Nick Licata Records, 1979-2015
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Nick Licata Records, 1979-2015 Overview of the Collection Creator Licata, Nick Title Nick Licata Records Dates 1979-2015 (inclusive) 1979 2015 1998-2015 (bulk) 1998 2015 Quantity 91.2 Cubic Feet, (227 boxes) 24,303 digital files, (6.46 ) Collection Number 4650-00 Summary Records of Seattle City Council Member Nick Licata. Repository Seattle Municipal Archives Seattle Municipal Archives Office of the City Clerk City of Seattle PO Box 94728 98124-4728 Seattle, WA Telephone: 206-233-7807 Fax: 206-386-9025 [email protected] Access Restrictions Conditions Governing Access note Records are open to the public. Languages English Biographical Note Nick Licata was elected to five terms on City Council, serving from 1998 to 2015. During his time in office, he chaired committees covering areas including parks, public safety, human services, and arts and culture. He served as Council President from 2006 to 2007. In his college years at Bowling Green State University, Licata was student body president and president of Students for a Democratic Society before earning a degree in political science in 1969. He then moved to Seattle to attend graduate school at the University of Washington, where he received a master's degree in sociology in 1973. Licata was a longtime activist in the community, helping to found the Coalition Against Redlining; Citizens for More Important Things, which campaigned against excessive public funding for sports stadiums, and Give Peace a Dance, a nuclear disarmament group. He was a founder of The Civic Foundation and the Friends of Westlake Park, and he was a member of the first board of directors for the Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program. He worked as an insurance broker for 17 years prior to his election to City Council. In 2003, Licata published the children's book Princess Bianca and the Vandals, and in 2016 after leaving Council, he wrote Becoming a Citizen Activist. In 2012 The Nation named him the Progressive Municipal Official of the Year. He was the founding chair of the national municipal policy network Local Progress. Nick Licata Records, 1979-2015 1 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv88784 Content Description Record Group 4650 documents Nick Licata's tenure on the Seattle City Council. The records are comprised of ten series: 4650-02: Subject Files 4650-03: Culture, Arts, and Parks Committee Records 4650-04: Newsletters 4650-05: Neighborhoods, Arts, and Civil Rights Committee Records 4650-06: Public Safety, Governmental Relations, and Arts Committee Records 4650-07: Special Committee on Pedestrian Safety Records 4650-08: Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture Committee Records 4650-09: Culture, Civil Rights, Health and Personnel Committee Records 4650-10: Monorail Ad Hoc Committee Records 4650-11: Finance and Culture Committee Records 4650-12: Moving Image Collection Descriptions of each series can be found below. Use of the Collection Preferred Citation Preferred Citation [Item and date], Nick Licata Records, Record Group 4650-00. Series [number] Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives. Restrictions on Use Conditions Governing Use Electronic records are available for use onsite in the SMA reading room. Administrative Information Processing Note Processing Information CloneSpy was used to filter and log duplicate files. Duplicate files and non-record material were deleted. CUSpider SSN Scanning and DtSearch were used to screen for personal and sensitive Nick Licata Records, 1979-2015 2 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv88784 information. DROID was used to identify file formats, extract metadata, and facilitate processing decisions. Files were then logged and transferred using Robocopy to preservation storage. Detailed Description of the Collection 4650-02: Nick Licata Subject Files, 1979-2015, (bulk 1998-2015) 81.6 Cubic Feet, (204 boxes) 23,554 digital files, (6.31 GB) 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. Container(s) Description Dates Box Folder 1 1 Monorail Advisory Group 1997-1997 1 2 Monorail / Applicants 1997-1997 1 3 Agreement / Memorandum between the City of Seattle 1997-1997 and the Seattle Sonics / Seattle Center 1 4 Coliseum Lease Agreement 1993-1993 1 5 Coliseum Lease Agreement Information / New Coliseum 1994-1994 project Update 1 6 Coliseum Lease Agreement Information / New Coliseum 1994-1994 project Update 1 7 Coliseum Lease Agreement Information 1995-1995 1 8 Coliseum Lease Agreement Information 1996-1996 Nick Licata Records, 