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.