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Guide to the Heidi Wills Subject Files, 1999-2003


4695-02





Finding aid prepared by Anne Frantilla

Finding aid encoded by Anne Frantilla, 2006


Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

City of Seattle
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

 
Collection Number:
 

4695-02

 
Creator:
 

Wills, Heidi

 
Title:
 

Subject Files

 
Dates:
 

1999-2003 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

24.6 cubic feet
62 boxes

 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English 

 
Summary:
 

Elected to Seattle City Council in 1999, Heidi Wills served from 2000 to 2003. Wills' records reflect committee work and communication with constituents, especially regarding land use, transportation and utilities issues.

 

Biographical Note

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 Great 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.

Content Description

The Subject Files of Heidi Wills' are arranged in 16 subseries, reflecting committee work and communication with constituents. The records measure 24.6 cubic feet in 62 boxes and date from 1999-2003. The records are arranged in the following subseries:

Other Descriptive Information

Arrangement

Records are arranged in the following subseries:

Arts and Culture (.4 cf)

Civil Rights (1.0 cf)

Environment (3.2 cf)

Finance (.4 cf)

Health and Human Services (1.2 cf)

Housing (.6 cf)

Intergovernmental Relations (.2 cf)

Labor (.4 cf)

Land Use and Urban Development (2.0 cf)

Legislative and Interdepartmental (.4 cf)

Neighborhoods (.6 cf)

Parks (1.0 cf)

Public Safety (1.0 cf)

Transportation (3.2 cf)

Utilities (3.2 cf)

Staff and Constituent Files (6.2 cf)

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Records are open to the public.

Preferred Citation 

[Item and date], Heidi Wills Subject Files, Record Series 4695-02. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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.

 
Wills, Heidi
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Wash.)
Seattle Monorail Project
Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government
Child care -- Washington (State)--Seattle
Electric utilities -- Rates -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
Land use, Urban--Washington (State)--Seattle
Monorails--Washington (State)--Seattle
Parks--Planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
Political ethics--Washington (State)--Seattle
Transportation--Washington (State)--Seattle
Women politicians--Washington (State)--Seattle
Zoning--Washington (State)--Seattle
Women city council members--Washington (State)--Seattle
Other Creators :
Fong, Michael
Seattle (Wash.)--City Council

Detailed Description of the Collection

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


 

Arts and Culture, 1999-2003

.4 cubic foot
The predominant topic in one of the smallest subseries, Arts and Culture, is the teen dance ordinance. The movement to create a venue for youth access to music and dance in Seattle grew in the 1990s. Councilmembers Conlin and Licata sponsored a resolution forming the Music and Youth Task Force, which first convened in February 1999. The Task Force recommendation was for legislation known as the Teen Dance or All Ages Ordinance (CB 113302), replacing an earlier more restrictive legislation. The records in Wills' papers illustrate the intense debate that surrounded this ordinance. Some of the issues that were discussed included: public safety and liability concerns for the City, attendance levels, and security.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
1/1


Funding Proposals and Constituent Letters
  2000
 
½

General
  2000-2003
 
1/3

Special Olympics
  2002
   
Youth Music
 
 
1/4

Teen Dance Ordinance
  2000
 
1/5

Constituent Mail
  2000
 
1/6

Constituent Mail
  2000
 
1/7

Constituent Mail
  2000
 
1/8

All Ages Dance Ordinance
  2001-2003

 

Civil Rights, 1999-2003

Records in the Civil Rights subseries are devoted almost entirely to circus animals, and the debate over whether they should be allowed to perform in Seattle. This issue generated a large amount of constituent mail.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
Circus/Exotic Animals
 
 
box/folder
1/9


Animal Rights
  1999-2000
 
2/1

Cruelty Free Entertainment
  2000
 
2/2

Ban
  2000
 
2/3

Circus / Exotic Animals - Ban
  2000
 
2/4

Ban
  2000
 
2/5

General (includes Public Hearing )
  2000
 
3/1

Constituent Mail
  2000
 
3/2

Constituent Mail
  2000
 
3/3

General
  2000-2002
 
3/4

Complaints and Resolution
  2001-2003
 
3/5

Police Intelligence
  2002-2003
 
3/6

Constituent Mail
  2000

 

Environment, 2000-2003

One of the largest subseries, Environment, reflects one of Wills' major interests. Wills was involved with the salmon and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) especially with respect to the Snake River, pesticide issues, efforts to create "green" buildings and a Seattle Energy Code, air and water quality issues, and global warming. Sponsored by Wills and passed in 2000, Resolution 30230 supported removal of four lower Snake River dams and generated an immense amount of correspondence from other cities in the state that were opposed to the idea.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
3/7


