Correspondence, speeches and writings, photographs, and newspaper clippings from Rochester's years on City Council. Includes correspondence and advertising from his unsuccessful re-election campaign in 1956.

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4678-02
Scrapbooks
1940-1987
2 volumes

This series is comprised of two scrapbooks compiled by Rochester's daughter, Mary Ellen Rochester. Volume 1 contains newspaper clippings from Rochester's public life, focusing almost exclusively on his years as a City Council member. However, there are a few clippings that pre-date and post-date his tenure on the Council. The second volume is devoted to newspaper clippings commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.

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Sibonga was appointed in 1978 to fill Phyllis Lamphere's seat until a special election was held. She did not run in the special election, but was subsequently elected to Council for the term beginning in 1980. She chose not to stand for reelection in 1992. While on Council she chaired four committees: Personnel and Property Management (1978, 1980-1981), Parks and Community Resources (1982-1983, 1988-1989), Finance (1984-1987, 1990-1991), and Labor (1986-1987).

4681-02
Subject Files
1979-1990
4.4 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, reports, testimony, and notes concerning issues before City Council while Sibonga was a council member. The collection contains a significant volume of materials relating to the Pro Parks levy. This $188 million bond issue would have financed park improvements and acquisitions of land for new parks. The levy appeared on the ballot in 1982 and was defeated. Also documented in Sibonga's files are discussions about the site of the Martha Washington School. When the school closed, the city purchased the property and eventually turned it into a park. Other materials in the collection cover the planning for the new downtown Seattle Art Museum, which opened in 1991, funded by a 1986 levy. Additionally, the materials document Sibonga's work on issues relating to Seattle Center, including redevelopment of the Fun Forest amusement area, as well as the Walt Disney Company's 1988 proposal to revitalize the Center, which was rejected after citizens protested Disney's plans to commercialize the campus and demolish the International Fountain, Center House, and other structures. Other topics covered in the collection include the Seattle Mariners, Japanese-American reparations, the proposed Ackerley Arena, and the Nuclear Freeze Resolution.

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4681-03
Personnel and Property Management Committee Records
1978-1980
2.0 cubic feet

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.

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4681-04
Parks and Community Resources Committee Records
1982-1983, 1989
2.0 cubic feet

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

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4681-05
Finance Committee Records
1984-1985
1.2 cubic feet

Papers of the Finance Committee collected by chairman Dolores Sibonga. Among the subjects regularly addressed by the committee are reviewing departmental annual reports, operating budgets, emergency fund requests and grant applications. In addition it adopts the budgets and investment plans and authorized collective bargaining agreements and payments for at fault accidents involving city vehicles.

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Smith began his tenure on City Council in 1968 after serving in the Washington State Legislature. He was the first African-American to serve on the Council. During his six terms, Smith chaired the Public Safety Committee (1968-1973, 1978-1981), Housing and Human Services Committee (1982-1985), Labor Committee (1988-1989), and the Utilities Committee (1990-1991). He served as Council President in 1974-1977 and 1986-1989.

4682-01
Constituent Correspondence
1989-1991
2.2 cubic feet

General correspondence and responses to and from constituents, covering a wide array of topics. The series generally includes complaints, requests to investigate issues and allegations, invitations, thank you letters, and marketing/lobbying correspondence. Many letters are from individuals and organizations seeking Smith's support for issues that are coming before the City Council, or asking his active support for issues taken up by other jurisdictions.

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4682-02
Subject Files
1977-1991
1.8 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Smith's activities and interests on City Council, especially during his final six years in office. Primary subjects include utilities, public safety, social services, and issues of particular importance to the African-American community.

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4682-03
Departmental Correspondence
1984-1991
3.2 cubic feet

Correspondence to and from City departments and regional agencies, including letters to Smith which he forwarded to relevant departments for their response. The largest body of material relates to utilities, public works, parks, and public safety. The vast majority of the correspondence comprises constituent regarding charges of racial discrimination, complaints against the Seattle Police Department, issues related to utility billing, and the discontinuation of utility services. In some cases, the original correspondence went to another official or directly to a specific department which in turn forwarded a response to Smith because it was felt that he would have a particular interest in the issue, Files are arranged alphabetically by department.

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4682-04
Utility Committee Records
1991
0.4 cubic foot

Correspondence, reports, notes, and agendas of the City Council Utilities Committee. Smith chaired the committee during his final term on City Council.

