Seattle Mayor's Office Central Files

Seattle Mayor's Office Central Files, 1979-2002

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Seattle (Wash.). Mayor
Title: Seattle Mayor's Office Central Files
Dates: 1979-2002 (inclusive)
19792002
Quantity: 12 cubic feet, (30 boxes)
Collection Number: 5200-07
Summary: Central file created and maintained by the Office of the Mayor.
Repository: Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Access Restrictions: Records are open to the public.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Mayor is the chief executive officer of the City with responsibilities for appointing executive department heads, directing and controlling all subordinate officers and agencies, preparing and executing the City budget, ensuring that the laws of the City are enforced, and maintaining the peace and order in the City. The legal roles and responsibilities of the Mayor are prescribed by the City Charter, state statutes, and municipal ordinances. A candidate for the position must be a citizen of the United States, a qualified elector of the State of Washington, and a registered voter of the City of Seattle at the time of filing his/her declaration of candidacy.

Seattle was incorporated by an act of the Territorial Legislature on December 2, 1869, and the City’s first mayor, Henry A. Atkins, was appointed by the Legislature pending the first City election scheduled for July 1870. The City Charter, granted by the Legislature, set the Mayor’s term of office at one year. Under this first Charter, the Mayor served as ex-officio President of the Common Council. A Charter amendment in 1875 gave the Mayor a vote on Council, but that provision was amended in 1886 to provide for a tie-breaking vote only.

The City's first Freeholders’ Charter (1890) completely separated the Executive and Legislative branches and changed the term of office for the Mayor to two years. Through the first decade of the 20th century, elected offices in Seattle were partisan. A Charter Amendment passed by the voters on March 8, 1910, established non-partisan nominations and elections for all City elective offices. A new Freeholders Charter in 1946 changed the term of the Mayor to four years.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, reports, memos, and other records retained in the Office of the Mayor. Rather than being filed with a particular Mayor's subject correspondence, these records were kept for reference purposes, often into succeeding mayoral administrations. Topics covered include ongoing concerns such as homelessness, neighborhoods, and the arts, as well as specific projects such as the sculpture park and the Seattle Commons. The series includes records documenting the city's involvement with the Seattle Mariners baseball team through the 1980s and 1990s, including issues surrounding the sale of the team in 1992. Also included are records relating to domestic partnerships, housing, Sand Point, transit, Weed and Seed, telecommunications, KeyArena, and the Pang warehouse fire.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Seattle Mayor's Office Central Files, Record Series 5200-07. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Separated Materials

Publications were pulled from the collection and are cataloged separately in the Published Documents Index.

Processing Note

The records formerly cataloged as 5272-08 (Norm Rice Central Files) were integrated into this record series.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

