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Michael Hildt Subject Files, 1978-1985

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hildt, Michael
Title
Michael Hildt Subject Files
Dates
1978-1985 (inclusive)
Quantity
8.8 cubic ft., ((22 boxes))
Collection Number
4636-02
Summary
Records documenting Michael Hildt's work on the Seattle City Council from 1978-1985; records address issues such as conservation and desegregation and include information on Hildt's work with the Pike Place Market and his work with various committees, including the Energy Committee and Urban Development and Housing Committee.
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 encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Born in Washington, D. C. in 1942 and raised in Colorado, Michael Hildt began his career in the banking industry. In 1971, he gave up a management position at SeaFirst Bank to become director of the Coalition for Open Government. Pushing for a change in the state law requiring financial disclosure of lobbying activities and campaign finance, the group's Initiative 276 passed in 1972, resulting in the state's public-disclosure law.

Subsequently, Hildt worked as head of City Council's policy staff until he ran and was elected to Seattle City Council in 1977 at the age of 35. He won by a margin of 20,000 votes. During the eight-year period Hildt served on City Council, he is perhaps best-known for his work with the Pike Place Market. Hildt forged an agreement between Pike Place Market farmers and artisans known as the Hildt Agreement. Hildt was also active in the City's conservation efforts in the early 1980s and housing issues. He worked to allow apartments attached to single-family homes, or mother-in-law apartments, in order to increase the supply of lower cost housing.

Hildt served two terms on Council, 1978-1986, before choosing not to run for reelection. He chaired the Urban Development and Housing Committee (1978-1981), the Energy Committee (1982-1985), and two ad hoc committees, Shorelines (1979) and Campaign Financing (1984-1985). He was a member of several other committees including: Parks and Community Services (1978-1979), Water and Waste Management (1980-1981), Environmental Management (1984-1985), and Finance (1982-1985).

After leaving City Council, Hildt and his wife, Karen Gates Hildt, moved to the Olympic Peninsula in 1986. He became the first City Administrator for Port Townsend in 1995. In 1999, he earned his master's degree in business from the University of Washington.

Hildt died of cancer in December 2001 at the age of 59.

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Content Description

Hildt's records are arranged in eleven subseries (see arrangement note for list of subseries). The records measure 8.8 cubic feet and date from 1978 to 1985. Hildt's records are useful for examining how the City of Seattle addressed issues that had national importance, such as conservation and desegregation, as well as for researching topics specific to Seattle, such as the Pike Place Market.

More detailed content information for each subseries is contained below in Detailed Description of the Collection.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Michael Hildt Subject Files, Record Series 4636-02. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Hildt's records are arranged in eleven subseries:

I: Civil Rights and Education, 1978-1985

II: Energy, 1976-1985

III: Finance, 1978-1985

IV: Housing, 1978-1985

V: Interdepartmental Correspondence and Legislative Department, 1978-1984

VI: Land Use and Urban Development, 1973-1985

VII: Parks and Community Services, 1978-1985

VIII: Public Health and Safety, 1976-1984

IX: Social Services, 1977-1985

X: Transportation, 1978-1985

XI: Water and Waste Management, 1980-1985

Related Materials

Michael Hildt Urban Development Housing Committee Records, (Record ID 4636-05) 1980-1981 (0.2 cubic foot). Committee agendas, draft legislation, and recorded votes of the Urban Development and Housing Committee, chaired by Hildt.

Dolores Sibonga Issues Files (Records ID 4681-02), 1979-1990 (4.4 cubic feet). Correspondence, memoranda, draft legislation, reports, testimony, and notes concerning issues before City Council including the Martha Washington School, Fun Forest at Seattle Center, the Disney proposal for the Seattle Center, Japanese-American reparations, the Seattle Mariners, planning for the new Seattle Art Museum, the proposed Ackerley Arena, a proposed $76 million regional parks renovation bond (which never reached the ballot), and the Nuclear Freeze Resolution.

Jeannette Williams Subject Files (Records ID 4693-02), 1967-1989 (41.4 cubic feet). Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and draft legislation relating to issues of concern to Williams. Subjects include traffic and transportation, housing, neighborhood improvements, human services planning, the Disney proposal for Seattle Center redevelopment, and planning for Discovery Park and Fort Lawton.

Records of the Legislative Department Central Staff and Legislative Department Committees.

