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Charlie Chong Subject Files, 1991-1997
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Chong, Charlie
- Title
- Charlie Chong Subject Files
- Dates
- 1991-1997 (inclusive)19911997
- Quantity
- 10.2 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- 4619-02
- Repository
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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
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Charlie Chong was elected to City Council in 1996 to fill the vacancy left by Tom Weeks' resignation. Chong served for one year, choosing to run for mayor in 1997, an election he subsequently lost to Paul Schell. While on City Council, Chong chaired the Personnel, Organization and Performance Committee. He received his college education at Georgetown University and served in the Air Force before becoming executive vice-president of a small canning company in Minnesota from 1958-1963. For the next 20 years, Chong was an anti-poverty program employee for the Federal government. Prior to running for City Council, he was retired, but was an outspoken community activitst. Chong also ran for City Council in 1999 and for mayor in 2001, but lost in both elections.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and newspaper clippings related to issues before the City Council during Chong's tenure. Subjects include Sand Point reuse, the Seahawks Stadium and vote, Comprehensive Plan, off-leash areas, City-wide personnel issues, schools, and various City department policy and reorganization issues.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Charlie Chong Subject Files, Record Series 4619-02 Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Airport Noise | 1997 |
| 1 | 2 | Airport Noise - Elliott Bay Seaplanes | 1997 |
| 1 | 3 | Accessory Dwelling Units | 1996-1997 |
| 1 | 4 | Adult Entertainment | 1997 |
| 1 | 5 | Apartments - Rental Housing Registration Fee | 1997 |
| 1 | 6 | Animal Control - Off Leash Dog Areas (I) | 1996-1997 |
| 1 | 7 | Animal Control - Off Leash Dog Areas (II) | 1996-1997 |
| 1 | 8 | Animal Control - Off Leash Dog Areas (III) | 1996-1997 |
| 1 | 9 | Appliance Repair - Seattle City Light | 1996-1997 |
| 2 | 1 | Apprenticeship Ordinance (I) | 1996-1997 |
| 2 | 2 | Apprenticeship Ordinance (II) | 1996-1997 |
| 2 | 3 | Aquarium | 1997 |
| 2 | 4 | Arboretum | 1997 |
| 2 | 5 | Arts - Business and Occupation Tax | 1997 |
| 2 | 6 | Association of Washington Cities | 1997 |
| 2 | 7 | Arboretum Trail (I) | 1996-1997 |
| 2 | 8 | Arboretum Trail (II) | 1996-1997 |
| 2 | 9 | Ballard High School | 1997 |
| 3 | 1 | Bicycles | 1997 |
| 3 | 2 | Boats | 1997 |
| 3 | 3 | Bond Sale Agreements (I) | 1996-1997 |
| 3 | 4 | Bond Sale Agreements (II) | 1996-1997 |
| 3 | 5 | Broadview | 1997 |
| 3 | 6 | Budget | 1997 |
| 3 | 7 | Burke Gilman Trail | 1997 |
| 3 | 8 | Burma - Selective Contracting | 1997 |
| 3 | 9 | Business Improvement Area | 1996-1997 |
| 3 | 10 | Business Licenses | 1996-1997 |
| 3 | 11 | City Light (I) | 1997 |
| 3 | 12 | City Light (II) | 1997 |
| 4 | 1 | Civil Service commission | 1997 |
| 4 | 2 | Columbariums | 1996 |
| 4 | 3 | commission on Sexual Minorities | 1997 |
| 4 | 4 | Courts | 1997 |
| 4 | 5 | Comprehensive Plan | 1997 |
| 4 | 6 | Comprehensive Plan Amendments | 1997 |
| 4 | 7 | Convention Center | 1996-1997 |