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

5200-07: Seattle Mayor's Office Central Files, 1979-2002Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/4	Admissions Tax	1996
1/3	Adobe	1996
1/5	Affirmative Action	1993-1996
23/1	African American Heritage Museum	2000
23/2	Aging and Disability	1998-2000
23/3	Aging - African Americans	1994-1999
1/1	Alcoholic Beverages. Banning 40 Ounce Drinks	1993-1994
1/2	Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance	1992-1997
1/6	Apprenticeship Program	1995-1997
1/7	Aquarium	1997
23/4	Aquarium	1998
1/8	Art	1992-1998
23/5	Artist Housing	1998-2000
23/6	Arts Education	1998-2000
23/7	Arts Facilities	1999
23/8	Arts Funding and Support	1996-1999
23/9	Arts Resource Center	1998-1999
23/10	Asian Pacific Islanders	1998
1/9	Automated Fingerprint Identification System	1995
23/11	Ballfield Lighting	2002
23/12	Belltown	2002
23/13	Belltown P-Patch	1993
1/10	Billboards	1996
23/14	Billboards	1992-1993
1/16	Blue Angels	1995-1996
2/1	Blue Angels	1995-1996
1/11	Bradner Playfield	1996
1/12	Bradner Playfield	1995-1996
1/13	Budget	1995
1/14	Bumbershoot Festival	1993-1994
2/2	Burke Gilman Trail	1996-1997
2/3	Burke Gilman Trail	1996-1997
1/15	Bus Shelters	1995
2/4	Cable Television	1992-1994
4/3	Cammermeyer, Colonel Margarethe	1992-1996
23/15	Capitol Hill	2001-2002
2/5	Casey Foundation	1995-1998
2/6	Central Area	1994-1997
23/16	Central Area Community Development / Promenade 23	1992-1994
24/1	Central Area PDA	1993-1994
24/2	Cesar Chavez Park	2002
4/1	City Campus	1990-1998
24/3	City Light - Deregulation / Restructuring	1997
24/4	Combined Charities	1993-1995
2/7	Community College	1991-1996
2/9	Community Redevelopment Financing (CRF)	1993-1994
24/5	Comprehensive Plan	1993-1995
3/1	Concert Hall	1988-1996
3/2	Concert Hall	1988-1996
3/3	Construction and Land Use	1995-1997
3/4	Convention Center	1994-1996
3/5	Cornish College Expansion	1995
4/2	Courthouse Expansion-King County / Federal	1991-1997
4/4	Denny Regrade	2000
4/5	Design Commission	1998
4/10	Domestic Partnerships: Sick Leave	1989
4/11	Domestic Partnerships: Sick Leave	1989
4/12	Domestic Partnerships: General File	1989-1993
4/13	Domestic Partnerships: Policy Revisions	1991
4/14	Domestic Partnerships: Policy Revisions	1991
4/15	Domestic Partnerships: Registration	1991-1994
4/6	Downtown	1993-1997
4/8	Downtown Public Development Authority	1994
24/6	Downtown Seatle Association	1999
4/7	Downtown Seattle Association	1993-1997
24/7	Drug Traffic Loitering	1990-1997
4/9	Duwamish	1995
5/1	Eagles	1993
5/2	Economic Development	1992-1997
5/3	Education	1990-2000
24/8	El Centro de la Raza	1987-1996
24/9	Elections	1992-1995
25/1	Emergency Management	1992-1995
25/2	Emergency Management	1995-1997
5/8	Enterprise Community	1993-1994
25/3	Ethics	1984-1991
25/4	Ethics	1991-1996
5/9	Experience Music Project	1995
5/4	Facilities	1993-1994
5/10	Facilities	1994-1996
5/5	Facilities: City Light	1993-1996
5/6	Facilities: Key Arena	1993-1995
5/7	Facilities: Key Arena	1990-1993
6/9	Facilities: Key Arena	1992-1993
6/1	Facilities: Key Tower	1995
7/1	Facilities: Key Tower	1995-1997
6/2	Facilities: Library	1994-1997
6/3	Facilities: Mayor's Office	1993
6/5	Facilities: Public Safety	1993-1996
6/4	Facilities. Real Estate Advisory Services. Proposal	1997
6/6	Federal Courthouse	1995-1997
6/13	Fiberoptics	1990-1996
6/7	Film	1996-1998
6/8	Fire	1994-1997
6/11	Fire Chief Search	1985-1997
6/12	Fire Chief Search	1985-1997
6/10	Firearm Destruction	1989-1990
25/5	Flag Policy	1993
25/6	Frederick and Nelson	1994
7/2	Golf Development Issues	1993-1997
7/3	Graffiti	1995-1996
7/5	Greater Harbor 2000	1995
25/7	Greenwood / Phinney	2002
7/4	Growth Management	1995-1997
7/9	Hammering Man. Seattle Art Museum	1995
8/1	Harassment Guildling	1991-1994
7/10	Hate Crimes	1990
7/11	Health	1996-1997
8/6	Health	1995-1996
8/7	Health	1988-1995
7/8	Health Care for City Employees	1998
25/8	Helipads	1992-1993
8/8	Historic Preservation	1992-1996
8/9	Historic Theaters	1993
8/3	Holidays-city Policies	1992-1993
25/9	Holly Park	1993-1997
8/10	Homelessness	1993-1996
26/1	Homelessness	1998
26/2	Homelessness	1998
