WaSMAR4619_02.xml Guide to the Charlie Chong Subject Files 1991-1997 Chong, Charlie Subject Files Seattle Municipal Archives 2023
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-04-17. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Seattle Municipal Archives Charlie Chong Subject Files Chong, Charlie 4619-02 10.2 cubic feet 1991-1997 English .

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.

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.

Records are open to the public.

[Item and date], Charlie Chong Subject Files, Record Series 4619-02 Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

 Chong, Charlie Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Construction and Land Use Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.) Seattle (Wash.). City Council Seattle (Wash.) CenturyLink Field (Seattle, Wash.) Public safety--Washington (State)--Seattle Noise control--Law and legislation--Washington (State)--Seattle Parks--Washington (State)--Seattle Ethics--Washington (State)--Seattle Neighborhood planning--Washington (State)--Seattle Warren G. Magnuson Park (Seattle, Wash.) Transportation--Planning--Washington (State)--Seattle Housing--Washington (State)--Seattle Airport Noise 1997 1 1 Airport Noise - Elliott Bay Seaplanes 1997 1 2 Accessory Dwelling Units 1996-1997 1 3 Adult Entertainment 1997 1 4 Apartments - Rental Housing Registration Fee 1997 1 5 Animal Control - Off Leash Dog Areas (I) 1996-1997 1 6 Animal Control - Off Leash Dog Areas (II) 1996-1997 1 7 Animal Control - Off Leash Dog Areas (III) 1996-1997 1 8 Appliance Repair - Seattle City Light 1996-1997 1 9 Apprenticeship Ordinance (I) 1996-1997 2 1 Apprenticeship Ordinance (II) 1996-1997 2 2 Aquarium 1997 2 3 Arboretum 1997 2 4 Arts - Business and Occupation Tax 1997 2 5 Association of Washington Cities 1997 2 6 Arboretum Trail (I) 1996-1997 2 7 Arboretum Trail (II) 1996-1997 2 8 Ballard High School 1997 2 9 Bicycles 1997 3 1 Boats 1997 3 2 Bond Sale Agreements (I) 1996-1997 3 3 Bond Sale Agreements (II) 1996-1997 3 4 Broadview 1997 3 5 Budget 1997 3 6 Burke Gilman Trail 1997 3 7 Burma - Selective Contracting 1997 3 8 Business Improvement Area 1996-1997 3 9 Business Licenses 1996-1997 3 10 City Light (I) 1997 3 11 City Light (II) 1997 3 12 Civil Service commission 1997 4 1 Columbariums 1996 4 2 commission on Sexual Minorities 1997 4 3 Courts 1997 4 4 Comprehensive Plan 1997 4 5 Comprehensive Plan Amendments 1997 4 6 Convention Center 1996-1997 4 7 Channel 28 - Public Access Network 1997 4 8 Comprehensive Plan Remand 1997 4 9 Citizenship Day Resolution 1997 4 10 Citizenship / Immigrants 1997 4 11 City Efficiency 1997 4 12 Cedar River Watershed 1997 4 13 Department of Construction and Land Use (I) 1997 4 14 Department of Construction and Land Use (II) 1997 5 1 Department of Construction and Land Use (III) 1997 5 2 Department of Construction and Land Use - City / University of Washington Agreement (I) 1997 5 3 Department of Construction and Land Use - City / University of Washington Agreement (II) 1997 5 4 Department of Construction and Land Use - Crown Hill Improvement Association 1997 5 5 Department of Construction and Land Use - Affordable Housing 1997 5 6 Department of Construction and Land Use - Columbarium 1997 5 7 Department of Construction and Land Use - Halfway House 1997 5 8 Department of Construction and Land Use - Jensen Boats / University of Washington Southwest Campus 1997 6 1 Department of Construction and Land Use - Minor Communication Utility 1997 6 2 Department of Construction and Land Use - Ross Neighborhood 1997 6 3 Department of Construction and Land Use - Sign Ordinance Amendment 1997 6 4 Duwamish 1996-1997 6 5 Department of Housing and Human Services 1997 6 6 Disabled / Handicapped 1997 6 7 Downtown Neighborhood 1996-1997 6 8 Driving While License Suspended 1996 6 9 Drug and Alcohol Treatment 1996-1997 6 10 Duwamish Peninsula Community Council - Minor Home Repair Program 1994-1997 6 11 Economic Development 1997 6 12 800 Mhz Radios (I) 1997 6 13 800 Mhz Radios (II) 1997 6 14 800 Mhz Radios - Seattle Police Training Handbook 1997 7 1 Emergency Preparedness 1996-1997 7 2 Ethics and Elections