Air Quality
  2000-2002
 
3/8

Alternative Fuel
  2000-2002
 
4/1

Climate Protection
  2000-2002
 
4/2

Clopyralid
  2002
 
4/3

CO2 Mitigation
  2000-2002
   
Conferences
 
 
4/4

"Imagining our Transportation Future"
  2002
 
4/5

"Climate Protection"
  2003
 
4/6

"Municipal Green Building"
  2002
 
4/7

"Cities for Climate Protection"
  2002
 
4/8

Conservation
  2001
 
4/9

Conservation - Town Hall
  2001
 
4/10

Creeks / I 80
  2002-2003
 
5/1

Creeks / I 80
  2002-2003
 
5/2

Dams - Salmon
  2000
 
5/3

Dams - Snake River
  2000-2001
 
5/4

Duwamish
  2002-2003
 
5/5

Earthwalk
  2002
   
Endangered Species Act
 
 
5/6

Salmon - Dams/Snake River
  2000
 
5/7

Dams/Snake River
  2000-2001
 
6/1

Salmon
  2000-2001
 
6/2

Salmon
  2002-2003
 
6/3

Energy
  2001-2003
 
6/4

Energy Code
  2001
 
6/5

Energy Code
  2001
 
6/6

Environmental Management Oversight Panel
  2000
 
7/1

Engine Idling
  2002
 
7/2

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  2001-2002
 
7/3

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  2003
 
7/4

Genetically Engineered Foods
  2000-2002
 
7/5

Global Warming
  2001-2002
 
7/6

Green Buildings
  2001-2003
 
7/7

Green Buildings
  2002
 
7/8

Green Cars
  2001
 
7/9

Green Power Program
  2001-2002
 
7/10

Green Power Program / SCL
  2002-2003
 
7/11

Greenhouse Gases
  2001
 
8/

Water Conservation / I 63
  2001
 
8/1

Greenhouse Gases
  2002
 
8/2

Gypsy Moth
  2000-2002
 
8/3

Herbicide / Pesticide
  2002
 
8/4

Landfill Gas
  2000-2002
 
8/5

Long Painting Co. / South Park
  2000
 

8/6


Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Cleanup Site
  2003
 
box/folder
8/7


North Cascade Environmental Learning Center
  2003
 
8/8

Office of Environmental Management (City of Seattle)
  2000
 
8/9

Office of Sustainability and Environment
  2001-2003
 
8/10

Toxins
  2001-2003
 
8/11

Water Conservation / I 63
  2001

 

Finance

In the Finance subseries, the bulk of records are related to budget issues, with a mix of constituent mail on various funding issues, and legislative and interdepartmental correspondence regarding budget items.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
Budget
 
 
box/folder
8/12


2001 Proposal (includes Public Hearing)
  2000
 
9/1

2001 Proposal - Constituent Mail
  2000
 
9/2

2001 Proposal - Councilmember Documents (includes Budget Retreat Agenda)
  2000
 
9/3

General
  2000-2001
 
9/4

Transportation
  2000
 
9/5

General
  2001
 
9/6

General
  2003
 
9/7

General (includes Risk Management reports)
  2002-2003
 
9/8

Business and Occupation (B & O) Tax
  2001-2002
 
10/1

Espresso Tax
  2002-2003
 
10/2

Property Tax
  2000-2001
 
10/3

Property Tax - Constituent Mail
  2000-2001
 
10/4

Taxes
  2001-2002

 

Health and Human Services

A large number of files in the Health and Human Services subseries are devoted to Project Liftoff. Originating as a City of Seattle initiative, its goals were, in part, to find creative funding for child care and out-of-school-time activities, develop kindergarten readiness guidelines, create community learning centers and develop arts training programs. Other governments, community and business leaders joined Project Liftoff to make it a community-based endeavor. The records consist of progress reports, work plans, newsletters, and correspondence. Researchers should consult the records of Peter Steinbrueck for additional records on Project Lift Off. Other issues include child care, living wage, and health concerns.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
10/5


Childcare
  1999-2000
 
10/6

Childcare
  2000
 
10/7

Childcare
  2001-2003
 
10/8

Community Health Clinics
  2003
 
10/9

Colman School / Urban League
  2000-2001
 
10/10

Education - Families and Education Levy
  2003
 
10/11

Education
  2000
 
10/12

Family Centers
  2003
 
10/13

Education - Seattle Public Schools
  2000-2003
 
11/1

Human Services Department
  2000
 
11/2

Human Services Department
  2001-2003
 
11/3

Hygiene Center
  2002-2003
 
11/4

Living Wage
  2000-2002
 
11/5

Living Wage Legislative Research
  2000-20000
 
11/6

Marijuana / Initiative 75
  2002-2003
 
11/7

Pioneer Square Alcohol
  -
 
11/8

Prescription Drugs
  2003
 
11/9

Project Liftoff
  2000
 
12/1

Project Liftoff
  2000
 
12/2

Project Liftoff
  2000-2001
 
12/3

Project Liftoff
  2001
 
12/4

Project Liftoff
  2002
 
12/5

Public Health
  2002-2003
 
12/6

Seattle-King County Board of Health
  2000-2002
 
12/7

Sex Offender Housing
  2003
 
12/8

Support Employment / Disability
  2000-2002

 

Housing

Of note in the Housing subseries are records on the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Bonus Program. Complex land use and zoning provisions were initially created as part of the 1985 Downtown plan to promote private development of public open space on project sites in downtown zones. The 1994 Comprehensive Plan included an open space requirement for major office development, addressing open space/recreation needs of building occupants. The Bonus program introduced in 2001 offered developers a bonus for providing either cash or additional square footage specifically for low income housing or childcare. The bonus program also was targeted to promoted development of energy and water efficient affordable housing. Records relating to the Bonus/TDR program include correspondence, reports, drafts of legislation, and constituent mail from various perspectives. Some of the TDR records touch on labor issues. Other topics within this subseries include homelessness and landlord/tenant issues.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
13/1