26/3	Homelessness - U.S. Conference of Mayors	1998
8/11	Housing	1995-1997
8/2	Housing / Strand Helpers	1997
9/1	Housing Levy	1995-1996
8/4	Housing: Accessory Housing	1994-1996
8/5	Housing: Affordable Housing	1993-1997
8/12	Housing: Just Cause Eviction	1995
7/6	Hygiene Issues	1996-1997
7/7	Hygiene Issues	1996-1997
9/4	Immunex	1994-1996
9/8	Information Highway	1994-1995
9/5	Initiative 164	1990-1995
9/6	Initiative 164	1990-1995
26/4	Initiative 2000 / Affirmative Action	1998-1999
9/7	Innovations Project	1994
9/3	Interaction / Transition	1995-1997
9/2	Interbay Recreational Development	1994-1997
9/9	Interstate-90 (I-90): General	1994-1995
26/5	Jail	1992-1997
9/10	Jewish Federal Conference	1996
26/6	Jimi Hendrix Museum / Experience Music Project	1994
26/7	Judicial Appointments	1994-1997
10/1	Kingdome	1993-1997
15/9	Kingdome	1993-1997
10/2	Kingdome / North Kingdome	1997
10/3	Kobe Task Force. Sister Cities	1995
26/8	Lake City	1993-2002
10/4	Landmarks	1997
26/9	Landslides	1996-1997
27/1	Landslides	1997
10/5	Legislation 1997	1996
10/6	Library	1996-1997
10/10	Magnolia Pool	1994-1996
10/9	Major Institutions	1995-1997
10/11	Major Institutions	1995-1997
27/2	Mariners	1985-1987
27/3	Mariners	1985-1987
27/4	Mariners	1990-1991
27/5	Mariners	1991-1992
27/6	Mariners	1993-1997
10/8	Mariners Ball Park	1996-1997
27/7	Mariners - Resolution and Lease	1996
10/12	Media Coverage and Correspondence	2000
10/7	Memorial Stadium Proposal	1994
10/13	Monorail: Seattle Center	1993-1994
10/14	Municipal Court	1991-1999
10/15	Municipal Court Security	1995
28/1	National Trailer Park	1994-1995
28/2	Neighborhood Action Agendas	1998
28/3	Neighborhood Arts	1999
11/1	Neighborhood Planning	1994-1997
28/4	Neighborhoods	1999
28/5	New Citizen Initiative	1998
11/2	Nike	1995
11/3	Northgate Mall	1995-1996
28/6	Northwest Bookfest	1998-1999
11/4	Nuisance	1982-1992
11/6	Office of Housing NOFA Funding (Notice of funding Availability))	2001
11/5	Off-Leash	1995-1996
11/7	Open Space	1995-1999
11/8	Pacific Medical Center	1990-1996
15/5	Pang Fire	1995-1997
15/6	Pang Fire	1996-1997
15/7	Pang Fire	1995
15/8	Pang Fire	1995
28/7	Pang fire	1995
11/9	Paramount Theater	1992-1996
11/10	Parks	1992-1996
28/8	Parks Department	1999
12/6	Parks. John Walker	1995-1997
28/9	People's Lodge / Indian Cultural Center	1998-1999
28/10	Percent for Art	1997-2000
28/11	Percent for Art	1999-2000
12/7	Personnel Harassment	1990-1995
12/8	Piers One and Two	1995-1997
13/6	Pike Place Market	1983-1996
15/2	Pike Place Market	1983-1996
11/11	Pine Street	1994-1996
11/12	Pine Street	1994-1995
12/5	Pine Street	1995-1997
15/3	Pine Street	1996
15/4	Pine Street. East Sidewalk	1998
28/12	Pioneer Square	1998
28/13	Planning Commission	1979-1994
12/2	Police	1995-1997
12/3	Police Chief Search	1992-1993
12/4	Police Chief Search	1993-1994
14/1	Police Chief Search	1993-1994
12/1	Police. Encampment on City Streets	1995
14/3	Port of Seattle	1992-1996
14/2	Port of Seattle. Central Waterfront	1989-1996
14/4	Post Office	1995-1996
28/14	Public / Private Partnerships	1999
14/5	Public Development Authority's (PDA's)	1994-1996
16/1	Public Disclosure	1995
16/2	Public Disclosure	1993-1994
14/8	Public Disclosure Act. Sample Letters and Billing	2000
14/9	Public Disclosure Act. Pending Requests	2001
14/7	Public Disclosure Commission / Training	1994
14/6	Public Disclosure for Department	1993-1996
13/1	Public Disclosures	2001
13/2	Public Disclosures	2001
13/3	Public Disclosures	2000
13/4	Public Disclosures	2000
13/5	Public Disclosures	1996
14/10	Public Disclosures	2000-2001
14/11	Public Disclosures	2000
16/3	Public Safety / Americorps	1995-1997
15/1	Public Stadium Authority	1998
16/5	Real Estate Asset Management Program	1997
29/1	Real Estate Asset Management	1990-1996
16/4	Real Estate Excise Tax 1 (REET 1)-Capital Facilities Bonds	1991-1994
16/6	Recycling	1998
16/7	Regional Financing	1995
16/10	Regional Transit Authority	1998
16/11	Regional Transit Authority	1992-1997
17/1	Regional Transit Authority	2000
16/8	Regulatory Reform	1993-1995
16/9	Risk Management	1994-1995
17/3	Rodney King: Seattle Response	1992-1997
17/2	Russian Consulate	1992-1994