Commission (I) 1997 7 3 Ethics and Elections Commission (II) 1997 7 4 Ethics and Elections Commission (III) 1997 7 5 Seattle Ethics and Elections commission - Lobbying Ordinance 1997 7 6 Ethnic and Minority Issues 1997 7 7 Executive Services Department 1997 7 8 Environment 1997 7 9 El Centro de la Raza 1997 7 10 Families and Education Levy (I) 1997 7 11 Families and Education Levy (II) 1997 7 12 Federal Courthouse 1997 8 1 Fin Park 1996-1997 8 2 Finance - General 1996-1997 8 3 Fire Code (I) 1997 8 4 Fire Code (II) 1997 8 5 Fire Pension Board 1997 8 6 Fauntleroy Ferry 1997 8 7 Five Point Lighting 1997 8 8 Football Stadium (I) 1996-1997 8 9 Football Stadium (II) 1996-1997 9 1 Freeway Park Garage 1996 9 2 Georgetown Playfield 1996-1997 9 3 Georgetown - Kelly Moore Preservative Paint 1997 9 4 Growth Management Act 1996 9 5 Good Government - Public Disclosure Requests, Watchdog Activities (I) 1997 9 6 Good Government - Public Disclosure Requests, Watchdog Activities (II) 1997 9 7 Geographic Information System 1997 9 8 Hat and Boots 1997 9 9 Seahawks Stadium Vote (I) 1997 9 10 Seahawks Stadium Vote (II) 1997 10 1 Highpoint 1997 10 2 Historic Seattle / Good Shepherd 1997 10 3 Hugo House 1997 10 4 Health Care / Health Centers 1997 10 5 Hendrix Museum 1996-1997 10 6 Hearing Examiner 1997 10 7 Homelessness - General 1991-1997 10 8 Horse Drawn Carriage 1996-1997 10 9 Housing and Urban Development - Fredrick and Nelson Building 1996-1997 10 10 Human Rights (I) 1997 10 11 Human Rights (II) 1997 10 12 Hygiene Center (I) 1996-1997 11 1 Hygiene Center (II) 1996-1997 11 2 Hygiene Center - Compromise Proposal for Hygiene Services at the Glen Hotel, and 9th and Lenora 1997 11 3 Housing - General (I) 1996-1997 11 4 Housing - General (II) 1996-1997 11 5 Immunex 1996-1997 11 6 Industrial Areas 1997 11 7 Internet / World Wide Web 1997 11 8 Interbay P-Patch 1996-1997 11 9 Key Tower 1997 11 10 King County Airport 1997 12 1 King County Council 1997 12 2 Labor Issues (I) 1997 12 3 Labor Issues (II) 1997 12 4 Landmark Preservation Board 1996-1997 12 5 Legislation - Passed 1997 12 6 Legislation - Pending (I) 1997 12 7 Legislation - Pending (II) 1997 12 8 Lesbian / Gay Issues (I) 1997 12 9 Lesbian / Gay Issues (II) 1997 12 10 Library (I) 1997 13 1 Library (II) 1997 13 2 Library (III) 1997 13 3 Major Maintenance / Infrastructure 1997 13 4 Media 1997 13 5 Meeting Resolution 1997 13 6 Military 1997 13 7 Minority Executive Directors Coalition 1997 13 8 Metro Transit 1997 13 9 Major Institutions 1996-1997 13 10 Montlake Neighborhoods 1997 13 11 Monorail 1997 13 12 Municipal Civic Campus 1997 13 13 Municipal Golf Course 1996-1997 13 14 Municipal Court 1997 13 15 Municipal Television 1991-1997 13 16 Neighborhood Planning (I) 1997 14 1 Neighborhood Planning (II) 1997 14 2 Neighborhood Planning (III) 1997 14 3 Neighborhood Policing 1997 14 4 Newsletters - Neighborhoods (I) 1997 14 5 Newsletters - Neighborhoods (II) 1997 14 6 Newsletters - Departments and Organizations (I) 1997 15 1 Newsletters - Departments and Organizations (II) 1997 15 2 Newsletters - Departments and Organizations (III) 1997 15 3 Ninety Day Moratorium 1997 15 4 Noise Ordinance 1996-1997 15 5 Non - Issue Constituent Letters 1996 15 6 Open Space 1997 15 7 Parks Department - General (I) 1997 15 8 Parks Department - General (II) 1997 15 9 Parks Department - General (III) 1997 16 1 Parks Department - General (IV) 1997 16 2 Park Enforcement 1997 16 3 Parks - Magnuson Hours 1997 16 4 Parks - Project Compute 1997 16 5 Parking 1997 16 6 Performance of City Services 1997 16 7 Pier One and Two 1996-1997 16 8 Personnel (I) 1996-1997 17 1 Personnel (II) 1996-1997 17 2 Personnel (III) 1996-1997 17 3 Personnel (IV) 1996-1997 17 4 Personnel: Advance Copy of the 1997 Third Quarter Classification Ordinance 1997 17 5 Pine Street Project 1996-1997 17 6 Pioneer Square 1997 17 7 Police Department - General (I) 1997 18 1 Police Department - General (II) 1997 18 2 Police Department - General (III) 1997 18 3 Police Dogs 1996 18 4 Police and Fire Pension Board 1997 18 5 Public Restrooms 1996-1997 18 6 Public Safety - General 1997 18 7 Port of Seattle 1996-1997 18 8 Protect Our Parks 1996-1997 