General
  2000
 
13/2

General
  2000
 
13/3

General
  2001
 
13/4

General
  2002
 
13/5

General
  2002-2003
 
13/6

Constituent Mail
  2000-2001
 
13/7

Landlord/Tenant Issues
  1999-2000
 
14/1

Landlord/Tenant Issues
  2001
 
14/2

Landlord/Tenant Issues
  2003
 
14/3

Landlord/Tenant Issues - Constituent Mail
  2000-2001
 
14/4

Levy - Administrative and Financial Plan - Draft
  2000
 
14/5

Levy - Renewal
  2002
 
14/6

Low Income - Constituent Letters
  2000
 
14/7

Homelessness - General
  2000
 
14/8

Homelessness - Morrison Hotel
  2001
 
15/1

Homelessness - Constituent Mail (including tent city)
  2000-2001
 
15/2

Homelessness - General
  2001-2002
 
15/3

Rainier Vista
  2001
 
15/4

Rainier Vista
  2001
 
15/5

Rainier Vista
  2001
 
15/6

Seattle Housing Authority (SHA)
  2001-2003
 
15/7

Pike / Pine
  2000-2001
 
15/8

Tent City
  2000-2001
   
Transfer of Development Rights (TDR)
 
 
16/1

Bonus Program
  2000
 
16/2

Bonus Program
  2001
 
16/3

Bonus Program
  2001
 
16/4

Bonus Program
  2002
 
16/5

Bonus Program Review (1)
  2000-2001
 
17/1

Bonus Program Review (2)
  2000-2001
 
17/2

Bonus Program
  2001

 

Intergovernmental Relations, 2000-2002

The Intergovernmental Relations subseries is the smallest and consists of only a few files on sister cities and state and tribal relations.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
17/3


Daejeon Sister Cities Summit
  2002
 
17/4

Sister Cities Mayors' Conference - Kobe, Japan
  2001
 
17/5

State
  2002
 
17/6

Tribal
  2000-2001

 

Labor, 2000-2003

The Labor subseries includes union and wages issues and consists primarily of correspondence related to these issues as well as to labor related legislation.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
17/7


General
  2000
 
17/8

General
  2001-2002
 
17/9

General
  2002-2003
 
17/10

General
  2003
 
17/11

BOOST Program
  2000-2001
 
18/1

Constituent Letters
  2000
 
18/2

Justice for Janitors
  2003
 
18/3

Labor Relations Orientation
  2001

 

Land Use and Urban Development, 2000-2003

Among the more well documented issues in the Land Use and Urban Development Subseries are Northgate / Thornton Creek, Rick's Rezone, and the UW Lease Lid discussion. The Northgate issues predated Wills by many years. As early as 1969 there were suggestions to create an urban trail system along Thornton Creek. Controversy over Allied Stores filling Square Lake and its affect on Thornton Creek arose in the early 1970s. A 1993 Northgate Area Comprehensive Plan was intended to make the area more pedestrian friendly and to improve traffic and congestion problems. During Wills' tenure, issues centered around the Northgate South Parking lot between 5th and 1st Avenue, the location of a library and community center, the daylighting of Thornton Creek, METRO parking and low income housing. Correspondents and participants included: Thornton Creek Watershed Management Committee, Thornton Creek Legal Defense Fund, Planning Commission, Strategic Planning Office, Simon Property Group. Records include meeting agendas, meeting notes, correspondence, petitions and drafts of legislation.


There are records in the Land Use and Urban Development subseries the rezoning of Rick's. This is among the most well known issues Wills faced during her tenure and was known as "Strippergate." In 2003, Wills was one of three council members investigated by the City Ethics and Elections Commission, accused of engaging in ex parte communication during the rezoning a Lake City strip club. Wills settled The Commission investigation and paid a $1,500 fine. It was also determined that Wills and the other two councilmembers had accepted campaign funding from club owner Frank Colacurcio Jr. and other family members. Wills returned the donations. The Rick's files in this subseries relate to both the zoning and the ethics issues.


The Land Use and Urban development subseries also includes records relating to the University of Washington Lease Lid discussion. "Lease lids" were first established in the 1980s to limit the amount of space a major institution could lease in its surrounding neighborhoods. They were designed to protect neighborhood residential and business character from conversion to institutional use. In 1996, the City eliminated all lease lids on all other major institutions, with the exception of the UW. Records in Wills' records focus on whether or not to eliminate the lease lid for the UW.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
18/4


