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Guide to the Norm Rice Subject Files, 1973-1992


4674-02





Finding aid prepared by Scott Cline, Shannon B. Lynch, and Julie Kerssen

Finding aid encoded by Shannon B. Lynch, 2004


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:
 

4674-02
 
Creator:
 

Rice, Norman B.
 
Title:
 

Subject Files
 
Dates:
 

1973-1992 (inclusive)
 
Quantity:
 

14.8 cubic ft.
37 boxes
 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

Records documenting Norm Rice's eleven years on the Seattle City Council, 1978-1989; included are correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to Rice's work on financial management, housing, public safety, and education, among other issues.

 

Biographical Note

Norman B. Rice was born May 4, 1943 in Denver, Co. He received his college education at the University of Washington, earning a bachelor's degree in communications and a Masters of Public Administration. Rice holds honorary degrees from Seattle University, the University of Puget Sound, and Whitman College. Before entering City government, he worked as a reporter at KOMO-TV News and KIXI radio, served as Assistant Director of the Seattle Urban League, was Executive Assistant and Director of Government Services for the Puget Sound Council of Governments, and was employed as the Manager of Corporate Contributions and Social Policy at Rainier National Bank.

Beginning in 1978, Rice served eleven years on City Council, including a term as Council President; he also served as chair of the Energy and Finance and Budget Committees. Rice facilitated the development of more equitable cost allocation and rate design procedures for Seattle City Light as part of his work on the Energy Committee; his accomplishments on the Finance and Budget Committee included the passage of the Women and Minority Business Enterprise Ordinance and the elimination of City investments in firms doing business in South Africa. Rice also worked to improve public safety in Seattle and advocated for the use of local funds to improve conditions for disadvantaged Seattle citizens.

Rice was elected mayor of Seattle for the term beginning January 1, 1990, and served two full terms. He was the first African-American mayor in Seattle's history. An important issue in his first mayoral race was mandatory busing of schoolchildren to improve integration in schools; schools and education continued to be an important issue throughout his tenure as mayor, including support for the Families and Education Levy. Downtown revitalization was also a top priority during his tenure as mayor.

Rice ran for mayor a second time in 1993 and was re-elected; he also served as President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. After leaving office, Rice served as President and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle from 1998-2004; he then became vice-chair of Capital Access, LLC, and a visiting professor at the University of Washington.

Content Description

Included in the Norm Rice Subject Files are 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. More detailed information about each subseries can be found below.

Arrangement

The Norm Rice Subject Files are arranged in fifteen subseries:

I: Economic Development, 1983-1989

II: Education, 1982-1989

III: Energy: Electrical, 1979-1989

IV: Finance and Budget, 1976-1989

V: General Government: Departments, 1979-1986

VI: General Government: Human Resources, 1976-1989

VII: General Government: Intergovernmental Relations, 1983-1989

VIII: General Government: Regulatory Issues, 1983-1992

IX: Housing, 1973-1989

X: Land Use, 1979-1989

XI: Parks, Recreation, and Culture, 1978-1989

XII: Public Safety, 1974-1989

XIII: Social and Human Services, 1977-1989

XIV: Transportation, 1978-1989

XV: Utilities, 1978-1989

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Records are open to the public.

Preferred Citation 

[Item and date], Norm Rice Subject Files, Record Series 4674-02. 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.

 
Washington Public Power Supply System
Rice, Norman B.
Interstate 90
Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government
Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.)
Economic development--Washington (State)--Seattle
Education--Washington (State)--Seattle
Energy--Washington (State)--Seattle
Finance, Public--Washington (State)--Seattle
Financial management--Washington (State)--Seattle
Housing--Washington (State)--Seattle
Human services--Washington (State)--Seattle
Land use--Washington (State)--Seattle
Offenses against public safety--Washington (State)--Seattle
Parks--Washington (State)--Seattle
Power resources--Washington (State)--Seattle
Public utilities--Washington (State)--Seattle
Urban transportation--Washington (State)--Seattle
Youth--Services for--Washington (State)--Seattle
City council members--Washington (State)--Seattle
Other Creators :
Seattle (Wash.)--City Council

Detailed Description of the Collection

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


 

Economic Development, 1983-1989

Materials in the Economic Development subseries mainly cover the downtown business district and the Central Area. Issues relating to the building of the convention center are discussed, including funding, housing mitigation, and Freeway Park. Several files relate to the city's intervention in the Central Area Public Development Authority in 1986, whose board was seen as deadlocked and dysfunctional. Another set of materials documents the City Council's decision not to intervene in the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority after investigating complaints by the market's Daystall Tenant's Association about a rent increase and alleged mismanagement. Also included in the subseries are minutes, reports, and correspondence relating to the work of the Seattle-King County Economic Development Council, of which Rice was a member.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
1/1

Central Area Program Plan
   1989
 
½

Central Area Public Development Authority
   1986
 
1/3

Central Area Public Development Authority
   1985-1987
 
1/4

Central Area Public Development Authority: Administrative Policy Committee Reports
   1985-1986
 
1/5

Central Square Development Association: Randolph Carter Industrial Workshop
   1986
 
1/6

Industrial Retention
   1987-1988
 
1/7

Pike Place Market: Daystall Tenants Association
   1988
 
1/8

Pike Place Market: Daystall Tenants Association
   1988
 
1/9

Pike Place Market: Daystall Tenants Association, Petition for Intervention re: Rental Rates
   1988
 
