Guide to the Public Information Officer's Records
1994-1999

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Table of Contents
  Overview of the Collection
   
  Historical Note
   
  Content Description
   
Use of the Collection
   
Administrative Information
   
Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Public Information Officer's Records

  Subjects

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Seattle (Wash.). Public Information Officer
Title: Records
Dates: 1994-1999 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 2.0 cubic ft. (4 boxes)
Collection Number: 5761-01
Summary: The Public Information Officer's records include information on Neighborhood Planning Office programs, material for presentations, and program development information.
Repository: Seattle Municipal Archives

PO Box 94728
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
Phone: 206/233-7807
Email: archives@seattle.gov
http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives

Languages: Collection materials are in English. 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical Note

The Neighborhood Planning Office (NPO) was created in 1994 to implement the goals of the Comprehensive Plan for neighborhood planning. The office began work in January 1994 with a goal of creating 30 neighborhood plans in four years. The program was extended for a fifth year, after which the office was folded into the Department of Neighborhoods (DON). Throughout the planning process the NPO worked with the Office of Management and Planning (OMP) and DON. Each neighborhood was assigned a staff member to oversee the planning process, and consultants were hired to facilitate communication between community members. Areas of priority were urban centers, manufacturing and industrial centers, urban villages, and distressed areas.

The Public Information Officer (PIO), Laurence McGuire, worked to distribute information to the community about the Neighborhood Planning Office (NPO); he maintained binders of information on NPO programs as a resource for community developers. For further information about the NPO, please see the Neighborhood Planning Office Director's Subject Files finding aid.

Content Description

Information about neighborhood programs was dispensed through newsletters, press releases, flyers, the NPO’s web site, community presentations, and public access television, and the files reflect these activities. Material for presentations includes notes and images of program events in the form of slides, negatives, and photographs. Material for interviews on government access television includes videotapes of the shows, correspondence, and condensed transcripts. Also in the files are meeting notes and agendas and information on the Geographical Information System Data Viewer.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

Records are open to the public.

Preferred Citation :  

[Item and date], Public Information Officer's Records, Record Series 5761-01. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

The files are arranged according to their content, with the binders together; these are followed by program development information files, files relating to different modes of dispersing information, and videotapes.