| 4 | 8 | Channel 28 - Public Access Network | 1997 |
| 4 | 9 | Comprehensive Plan Remand | 1997 |
| 4 | 10 | Citizenship Day Resolution | 1997 |
| 4 | 11 | Citizenship / Immigrants | 1997 |
| 4 | 12 | City Efficiency | 1997 |
| 4 | 13 | Cedar River Watershed | 1997 |
| 4 | 14 | Department of Construction and Land Use (I) | 1997 |
| 5 | 1 | Department of Construction and Land Use (II) | 1997 |
| 5 | 2 | Department of Construction and Land Use (III) | 1997 |
| 5 | 3 | Department of Construction and Land Use - City / University of Washington Agreement (I) | 1997 |
| 5 | 4 | Department of Construction and Land Use - City / University of Washington Agreement (II) | 1997 |
| 5 | 5 | Department of Construction and Land Use - Crown Hill Improvement Association | 1997 |
| 5 | 6 | Department of Construction and Land Use - Affordable Housing | 1997 |
| 5 | 7 | Department of Construction and Land Use - Columbarium | 1997 |
| 5 | 8 | Department of Construction and Land Use - Halfway House | 1997 |
| 6 | 1 | Department of Construction and Land Use - Jensen Boats / University of Washington Southwest Campus | 1997 |
| 6 | 2 | Department of Construction and Land Use - Minor Communication Utility | 1997 |
| 6 | 3 | Department of Construction and Land Use - Ross Neighborhood | 1997 |
| 6 | 4 | Department of Construction and Land Use - Sign Ordinance Amendment | 1997 |
| 6 | 5 | Duwamish | 1996-1997 |
| 6 | 6 | Department of Housing and Human Services | 1997 |
| 6 | 7 | Disabled / Handicapped | 1997 |
| 6 | 8 | Downtown Neighborhood | 1996-1997 |
| 6 | 9 | Driving While License Suspended | 1996 |
| 6 | 10 | Drug and Alcohol Treatment | 1996-1997 |
| 6 | 11 | Duwamish Peninsula Community Council - Minor Home Repair Program | 1994-1997 |
| 6 | 12 | Economic Development | 1997 |
| 6 | 13 | 800 Mhz Radios (I) | 1997 |
| 6 | 14 | 800 Mhz Radios (II) | 1997 |
| 7 | 1 | 800 Mhz Radios - Seattle Police Training Handbook | 1997 |
| 7 | 2 | Emergency Preparedness | 1996-1997 |
| 7 | 3 | Ethics and Elections Commission (I) | 1997 |
| 7 | 4 | Ethics and Elections Commission (II) | 1997 |
| 7 | 5 | Ethics and Elections Commission (III) | 1997 |
| 7 | 6 | Seattle Ethics and Elections commission - Lobbying Ordinance | 1997 |
| 7 | 7 | Ethnic and Minority Issues | 1997 |
| 7 | 8 | Executive Services Department | 1997 |
| 7 | 9 | Environment | 1997 |
| 7 | 10 | El Centro de la Raza | 1997 |
| 7 | 11 | Families and Education Levy (I) | 1997 |
| 7 | 12 | Families and Education Levy (II) | 1997 |
| 8 | 1 | Federal Courthouse | 1997 |
| 8 | 2 | Fin Park | 1996-1997 |
| 8 | 3 | Finance - General | 1996-1997 |
| 8 | 4 | Fire Code (I) | 1997 |
| 8 | 5 | Fire Code (II) | 1997 |
| 8 | 6 | Fire Pension Board | 1997 |
| 8 | 7 | Fauntleroy Ferry | 1997 |
| 8 | 8 | Five Point Lighting | 1997 |
| 8 | 9 | Football Stadium (I) | 1996-1997 |
| 9 | 1 | Football Stadium (II) | 1996-1997 |
| 9 | 2 | Freeway Park Garage | 1996 |
| 9 | 3 | Georgetown Playfield | 1996-1997 |
| 9 | 4 | Georgetown - Kelly Moore Preservative Paint | 1997 |
| 9 | 5 | Growth Management Act | 1996 |
| 9 | 6 | Good Government - Public Disclosure Requests, Watchdog Activities (I) | 1997 |
| 9 | 7 | Good Government - Public Disclosure Requests, Watchdog Activities (II) | 1997 |
| 9 | 8 | Geographic Information System | 1997 |
| 9 | 9 | Hat and Boots | 1997 |
| 9 | 10 | Seahawks Stadium Vote (I) | 1997 |