A partial timeline of energy projects and programs is available in the Vertical File, Number 540.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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

  • Civil Rights and Education, 1978-1985

    .4 cubic foot

    The subseries Civil Rights and Education includes documentation of efforts to include women-owned businesses in the City's contracting process through Ordinance 109113, passed in 1980. Correspondence from contractors, business associations, the Law Department, Board of Public Works, and Council members traces the crafting of the ordinance and subsequent amendments. Reports evaluating the first and third years of the Women and Minority Owned Business Enterprise program are included.

    The Civil Rights and Education subseries also includes material relating to the closing of five elementary schools in 1979, and their subsequent reuse and desegregation. These topics reflect constituent opinions and cooperative efforts between the City and the Seattle School District. Hildt's involvement in the City/School District Joint Committee is documented in these records. The Committee, formed in 1979, was composed of three members of the City Council, three members of the School Board, and two members of the Joint Advisory Commission on Education and met to review policy issues of joint concern, one of which was peaceful desegregation in Seattle. Diana Gale was policy analyst for the Legislative Department at this time, and was active in many of the education issues. She was part of the Schools/Communities 1990 Project, formed to carry out the goals of the City/School District Joint Committee. The Project worked towards improving the quality of residential neighborhoods and public education in the City.

  • Energy, 1976-1985

    3.2 cubic ft.

    The Energy subseries is the largest in Hildt's subject files and reflects Hildt's work as Chair of the Energy Committee from to 1982 to 1985. The City of Seattle contracted with the Bonneville Power Association (BPA), part of the U.S. Department of Energy for power, during this time period. BPA was created in 1937 to act as marketing agent for power from Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Executive, Legal, Council, and City Light perspectives are documented in the renegotiation of the City's contract with BPA in 1981 and 1982. One of the issues for the City was it felt that the BPA discouraged the development of resources by City Light to serve its own load.

    The City's efforts at conservation are well documented, especially the implementation of the Comprehensive Residential Weatherization Program (CRWP), created in 1981 through Ordinance 109675. Constituent mail, interdepartmental correspondence, reviews and reports document the many individual programs within CRWP. The Reports and Studies documenting CRWP are useful for following implementation of the weatherization programs; quarterly and other reports are included. The researcher should also check for accompanying material in the Published Documents Index, as published documents were cataloged separately in the Publications database.

    The City also explored other hydroelectric projects, such as one at Copper Creek on the Skagit River and Rocky Brook on the Olympic Peninsula. Economic and environmental concerns relating to these proposals are documented in Hildt's records.

    The Energy, Ltd. Project, begun as a federally-funded citizens' committee, is well documented through correspondence between the Citizens Committee, Mayor, City Council, and City Light, as well as minutes and progress reports of the Committee and issue papers. The goal of the Energy, Ltd. Project was to identify the role of local government in developing a community conservation and management plan for fossil fuels. Several issues facing Seattle City Light in the early 1980s are touched upon in Hildt's records. These include rate increases, various programs such as Project Share, and management and work environment issues at City Light.