1/10

Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority: Response to Daystall Tenants Association Petition for Intervention re: Rental Rates
   1988
 
2/1

Seattle - King County Economic Development Council
   1984-1985
 
2/2

Seattle / King County Economic Development Council
   1986-1987
 
2/3

Seattle / King County Economic Development Council
   1988
 
2/4

Seattle / King County Economic Development Council: Public Policy and Facilities Committee
   1986-1987
 
2/5

South African Goods Shipped Through Port of Seattle
   1986-1988
 
2/6

Washington State Convention and Trade Center
   1985
 
2/7

Washington State Convention and Trade Center: Conditional Use Application
   1983-1985
 
2/8

Washington State Convention and Trade Center: Issue Notebook (Folder One)
   1983-1984
 
2/9

Washington State Convention and Trade Center: Issue Notebook (Folder Two)
   1984
 

Education, 1982-1989

The small Education subseries contains materials relating to the anti-busing Initiative 34; the organization Private Initiatives in Public Education (PIPE), of which Rice was a member; a proposal from Superintendent William Kendrick, and various reports and studies.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
3/1

A Plan to Strengthen Education in the Seattle Public Schools: A Proposal to the Board of Education, by Superintendent William Kendrick.
   1988
 
3/2

Falling Through the Cracks: A Study of Dropouts in the Seattle Public Schools
   1989
 
3/3

General Issues in Education
   1986-1988
 
3/4

Initiative 34 (Save Our Schools)
   1989
 
3/5

Joint Advisory Commission on Education
   1983-1985
 
3/6

Private Initiatives in Public Education
   1982-1987
 

Energy: Electrical, 1979-1989

The Energy subseries documents Rice's work relating to Seattle City Light, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the Washington Public Power Supply System. Most of the Seattle City Light material deals with rates, but issues such as a customer information system, cost allocation, and the Lake Union steam plant are represented as well. Other issues covered in the files include the electrical code, joint utility billing, and conservation.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
3/7

Bonneville Power Agreement, Commercial Incentives Program
   1985
 
3/8

Bonneville Power Administration, Regional Issues
   1986
 
3/9

Bonneville Power Administration, Regional Issues
   1986-1987
 
3/10

Conservation Issues
   1986
 
3/11

Conservation: Commercial Lighting Project, A Plan to Advance State-of-the-Art Lighting Design in Seattle
   1986
 
3/12

Conservation: Governmental Authority to Lend Money for Conservation (House Joint Resolution No. 4223)
   1979-1988
 
3/13

Electrical Code: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Conduit/Raceway
   1987-1988
 
3/14

Electrical Code: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Conduit/Raceway
   1988
 
3/15

Electrical Code: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Conduit/Raceway
   1988
 
4/1

Electrical Code: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Conduit/Raceway
   1988
 
4/2

Energy Code Issue Notebook (Folder One)
   1985
 
4/3

Energy Code Issue Notebook (Folder Two)
   1985
 
4/4

Energy Code Revision: Hale Versus City of Seattle, etc.
   1986-1987
 
4/5

Joint Utility Billing Project: Electrical and Combined Utilities
   1982-1986
 
4/6

Joint Utility Meter Reading
   1989
 
4/7

Least Cost Electric Utility Planning in the Pacific Northwest: Speech - Energy Conference, European Community
   1989
 
4/8

Seattle City Light: Cost Allocation Review
   1986-1987
 
4/9

Seattle City Light: Customer Information System
   1989
 
5/1

Seattle City Light: General Energy Issues
   1981-1986
 
5/2

Seattle City Light: General Energy Issues
   1984-1986
 
5/3

Seattle City Light: General Energy Issues
   1988-1989
 
5/4

Seattle City Light: General Energy Issues
   1989
 
5/5

Seattle City Light: Lake Union Steam Plant - PCB Contamination
   1984-1985
 
5/6

Seattle City Light: Lucky Peak Power Project
   1984
 
5/7

Seattle City Light: Peaking Analysis
   1987
 
5/8

Seattle City Light: Rates
   1984-1986
 
5/9

Seattle City Light: Rates - Building Owners and Managers Association of Seattle and King County
   1988
 
5/10

Seattle City Light: Rates - Impact on Economic Activity
   1986
 
5/11

Seattle City Light: Rates - Low Income Utility Rate Assistance
   1988-1986
 
5/12

Seattle City Light: Rates Advisory Committee
   1987-1988
 
5/13

Seattle City Light: Rates Advisory Committee
   1988-1989
 
5/14

Seattle City Light: Rate Reduction
   1985-1986
 
6/1

Seattle City Light: Rate Reduction - Proposed 1985
   1984-1985
 
6/2

Seattle City Light: Rate Review
   1989
 
6/3

Seattle City Light: Rate Review
   1989
 
6/4

Seattle City Light: Revenue Requirements
   1987
 
6/5

Seattle City Light: Third Alternating Current Line Between the Northwest and California
   1987-1989
 
6/6

Washington Public Power Supply System
   1976-1979
 
6/7

Washington Public Power Supply System
   1980-1982
 
6/8

Washington Public Power Supply System
   1983
 
6/9

Washington Public Power Supply System
   1984-1985
 
6/10

Washington Public Power Supply System
   1986
 
6/11

Washington Public Power Supply System: City Policy Statement on Projects 4 and 5
   1981
 