| 10 | 1 | Seahawks Stadium Vote (II) | 1997 |
| 10 | 2 | Highpoint | 1997 |
| 10 | 3 | Historic Seattle / Good Shepherd | 1997 |
| 10 | 4 | Hugo House | 1997 |
| 10 | 5 | Health Care / Health Centers | 1997 |
| 10 | 6 | Hendrix Museum | 1996-1997 |
| 10 | 7 | Hearing Examiner | 1997 |
| 10 | 8 | Homelessness - General | 1991-1997 |
| 10 | 9 | Horse Drawn Carriage | 1996-1997 |
| 10 | 10 | Housing and Urban Development - Fredrick and Nelson Building | 1996-1997 |
| 10 | 11 | Human Rights (I) | 1997 |
| 10 | 12 | Human Rights (II) | 1997 |
| 11 | 1 | Hygiene Center (I) | 1996-1997 |
| 11 | 2 | Hygiene Center (II) | 1996-1997 |
| 11 | 3 | Hygiene Center - Compromise Proposal for Hygiene Services at the Glen Hotel, and 9th and Lenora | 1997 |
| 11 | 4 | Housing - General (I) | 1996-1997 |
| 11 | 5 | Housing - General (II) | 1996-1997 |
| 11 | 6 | Immunex | 1996-1997 |
| 11 | 7 | Industrial Areas | 1997 |
| 11 | 8 | Internet / World Wide Web | 1997 |
| 11 | 9 | Interbay P-Patch | 1996-1997 |
| 11 | 10 | Key Tower | 1997 |
| 12 | 1 | King County Airport | 1997 |
| 12 | 2 | King County Council | 1997 |
| 12 | 3 | Labor Issues (I) | 1997 |
| 12 | 4 | Labor Issues (II) | 1997 |
| 12 | 5 | Landmark Preservation Board | 1996-1997 |
| 12 | 6 | Legislation - Passed | 1997 |
| 12 | 7 | Legislation - Pending (I) | 1997 |
| 12 | 8 | Legislation - Pending (II) | 1997 |
| 12 | 9 | Lesbian / Gay Issues (I) | 1997 |
| 12 | 10 | Lesbian / Gay Issues (II) | 1997 |
| 13 | 1 | Library (I) | 1997 |
| 13 | 2 | Library (II) | 1997 |
| 13 | 3 | Library (III) | 1997 |
| 13 | 4 | Major Maintenance / Infrastructure | 1997 |
| 13 | 5 | Media | 1997 |
| 13 | 6 | Meeting Resolution | 1997 |
| 13 | 7 | Military | 1997 |
| 13 | 8 | Minority Executive Directors Coalition | 1997 |
| 13 | 9 | Metro Transit | 1997 |
| 13 | 10 | Major Institutions | 1996-1997 |
| 13 | 11 | Montlake Neighborhoods | 1997 |
| 13 | 12 | Monorail | 1997 |
| 13 | 13 | Municipal Civic Campus | 1997 |
| 13 | 14 | Municipal Golf Course | 1996-1997 |
| 13 | 15 | Municipal Court | 1997 |
| 13 | 16 | Municipal Television | 1991-1997 |
| 14 | 1 | Neighborhood Planning (I) | 1997 |
| 14 | 2 | Neighborhood Planning (II) | 1997 |
| 14 | 3 | Neighborhood Planning (III) | 1997 |
| 14 | 4 | Neighborhood Policing | 1997 |
| 14 | 5 | Newsletters - Neighborhoods (I) | 1997 |
| 14 | 6 | Newsletters - Neighborhoods (II) | 1997 |
| 15 | 1 | Newsletters - Departments and Organizations (I) | 1997 |
| 15 | 2 | Newsletters - Departments and Organizations (II) | 1997 |
| 15 | 3 | Newsletters - Departments and Organizations (III) | 1997 |
| 15 | 4 | Ninety Day Moratorium | 1997 |
| 15 | 5 | Noise Ordinance | 1996-1997 |
| 15 | 6 | Non - Issue Constituent Letters | 1996 |
| 15 | 7 | Open Space | 1997 |
| 15 | 8 | Parks Department - General (I) | 1997 |
| 15 | 9 | Parks Department - General (II) | 1997 |
| 16 | 1 | Parks Department - General (III) | 1997 |
| 16 | 2 | Parks Department - General (IV) | 1997 |
| 16 | 3 | Park Enforcement | 1997 |
| 16 | 4 | Parks - Magnuson Hours | 1997 |
| 16 | 5 | Parks - Project Compute | 1997 |
| 16 | 6 | Parking | 1997 |
| 16 | 7 | Performance of City Services | 1997 |
| 16 | 8 | Pier One and Two | 1996-1997 |
| 17 | 1 | Personnel (I) | 1996-1997 |
| 17 | 2 | Personnel (II) | 1996-1997 |
| 17 | 3 | Personnel (III) | 1996-1997 |