    • Description: Bonneville Power Administration: Billing Credit Policy
      Dates: 1982-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 2/1
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Bonneville Power Administration: Conservation Programs
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/2
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Bonneville Power Administration: Conservation Agreement
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/3
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Bonneville Power Administration: Power Sales Contracts
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/4
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Bonneville Power Administration: Power Sales Contracts
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/5
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Bonneville Power Administration: Rates
      Dates: 1983-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 2/6
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Bonneville Power Administration: Solar Water Heater Program
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/7
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Bonneville Power Administration: Street Lighting Program
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 2/8
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Bonneville Power Administration: Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS)
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/9
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Citizens Forecast Review Committee
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 2/10
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Conservation Programs: Commercial Conservation Program
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 3/1
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Conservation Programs: Comprehensive Residential Weatherization Program (CRWP): General
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 3/2
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Conservation Programs: Comprehensive Residential Weatherization Program (CRWP): General
      Dates: 1981-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 3/3
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Conservation Programs: Comprehensive Residential Weatherization Program (CRWP): Apartments
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 3/4
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Conservation Programs: Comprehensive Residential Weatherization Program (CRWP): Home Energy Loan Program (HELP)
      Dates: 1983-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 3/5
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Conservation Programs: Comprehensive Residential Weatherization Program (CRWP): Low-Income Weatherization Program
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 3/6
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Conservation Programs: Comprehensive Residential Weatherization Program (CRWP): Reports and Studies
      Dates: 1980-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 3/7
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Conservation Programs: Insulation and Weatherization Programs
      Dates: 1978-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 3/8
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Conservation Programs: Marketing and Advertising
      Dates: 1981-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 3/9
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Conservation Programs: Water Heater Program
      Dates: 1982-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 4/1
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Code and Policy: "Energy 1990" Citizens' Committee
      Dates: 1976-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 4/2
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Code and Policy: Energy Code
      Dates: 1978-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 4/3
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Code and Policy: Retrofit Code
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 4/4
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Alternate Energy - Biomass Power
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 4/5
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Alternate Energy - Clinch River Breeder Reactor
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 4/6
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Alternate Energy - Cogeneration
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 4/7
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Alternate Energy - Combustion Turbine Generators
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 4/8
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Alternate Energy - Solar Energy
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 4/9
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Dams and Hydroelectric Projects - Boundary Project Expansion
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 4/10
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Dams and Hydroelectric Projects - Columbia Irrigation Districts Power Purchase Contracts
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 4/11
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Dams and Hydroelectric Projects - Copper Creek Dam Project
      Dates: 1979-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/1
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Dams and Hydroelectric Projects - Copper Creek Dam Project
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/2
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Dams and Hydroelectric Projects - Copper Creek Dam Project (includes Issue Papers)
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/3
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Dams and Hydroelectric Projects - Illibot Creek Project
      Dates: 1982-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 5/4
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Dams and Hydroelectric Projects - Rocky Brook Hydroelectric Project
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 5/5
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Dams and Hydroelectric Projects - High Ross Dam - Contract and Treaty
      Dates: 1981-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 5/6
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Dams and Hydroelectric Projects - High Ross Dam - Contract and Treaty
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box/Folder 5/7
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Dams and Hydroelectric Projects - Skookumchuck Hydroelectric Project
      Dates: 1984-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 5/8
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Dams and Hydroelectric Projects - Thunder Creek Project
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 5/9
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Sources: Dams and Hydroelectric Projects - Zillah Wasteway Project
      Dates: 1982-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 5/10
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Electric Rates: Background
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 6/1
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Electric Rates: Constituent Mail
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 6/2
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Electric Rates: Rate Assistance
      Dates: 1978-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 6/3
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Electric Rates: Rate Assistance
      Dates: 1982-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 6/4
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Electric Rates: Rate Policies Resolution
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 6/5
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Electric Rates: Rate Policies Resolution
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 6/6
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Electric Rates: Industrial Users Lawsuit
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 6/7
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Electric Rates: Industrial Users Lawsuit
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 7/1
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy, Ltd. Project: Background
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 7/2
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy, Ltd. Project: Citizens Committee
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 7/3
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy, Ltd. Project: Appointments
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 7/4
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy, Ltd. Project: Funding
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 7/5
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy, Ltd. Project: Recommendations
      Dates: 1983-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 7/6
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Energy Office Quarterly Reports
      Dates: 1977-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 7/7
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Resources Report
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 7/8
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Initiative 394: Power Plant Funding
      Dates: 1982-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 8/1
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Municipal Energy Facilities Plan
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 8/2
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA)
      Dates: 1980-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 8/3
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Regional Power: Draft Plan
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 8/4
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Regional Power: Planning
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 8/5
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Regional Power: Planning
      Dates: 1982-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 8/6
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Audits
      Dates: 1981-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 8/7
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Conservation
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 8/8
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Constituent Mail
      Dates: 1982-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 8/9
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Energy Costs - Value of Energy
      Dates: 1984-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 9/1
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Interdepartmental Correspondence
      Dates: 1982-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 9/2
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Interim Financing
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box/Folder 9/3
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Management Study
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 9/4
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: New Electric Load Policy Project
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 9/5
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Non-Firm Energy Sales
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box/Folder 9/6
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Peaking Capacity
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 9/7
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Personnel and Work Environment
      Dates: 1980-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 9/8
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Project Share
      Dates: 1983-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 9/9
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Shutoff Policy
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 9/10
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Underground Wiring
      Dates: 1979-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 9/11
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985
    • Description: Seattle City Light: Underground Wiring - LIDs
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 9/12
      Location: Energy, 1976-1985

  • Finance, 1978-1985

    .8 cubic foot

    The Finance subseries dates from 1978 to 1985 and contains records related to bonds for various programs and projects, as well as campaign financing information and records regarding departmental budgets for City agencies.