6/12

Washington Public Power Supply System, Modified Settlement Analysis
   1985
 
6/13

Washington Public Power Supply System, Newspaper Clippings
   1979-1981
 

Finance and Budget, 1976-1989

Approximately half of the materials in the Finance and Budget subseries document the Seattle 1-2-3 bond issue, which passed in 1984. The bonds financed improvements to parks, streets, and municipal facilities such as libraries and fire stations. Other files in the subseries relate to the city budget, South African divestment, data processing, and community development block grants.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
7/1

Annual Budget 1979: Summary of Votes on Amendments
   1978-1979
 
7/2

Annual Budget 1980: Budget Issue Papers
   1979
 
7/3

Capital Improvement Program
   1978-1979
 
7/4

Capital Preservation and Improvement Citizen Committee
   1981-1982
 
7/5

Community Development Block Grants
   1981
 
7/6

Comparative Financial Policies Review: Includes Public Hearing Sign-In Sheet (June 20)
   1989
 
7/7

Debt Management
   1976-1981
 
7/8

Financial Management, Data Processing System
   1977
 
7/9

Financial Management, Data Processing System
   1978-1979
 
7/10

Finance: General
   1977-1981
 
7/11

South African Investments: Divestment Issue and Background
   1982-1987
 
8/1

Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds: Correspondence and Proposal
   1982-1983
 
8/2

Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds: Correspondence and Proposal
   1983
 
8/3

Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds: Correspondence and Proposal
   1983-1984
 
8/4

Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds: Correspondence and Proposal
   1983-1984
 
8/5

Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds: Correspondence and Proposal
   1984
 
8/6

Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds: Correspondence and Proposal
   1984
 
8/7

Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds: Leschi / 1 - 2 - 3, Lake Washington Boulevard Improvement Project
   1988-1989
 

General Government: Departments, 1979-1986

Much of the General Government: Departments subseries deals with space planning in various municipal facilities. Related files include the Seattle Maintenance and Renovation Survey, which was a comprehensive assessment of repair and renovation needs and a plan for maintenance activities. Other materials in the subseries include documentation of issues relating to the Human Rights Department, the Health Department, the Department of Administrative Services, and the Office of Policy Planning.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
9/1

Administrative Services, Department of. Reorganization: Internal Services
   1980
 
9/2

Fire Fighters' Pension Board
   1979-1980
 
9/3

Human Rights Department: General Issues
   1981-1986
 
9/4

Human Rights Department: Women and Minority Business Enterprise
   1983-1984
 
9/5

Human Rights Ordinance: Proposed Amendments
   1984-1986
 
9/6

Department of Licenses and Consumer Affairs
   1979-1983
 
9/7

Municipal Center Project Issue Binder
   1986
 
9/8

Office of Policy Planning
   1978
 
9/9

Office of Policy Planning: Executive Response to 1979 Budget Report - OPP J. Williams Proposal to Abolish Office
   1978
 
9/10

Public Safety Civil Service Commission
   1979-1980
 
9/11

Seattle / King County, Health Department Reorganization
   1978-1980
 
9/12

Space Planning: Freeway Hall
   1979-1980
 
9/13

Space Planning: Leases - General
   1979-1982
 
9/14

Space Planning: Leases - Guidelines
   1983
 
9/15

Space Planning: Long Range Facilities Planning
   1983
 
10/1

Space Planning: Major Maintenance Study
   1980-1981
 
10/2

Space Planning: Major Maintenance Study
   1980-1981
 
10/3

Space Planning: Municipal Building
   1979-1982
 
10/4

Space Planning: Mutual and Offsetting Benefit Leases (MOB)
   1979-1981
 
10/5

Space Planning: Odessa Brown Clinic
   1980-1981
 
10/6

Space Planning: Pacific Northwest Bell, City Property
   1979-1980
 
10/7

Space Planning: Parking, Municipal Building
   1978-1979
 
10/8

Space Planning: Parking, Seattle Parking Policies
   1978-1980
 
10/9

Space Planning: Smith Tower, Long-Term Lease
   1982
 
10/10

Space Planning: Yesler Building
   1979-1982
 

General Government: Human Resources, 1976-1989

The General Government: Human Resources subseries covers a variety of issues, including the combined charities campaign, minority contracts, cost of living increases, and discrimination allegations at City Light. Files document several high-level personnel searches and appointments, including Police Chief, Personnel Director, and City Light Superintendent. A file containing detailed discussions of the city's affirmative action plan may be of particular interest.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
10/11

Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity
   1976-1979
 
10/12

Buildings Superintendent: Appointment of William Justen
   1978
 
10/13

City Council: Board and Commission Appointments
   1984-1985
 
10/14

City Light: Discrimination Concerns and Affirmative Action
   1983-1986
 
11/1

City Light Superintendent Search, Robert Murray
   1979-1980
 
11/2

City Productivity Initiative (includes Public Hearing Sign-In Sheet)
   1989
 
11/3

Combined Charitable Campaign
   1988
 
11/4

Cost of Living Increases: City Salary Review
   1982
 
11/5

Dispute Resolution Center
   1989
 
11/6

Domestic Partners Ordinance
   1989
 
11/7

Finance Director: Charter Amendment
   1982
 
11/8

Intermittent Workers
   1989
 
11/9

Labor Policy Committee
   1988
 
11/10

Management Compensation Study
   1988-1989
 
11/11

Minority Contracts: City Council Reviews
   1989
 
11/12

Office of Policy Planning Director: Confirmation of Carol Lewis
   1979
 
11/13

Personnel Director Reappointment
   1984
 
11/14

Police Chief Hiring, Patrick Fitzsimons
   1978
 
11/15

Professional Development Proposal
   1989
 
11/16

Vacation Pay for Intermittent Employees: Scannel Case
   1989
 
12/1

Women and Minority Business Enterprise Ordinance
   1983-1986
 

General Government: Intergovernmental Relations, 1983-1989

The majority of the General Government: Intergovernmental Relations subseries relates to the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro). Some of the Metro documents detail the controversy surrounding Metro's purchase of South African granite for the downtown bus tunnel. The purchase violated the Metro Council's anti-apartheid policy and led to the resignation of Metro's executive director. Files in the subseries also document Initiative 28, which stated Seattle citizens' opposition to U.S. support of the governments of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, and Initiative 30, which essentially rescinded Initiative 28 as well as a resolution declaring Seattle to be a city of refuge. Seattle's sister city program is also covered in the files.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
12/2

City Council: Joint Meeting with Bellevue City Council
   1985
 
12/3

Initiative 28, City of Refuge: Speech Material, Sanctuary
   1983-1986
 
12/4

Initiative 28, City of Refuge: El Salvador, Central America, Letters
   1983
 
12/5

Initiative 30, Central America
   1984-1986
 
12/6

Metro: Audit Sub - Committee
   1986-1988
 
12/7

Metro: Finance and Personnel Committee, Financial Policies
   1988
 
12/8

Metro: Finance and Personnel Committee, Pending Issues
   1988-1989
 
12/9

Metro Governance
   1988-1989
 
12/10

Metro Governance
   1988-1989
 
12/11

Metro: Granite Pavers Issue - South Africa
   1989
 
12/12

Metro: Granite Pavers Issue - South Africa, Congressional Letter
   1989
 
13/1

Metro: Granite Pavers Issue - South Africa, Urban Mass Transportation Administration
   1989
 
13/2

Metro: King County Metro Merger
   1989
 
13/3

Metro: Legal Procurement
   1979-1989
 
13/4

Metro Management Audit
   1988-1989
 
13/5

Metro: One Percent For Art Fund
   1989
 
13/6

Metro: Water Quality Committee
   1983-1986
 
13/7

Metro: Women / Minority Businesses
   1984-1986
 
13/8

Sister City Program: Kaohsiung
   1985-1986
 
13/9

Sister City Program: Managua
   1983-1985
 
13/10

Sister City Program: Policy
   1985
 

General Government: Regulatory Issues, 1983-1992

The General Government: Regulatory Issues subseries contains materials on a variety of issues. Several files detail the struggle for a compromise between the City Council and the King County Council on regulating taxis. Documents relating to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday include both an official report by a state commission recommending how the holiday should be observed in the future and the text of a speech given by Rice to commemorate King. The controversy over renaming Empire Way in honor of King is also represented. Of particular interest may be a file containing requirements and cost figures for a bid to host the 1992 Super Bowl.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
13/11

Animal Control
   1985-1987
 
13/12

Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday, Holiday
   1985-1986
 
13/13

Martin Luther King, Jr., Miscellaneous
   1982-1985
 
13/14

Public Disclosure Request, Temporary Employees
   1983-1984
 
14/1

Reparations Ordinance
   1984
 
14/2

Smoking: No Smoking in Public Buildings Policy
   1988-1989
 
14/4

Superbowl 1992: Local Government Services
   1989-1992
 
14/5

Taxicab Regulation: Ad Hoc Taxi Task Force
   1986
 
14/6

Taxicab Regulation: Correspondence, Background, Articles, Editorials
   1984-1985
 
14/7

Taxicab Regulation: Ordinance
   1983-1985
 
14/8

Taxicab Regulation Ordinance
   1984-1986
 

Housing, 1973-1989

Much of the Housing subseries relates to issues of low-income housing and human services. After a Housing Preservation Ordinance regulating demolition and change of use of housing units was struck down by the state Supreme Court, the city imposed a temporary moratorium on demolition of residential housing. Other files document the Council's investigation of mother-in-law apartments as a way to increase housing units in the city. Downtown housing needs, fair housing, and a bond issue for housing for low-income elderly are also represented in the subseries.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
14/9

Ad Hoc Committee for Fair and Open Housing
   1983-1984
 
14/10

Downtown Housing Advisory Task Force
   1985-
 
14/11

Downtown Housing in Seattle
   1973-1980
 
14/12

Emergency Rental Housing
   1984-
 
14/13

Housing and Human Services
   1988-
 
14/14

Housing and Human Services
   1988-
 
14/15

Housing Bonds
   1985-1986
 
15/1

Housing Demolition Moratorium
   1988-
 
15/2

Housing, General
   1989-
 
15/3

Housing Preservation Ordinance
   1983-1985
 
15/4

Housing Preservation Ordinance
   1983-1985
 
15/5

Housing Preservation Ordinance: Public Hearing Sign-In Sheets (July 1)
   1985
 
15/6

Housing Proposals
   1986-1988
 
15/7

Low Income Housing: 517 18th Avenue, Proposed Use As Low Income Housing, Letters
   1983
 
