Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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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
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Collection Number:
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4674-02
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Creator:
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Rice,
Norman B.
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Title:
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Subject Files
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Dates:
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1973-1992 (inclusive)
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Quantity:
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14.8 cubic ft. 37 boxes
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Languages:
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Collection materials are in
English.
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Summary:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Central Area Program
Plan
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1989 |
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Central Area Public
Development Authority
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1986 |
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Central Area Public
Development Authority
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1985-1987 |
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Central Area Public
Development Authority: Administrative Policy Committee Reports
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1985-1986 |
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Central Square Development
Association: Randolph Carter Industrial Workshop
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1986 |
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Industrial
Retention
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1987-1988 |
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Pike Place Market: Daystall
Tenants Association
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1988 |
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Pike Place Market: Daystall
Tenants Association
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1988 |
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Pike Place Market: Daystall
Tenants Association, Petition for Intervention re: Rental Rates
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1988 |
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Pike Place Market
Preservation and Development Authority: Response to Daystall Tenants
Association Petition for Intervention re: Rental Rates
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1988 |
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Seattle - King County
Economic Development Council
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1984-1985 |
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Seattle / King County
Economic Development Council
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1986-1987 |
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Seattle / King County
Economic Development Council
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1988 |
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Seattle / King County
Economic Development Council: Public Policy and Facilities
Committee
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1986-1987 |
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South African Goods Shipped
Through Port of Seattle
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1986-1988 |
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Washington State Convention
and Trade Center
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1985 |
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Washington State Convention
and Trade Center: Conditional Use Application
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1983-1985 |
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Washington State Convention
and Trade Center: Issue Notebook (Folder One)
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1983-1984 |
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Washington State Convention
and Trade Center: Issue Notebook (Folder Two)
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1984 |
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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.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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A Plan to Strengthen
Education in the Seattle Public Schools: A Proposal to the Board of Education,
by Superintendent William Kendrick.
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1988 |
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Falling Through the Cracks: A
Study of Dropouts in the Seattle Public Schools
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1989 |
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General Issues in
Education
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1986-1988 |
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Initiative 34 (Save Our
Schools)
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1989 |
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Joint Advisory Commission on
Education
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1983-1985 |
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Private Initiatives in Public
Education
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1982-1987 |
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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.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Bonneville Power Agreement,
Commercial Incentives Program
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1985 |
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Bonneville Power
Administration, Regional Issues
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1986 |
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Bonneville Power
Administration, Regional Issues
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1986-1987 |
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Conservation
Issues
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1986 |
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Conservation: Commercial
Lighting Project, A Plan to Advance State-of-the-Art Lighting Design in
Seattle
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1986 |
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Conservation: Governmental
Authority to Lend Money for Conservation (House Joint Resolution No.
4223)
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1979-1988 |
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Electrical Code: Polyvinyl
Chloride (PVC) Conduit/Raceway
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1987-1988 |
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Electrical Code: Polyvinyl
Chloride (PVC) Conduit/Raceway
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1988 |
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Electrical Code: Polyvinyl
Chloride (PVC) Conduit/Raceway
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1988 |
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Electrical Code: Polyvinyl
Chloride (PVC) Conduit/Raceway
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1988 |
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Energy Code Issue Notebook
(Folder One)
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1985 |
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Energy Code Issue Notebook
(Folder Two)
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1985 |
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Energy Code Revision: Hale
Versus City of Seattle, etc.