    • Description: Bonds: General Purpose
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 10/1
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Bonds: Seattle Savings Bonds and Capitol Plant
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 10/2
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Bonds: Capital Improvement
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box/Folder 10/3
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Bonds: Low Income Elderly / Senior Housing
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 10/4
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Bonds: Seattle Senior Housing Program
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 10/5
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Bonds: Seattle Senior Housing Program
      Dates: 1983-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 10/6
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Bonds: Seattle Senior Housing Program - Oversight Committee
      Dates: 1982-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 10/7
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Bonds: Marketing Program
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 10/8
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Campaign Financing
      Dates: 1983-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 10/9
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Departmental Budgets: Office of Women's Rights
      Dates: 1978-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 11/1
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Departmental Budgets: Office of Women's Rights and Human Rights Consolidation
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 11/2
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Departmental Budgets: Design Commission
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box/Folder 11/3
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Departmental Budgets: Library
      Dates: 1979-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 11/4
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Departmental Budgets: Police Department
      Dates: 1978-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 11/5
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Economic Development
      Dates: 1979-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 11/6
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Federal Budget Impact
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box/Folder 11/7
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985
    • Description: Mariners Assistance
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box/Folder 11/8
      Location: Finance, 1978-1985

  • Housing, 1978-1985

    .4 cubic foot

    The Housing subseries dates from 1978 to 1984 and reflects Hildt's concern for affordable housing. He worked to preserve structurally sound housing and increase public and private construction of low-rent housing. He proposed requiring a demolition or change of use fee to encourage developers to preserve existing housing, which resulted in the Housing Preservation Ordinance, passed in 1980 and amended in 1981. Hildt's records contain statistics on housing demolition licenses and fees and discussion surrounding amendments to the ordinance, including constituent mail. Records related to mother-in-law legislation are not found here.

    • Description: Housing Preservation Ordinance (Demolition Ordinance): Speeches
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 12/1
      Location: Housing, 1978-1985
    • Description: Housing Preservation Ordinance (Demolition Ordinance): Legislation
      Dates: 1978-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 12/2
      Location: Housing, 1978-1985
    • Description: Housing Preservation Ordinance (Demolition Ordinance): Building Activity and Permits
      Dates: 1979-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 12/3
      Location: Housing, 1978-1985
    • Description: Housing Preservation Ordinance (Demolition Ordinance): Department of Construction and Land Use (DCLU) Reports
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 12/4
      Location: Housing, 1978-1985
    • Description: Housing Preservation Ordinance (Demolition Ordinance): Demolition Fee
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 12/5
      Location: Housing, 1978-1985
    • Description: Housing Preservation Ordinance (Demolition Ordinance): Benson-Sibonga Amendment
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 12/6
      Location: Housing, 1978-1985
    • Description: Housing Preservation Ordinance (Demolition Ordinance): Amendments
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 12/7
      Location: Housing, 1978-1985
    • Description: Housing Preservation Ordinance (Demolition Ordinance): Notes
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 12/8
      Location: Housing, 1978-1985
    • Description: Housing Preservation Ordinance (Demolition Ordinance): Constituent Mail - Favorable
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 12/9
      Location: Housing, 1978-1985
    • Description: Housing Preservation Ordinance (Demolition Ordinance): Constituent Mail - Unfavorable
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 12/10
      Location: Housing, 1978-1985
    • Description: Housing Preservation Ordinance (Demolition Ordinance): Constituent Mail
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 12/11
      Location: Housing, 1978-1985
    • Description: Housing Preservation Ordinance (Demolition Ordinance): San Telmo Court Case
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 12/12
      Location: Housing, 1978-1985

  • Interdepartmental Correspondence and Legislative Department, 1978-1984

    .4 cubic foot

    The Interdepartmental and Legislative Department subseries contains correspondence between City departments and Hildt on a broad range of issues. The Comptroller's Office reported on the types of queries received and gave a plea for a records management program. The Legal Department provided opinions on various legal issues both within the Legislative Department and within the City. The folder "Kitchen Cabinet" includes minutes and correspondence relating to the committee Hildt established to improve the relationship between City Council and the business community.

  • Land Use and Urban Development, 1973-1985

    1.6 cubic ft.

    The second largest subseries in Hildt's records is Land Use and Urban Development, reflecting his involvement in these issues. Discussion on Jeannette Williams' Greenbelt Overlay District proposal addresses issues related to preserving Seattle's greenbelts. These issues include open space, yard and setback requirements, lot size, and the clustering of homes in single family zones to encourage contiguous greeenbelt preserves. There is related material in Jeannette Williams' Subject Files. Disposition of the Martha Washington School site is also documented in Hildt's records, although it is more fully explored in other records series. These include Councilmembers Dolores Sibonga and Jeannette Williams Subject Files, the Legislative Department Central Staff records, and Parks Department records.