15/8

Low Income Housing Moratorium, Matching Funds
   1989
 
15/9

Mother-in-Law Apartments (Add-a-Rental)
   1979-1981
 
15/10

Mother-in-Law Apartments (Add-a-Rental): Letters
   1981-1982
 
15/11

Multi-Family Housing
   1979-1981
 
15/12

Public Accommodations, Human Rights
   1984
 
16/1

Seattle Housing Authority: Eviction Procedures
   1979-1986
 
16/2

Vacant Structures, Mother-in-Law Apartments
   1978-1979
 

Land Use, 1979-1989

A major topic in the Land Use subseries is the Westlake Center project and the related closure of Pine Street as a pedestrian mall. After the state Supreme Court prohibited the city from completing the Westlake project as originally planned, the land was sold to developers who created a shopping mall, office tower, and public square. Several files document 1979 discussions about the annexation of the South Park industrial area. Studies were done but annexation did not take place at that time. Files on noise deal with issues ranging from trains and float planes to concerts in parks. Other subjects represented in the subseries include zoning, greenbelts, and the waterfront.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
16/3

Abandoned Houses
   1985
 
16/4

Adult Entertainment: Zoning Issue (includes DCLU Director's Report)
   1989
 
16/5

Airport Height District Amendment (includes DCLU Director's Report)
   1987-1989
 
16/6

Annexation (Folder One)
   1979
 
16/7

Annexation (Folder Two)
   1979
 
16/8

Annexation (Folder Three)
   1979
 
17/1

Citizens' Alternative Plan (CAP Initiative): Downtown Zoning
   1988-1989
 
17/2

Department of Construction and Land Use: Permit Review Process
   1980-1988
 
17/3

Floodplain Development Ordinance Proposal (includes DCLU Director's Report)
   1989
 
17/4

Greenbelt Overlay Districts: Allingham versus City of Seattle
   1988
 
17/5

Greenbelt Overlay Districts: Proposed Ordinance
   1983-1984
 
17/6

Harborfront
   1987-1988
 
17/7

Harborfront
   1987-1988
 
17/8

High Rise Buildings
   1981
 
17/9

Interim Zoning
   1988
 
17/10

Land Use Committee
   1987-1988
 
17/11

Land Use, General
   1989
 
17/12

Mobile Homes
   1988
 
18/1

Multi-Family Land Use Policies
   1989
 
18/2

Multi Family Land Use Policies, Citizens Alternative Two
   1989
 
18/3

Neighborhood Commercial Area
   1983-1985
 
18/4

Neighborhood Commercial Area, Down Zoning
   1984
 
18/5

Neighborhood Commercial Area Policies
   1982-1986
 
18/6

Neighborhood Commercial Area Policies
   1983-1986
 
18/7

Noise
   1986
 
18/8

Noise Advisory Committee
   1985-1986
 
18/9

Noise: General
   1979-1980
 
18/10

Noise in Parks
   1984-1985
 
18/11

Pier 62 and Pier 63
   1989
 
19/1

Pine Street Closure
   1988-1989
 
19/2

Pine Street Closure
   1989
 
19/3

Seattle Environmental Policies Act Ordinance, Letters
   1988-1989
 
19/4

Shoreline Annexation
   1989
 
19/5

South Lake Union Special Committee (Notebook, Folder One)
   1985
 
19/6

Swedish Hospital
   1983-1988
 
19/7

Urban Redevelopment Committee
   1988-1989
 
19/8

Waterfront
   n.d.
 
19/9

Westlake Mall / Center
   1978-1980
 
19/10

Westlake Mall / Center
   1980-1988
 
19/11

Westlake Mall / Center: Correspondence
   1982-1984
 
19/12

Westlake Mall (Issue Binder, Folder One)
   1983
 
20/1

Westlake Mall (Issue Binder, Folder Two)
   1983
 
20/2

Zoning, Major Institutions
   1989
 

Parks, Recreation, and Culture, 1978-1989

The majority of the Parks, Recreation, and Culture subseries covers issues related to the Seattle Center. Related files include discussion of the Walt Disney Company's proposal to take over the Center site, as well as the debate over building a new arena for the Sonics in the late 1980s. Materials from the Seattle Center Management and Institutional Alternatives Commission, which was established to study the Center's management structure and recommend improvements, are also included. Other topics covered in the subseries include Kubota Gardens, Carkeek Park, conservation easements, and the debate over whether to save historic buildings at Fort Lawton as the city took over the site.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
20/3

Carkeek Park
   1983-1984
 
20/4

Chinese Garden
   1986-1988
 
20/5

Conservation Easements
   1989
 
20/6

Fort Lawton / Discovery Park
   1988
 
20/7

Fort Lawton / Discovery Park
   1988
 
20/8

Kubota Gardens
   1982-1988
 
20/9

Maritime Museum
   1988
 
20/10

Parks Development
   1988-1989
 
20/11

Pro-Parks, Preliminary Report, etc.
   1981-1982
 
20/12

Ravenna Park
   1988-1989
 
20/13

Seattle Center Advisory Commission
   1986-1987
 
20/14

Seattle Center Contracts
   1978-1982
 
20/15

Seattle Center Correspondence
   1983
 
20/16

Seattle Center: Disney
   1987-1988
 
21/1

Seattle Center: Disney Proposal
   1988
 
21/2

Seattle Center: General Issues
   1983
 
21/3

Seattle Center: General Issues
   1988-1989
 
21/4

Seattle Center: General Issues
   1988-1989
 
21/5

Seattle Center Financial Management Review
   1982
 
21/6

Seattle Center Financial Picture
   1988
 
21/7

Seattle Center Management and Institutional Alternatives Commission (1)
   1986-1987
 