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1986-1987 |
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Joint Utility Billing
Project: Electrical and Combined Utilities
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1982-1986 |
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Joint Utility Meter
Reading
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1989 |
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Least Cost Electric Utility
Planning in the Pacific Northwest: Speech - Energy Conference, European
Community
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1989 |
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Seattle City Light: Cost
Allocation Review
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1986-1987 |
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Seattle City Light: Customer
Information System
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1989 |
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Seattle City Light: General
Energy Issues
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1981-1986 |
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Seattle City Light: General
Energy Issues
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1984-1986 |
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Seattle City Light: General
Energy Issues
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1988-1989 |
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Seattle City Light: General
Energy Issues
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1989 |
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Seattle City Light: Lake
Union Steam Plant - PCB Contamination
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1984-1985 |
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Seattle City Light: Lucky
Peak Power Project
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1984 |
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Seattle City Light: Peaking
Analysis
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1987 |
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Seattle City Light:
Rates
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1984-1986 |
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Seattle City Light: Rates -
Building Owners and Managers Association of Seattle and King County
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1988 |
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Seattle City Light: Rates -
Impact on Economic Activity
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1986 |
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Seattle City Light: Rates -
Low Income Utility Rate Assistance
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1988-1986 |
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Seattle City Light: Rates
Advisory Committee
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1987-1988 |
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Seattle City Light: Rates
Advisory Committee
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1988-1989 |
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Seattle City Light: Rate
Reduction
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1985-1986 |
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Seattle City Light: Rate
Reduction - Proposed 1985
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1984-1985 |
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Seattle City Light: Rate
Review
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1989 |
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Seattle City Light: Rate
Review
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1989 |
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Seattle City Light: Revenue
Requirements
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1987 |
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Seattle City Light: Third
Alternating Current Line Between the Northwest and California
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1987-1989 |
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Washington Public Power
Supply System
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1976-1979 |
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Washington Public Power
Supply System
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1980-1982 |
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Washington Public Power
Supply System
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1983 |
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Washington Public Power
Supply System
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1984-1985 |
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Washington Public Power
Supply System
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1986 |
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Washington Public Power
Supply System: City Policy Statement on Projects 4 and 5
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1981 |
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Washington Public Power
Supply System, Modified Settlement Analysis
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1985 |
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Washington Public Power
Supply System, Newspaper Clippings
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1979-1981 |
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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.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Annual Budget 1979: Summary
of Votes on Amendments
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1978-1979 |
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Annual Budget 1980: Budget
Issue Papers
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1979 |
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Capital Improvement
Program
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1978-1979 |
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Capital Preservation and
Improvement Citizen Committee
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1981-1982 |
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Community Development Block
Grants
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1981 |
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Comparative Financial
Policies Review: Includes Public Hearing Sign-In Sheet (June 20)
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1989 |
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Debt Management
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1976-1981 |
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Financial Management, Data
Processing System
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1977 |
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Financial Management, Data
Processing System
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1978-1979 |
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Finance: General
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1977-1981 |
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South African Investments:
Divestment Issue and Background
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1982-1987 |
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Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds:
Correspondence and Proposal
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1982-1983 |
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Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds:
Correspondence and Proposal
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1983 |
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Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds:
Correspondence and Proposal
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1983-1984 |
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Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds:
Correspondence and Proposal
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1983-1984 |
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Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds:
Correspondence and Proposal
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1984 |
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Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds:
Correspondence and Proposal
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1984 |
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Seattle 1 - 2 - 3 Bonds:
Leschi / 1 - 2 - 3, Lake Washington Boulevard Improvement Project
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1988-1989 |
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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.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Administrative Services,
Department of. Reorganization: Internal Services
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1980 |
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Fire Fighters' Pension
Board
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1979-1980 |
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Human Rights Department:
General Issues
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1981-1986 |
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Human Rights Department:
Women and Minority Business Enterprise
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1983-1984 |
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Human Rights Ordinance:
Proposed Amendments
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1984-1986 |
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Department of Licenses and
Consumer Affairs
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1979-1983 |
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Municipal Center Project
Issue Binder
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1986 |
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Office of Policy
Planning
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1978 |
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Office of Policy Planning:
Executive Response to 1979 Budget Report - OPP J. Williams Proposal to Abolish
Office
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1978 |
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Public Safety Civil Service
Commission
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1979-1980 |
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Seattle / King County, Health
Department Reorganization
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1978-1980 |
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Space Planning: Freeway
Hall
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1979-1980 |
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Space Planning: Leases -
General
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1979-1982 |
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Space Planning: Leases -
Guidelines
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1983 |
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Space Planning: Long Range
Facilities Planning
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1983 |
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Space Planning: Major
Maintenance Study
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1980-1981 |
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Space Planning: Major
Maintenance Study
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1980-1981 |
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Space Planning: Municipal
Building
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1979-1982 |
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Space Planning: Mutual and
Offsetting Benefit Leases (MOB)
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1979-1981 |
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Space Planning: Odessa Brown
Clinic
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1980-1981 |
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Space Planning: Pacific
Northwest Bell, City Property
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1979-1980 |
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Space Planning: Parking,
Municipal Building
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1978-1979 |
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Space Planning: Parking,
Seattle Parking Policies
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1978-1980 |
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Space Planning: Smith Tower,
Long-Term Lease
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1982 |
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Space Planning: Yesler
Building
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1979-1982 |
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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.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Affirmative Action and Equal
Employment Opportunity
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1976-1979 |
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Buildings Superintendent:
Appointment of William Justen
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1978 |
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City Council: Board and
Commission Appointments
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1984-1985 |
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City Light: Discrimination
Concerns and Affirmative Action
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1983-1986 |
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City Light Superintendent
Search, Robert Murray
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1979-1980 |
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City Productivity Initiative
(includes Public Hearing Sign-In Sheet)
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1989 |
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Combined Charitable
Campaign
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1988 |
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Cost of Living Increases:
City Salary Review
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