| 17 | 4 | Personnel (IV) | 1996-1997 |
| 17 | 5 | Personnel: Advance Copy of the 1997 Third Quarter Classification Ordinance | 1997 |
| 17 | 6 | Pine Street Project | 1996-1997 |
| 17 | 7 | Pioneer Square | 1997 |
| 18 | 1 | Police Department - General (I) | 1997 |
| 18 | 2 | Police Department - General (II) | 1997 |
| 18 | 3 | Police Department - General (III) | 1997 |
| 18 | 4 | Police Dogs | 1996 |
| 18 | 5 | Police and Fire Pension Board | 1997 |
| 18 | 6 | Public Restrooms | 1996-1997 |
| 18 | 7 | Public Safety - General | 1997 |
| 18 | 8 | Port of Seattle | 1996-1997 |
| 18 | 9 | Protect Our Parks | 1996-1997 |
| 18 | 10 | Poster Law | 1996-1997 |
| 18 | 11 | Public Safety - Civil Service Commission | 1997 |
| 19 | 1 | Public Safety - 911 Call Center | 1997 |
| 19 | 2 | P-Patch Program | 1996-1997 |
| 19 | 3 | Recycling | 1997 |
| 19 | 4 | Regulation Reform | 1997 |
| 19 | 5 | Restaurant Smoking Ban | 1997 |
| 19 | 6 | Regional Transit Authority | 1996-1997 |
| 19 | 7 | Schools / Seattle School District (I) | 1997 |
| 19 | 8 | Schools / Seattle School District (II) | 1997 |
| 19 | 9 | Seattle Center (I) | 1997 |
| 19 | 10 | Seattle Center (II) | 1997 |
| 19 | 11 | Seaplanes | 1997 |
| 20 | 1 | Sea Tac Airport - Third Runway (I) | 1997 |
| 20 | 2 | Sea Tac Airport - Third Runway (II) | 1997 |
| 20 | 3 | Seattle Public Utilities (I) | 1996-1997 |
| 20 | 4 | Seattle Public Utilities (II) | 1996-1997 |
| 20 | 5 | SEA - TRAN (Seattle Transportation) (I) | 1997 |
| 20 | 6 | SEA - TRAN (Seattle Transportation) (II) | 1997 |
| 20 | 7 | SEA - TRAN (Seattle Transportation) (III) | 1997 |
| 20 | 8 | SEA - TRAN (Seattle Transportation) - Bond Proposal (I) | 1997 |
| 21 | 1 | SEA - TRAN (Seattle Transportation) - Bond Proposal (II) | 1997 |
| 21 | 2 | Seattle Engineering Department | 1996-1997 |
| 21 | 3 | Seattle Film | 1997 |
| 21 | 4 | Seniors | 1997 |
| 21 | 5 | Street Vacations (I) | 1996-1997 |
| 21 | 6 | Street Vacations (II) | 1996-1997 |
| 21 | 7 | Sex Offenders | 1996-1997 |
| 21 | 8 | Seattle Housing Authority | 1996-1997 |
| 21 | 9 | Shoreline Street Ends | 1996 |
| 21 | 10 | Sidewalk Vendors | 1997 |
| 21 | 11 | Sister Cities | 1997 |
| 21 | 12 | Six - Year Capital Spending Plan | 1997 |
| 21 | 13 | SODO (South Downtown) | 1997 |
| 21 | 14 | South Park | 1997 |
| 21 | 15 | S.P.I.C.E. (School Programs Involving Community Elders) | 1997 |
| 22 | 1 | State Route 520 | 1997 |
| 22 | 2 | Street Utility Tax | 1997 |
| 22 | 3 | Street Use | 1996-1997 |
| 22 | 4 | South West Harbor Program | 1997 |
| 22 | 5 | Small Business Administration | 1997 |
| 22 | 6 | Symphony Hall | 1997 |
| 22 | 7 | Taxicabs | 1996-1997 |
| 22 | 8 | Telecommunications / TCI | 1996-1997 |
| 22 | 9 | Tenants Union | 1996-1997 |
| 22 | 10 | Transportation | 1997 |
| 22 | 11 | University District | 1996-1997 |
| 22 | 12 | University of Washington | 1997 |
| 22 | 13 | Viaduct (Alaska Way) | 1997 |
| 23 | 1 | Viaduct (Spokane Street) | 1997 |
| 23 | 2 | Washington State Public Interest Group | 1997 |
| 23 | 3 | Water Department | 1996-1997 |
| 23 | 4 | Water Taxi | 1997 |
| 23 | 5 | Welfare Reform (I) | 1997 |
| 23 | 6 | Welfare Reform (II) | 1997 |
| 23 | 7 | West Point Treatment Center | 1996-1997 |
| 23 | 8 | Women's Commission | 1997 |
| 23 | 9 | Westlake Park | 1997 |
| 23 | 10 | Women and Minority Business Enterprises | 1996-1997 |