    Of most interest in the Land Use and Urban Development subseries are the files on the Pike Place Market. Especially well documented is Hildt's work with the Pike Place Market Public Development Authority (PDA), the farmers, and craftspeople to forge a compromise. Notes, agendas, and supporting materials are included for the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee of the Pike Market PDA Ordinance Update and for the Pike Place Market PDA Agenda for the 80s Steering Committee. Drafts and discussions of legislation relating to street performers in the Market and opening on Sunday are also included.

  • Parks and Community Services, 1978-1985

    .4 cubic foot

    The smallest subseries in Hildt's records is the Parks and Community Resources records. Included is discussion of the cable TV franchise and documentation of historic preservation issues at Discovery Park. Both of these issues are well documented in other City Council and Parks Department records in the Seattle Municipal Archives.

  • Public Safety and Health, 1976-1984

    .4 cubic foot

    The largest quantity of material in the Public Health and Safety subseries relates to Police Intelligence. Ordinance 108333 was passed in 1979 and regulated the collection of restricted information by the Seattle Police Department, specifying a civilian auditor to monitor compliance and an 18-month review by City Council and the Mayor. The definition of restricted information included information about an individual's political or religious association, activities, beliefs, opinions, or related organizations. Hildt's files include reports and reviews relating to the ordinance, as well as constituent correspondence.

  • Social Services, 1977-1985

    .4 cubic foot

    The Social Services subseries includes material on a variety of proposed and existing services, reflecting Hildt's participation in the Parks and Community Services Committee. Discussion of services for the homeless and for daycare are documented, as well as a proposal for additional community service officers to be provided by the Police Department, including a letter of support from businessman Paul Schell.

  • Transportation, 1978-1985

    .4 cubic foot

    The Transportation subseries includes the agendas and minutes for the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board for 1972 to 1985. The Board advised the City on a variety of issues, including bicycle safety, bike access on the West Seattle Bridge, and other bridges and ways for the City to encourage bicycle use. Other transportation-related topics are included, such as taxicabs, and there are three folders relating to planning for the West Seattle Bridge; these date from 1979 and 1983.

    • Description: Bicycles: Seattle Advisory Bicycle Board
      Dates: 1979-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 20/1
      Location: Transportation, 1978-1985
    • Description: Bicycles: Seattle Advisory Bicycle Board
      Dates: 1983-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 20/2
      Location: Transportation, 1978-1985
    • Description: Bicycles: Seattle Comprehensive Bicycle Plan
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 20/3
      Location: Transportation, 1978-1985
    • Description: Bicycles: Bikeways and Safety (includes photograph)
      Dates: 1978-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 20/4
      Location: Transportation, 1978-1985
    • Description: Planning
      Dates: 1978-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 20/5
      Location: Transportation, 1978-1985
    • Description: Taxicabs
      Dates: 1984-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 20/6
      Location: Transportation, 1978-1985
    • Description: Union Station Transportation Terminal
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 20/7
      Location: Transportation, 1978-1985
    • Description: Waterfront Street Car
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 20/8
      Location: Transportation, 1978-1985
    • Description: West Seattle Bridge: Council Correspondence and Transportation Committee Reports
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 20/9
      Location: Transportation, 1978-1985
    • Description: West Seattle Bridge: Constituent Mail and Newspaper Clippings
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 20/10
      Location: Transportation, 1978-1985
    • Description: West Seattle Bridge: Bicycles (includes constituent mail)
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 20/11
      Location: Transportation, 1978-1985

  • Water and Waste Management, 1980-1985

    .8 cubic foot

    The bulk of the records in the Water and Solid Waste subseries includes material relating to solid waste planning. When garbage collection contracts were being renegotiated in 1982, the City Council requested development of a solid waste management plan. Energy recovery, rates, and commercial and residential issues are some of the topics addressed during review and development of the plan. Correspondents include individuals from the Legislative Department Central staff, engineering, and law.

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Subject Terms

  • Bicycles and bicycling--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Cities and towns--Growth--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Civil rights--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Dams--Washington (State)
  • Energy conservation--Washington (State)
  • Historic preservation--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Housing--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Land use--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Minority business enterprises--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Police--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Refuse and refuse disposal--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • School integration--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Schools--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Water-power--Washington (State)
  • Women-owned business enterprises--Washington (State)--Seattle

Personal Names

  • Hildt, Michael

Corporate Names

  • Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Seattle City Light
  • United States. Bonneville Power Administration

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government

Occupations

  • City council members--Washington (State)--Seattle

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Gale, Diana (creator)

    Corporate Names

    • Seattle (Wash.)--City Council (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Anne Frantilla
2004

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