21/8

Seattle Center Management and Institutional Alternatives Commission (2)
   1986-1987
 
21/9

Seattle Center Management and Institutional Alternatives Commission (3)
   1986-1987
 
22/1

Seattle Center Management and Institutional Alternatives Commission (4)
   1986-1987
 
22/2

Seattle Center Management Plan
   1986-1989
 
22/3

Seattle Center: Public Development Authority
   1986-1988
 
22/4

Seattle Center: Space Needle, Proposed Addition
   1961-1978
 
22/5

Seattle Sonics (Professional Basketball Team)
   1986-1987
 
22/6

Seattle Sonics Arena (Professional Basketball Team)
   1988-1989
 
22/7

Senior Recreation Specialist Positions: Supporting Correspondence
   1988
 
22/8

Stimson Center, Bumbershoot
   1985
 
22/9

Zoo, Woodland Park Zoo Bonds
   1985
 

Public Safety, 1974-1989

The Public Safety subseries is the largest in Rice's subject files. One topic covered in detail is the numerous investigations undertaken after the 1984 stabbing death of a police officer, followed by the shooting of the assailant (Robert Baldwin) by Seattle police after a lengthy standoff. Files also document the development of an ordinance governing the police department's intelligence operations. This ordinance, meant to protect citizens from unlawful police spying, passed in 1979. Another subject discussed in the subseries is strategies to combat graffiti. An ordinance that would have banned the sale of aerosol paint to minors was eventually defeated. The "rockhouse" files cover citizen concerns about drug abuse and crack houses. Numerous other public safety issues are represented in the subseries, including domestic violence, pull tabs, public defenders, curfews, and parking meters.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
22/10

Adult Entertainment
   1988-1989
 
22/11

Alki Point Cruising Petition
   1984
 
23/1

Anti-Crime Team
   1986-1987
 
23/2

Anti-Crime Team
   1988
 
23/3

Anti-Crime Team: South Seattle - Sgt. Charles Pillon Case
   1977-1987
 
23/4

Assault Weapons
   1989
 
23/5

Baldwin (Robert) Incident
   1984-1985
 
23/6

Baldwin (Robert) Incident
   1984-1985
 
23/7

Baldwin (Robert) Incident
   1984-1986
 
23/8

Baldwin (Robert) Incident: City Council Review of Police Department Policy re: Deadly Force Situations
   1984
 
23/9

Baldwin (Robert) Incident: Firearms Review Board Report, Operations Critique and Recommendations
   1984
 