| 23 | 11 | Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission | 1996-1997 |
| 23 | 12 | Youth Project | 1997 |
| 23 | 13 | Youth Violence | 1997 |
| 23 | 14 | Elmgrove Street / South Park | 1997 |
| 23 | 15 | Utility Cuts | 1997 |
| 24 | 1 | Minority Contractor Resource Center | 1997 |
| 24 | 2 | Asian and Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Fund | 1997 |
| 24 | 3 | Maritime Heritage | 1997 |
| 24 | 4 | Municipal Campus Plan | 1997 |
| 24 | 5 | 1998 Budget (I) | 1997 |
| 24 | 6 | 1998 Budget (II) | 1997 |
| 24 | 7 | Snow Plows | 1982-1997 |
| 24 | 8 | Sand Point Plans (I) | 1997 |
| 24 | 9 | Sand Point Plans (II) | 1997 |
| 24 | 10 | Sand Point Plans (III) | 1997 |
| 25 | 1 | Citizen Comments and Letters | 1996-1997 |
| 25 | 2 | Gay and Lesbian Issues | 1997 |
| 25 | 3 | Seattle School Districts | 1997 |
| 25 | 4 | Employment / Internship Applications | 1997 |
| 25 | 5 | Seattle Public Library | 1997 |
| 25 | 6 | Seattle Police Department | 1997 |
| 25 | 7 | Ethnic / Minority Issues | 1997 |
| 25 | 8 | Neighborhood Newsletters | 1997 |
| 25 | 9 | Thank You's - Incoming | 1997 |
| 25 | 10 | Labor / Personnel Issues | 1997 |
| 25 | 11 | Miscellaneous | 1996-1997 |
| 25 | 12 | Hotel / Motel Tax | 1991 |
| 25 | 13 | Seattle Women's Commission | 1997 |
| 25 | 14 | Human Rights Commission | 1997 |
| 25 | 15 | Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities | 1997 |
| 25 | 16 | King County Airport: Night Flight Restrictions | 1997 |
| 25 | 17 | Finance Committee: Minority Report on Election Code | 1997 |
| 25 | 18 | Sand Point Naval Station | 1997 |
| 25 | 19 | Drug Testing: City Employees / High School Athletes | 1997 |
| 25 | 20 | Budget: Schedule, Requests | 1997 |
| 25 | 21 | Public Safety: Car Prowls | 1997 |
| 25 | 22 | Pike Place Market: Street Use Permits | 1997 |
| 25 | 23 | Seattle Housing Authority: Seattle Senior Housing Program | 1996-1997 |
| 25 | 24 | Workplace Harassment Legislation | 1997 |
| 26 | 1 | Duwamish / Department of Construction and Land Use Issues: Greater Duwamish Planning Committee | 1997 |
| 26 | 2 | Department of Construction and Land Use: Quasi - Judicial | 1997 |
| 26 | 3 | Department of Housing and Human Services: (ECAP) Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (I) | 1997 |
| 26 | 4 | Department of Housing and Human Services: (ECAP) Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (II) | 1997 |
| 26 | 6 | Labor Relations Briefing | 1997 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- CenturyLink Field (Seattle, Wash.)
- Ethics--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Housing--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Neighborhood planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Noise control--Law and legislation--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Parks--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Public safety--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Transportation--Planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Warren G. Magnuson Park (Seattle, Wash.)
Personal Names
- Chong, Charlie
Corporate Names
- Seattle (Wash.). City Council
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Construction and Land Use
- Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.)
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)
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