29/2	Safe Futures / Juvenile Justice	1998-1999
29/3	Safe Futures / Juvenile Justice	1998-2000
17/5	SAMIS Foundation	1995
29/4	Sand Point	1992-1993
29/5	Sand Point	1993-1996
29/6	Sand Point	1996-1997
30/1	Sand Point	1996-1997
30/2	Sand Point Blue Ribbon Committee	1998-1999
17/6	Schell (Mayor). Department Responses to November Letter Concerning Challenges Facing the City of Seattle	1997
19/5	School Programs Involving Community Elders (SPICE)	1997
17/7	Schools	1995-1996
17/8	Schools	1991-1996
30/3	Sculpture Park	1999
17/9	SEAFAIR	1993-1997
19/1	Seattle Center	1989-1997
30/4	Seattle Commons	1993
2/8	Seattle Commons.	1993-1996
3/6	Seattle Commons.	1993-1996
18/1	Seattle Jobs Initiative	1996-1997
18/2	Seattle Times	1995-1996
18/3	Seattle Times	1995-1996
18/4	Seattle Times	1995-1996
30/5	September 11 Commemoration	2002
18/5	Small Business	1995-1996
19/8	Sodo Building	1995
17/10	Sound Transit. Executive Committee Meeting Agenda / Report	2000-2001
18/6	Sound Transit. Executive Committee Meeting Agenda / Reports	2000
18/7	Sound Transit. Executive Committee Meeting Agenda / Reports	2000-2001
18/8	Sound Transit. LINC	1994
19/2	South Africa	1993
30/6	South Beacon Reservoir	2002
30/7	South Downtown	1998
19/3	South Lake Union Plan	1998-1999
19/4	Special Event Policy	1996
19/6	Sports	1996
22/11	State Proposed Budget	2000
19/9	State Route 520	1994-1997
19/10	Steel Lake Little League	1995-1996
19/7	Stream Plant	1992-1993
30/8	Street Utility Fund	1994-1996
19/11	String of Parks	1994
19/12	Taxes	1993-1996
30/9	Taxis	1992-1996
19/13	Telecommunications	1991-1996
19/14	Telecommunications	1991-1996
19/15	Telecommunications. Radio Communications-800 MHZ	1995-1997
19/16	Telecommunications. Cable TV	1993-1996
20/1	Telecommunications. Cable TV	1993-1995
20/2	Telecommunications. Public Access Network (PAN) Telecom	1994-1996
20/3	Telecommunications. US West Communications	1993-1997
30/10	Tenant Relocation	1994
20/5	Tent Village. Homelessness.	2000
20/4	Toilets	1993-1995
20/6	Towing	1995
20/7	Trade Shows	1992-1994
20/8	Transition Memos	1997
30/11	Transit-Oriented Development	1998
20/9	Transportation	1992-1997
20/10	Transportation	1998
20/12	Transportation. Multi-Modal Transportation	1992
20/11	Travel Resolutions	1992-1996
21/1	United Indians of All Tribes Foundations (UIATF)	1997
30/12	University District	2002
21/2	US Conference of Mayors	1994-1996
21/4	Utilities. City Light	1995-1999
21/5	Utilities. City Light	1995-1999
21/3	Utilities. Solid waste	1995-1997
21/6	Violence	1992-1999
21/7	Violence. Anti-Violence Retreat	1995
21/8	Violence. Hand Gun Control / Legislation	1985-1995
30/13	Wallingford	1997-1998
22/3	Water Issues	1994-1998
21/9	Weed and Seed Program	1995-1996
21/10	Weed and Seed Program	1992-1993
21/11	Weed and Seed Program	1991-1992
22/1	Weed and Seed Program	1992
30/14	West Seattle	1997
22/2	West Seattle Secession Study	1995
22/4	Whistleblower Act	1992-1995
17/4	Widening Nebraska Street / Georgetown	1998
22/5	Women and Minority Business Enterprise (WMBE)	1989-1997
22/6	Women and Minority Business Enterprise (WMBE)	1989-1997
22/7	Work Force	1992
22/8	World Trade Organization (WTO)	2001
22/9	Yesler-Atlantic Redevelopment	1993
22/10	Zoo	1994

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Arts--Washington (State)--Seattle
City planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
Domestic partner benefits--Washington (State)--Seattle
Homelessness--Washington (State)--Seattle
Housing--Washington (State)--Seattle
KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.)
Land use--Washington (State)--Seattle
Municipal services--Washington (State)--Seattle
Neighborhoods--Washington (State)--Seattle
Seattle Commons (Seattle, Wash.)
Telecommunication--Washington (State)--Seattle
Warren G. Magnuson Park (Seattle, Wash.)

Personal Names

Nickels, Greg
Rice, Norman B.
Royer, Charles, 1939-
Schell, Paul, 1937-

Corporate Names

Seattle (Wash.). Mayor
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Wash.)
Seattle Mariners (Baseball team)

Geographical Names

Seattle (Wash.)

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