1979-2015 3 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv88784 Container(s) Description Dates 1 9 Newspaper Articles Regarding Coliseum 1994-1996 1 10 Budget Actions / Seattle Center Departmental Goals 1998-1998 1999-2000 1 11 Proposed Budget / Ordinance / Budget and Facility 1995-1996 Licensing Revision 1 12 Seattle Center Financial Overview / Cost Accounting 1994-1996 Reports 2 1 Seattle Center Improving Procedures / Audit Reports 1995-1995 2 2 Polystrene / Seattle Center 1995-1995 2 3 Seattle Center Festivals 1993-1996 2 4 Seattle City Council / Memorandums and Feedback From 1995-1995 Public 2 5 Seattle Center Briefing Computerized Ticketing 1995-1995 2 6 Coliseum / Key Arena / Amended Premises Use and 1995-1997 Occupancy Agreement / Negotiations Issue Paper 2 7 Seattle Center Redevelopment Workshop Series 1996-1997 2 8 Seattle Center Redevelopment Workshop Series 1996-1997 2 9 Seattle Center / Planting Design Guidelines 1997-1997 2 10 Associated Students of the University of Washington 2000 2 11 Crime Prevention Councils 1997-1999 2 12 P-Patches 1998 2 13 Street Ends 1999 2 14 Gay and Lesbian Issues 1998-1999 2 15 Child Care 1999-2000 Nick Licata Records, 1979-2015 4 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv88784 Container(s) Description Dates 2 16 Open Space Advocates 1997-1998 2 17 Northwest Marine Trade Association 1997-1998 2 18 Neighborhood Rights 1997-1998 2 19 Metropolitan Reform Project 1997-1998 2 20 Land Trust Housing Projects 1999 3 1 Seattle Center Press Releases / Coliseum Bonds / Drug 1994-1996 Free Zone, Sonics Basketball Court Gift 3 2 Seattle Center Communication Plan 1994-1994 3 3 Seattle Center / Arts and Sciences Academy / Session 1997-1998 Reports 3 4 Seattle Center / Peace Academy Concepts and 1994-1994 Organization Development 3 5 Seattle Center / Pacific Science Center / Community 1994-1994 Leadership Project and Education Leadership Project 3 6 Seattle Center / Peace Academy and Information 1994-1995 3 7 Seattle Center / Peace Academy and Information 1994-1995 3 8 Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant 1994-1994 4 1 Downtown (Better Business Improvement Area) Issue / 1999-1999 letters 4 2 Seattle Center Ethics and Elections Commission / Rules 1999-1999 and Administration / Election Revisions 4 3 Sea-Trans Strategic Goals 1998-1998 4 4 City of Seattle Real Estate Asset Management Program / 1997-1997 Policies and Procedure 4 5 City of Seattle Workers Compensation Unit Mid Year 1998-1998 Report Nick Licata Records, 1979-2015 5 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv88784 Container(s) Description Dates 4 6 Seattle Housing / 30-60 Day Rent Increase 1998-1998 4 7 (Draft) Budget Priorities Resolution 1998-1998 4 8 Budget Priorities Hearing 1998-1998 4 9 Queen Anne Bowl Issue 1998-1998 4 10 City Light Outreach 1998-1998 4 11 Seattle City Light / Internal Operations / Energy 1997-1997 Conservation Status Report 4 12 SEIU 1999 4 13 SEED 1998-1999 4 14 Seattle Marine Business Coalition 1997-2001 5 1 City Light / Boundary Rehabilitation Program / 1998-1998 Procurement Process Review and Recommendations 5 2 TCI Cable / Contract Negotiations 1999-1999 5 3 AT&T / TCI Cable Open Access Internet and Legality 1999-1999 5 4 AT&T / TCI Merger / Other Cities Options and 1999-1999 Recommendations 5 5 Seattle City Council Member Tina Podlodowski / Draft 1999-1999 Statement of Principals Regarding TCI Cable / 1997 Survey 5 6 Cable TCI Summit 1999-1999 5 7 Cable TCI Media Editorials 1999-1999 5 8 TCI Cable / AT&T Merger Response Letters 1999-1999 5 9 Cable / TCI Correspondence 1999-1999 5 10 Cable / TCI - Advice / Proposals and Notes 1999-1999 Nick Licata Records, 1979-2015 6 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv88784 Container(s) Description Dates 5 11 Cable / TCI / City of Seattle Departments Feedback 1999-1999 5 12 Land Use Letters 1998-1999 5 13 Regional Transit Authority / Alignment Resolution / Citizen 1998-1999 Testimony (Letters) 6 1 Seattle Housing Authority Holly Park Issue 1998-1999 6 2 Seattle Housing Authority Holly Park Issue 1998-1999 6 3 Public Input on the Expansion of the Washington State 1999-1999 Convention Center / Letters and Public Hearing Info 6 4 Washington State Convention Center / Working 1998-1999 Documents 6 5 Ad Hoc Committee / Landslide Issues 1997-1998 6 6 Central Staff Assignments 1998-1998 6 7 Central Staff Reorganization Plan (Draft) 1998-1998 6 8 Public Testimony at Standing Committee Meetings 1998-1998 6 9 City Council Research / Publication / Public Access 1996-1997 Network 6 10 Seattle City Council / Singapore and Asian Trip Issue 1998-1998 6 11 East 8th Ave.