23/10

Baldwin (Robert) Incident: Police Policy Revisions
   1985-1986
 
23/11

Baldwin (Robert) Incident: Police Response to Recommendations
   1985
 
23/12

Baldwin (Robert) Incident: Report of the Special Panel
   1984
 
24/1

Bascomb (Erdman "Eddie") Shooting
   1988
 
24/2

Business and Occupation Tax for Police Funding
   1989
 
24/3

Correspondence "Red Alert"
   1985-1986
 
24/4

Crime Prevention Survey
   1986
 
24/5

Criminal Intent Legislation
   1987-1988
 
24/6

Cruising Ordinance, Correspondence
   1988
 
24/7

Curfew
   1986
 
24/8

Curfew
   1986
 
24/9

Domestic Violence
   1984-1986
 
24/10

Domestic Violence
   1985
 
24/11

Domestic Violence Meeting with Treatment Providers
   1985
 
24/12

Downtown Police Support
   1987
 
24/13

Downtown Street Team
   1984
 
24/14

Drugs and Drug Abuse
   1986
 
25/1

Drunk Driving Roadblocks
   1983-1984
 
25/2

Felony Stop Procedures
   1989
 
25/3

Fingerprint Identification System
   1986
 
25/4

Fire Code Correspondence
   1981-1988
 
25/5

Fireboat Duwamish: Preservation Project
   1979-1986
 
25/6

Fire Department
   1988-1989
 
25/7

Fire Fighters Local 27: Arbitration
   1989
 
25/8

Fire Fighters Local 27: Issues Overview
   1986
 
25/9

First Avenue Association Public Safety Plan
   1988-1989
 
25/10

Foot Patrols: Seattle Police Department
   1986
 
25/11

Foot Patrols: Seattle Police Department - Additional Patrols
   1988-1989
 
25/12

Graffiti: Aerosol Paint Ban, Letters of Opposition
   1989
 
25/13

Graffiti: Anti-Graffiti Ordinance, Issues and Memos
   1986-1989
 
25/14

Graffiti Busters Program Proposal
   1987-1989
 
25/15

Graffiti Information
   1986-1989
 
26/1

Graffiti Information
   1987-1989
 
26/2

King County Jail Study
   1988-1989
 
26/3

Lake City Aid Car
   1978-1980
 
26/4

Law and Justice Planning Project
   1985-1986
 
26/5

Law and Justice Planning Project
   1986
 
26/6

Law and Justice Planning Project
   1986-1987
 
26/7

Law and Justice Planning Project
   1986-1987
 
26/8

Madison Park Community Council Crime Meetings
   1988-1989
 
26/9

Metro Tunnel Traffic Control
   1989
 
26/10

Mobile Patrol: Seattle Police Department
   1986
 
26/11

Municipal Court
   1989
 
26/12

Municipal Court: Domestic Violence Reports
   1985
 
26/13

Neighborhood Crime Center
   1988-1989
 
26/14

Neighborhood Violence
   1978-1980
 
26/15

Neighbors Against Drugs
   1988
 
27/1

Operational Emergency Center
   1988
 
27/2

Parking Meters
   1974-1981
 
27/3

Parking Meters: Overtime Fees
   1977
 
27/4

Pedestrian Interference
   1989
 
27/5

Pioneer Square, Summit
   1988-1989
 
27/6

Police Intelligence Activities
   1978-1979
 
27/7

Police Intelligence Correspondence
   1980-1982
 
27/8

Police Intelligence Ordinance
   1979-1982
 
27/9

Police Intelligence Ordinance: Investigations Ordinance
   1981-1982
 
27/10

Police Intelligence Ordinance: LEIU / WSIW Memo, Audit
   1982
 
27/11

Police Precincts: Central Area
   1980-1983
 
27/12

Report: East Central Police Precinct
   1980-1984
 
28/1

Public Defender Program
   1980-1983
 
28/2

Public Defender Program
   1983-1988
 
28/3

Public Defender Program
   1988
 
28/4

Public Safety Related Correspondence
   1986
 
28/5

Public Safety Related Correspondence
   1986-1987
 
28/6

Residency Rules, Public Safety Personnel
   1989
 
28/7

Rockhouses
   1986-1988
 
28/8

Rockhouses: Meeting of 37th and 43rd Democratic Districts, October 28, 1987
   1987-1988
 
28/9

Rockhouses: Prentice Street Meeting
   1987-1988
 
28/10

Rockhouses: Task Force and Meetings
   1987
 
28/11

Seattle/King County Inter Jurisdictional Task Force
   1986
 
28/12

Seattle Police Department: Correspondence
   1978-1988
 
29/1

Seattle Police Department: Correspondence
   1984-1987
 
29/2

Seattle Police Department: Correspondence
   1987-1989
 
29/3

Seattle Police Department: Correspondence, Sycamore Avenue
   1987
 
29/4

Seattle Police Department: General Information
   1979
 
29/5

Seattle Police Department: Internal Investigation Request for Proposal
   1987-1989
 
29/6

Seattle Police Department: Management Study
   1989
 
29/7

Seattle Police Department: Management Study
   n.d.
 
29/8

Seattle Police Department: Response to Citizen Complaints
   1987-1988
 
29/9

Seattle Police Department: Training
   1988-1989
 
29/10

Seattle Police Department: Training Memorandum
   1988
 
30/1

Seattle Police Department: Training - Officers
   1988
 
30/2

Taxicab Complaints
   1982-1989
 
30/3

Taxicab Moratorium
   1989
 
30/4

Teen Dance Halls
   1987-1988
 
30/5

Teen Seattle
   1986-1988
 
30/6

Vice: Pull Tabs
   1986
 
30/7

Vice: Pull Tabs and Punchboards
   1988
 

Social and Human Services, 1977-1989

One set of files in the Social and Human Services subseries covers youth programs, some supported by the Seattle-King County Private Industry Council. The PIC mainly focused on youth employment and job training. Also represented is the Coalition for Survival Services, which worked to support food banks, community health clinics, and emergency shelters in the city. Other materials document Project Share, in which the Department of Human Services served as screener and distributor of funds contributed to help low-income City Light customers pay their bills. Additional subjects represented in the subseries include domestic partners, AIDS, and Head Start.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
30/8

Adult Learning Disabled
   1988
 
30/9

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
   1983-1984
 
30/10

Child Care / Day Care
   1988-1989
 
30/11

Children / Youth At-Risk
   1988
 
30/12

Department of Human Resources, Project Share
   1983-1984
 
30/13

Department of Human Resources, Project Share
   1983-1984
 
30/14

Domestic Partners
   1989
 
30/15

Downtown Human Services Advisory Task Force
   1988
 
30/16

Emergency Feeding Program
   1987-1988
 
30/17

English Plus
   1988-1989
 
31/1

Head Start Program
   1989
 
31/2

Home Sharing Program
   1989
 
31/3

Homeless / Shelter
   1986-1988
 
31/4

Human Services
   1984-1985
 
31/5

Kids Place
   1984-1985
 
31/6

Kids Place
   1984-1985
 
31/7

Mental Health
   1988
 
31/8

Mount Baker / Central Youth Services
   1988-1989
 
31/9

Plan for At-Risk Youth
   1985-1986
 
31/10

Seattle Citizens' Summit
   1988
 
31/11

Seattle Displacement Coalition
   1988
 
31/12

Seattle Indian Center
   1988
 
31/13

Sea-Mar Community Health Center
   1977-1988
 
31/14

Survival Services
   1983-1985
 
31/15

Survival Services
   1983-1985
 
32/1

Survival Services Fund, Coalition Request for 1985
   1983-1984
 
32/2

Youth Employment
   1988
 
32/3

Youth Programs
   1979
 
32/4

Youth Programs: Private Industry Council
   1987-1988
 
32/5

Youth Programs: Private Industry Council
   1987-1988
 
32/6

Youth Programs: Private Industry Council (March 8 Meeting)
   1988
 
32/7

Youth Programs: Private Industry Council (April 12 Meeting)
   1988
 
32/8

Youth Programs: Private Industry Council (February - March Meetings)
   1989
 
32/9

Youth Programs: Private Industry Council (May - July Meetings)
   1989
 
33/1

Youth Programs: Private Industry Council (October - November Meetings)
   1989
 
33/2

Youth Programs: Private Industry Council - Homeless, Youth at Risk, Literacy Issues
   1989
 