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Street defeated incumbent Jack Richards for a position on City Council beginning in 1984. His primary focus while on Council was land use and regional growth issues. He served as chair of the Land Use Committee (1984-1989), Education Committee (1988-1989), Growth Policies and Regional Affairs Committee (1990-1995), and was Council President in 1994-1995. He chose not to run for reelection in 1995.

4683-02
Subject Files
1967-1995
14.2 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and staff reports relating primarily to land use and regional planning issues including the downtown plan, neighborhood planning, housing, major institutions and multi-family zoning, economic development, annexations, and the Comprehensive Plan. Also includes material regarding education and the public schools, childcare and youth programs, the Mariners stadium proposal and use of the north Kingdome parking lot, and the Seattle Commons proposal.

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4683-03
Growth Policies and Regional Affairs Committee Records
1990-1995
0.2 cubic foot

Agendas for meetings of committee dealing with regional growth and planning issues. Includes committee votes and cross references to audio tapes of meetings.

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4683-04
Land Use Committee Calendars
1972-1989
0.6 cubic foot

Committee agendas including members present, the short title of legislation being considered, and action taken. Attached to calendars are briefing memoranda from committee staff. For the period covered, the committee was known as Planning and Urban Development, then Urban Development.

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4683-05
Education Committee Records
1986-1989
0.2 cubic foot

Agendas for City Council's Education Committee. Agendas include number and title of legislation, resolutions, and comptroller files.

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Peter Steinbrueck was elected to the City Council for the term beginning January 1998, however he took office in November 1997 to fill a vacancy in the position. During his first term, Steinbrueck chaired the Housing, Human Services, Education and Civil Rights Committee. Steinbrueck is a long-time civic activist. He was one of the leaders of the successful Citizens Alternative Plan initiative campaign to manage growth in downtown Seattle, and he is a co-founder of 1000 Friends of Washington, a group dedicated to reducing urban sprawl and preserving the region's natural resources. Steinbrueck received his Bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College and a Master's in architecture from the University of Washington. Prior to his election to City Council, Steinbrueck had a successful architectural practice specializing in residential design.

4684-02
Subject Files
1993-2001
19.2 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and staff reports relating primarily to low income housing, human services, Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Program, expansion of the Washington State Convention Center, neighborhood planning, and incineration of medical waste. Also includes material regarding civil rights, parks, transportation, the Pacific Place garage, Seattle Center, the monorail, Civic Center development, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle.

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4684-03
Housing, Human Services, Education and Civil Rights Committee Records
1999-2001
2.0 cubic feet

Agendas, correspondence, draft legislation, reports, staff analysis, and notes related to issues before the Housing, Human Services, Education and Civil Rights Committee during Steinbrueck's tenure as chair.

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4684-04
Parks, Education and Libraries Committee Records
2002
0.4 cubic foot

Correspondence, memoranda, staff reports, draft legislation, and notes related to issues before the Parks, Education and Libraries Committee during Steinbrueck's tenure as committee chair.

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4684-05
Urban Development and Planning Committee Records
2004-2007
4.0 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, staff reports, draft legislation, and notes related to issues before the Urban Development and Planning Committee during Steinbrueck's tenure as committee chair.

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Weeks defeated incumbent Virginia Galle in the 1989 election for City Council and served until 1997. During his tenure he chaired the Housing and Human Services Committee (1990-1991), Finance Committee (1992-1995), and Personnel and Labor Policy Committee (1996-1997). Weeks resigned from Council in 1997 to become human resources director for the Seattle School District.

4691-02
Subject Files
1989-1996
15.8 cubic foot

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and notes related primarily to budget and finance issues, and human services. Topics include departmental mergers, gay and lesbian issues, taxicab fares, block grants, education, the Seattle Commons, City financial management, capital financing, and housing issues.

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4691-03
Housing, Human Services and Education Committee Records
1990-1991
2.0 cubic feet

Committee agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, and supporting documentation related to issues the come before the committee.

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4691-04
Finance, Budget, Management, and Personnel Committee Records
1992-1995
2.2 cubic feet

Finance Committee agendas, draft legislation, staff reports and memoranda, and other background materials related to City finances and budget issues.