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

5761-01:  Public Information Officer's Records, 1994-1999
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box/Folder
1/1 Neighborhood Planning Office: Consultant Briefing Notebook - Program Information 1994-1996
1/2 Neighborhood Planning Office: Consultant Briefing Notebook - Applications and Requests for Proposals 1994-1996
1/3 Neighborhood Planning Office: Consultant Briefing Notebook - Business Development 1994-1996
1/4 Neighborhood Planning Office: Consultant Briefing Notebook - Related clippings 1994-1996
1/5 Neighborhood Planning Office: Consultant Briefing Notebook - Miscellaneous information, press release, newsletters 1994-1996
1/6 Neighborhood Planning Office: Consultant Briefing Notebook - Neighborhoods 1994-1996
1/7 Neighborhood Planning Office: Program Elements Binder 1997
1/8 Neighborhood Planning Office: Program Elements Binder 1997
1/9 Neighborhood Planning Office: Outreach Toolset undated
1/10 Neighborhood Planning Office: Outreach Toolset undated
1/11 Neighborhood Planning Office: Planning Group Media Contacts, Program Information Packet, August 1996
1/12 Neighborhood Planning Office: Planning Group Media Contacts, Program Information Packet, December 1996-1997
1/13 Neighborhood Planning Office: Planning Group Media Contacts, Program Information Packet 1996-1998
1/14 Neighborhood Planning Office: Conlin Briefings (original), Program Information Packet, media briefing, articles 1998
1/15 Neighborhood Planning Office: Toolbox Table of Contents 1995-1998
1/16 Neighborhood Planning Office: Resource Center Index 1997-1998
1/17 Opportunities for Neighborhood Improvement: City Light, Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle Transportation, Office of Economic Development, Department of Housing and Human Services 1998
1/18 Neighborhood Planning Office: Forms 1995
2/1 Neighborhood Planning Office: Initial Development 1994-1995
2/2 Neighborhood Planning Office: Communications Working Group, Human Development Strategic Planning Initiative 1994-1995
2/3 Neighborhood Planning Office: Draft Guidelines, Work Products List 1995-1996
2/4 Neighborhood Planning Office: Sample Packet of Materials to Use in the Pre-Application Phase 1995
2/5 Neighborhood Planning Office: Sample Application, University District Phase I Application 1995
2/6 Neighborhood Planning Office: Suggested Packet of Information to Give to Organizing Committee in Phase I 1995
2/7 Training: Neighborhood Planning Office Support for Neighborhood Planning Groups 1995-1997
2/8 Neighborhood Planning Office: Public Involvement Reports 1995-1997
2/9 Neighborhood Planning Office: Miscellaneous, Projects 1997-1999
2/10 Neighborhood Planning Office: The "Getting it Done" List, Specific Projects 1999
2/11 Neighborhood Planning Office: Geographical Information System Data Viewer 1997-1998
2/12 Neighborhood Planning Office. Geographical Information System Data Viewer. Training 1997
2/13 "Neighborhood Focus" Newsletter 1995-1999
2/14 Neighborhood Planning Office: Press Releases 1995-1998
2/15 Neighborhood Planning Office: Media Correspondence, Articles, Georgetown planning 1995-1997
2/16 "Neighborhood Stories": Channel 28 Government Access Television 1997-1998
2/17 Neighborhood Planning Office: Communications Plan - Laird Harris Associates, consultants 1995-1997
2/18 Neighborhood Planning Office: Muir Public Relations, Press Releases, South Park Arts Council 1997
2/19 Neighborhood Planning Office: Web Site on Public Access Network 1996-1997
2/20 Neighborhood Planning Office: Information Requests 1995-1998
2/21 Neighborhood Planning Office: Events Calendar - Monthly 1996-1999
2/22 Neighborhood Planning Office: Events Calendar - Monthly 1996-1999
3/1 Neighborhood Planning Office: Events - Major Events - "Think Regionally, Plan Neighborly," "Neighborhood Connections," "The Greening of Seattle" 1994-1998
3/2 Neighborhood Planning Office: Events - Housing Options Tours 1995-1996
3/3 Neighborhood Planning Office: Events - Telephone "Hotline" 1995-1998
3/4 Seattle Youth Involvement Day 1995
3/5 Neighborhood Planning Office: Presentation Sheets undated
3/6 Neighborhood Planning Office: Presentation Sheets undated
3/7 Neighborhood Planning Office: Presentation Sheets undated
3/8 Neighborhood Planning Office: Presentation Sheets 1998
3/9 Neighborhood Planning Office: Slides, Presentations, Volunteer Park Party n.d.
3/10 Neighborhood Planning Office: Negatives, Validation, Phase II, Geographical Information System Demonstration 1995-1998
3/11 Neighborhood Planning Office: Photographs n.d.
Audio Cassette Tapes
Box
4 Phoenix Media Group, Ltd.: Emerging Trends (KEZX AM 1150) n.d.
4 KUOW's Weekday Front Porch Forum (May 19, 1997) 1997
Videotapes
Multiple copies exist for some videotapes.
Box
4 "Neighbors at Work: A personal message from Mayor Norm Rice"; The Seattle Public Schools Instructional Broadcast Center, 11/1994; NP Workshops 1994
4 Fremont Neighborhood Committee; 2/23/1996 1996
4 Georgetown Neighborhood Committee; 4/23/1996 1996
4 University District Neighborhood Committee; 5/14/1996 1996
4 Ballard Neighborhood Committee; 7/23/1996 1996
4 Lake City Neighborhood Committee; 8/13/1996 1996
4 #3 Neighborhoods; 11/19/1997 1997
4 Neighborhoods Committee; 12/11/1997 1997
4 Neighborhoods Committee; 3/24/1998 1998
4 Neighborhoods Committee; 12/5/1998 1998
4 Joint Transportation / Finance Committee; 6/23/1997 1997
4 For dub of Pike / Boren low-income housing project; Aug. 8 n.d.
4 SYIN '95 Interviews 1995
4 From 9/30/1997 UPN 11 KSTW to NPO (Betacam tape) 1997
4 Jim Street; 11/1994 1994
4 Mayor Rice on Compton Report; 12/14/1997 1997
4 Seattle Citizen: Paul Schell / Karma Ruder; 12/1997 1997
4 Neighborhood Spot (1:00 min.) n.d.
4 "Making Streets That Work" n.d.
4 "Towards A Sustainable Future" n.d.
4 "A Place to Call Home" n.d.
4 Olive Way Improvements (raw footage shot Oct. '97 by Byrd Productions) 1997
4 Neighborhood Stories #1-7 n.d.

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Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

  • Corporate Names :
  • Seattle (Wash.). Neighborhood Planning Office
  • Seattle (Wash.). Public Information Officer
    • Geographical Names :
    • Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government
    • Subject Terms :
    • Neighborhood planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
      • Form or Genre Terms :
      • Negatives
      • Photographic prints
      • Slides
      • Other Creators :
      • McGuire, Laurence

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      Finding aid prepared by Scott Cline
      ©2002