Cell Phone Towers
  2000
 
18/5

Cell Phone Towers
  2003
 
18/6

Civic Center
  2000-2003
 
18/7

Comprehensive Plan
  2003
 
18/8

Land Use Code
  2000-2001
 
18/9

Department of Construction and Land Use
  2001-2003
 
18/10

Duwamish Plan - Constituent Correspondence (includes photographs)
  2000
 
19/1

Duwamish Plan - Constituent Correspondence
  2000
 
19/2

Historic Preservation
  2001-2003
 
19/3

Landslide Issues
  2000
 
19/4

Noise
  2000-2003
   
Northgate
 
 
19/5

Thornton Creek
  2000-2001
 
19/6

Thornton Creek- Constituent Mail
  2000-2001
 
19/7

Thornton Creek
  2001
 
19/8

Thornton Creek
  2001
 
19/9

Thornton Creek
  2002-2003
 
20/1

Thornton Creek- Public Hearing Documents June 10
  2003
 
20/2

Thornton Creek
  2003
 
20/3

Thornton Creek
  2002
 
20/4

Urban Development
  2003
 
20/5

Urban Development
  2003
 
20/6

Potlatch Trail
  2001
 
20/7

Rainier Vista
  2001-2003
   
Rick's Nightclub
 
 
20/8

Rick's Rezone
  2003
 
20/9

Rezone City Council Procedural / Administrative Materials
  2003
 
21/1

Rezone - Material added to the Record by City Council
  2003
 
21/2

Rezone - Hearing Examiner Administrative Materials and Exhibits
  2003
 
21/3

Sand Point Reuse
  2002
 
21/4

Seattle Center
  2000-2003
 
21/5

Seattle Public Schools
  2000
 
21/6

Land Use and Urban Development -Shorelines
  2000-2001
 
21/7

South Lake Union - Media
  2003
 
21/8

South Lake Union - Background and Correspondence
  2000-2003
 
21/9

South Lake Union
  2003
 
22/1

Thornton Creek - Legal Defense Fund
  2003
 
22/2

Trees
  2000-2003
   
University of Washington (UW)
 
 
22/3

Lease Lid
  2003
 
22/4

Lease Lid
  2003
 
22/5

Master Plan
  2002
 
22/6

Master Plan
  2002-2003
 
23/1

Waterfront
  2003

 

Legislative and Interdepartmental

The subseries Legislative and Interdepartmental consists of only two files, one on the Citizens Advisory Panel on Council Elections and the other on Municipal Court. The Council Elections folder contains a preliminary report by the panel regarding various options for electing City Councilmembers, such as geographic, proportional, the at-large system in use, or a blend. The Municipal Court folder consists of an overview for the newly elected official, explanation of a pilot program aimed at Driving While License Suspended in the 3rd Degree (DWLS 3) cases, and staffing issues.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box/folder
23/2


- Citizen Advisory Panel on Council Elections
  2003
 
23/3

Municipal Court
  2000-2002

 

Neighborhoods

The Neighborhoods subseries is also small (.6 cf) and consists of transportation, zoning, and other issues arranged by neighborhood. Interdepartmental as well as constituent correspondence is included.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box/folder
23/4


General
  2001-2002
 
23/5

General
  2000-2003
 
23/6

Constituent Mail
  2000
 
23/7

Land Use Issues
  1999-2000
 
23/8

Markets
  2000-2003
 
23/9

Beacon Hill - Library / Bank
  2000-
 
23/10

Beacon Hill - Library / Bank - Constituent Letters
  2000-
 
23/11

Belltown
  2002
 
23/12

Broadway
  2001-2002
 
23/13

Denny Regrade - Business Improvement Area (BIA)
  2000
 
23/14

Fremont
  2003
 
24/1

Georgetown
  2002-2003
 
24/2

International District
  2000-2002
 
24/3

Lake City
  1999-2003
 
24/4

Magnolia
  2003
 
24/5

Northeast District Council - Meeting Notes
  2000
 
24/6

Northeast District Council - Meeting Notes
  2000
 
24/7

Northeast District Council
  2000-2001
 
24/8

North District Council
  2000-2001
 
24/9

Ravenna
  1999-2000
 
24/10

Roosevelt
  2000
 
24/11

Southeast
  2002
 
24/12

West Seattle - Admiral Parking Garage Proposal
  1999-2000
 
24/13

West Seattle - Admiral Parking Garage Proposal - Constituent Mail
  1999-2000

 

Parks

The Parks subseries (1.0 cf) focuses primarily on issues surrounding lighting athletic fields, both at Magnuson and City-wide. There is also material on Woodland Park Zoo, primarily regarding transfer management of the Zoo from the City to the Zoo Society, and the Arboretum Master Plan.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box/folder
25/1


Aquarium
  2000
 
25/2

Arboretum - Master Plan - Constituent Mail
  2000-2001
 
25/3

Arboretum Master Plan
  2001
 
25/4

Arboretum Master Plan (Constituent Mail)
  2000-2001
 
25/5

Athletic Fields - Lighting - Constituent Mail (Anti)
  2000-2001
 
25/6

Athletic Fields - Lighting - Constituent Mail (Pro)
  2000-2001
 
25/7

Chinese Garden
  2000
 
25/8

Discovery Park
  2003
 
26/1

Levy - Constituent Mail
  2000-2001
 
26/2

Levy
  2000-2001
 
26/3

Magnuson - Athletic Fields / Wetlands
  2001-2003
 
26/4

Magnuson - Athletic Fields / Lights
  2000-2001
 
26/5

Magnuson - Athletic Fields / Lights
  2002
 
26/6

Magnuson - Athletic Fields / Lights
  2000-2003
 
26/7

Marine Reserves
  2002
 
26/8

Off-Leash Areas
  1999-2001
 
26/9

Off Leash - Watercrest
  2002-2003
 
27/1

Woodland Park Zoo
  2000-2001
 
27/2

Woodland Park Zoo
  2003
 
27/3

General
  2003

 

Public Safety

The subseries Public Safety (1.0 cf) contains correspondence regarding police and fire department issues, including budget discussions. The most well documented subject in the Public Safety Subseries, relates to changes to the impound law, and to a lesser extent, funding of the Car Recovery Clinic. "Operation Impound," as it was called, or DWLS impoundment, was begun in 1999 and allowed police to tow vehicles owned by people whose licenses were suspended. Changes to the impound law were introduced by Nick Licata in 2000. The ensuing discussion, through constituent mail, intradepartmental and interdepartmental communications, and drafts of legislation, brought up many issues including racial profiling, transportation, and safety. The Car Recovery Clinic started in 2002 through the Defender Association in partnership with the University of Washington School of Law and the King County Bar Association. The Clinic was created by City Council to make sure cars impounded due to suspended driver's licenses, were not lost to their owners due to error or improper procedures.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box/folder
27/4


Animal Control - Ord. 119998 - Dangerous Animals
  2000
 
27/5

Animal Control - Dangerous Dogs
  2003
 
27/6

Domestic Violence
  2000
 
27/7

Fire Department
  2001-2003
 
27/8

Fire Department - Proposed Cuts - Constituent Mail
  2002
 
27/9

Fire Facilities Levy
  2003
 
27/10

Impound / Car Recovery Clinic
  2001-2003
 
28/1

Impound / Re-licensing program - Constituent Mail
  1999-2000
 
28/2

Impound / Re-licensing Program - Background
  1999-2000
 
28/3

Impound / Re-licensing Program - Background
  1999-2000
 
28/4

Nuclear Issues (including Seafair/Trident)
  2000
 
28/5

Racial Profiling
  2000-2001
 
28/6

Seattle Police Department - Accountability
  2002-2003
 
28/7

Seattle Police Department
  2000-2002
 
28/8

Seattle Police Department - Asian Liaison
  2003
 
29/1

Seattle Police Chief Search
  2000
 
29/2

Special Events Ordinance
  2003
 
29/3

World Trade Organization (WTO) - Constituent Mail
  2000
 
29/4

World Trade Organization (WTO)
  2000
 
29/5

General
  2000-2001
 
29/6

Constituent Mail
  2000-2001

 

Transportation

The Transportation subseries (3.2 cf) is one of the largest in Wills' subject files. The biggest issues within this subseries include the completion of the Burke-Gilman trail, the monorail, and Sound Transit or light rail. Completion of the Burke-Gilman trail through Ballard was initiated in 1996 with thousands of signatures presented to City Council at a public hearing. Issues surrounding completion of the trail were discussed from 2000 to 2003 when construction was supposed to begin. Business concerns, routing decisions, freight movement in industrial districts, and safety issues are discussed in Wills' records through constituent mail, reports, and memoranda.


The monorail initiative was first approved by voters in 1999 as Initiative 41. A second initiative was put on the ballot in 2000, Initiative 53 to study and begin construction of the monorail. Initiative 53 was approved and a Public Development Authority, Elevated Transportation Company was formed. Materials in Wills records related to the monorail include work plans, reports, public relations documents, and correspondence. City issues related to the monorail included board appointments, interlocal agreements, SEPA reviews, permitting, design review, view protection, historic preservation, utility work and comprehensive and neighborhood plans.


The Sound Transit records relate to a ten-year regional transit system plan approved by voters in 1996. The plan included Sound Transit Express buses, electric light rail, and Sound rush-hour trains. Many of the records in Wills' files relate to the light rail system, and issues such as station locations, zoning changes and environmental issues. Meeting agendas, Sound Transit reports and updates, constituent mail, and other correspondence comprise the majority of the records


There are a large number of files related to street vacations in the Transportation subseries. Of note is the street vacation related to Radford Place for University of Washington housing, which generated a fair amount of constituent mail.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box/folder
30/1


General
  1999-2000
 
30/2

General
  1999-2000
 
30/3

General
  2000-2003
 
30/4

General
  2000-2001
 
30/5

Admiral Parking Garage - Proposal Analysis
  2000
 
30/6

Aurora
  2002
 
30/7

Bicycles
  2000-2003
   
Burke - Gilman Trail
 
 
31/1

Ballard Link - Background
  1999-2003
 
31/2

Ballard Link - Constituent Comment
  1998-2002
 
31/3

Ballard Link - Media
  2000-2002
 
31/4

Constituent Correspondence
  2003
 
31/5

Trail Completion - Constituent Mail - Pro
  2001
 
31/6

Trail Completion - Constituent Mail - Pro
  2001-2002
 
32/1

Choices
  2001-2002
 
32/2

Comprehensive Plan
  2000
 
32/3

Funding
  2002-2003
 
32/4

Funding - Commercial Parking Tax
  2000
 
32/5

I 90
  2000-2001
 
32/6

I 90
  2003
 
32/7

Transportation _ I 695
  2000
 
32/8

I 745
  2000
 
32/9

Local Improvement Districts (LIDs)
  2000-2001
 
33/1

METRO
  2001-2002
 
33/2

Monorail
  2000
 
33/3

Monorail
  2001-2002
 
33/4

Monorail
  2002
 
33/5

Monorail
  2003
 
33/6

Monorail
  2003
 
33/7

Monorail
  2003
 
34/1

Monorail / Elevated Transportation Company
  2000
 
34/2

Monorail - Seattle Popular Monorail Authority Board (SPMA)
  2003
 
34/3

Monorail - I 41
  1999-2000
 
34/4

Parking
  2001-2003
 
34/5

Parking Tax
  2001-2002
 
34/6

Pedestrians
  2001-2002
 
34/7

Seashore Transportation Forum
  2000-
 
34/8

Sidewalks
  2001-2003
 
34/9

Community Development Fund
  2001-2002
   
Sound Transit / Light Rail
 
 
35/1

Community Development Fund
  2001-2002
 
35/2

General
  2000
 
35/3

General
  2000
 
35/4

General
  2000
 
35/5

Constituent Mail
  2000
 
35/6

Sound Transit / Light Rail
  2001
 

35/7


Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel Agreement
  2002
 
box/folder
36/1


12th Ave Alignment
  2000
 
36/2

Station Planning
  2002
 
36/3

Streetcar Delegation
  2003
 
36/4

Street Vending / Stadium
  2002
   
Street Vacations
 
 
36/5

Fees
  2001
 
36/6

Atlantic Street / Central Base
  2002
 
36/7

Bellevue Ave E / Zymogenetics
  2002
 
36/8

Boeing
  2003
 
36/9

Broadmoor
  2000-2001
 
36/10

Denny Triangle
  2001
 
36/11

Galer
  2001-2002
 
36/12

Harborview
  2003
 
36/13

High Point
  2003
 
36/14

South Lane St.
  2002
 
36/15

Mercer Street
  2002-2003
 
37/1

Transportation - Street Vacations Radford Drive / 65th Ave NE
  2000
 
37/2

Radford Drive / 65th Ave NE - Constituent Mail
  2000
 
37/3

Radford Drive / 65th Ave NE - UW Housing - Constituent Mail
  2000
 
37/4

Seattle University Alley
  2003
 
37/5

South Lake Union
  2002-2003
 
37/6

Stewart / Touchstone
  2001-2002
 
37/7

UW / Union Bay Place
  2002
 
37/8

West Hayes St.
  2002
 
37/9

Taxi Ordinance
  2000-2001
 
38/1

Trans-Lake
  2000
 
38/2

Trans-Lake
  2000
 
38/3

Trans-Lake Constituent Mail
  2000
 
38/4

Constituent Mail
  2000
 
38/5

Viaduct / Seawall
  2002-2003

 

Utilities, 2000-2003

The Utilities subseries is also one of the largest (3.2 cf) in Wills' subject files. This subseries contains records relating to both Seattle City Light (SCL) and Seattle Public Utilities (SPU). City Light records relate to rate increases and the search for a new superintendent. Other issues including undergrounding utilities, rate assistance for low income customers, and financial and customer service performance for City Light.


The Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) records in the Utilities subseries include correspondence, reports and analysis on third party billing as well as conservation and wastewater issues.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
Seattle City Light
 
 
box/folder
38/6


Advisory Board
  2002-2003
 
38/7

Advisory Board (includes Risk Management Policies)
  2003
 
38/8

Advisory Board
  2003
 
39/1

Audit- Skagit Cookhouse
  2001
 
39/2

Bonneville Power (BPA) Administration Contract
  2000-2001
 
39/3

Bonneville Power (BPA) Contract - Transmission Line / CRWS (includes public hearing)
  2001-2002
 
39/4

Bonneville Power (BPA) contract - Transmission Line / CRWS
  2002-2003
 
39/5

Bonds
  2001
 
39/6

Bond - Financial
  2000-2003
 
39/7

Budget Cuts (includes public hearing)
  2003
 
39/8

Combustion Turbine
  2000
 
40/1

Customer Service
  2002-2003
 
40/2

Financial and Performance Issues
  2001-2002
 
40/3

Financial Issues
  2001-2003
 
40/4

Financial Updates and Forecasts
  2001-2003
 
40/5

General (includes ethics issues)
  2000
 
40/6

Grant County PUD
  2001-2002
 
40/7

Municipal League Review
  2002
 

40/8


Media Coverage
  2001-2003
 
box/folder
41/1


Large Load Ordinance
  2000-2001
 
41/2

Performance Metrics
  2002-2003
 
41/3

Power Marketing Audit
  2000
 
41/4

Rates
  2001-2002
 
41/5

Rates - Billing Issues
  2002
 
41/6

Rates - Increases - Constituent Mail
  2000-2001
 
41/7

Rates - Increases
  2000-2001
 
42/1

Rates - Increases
  2000-2001
 
42/2

Rate Increase
  2001
 
42/3

Low Income Rate Assistance - Audit
  2002
 
42/4

Rate Assistance
  2001
 
42/5

Rate Assistance
  2001
 
42/6

Low Income Rate Assistance
  2002
 
42/7

Rates - Nucor / Bethlehem Steel
  2001-2003
 
43/1

Rate Surcharge
  2000
 
43/2

Rates - Third Tier
  2002
 
43/3

Rates - Time of Use Metering
  2002
 
43/4

Rates - Tukwila Franchise
  2003
 
43/5

Rates - Financial Policies
  2001-2002
 
43/6

Risk Management
  2002-2003
 
43/7

Strategic Resource Assessment
  2000-2002
 
43/8

Undergrounding
  2003
 
43/9

Undergrounding - Martin Luther King (MLK)
  2002
 
43/10

Undergrounding - Magnolia
  2001
 
43/11

Wind Power
  2000-2002
 
43/12

Superintendent Meetings Biweekly
  2003
 
43/13

Superintendent Search
  2003
 
44/1

Superintendent Search / Zarker Reconfirmation
  2003
 
44/2

Superintendent Search / Zarker Reconfirmation Survey
  2003
 
44/3

Miscellaneous
  2002
   
Seattle Public Utilities
 
 
44/4

Chuck Clarke Confirmation Questions
  2002
 
44/5

Solid Waste - General
  2001-2003
 
44/6

Solid Waste - Recycling
  2001-2003
 
44/7

Water - CIP
  2000-2001
 
44/8

Water - Conservation (includes I 63)
  2001-2003
 
44/9

Water - Public Toilets
  2000-2002
 
44/10

Water - Quality
  2002-2003
 
45/1

Rates - Drainage and Wastewater
  2001-2002
 
45/2

Rates - Drainage and Wastewater
  2002-2003
 
45/3

Water - Rates - Third Tier
  2001-2002
 
45/4

Water - Rates - Third Tier (report by SPU to Council Resolution 30506)
  2003
 
46/1

Water Rates - Third Party Utility Billing Legislation- Notebook I (A)
  2002
 
46/2

Water Rates - Third Party Billing Legislation - Notebook I (B)
  2002
 
46/3

Water Rates - Third Party Billing Legislation - Notebook II
  2002
 
46/4

Water - Rates - Third Party Billing
  2003
 
46/5

Water Rates - Top 10%
  -
 
46/6

Water - Reuse
  2001-2002
 
46/7

Water - Tacoma Intertie
  2000
 
46/8

Wastewater / Drainage
  2001-2003
 
46/9

Water - Wastewater / Drainage - Brightwater
  2003

 

Staff Files and Constituent Files

Staff and Constituent Files is the largest subseries (6.4 cf) and includes staff files for Josh Belzman (.2 cf) and Michael Fong (1.0 cf) and constituent mail on a wide range of topics. Topics of the staff files overlap, for the most part with the main subject files for Wills. Fong's files are the largest of the staff files and address mainly environmental issues but also supplement Wills' Utility files. The staff files also include copes of public hearing signup sheets, arranged chronologically, and telephone log books.


The largest portion of this subseries (2.8) is comprised of constituent mail, arranged by subject. The constituent mail also includes "casework," also arranged by subject, which includes individual requests or complaints that were resolved by Wills or her staff, usually by forwarding them to or getting an answer from another person within the City. Constituent mail is also found in the Subject Files. Two of the largest categories of constituent mail are athletic field lighting and Sound Transit, including undergrounding issues. City Light issues also generated a fair amount of constituent mail. Other issues cover anything from bicycles to street outreach services.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
Josh Belzman Files
  2001-2002
 
box/folder
47/1


Civil Rights - Civil Liberties / Patriot Act
  2003
 
47/2

South Lake Union Sustainability Forum
  2003
 
47/3

Parks - Marine Reserves
  2003
 
47/4

Utilities - Water Rates
  2002
   
Michael Fong
  2000-2002
   
Environment
 
 
47/5

Audubon
  2002
 
47/6

Clean Air Vehicles / Parking
  2001
 
47/7

Climate Protection
  2002
 
47/8

Energy Code Review
  2001
 
47/9

Green Building
  2001
 
47/10

Green Fleets
  2003
 
47/11

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
  2001-2002
 
47/12

Regional Energy Issues
  2002
 
47/13

Urban Creeks / I 90
  2003
   
Health - Pesticides in Schools
  2002
   
Housing - Levy
  2002
   
Intergovernmental - Sister Cities and Sustainable Development
  2001
   
Land Use - Northgate / Thornton Creek
  2002
   
Transportation - School Buses / Diesel
  2002
   
Transportation - Sound Transit / Community Development Fund (CDF)
 
   
Utilities
 
   
Seattle City Light
 
 
box/folder
48/3


Audit / Oversight
  2002
 
48/4

Billing / 3rd Tier
  2002
 
48/5

Customer Services
  2002-2003
 
48/6

Grant County PUD
  2002
 
48/7

Greenhouse Gas Advisory Committee
  2001
 
48/8

Issues
  2002
 
48/9

Staff Files - Michael Fong -
  -
 
48/10

North Cascade Environmental Learning Center
  2001
 
49/1

Policies
  2002
 
49/2

Public Benefits
  2001
 
49/3

Risk Management
  2003
 
49/4

Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) / Rate Assistance
  2001
 
49/5

Scott McKie
  2001
 
49/6

Staff Files - Michael Fong - Utilities - Rates
  2000-2002
 
49/7

Resource Decisions
  2002
 
49/8

Strategic Business Plan
  2003
 
49/9

Time Based Electric Rates and Automated Meter Reading
  2002
   
Seattle Public Utilities
 
 
49/10

BPA Transmission Line / Kangley - Echo Lake
  2001
 
49/11

Water Rates
  2002

 

Administrative, 2001-2003

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
62/1


Phone Logs (8 volumes)
  2000-2002
 
50/1

Proclamations
  2001-2002
 
50/2

Public Hearing Sign up Sheets (4 folders)
  2000-2003
 
50/3

Public Hearing Signup Sheets
  2000-2003
 
50/4

Public Hearing Signup Sheets
  2000-2003
 
50/5

Public Hearing Signup Sheets
  2000-2003

 

Constituent Mail, 2000-2003

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
50/6


Monthly Tally Sheets
  2000
 
50/7

Committees - Housing and Human Services
  2003
 
50/8

Committees - Public Safety and Technology
  2003
 
50/9

Committees -Transportation
  2003
 
50/10

Committees - Water and Health
  2003
 
50/11

Appointments / Confirmations
  2003
 
50/12

Department of Construction and Land Use
  2003
 
50/13

Seattle City Light (2 folders)
  2001
 
50/14

Seattle City Light
  2001
 
50/15

Seattle City Light
  2002
 
51/1

Seattle City Light
  2002
 
51/2

Seattle City Light
  2002
 
51/3

Seattle City Light
  2002-2003
 
51/4

Adult Entertainment - Dancers / Four-Foot Rule
  2003
 
51/5

Alternative Energy-
  2002
 
51/6

Animal Rights
  2001-2002
 
51/7

Arts
  2001-2002
 
52/1

Athletic Fields Lights
  5-2003
 
52/2

Ave Project / University District
  2001-2002
 
52/3

Bicycles
  2001-2002
 
52/4

Budget
  2000-2002
 
52/5

Burke Gillman Trail Completion
  2003
 
52/6

Cedar River Watershed - BPA / Kangley Echo Lake Transmission Line (includes Public Hearing)
  2002
 
52/7

Citizen Access
  1999-2000
 
52/8

Civil Rights
  2000-2003
 
52/9

Energy Conservation
  2001
 
52/10

Energy Crisis
  2000-2001
 
52/11

Cable Franchise
  2001-2002
 
52/12

Canadian Geese
  2002
 
52/13

Civil Liberties
  2002
 
52/14

Combined Charities
  2003
 
52/15

Commerce / Boeing
  2002
 
53/1

Conservatives / Anti-waste
  2002
 
53/2

Covered Reservoir
  2000
 
53/3

Delridge Library Fund - Pro
  2001
 
53/4

Dogs
  2002
 
53/5

Domestic Violence
  2001
 
53/6

Education
  2002
 
53/7

Energy
  2002
 
53/8

Energy Code
  2001
 
53/9

Environment
  2001-2002
 
53/10

Espresso Tax
  2002
 


Field Lighting - Anti
  2002
 
53/11

Field Lighting - Anti
  2002
 
54/1

Field Lighting - Pro
  2002
 
54/2

Field Lighting - Pro
  2002
 
54/3

Field Lighting - Pro
  2002
 
54/4

Field Lighting - Pro
  2002
 
54/5

Field Lighting - Pro
  2002
 
55/1

Gay Rights
  2000-2002
 
55/2

Good Government
  2002
 
55/3

Health Care
  2002
 
55/4

Homeless / Low Income Housing
  2001-2002
 
55/5

Homeless / Low Income Housing
  2001-2002
 
55/6

Housing - Affordable
  2002
 
55/7

Human Services
  2001-2002
 
56/1

Kiwanis Ravine
  2002
 
56/2

Landlord / Tenant - Con
  2000-2001
 
56/3

Landlord / Tenant - Pro
  2000-2001
 
56/4

Monorail - Anti
  2002-2003
 
56/5

Monorail - Pro
  2001-2003
 
56/6

Municipal Court - Funding
  2001
 
56/7

Music - Youth
  2002
 
57/1

Neighborhoods
  2002
 
57/2

Neighborhoods / Urban Planning
  2000-2001
 
57/3

Parks
  2002-2003
 
57/4

Parks - Magnuson / UW
  2002
 
57/5

Parks Levy
  2000
 
57/6

Parking Tax
  2002
 
57/7

Patriot Act / War Protests
  2003
 
57/8

PBT
  2002
 
57/9

Police - Anti
  2001-2002
 
57/10

Police - Pro
  2001-2002
 
58/1

Poster Ban
  2002
 
58/2

Property Rights
  2000
 
58/3

Public Safety
  2001-2002
 
58/4

Public Safety
  2002-2003
 
58/5

Public Toilets
  2001
 
58/6

Public Transportation
  2001-2002
 
58/7

Racism - Anti
  2001-2002
 
58/8

Sidewalks
  2001-2002
 
58/9

Sound Transit- Community Development Fund / Rainier Valley - Undergrounding - Pro
  2001-2002
 
58/10

Sound Transit - Community Development Fund / Rainier Valley - Undergrounding - Anti
  2000-2002
 
58/11

Sound Transit - Pro
  2001-2002
 
58/12

Sound Transit - Anti
  2000-2002
 
58/13

South Lake Union (includes Public Hearing)
  2003
 
58/14

Special Events Ordinance - Anti
  2001
 
58/15

Special Events Ordinance - Pro
  2001
 
59/1

Street Outreach Services
  2002
 
59/2

TDR / Transfer Development Rights
  2002
 
59/3

Third Tier Billing - Anti
  2002
 
59/4

Third Tier Billing - Pro
  2002
 
59/5

Thornton Creek
  2002
 
59/6

Transportation
  2002
 
59/7

Vera Project
  2001
 
59/8

Victim Support
  2001
 
59/9

Water Issues
  2002
 
59/10

Zoo Agreement
  2002

 

Constituent Case Work, 2000-2003

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
60/1


DCLU
  2000-2002