18 9 Poster Law 1996-1997 18 10 Public Safety - Civil Service Commission 1997 18 11 Public Safety - 911 Call Center 1997 19 1 P-Patch Program 1996-1997 19 2 Recycling 1997 19 3 Regulation Reform 1997 19 4 Restaurant Smoking Ban 1997 19 5 Regional Transit Authority 1996-1997 19 6 Schools / Seattle School District (I) 1997 19 7 Schools / Seattle School District (II) 1997 19 8 Seattle Center (I) 1997 19 9 Seattle Center (II) 1997 19 10 Seaplanes 1997 19 11 Sea Tac Airport - Third Runway (I) 1997 20 1 Sea Tac Airport - Third Runway (II) 1997 20 2 Seattle Public Utilities (I) 1996-1997 20 3 Seattle Public Utilities (II) 1996-1997 20 4 SEA - TRAN (Seattle Transportation) (I) 1997 20 5 SEA - TRAN (Seattle Transportation) (II) 1997 20 6 SEA - TRAN (Seattle Transportation) (III) 1997 20 7 SEA - TRAN (Seattle Transportation) - Bond Proposal (I) 1997 20 8 SEA - TRAN (Seattle Transportation) - Bond Proposal (II) 1997 21 1 Seattle Engineering Department 1996-1997 21 2 Seattle Film 1997 21 3 Seniors 1997 21 4 Street Vacations (I) 1996-1997 21 5 Street Vacations (II) 1996-1997 21 6 Sex Offenders 1996-1997 21 7 Seattle Housing Authority 1996-1997 21 8 Shoreline Street Ends 1996 21 9 Sidewalk Vendors 1997 21 10 Sister Cities 1997 21 11 Six - Year Capital Spending Plan 1997 21 12 SODO (South Downtown) 1997 21 13 South Park 1997 21 14 S.P.I.C.E. (School Programs Involving Community Elders) 1997 21 15 State Route 520 1997 22 1 Street Utility Tax 1997 22 2 Street Use 1996-1997 22 3 South West Harbor Program 1997 22 4 Small Business Administration 1997 22 5 Symphony Hall 1997 22 6 Taxicabs 1996-1997 22 7 Telecommunications / TCI 1996-1997 22 8 Tenants Union 1996-1997 22 9 Transportation 1997 22 10 University District 1996-1997 22 11 University of Washington 1997 22 12 Viaduct (Alaska Way) 1997 22 13 Viaduct (Spokane Street) 1997 23 1 Washington State Public Interest Group 1997 23 2 Water Department 1996-1997 23 3 Water Taxi 1997 23 4 Welfare Reform (I) 1997 23 5 Welfare Reform (II) 1997 23 6 West Point Treatment Center 1996-1997 23 7 Women's Commission 1997 23 8 Westlake Park 1997 23 9 Women and Minority Business Enterprises 1996-1997 23 10 Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission 1996-1997 23 11 Youth Project 1997 23 12 Youth Violence 1997 23 13 Elmgrove Street / South Park 1997 23 14 Utility Cuts 1997 23 15 Minority Contractor Resource Center 1997 24 1 Asian and Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Fund 1997 24 2 Maritime Heritage 1997 24 3 Municipal Campus Plan 1997 24 4 1998 Budget (I) 1997 24 5 1998 Budget (II) 1997 24 6 Snow Plows 1982-1997 24 7 Sand Point Plans (I) 1997 24 8 Sand Point Plans (II) 1997 24 9 Sand Point Plans (III) 1997 24 10 Citizen Comments and Letters 1996-1997 25 1 Gay and Lesbian Issues 1997 25 2 Seattle School Districts 1997 25 3 Employment / Internship Applications 1997 25 4 Seattle Public Library 1997 25 5 Seattle Police Department 1997 25 6 Ethnic / Minority Issues 1997 25 7 Neighborhood Newsletters 1997 25 8 Thank You's - Incoming 1997 25 9 Labor / Personnel Issues 1997 25 10 Miscellaneous 1996-1997 25 11 Hotel / Motel Tax 1991 25 12 Seattle Women's Commission 1997 25 13 Human Rights Commission 1997 25 14 Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities 1997 25 15 King County Airport: Night Flight Restrictions 1997 25 16 Finance Committee: Minority Report on Election Code 1997 25 17 Sand Point Naval Station 1997 25 18 Drug Testing: City Employees / High School Athletes 1997 25 19 Budget: Schedule, Requests 1997 25 20 Public Safety: Car Prowls 1997 25 21 Pike Place Market: Street Use Permits 1997 25 22 Seattle Housing Authority: Seattle Senior Housing Program 1996-1997 25 23 Workplace Harassment Legislation 1997 25 24 Duwamish / Department of Construction and Land Use Issues: Greater Duwamish Planning Committee 1997 26 1 Department of Construction and Land Use: Quasi - Judicial 1997 26 2 Department of Housing and Human Services: (ECAP) Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (I) 1997 26 3 Department of Housing and Human Services: (ECAP) Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (II) 1997 26 4 Labor Relations Briefing 1997 26 6