Transportation, 1978-1989

Much of the Transportation subseries relates to Interstate 90. Construction of the final portion of I-90 over Lake Washington and through the Mount Baker neighborhood was put on hold by the courts after a group of citizens sued to stop the project. The court lifted its injunction in 1979 and the freeway was eventually completed. Another major topic is the West Seattle Bridge, where materials document the discussions about location and design and include a fair amount of citizen input. Files also cover the Jefferson bus barn, the monorail and mass transit, and the First Avenue South Bridge.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
33/3

Bus Tunnel: Pine Street Closure
   1989
 
33/4

Current Transportation Issues
   1988
 
33/5

Elderly / Seniors Transportation Programs
   1978-1980
 
33/6

First Avenue South Bridge
   1988
 
33/7

Interstate-90
   1978-1980
 
33/8

Interstate-90
   1982
 
33/9

Interstate-90
   1982
 
33/10

Interstate-90
   1982
 
33/11

Interstate-90
   1982
 
33/12

Interstate-90
   1983
 
33/13

Interstate-90
   1985-1988
 
34/1

Interstate-90: Access between Lake Washington and Downtown Seattle, Petition
   1986
 
34/2

Interstate-90: Housing Relocation
   1979
 
34/3

Interstate-90: Transit Access
   1979-1980
 
34/4

Jefferson Bus Barn
   1988
 
34/5

Jefferson Bus Barn
   1988-1989
 
34/6

Major Maintenance Needs: Transportation. Plans, and Financial Recommendations 1988-1994
   1988
 
34/7

Martin Luther King Way
   1982-1985
 
34/8

Mass Transit / Transportation
   1986-1988
 
34/9

Metro Commuter Rail Demonstration Project
   1987
 
34/10

Monorail
   1985
 
34/11

United Airlines, Seattle to Tokyo
   1987-1988
 
34/12

Waterfront Streetcar
   1980-1983
 
34/13

West Seattle Bridge
   1978-1979
 
35/1

West Seattle Bridge
   1979
 
35/2

West Seattle Bridge: Low-Level Bridge
   1981-1987
 
35/3

West Seattle Bridge. Low-Level Bridge
   1988
 
35/4

West Seattle Freeway: Phase One - High-Level Bridge, Financial Management Plans
   1979-1983
 

Utilities, 1978-1989

One significant topic in the Utilities subseries is Metro's West Point Sewage Treatment Plant. The siting of this plant was a subject of great debate in Seattle, with arguments about choosing the lowest-cost alternative versus protecting Discovery Park and the shoreline. Solid waste issues are also discussed at length, including issues surrounding a proposal to build a mass burn incinerator. Another topic covered in the files is cable television, including problems with the company awarded the Central Area franchise. Other subjects include the Cedar River Watershed and garbage collection.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
35/5

Cable Television
   1987
 
35/6

Cable Television: Central District Cable Franchise
   1979-1982
 
35/7

Cable Television: Central District Cable Franchise, Parks and Community Resources Committee Decision
   1982
 
36/1

Cable Television: Highline District
   1987-1988
 
36/2

Cable Television: SEACOM Franchise (Folder One)
   1987
 
36/3

Cable Television: SEACOM Franchise (Folder Two)
   1987
 
36/4

Cedar River Watershed
   1989
 
36/5

Garbage Collection
   1981-1983
 
36/6

Landfill Closures: One Party Consent
   1987
 
36/7

Metro: Water Quality
   1988-1989
 
36/8

Metro: West Point Sewage Treatment Plant
   1985-1988
 
36/9

Metro: West Point Sewage Treatment Plant
   1986-1987
 
36/10

Metro: West Point Sewage Treatment Plant
   1987-1988
 
36/11

Metro: West Point Sewage Treatment Plant
   1988
 
37/1

Metro: West Point Sewage Treatment Plant - Favorable Correspondence and Petition
   1988
 
37/2

Metro: West Point Sewage Treatment Plant - Mitigation
   1986-1988
 
37/3

Metro: West Point Sewage Treatment Plant - Secondary Treatment
   1988
 
37/4

Metro: West Point Sewage Treatment Plant - Secondary Treatment - Oversight Sub-Committee
   1989
 
37/5

Metropolitan Water Pollution Abatement Advisory Committee, Recommendations on High Tech Sludge Decision
   1989
 
37/6

Sewer Utility Rate Study, Draft, etc.
   1981
 
37/7

Solid Waste
   1988
 
37/8

Solid Waste
   1988-1989
 
37/9

Solid Waste
   1989
 
37/10

Solid Waste: Contract
   1981
 
37/11

Solid Waste: Decisions in Seattle
   n.d.
 
37/12

Solid Waste Fund
   1978-1981
 
37/13

Solid Waste Management
   1989
 
37/14

Solid Waste Rates: Draft Report, Memos
   1981
 
37/15

Solid Waste: Styrofoam cups, etc.
   1988