Archives West Finding Aid

Email correspondence from City councilmember Nick Licata’s tenure as city councilmember. This series includes the councilmember's correspondence on many topics related to the committees Licata chaired covering parks, public safety, human services, and arts and culture. Constituent correspondence spans a wide range of subjects of concern to citizens, especially homeless encampments, sports arena proposals, the Woodland Park Zoo elephants, the minimum wage, public banking, and ride-share regulations.

Correspondence, memoranda, staff reports, and notes in electronic and paper format regarding issues of note during Licata's 18-year tenure on City Council. Primary issue areas include civil rights, parks and recreation, transportation, cultural events and resources, and social welfare concerns. Transportation-related topics in the records include the monorail, the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement, Sound Transit light rail planning, pedestrian safety, and streetcars. Other records in the series cover planning for the downtown library, the civic center campus, South Lake Union development, and sports stadiums. Major parks issues include Sand Point/Magnuson Park, the arboretum, Woodland Park Zoo, Discovery Park, Seattle Aquarium, and off-leash dog areas. The city's police reform efforts are addressed in detail within the records, as are marijuana legalization, affordable housing, homelessness, paid sick leave, and minimum wage legislation. Other topics covered include nightlife regulation, Pike Place Market, labor issues, the teen dance ordinance, City Light, and the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting and protests in Seattle.