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Born in Seattle in 1918, Jeanette Williams attended Mercer Grade School and graduated from Queen Anne High School. She attended the Cornish School of Music and received degrees from the University of Washington and the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago as a violin major. She married in the 1940s and settled in Seattle, raising her two children in View Ridge. In 1962, Williams became chairperson of the King County Democrats. Running for City Council in 1969, Williams stressed two issues: establishing City programs for senior citizens and issues surrounding turning Sand Point Naval Base into a park. Williams served on City Council from 1970 until 1989, when she was defeated in her bid for a sixth term after a fiercely competitive race against Cheryl Chow. Williams chaired six committees during her tenure on City Council, including: Human Resources and Judiciary 1970-1977; Transportation 1978-1981 and 1988-1989; Labor 1982-1983; City Operations 1984-1985; Parks and Public Grounds 1986-1987; and Intergovernmental Relations 1986-1989.

4693-02
Subject Files
1969-1989
37.4 cubic feet

Subject files of Jeanette Williams, 1969-1989, reflecting her career on Seattle City Council. Major topics include transportation, especially construction of the West Seattle Bridge and I 90; parks and recreation, including Discovery Park and the Seattle Center; and records on legislation related to ethics, fair campaign practices, and open housing. Of note as well is material related to the Office of Women's Rights and the Seattle Women's Commission.

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4693-03
Speeches and Prepared Statements
1970-1989
0.8 cubic foot

Speeches, prepared statements, and articles prepared for community meetings, hearings, conferences, and publications. Subjects include regional transportation planning, aging, women's rights, access to government, community development, and human resources planning, among others.

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4693-04
City Operations and Utilities Committee Records
1984-1986
0.8 cubic foot

Committee agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, and other background materials relating to municipal utilities and city operations.

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4693-05
Intergovernmental Relations Committee Records
1986-1989
0.4 cubic foot

Committee agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, and other background material and supporting documents relating to issues involving Seattle and other governmental jurisdictions.

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4693-06
Parks and Public Grounds Committee Records
1986-1988
1.0 cubic foot

Committee agendas, records of votes, staff reports, and draft legislation relating to parks, playfields, and other public recreational areas.

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4693-07
Transportation Committee Records
1978-1989
2.0 cubic feet

Committee agendas, draft legislation, staff notes, record of votes, and background material relating to traffic and transportation issues in Seattle.

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4693-08
Human Resources and Judiciary Committee Records
1974-1977
2.0 cubic feet

Committee agendas, correspondence, staff reports, notes, and draft legislation relating to issues before the Human Resource and Judiciary Committee. Also known as Human Resources and Operations Committee.

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Born in 1968, Wills attended the University of Washington, earning a degree in history of science, technology and medicine. While at the University, Wills was elected UW student body president. After college, Wills worked as an aide to King County Executive Ron Sims. She was elected to City Council in 1999, defeating Charlie Chong, to serve a four-year term. During her tenure on Council, Wills was chair of the Energy and Environmental Policy Committee and vice-chair for the Housing, Human Services, Education, and Civil Rights Committee, and the Transportation Committee. She was passionate about environmental issues, and worked towards establishing standards for "green" buildings, as well as air and water quality issues. The Energy Committee also gave Wills one of her most difficult jobs, that of managing the electric utility during a volatile energy market. Under Wills, council approved four rate increases to start paying off debt. Wills was also involved in the search for a new superintendent for City Light. Perhaps the major challenge Wills faced during her term was questionable campaign contributions from strip club owner Frank Colacurcio and land use zoning at his club "Rick's." She repaid the contributions and a fine but the issue may have cost her re-election. Wills also worked on third-party billing for water and sewer. The proposed legislation was an attempt to regulate how landlords bill their tenants for utilities. Wills was defeated by David Della in 2004. She was married during her tenure on City Council, to Kobi Yamada in 2002. In 2005, Wills became Executive Director of The First Tee of Greater Seattle, part of a World Golf Foundation initiative dedicated to providing young people of all backgrounds an opportunity to develop through golf and character education.

4695-02
Subject Files
1999-2002
5.6 cubic feet

Correspondence, reports, studies, notes, and other materials related to issues before the City Council during Wills' tenure. Broad issues include transportation, land use, social services, parks, and public safety. Specific topics include the proposed exotic animals ban, homelessness, neighborhood planning, vehicle impoundment, the teen dance ordinance, and Sound Transit.

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4695-03
Energy and Environmental Policy Committee Records
2000-2003
3.0 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, reports, notes, and agendas for the Energy and Environmental Policy Committee during Wills' tenure as committee chair.

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