City council members
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Jerome Mapp, July 22, 2010 and April 14, 2011
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Abstract
Jerome Mapp served on the Boise City Council during the 1990s when Boise saw very little conflict; money was not tight at the city level and the general feeling from the community was positive. Boise was growing quickly, and development was on the fringes of the city as well as in the downtown core. Brent Coles was mayor, he focused on transportation, fighting drugs, and neighborhood reinvestment. Mapp continued to serve into the Bieter administration.In two interviews with...
Dates:
July 22, 2010 and April 14, 2011
Jon Mason , July 13, 2010 and July 22, 2010
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In two interviews with Brandi Burns on July 13 and July 22, 2010, Jon Mason discusses his career in engineering at Morrison-Knudsen Company and as a professor at Boise State University. He describes how he worked on several committees prior to entering government including the Boise Vision Plan and his appointment to the Design Review Board by Mayor Coles. He explains how the city’s poor handling of transportation problems led him to run for city council and discusses the many solutions that...
Dates:
July 13, 2010 and July 22, 2010
Joy Buersmeyer , July 12, 2010 and July 27, 2010
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Joy Buersmeyer served on the Boise City Council during the 1970s and 1980s, which was the heart of the urban renewal era. By 1976 few developments in the downtown core were occurring, and the BRA was continuing to fight for an enclosed mall to locate into the downtown. It was not until 1986 that this vision for downtown changed. Dirk Kempthorne was elected as mayor, and many council members were voted out.In two interviews with Brandi Burns on July 12 and 27, 2010, Joy Buersmeyer...
Dates:
July 12, 2010 and July 27, 2010
Marjorie Ewing, July 2, 2010 and July 16, 2010
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Marjorie Ewing served on the city council during the urban renewal era. When she came onto the council urban renewal was well under way, and there was still support for it. As the years waned on, support for the idea of an enclosed downtown mall diminished, and the community was angered at the slow nature of development in the downtown.In two interviews with Brandi Burns on July 2 and 16, 2010, Marjorie Ewing discusses her personal history, involvement with the Boise Little...
Dates:
July 2, 2010 and July 16, 2010
Mary Tate , November 10, 2010
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Mary Tate served on the council when urban renewal was unpopular, partially due to the long delay in development of the downtown and loss of historic streetscapes. At the end of her time on City Council, a larger shift was occurring to replace the old Council and Mayor with a new set of people more amicable to letting the regional mall be built outside of downtown.In an interview with Brandi Burns on November 10, 2010, Mary Tate discusses her experience as a councilmember during...
Dates:
November 10, 2010
Mary Trail, January 14, 2011, January 19, 2011, and January 27, 2011
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Mary Trail served on the council during the last years of the fight to bring the mall downtown before a new set of council members and mayor took office. The zoning for the mall to move to its suburban location was approved, and when the new council took office, downtown redevelopment pushed forward. Downtown Boise in the late 1980s and 1990s started to see construction of new buildings and other positive signs that revitalization was occurring.In an interview with Brandi Burns...
Dates:
January 14, 2011, January 19, 2011, and January 27, 2011
Michael Wetherell , May 31, 2011 and June 7, 2011
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Mike Wetherell served seventeen years on the Boise City Council. