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

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


5761-01





Finding aid prepared by Scott Cline

Finding aid encoded by Shannon B. Lynch, 2004
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection
 
Repository Name:
 

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:
 

5761-01
 
Creator:
 

Seattle (Wash.). Public Information Officer
 
Title:
 

Records
 
Dates:
 

1994-1999 (inclusive)
 
Quantity:
 

2.0 cubic ft.
4 boxes
 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

The Public Information Officer's records include information on Neighborhood Planning Office programs, material for presentations, and program development information.
 

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.

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.

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.

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.

 
Seattle (Wash.). Neighborhood Planning Office
Seattle (Wash.). Public Information Officer
Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government
Neighborhood planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
Negatives
Photographic prints
Slides
Other Creators :
McGuire, Laurence

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.
 


KUOW's Weekday Front Porch Forum (May 19, 1997)
   1997
   
Videotapes
  
 
Multiple copies exist for some videotapes.
 


"Neighbors at Work: A personal message from Mayor Norm Rice"; The Seattle Public Schools Instructional Broadcast Center, 11/1994; NP Workshops
  1994
 


Fremont Neighborhood Committee; 2/23/1996
  1996
 


Georgetown Neighborhood Committee; 4/23/1996
   1996
 


University District Neighborhood Committee; 5/14/1996
   1996
 


Ballard Neighborhood Committee; 7/23/1996
   1996
 


Lake City Neighborhood Committee; 8/13/1996
   1996
 


#3 Neighborhoods; 11/19/1997
   1997
 


Neighborhoods Committee; 12/11/1997
   1997
 


Neighborhoods Committee; 3/24/1998
   1998
 


Neighborhoods Committee; 12/5/1998
   1998
 


Joint Transportation / Finance Committee; 6/23/1997
   1997
 


For dub of Pike / Boren low-income housing project; Aug. 8
   n.d.
 


SYIN '95 Interviews
   1995
 


From 9/30/1997 UPN 11 KSTW to NPO (Betacam tape)
   1997
 


Jim Street; 11/1994
   1994
 


Mayor Rice on Compton Report; 12/14/1997
   1997
 


Seattle Citizen: Paul Schell / Karma Ruder; 12/1997
   1997
 


Neighborhood Spot (1:00 min.)
   n.d.
 


"Making Streets That Work"
   n.d.
 


"Towards A Sustainable Future"
   n.d.
 


"A Place to Call Home"
   n.d.
 


Olive Way Improvements (raw footage shot Oct. '97 by Byrd Productions)
   1997
 


Neighborhood Stories #1-7
   n.d.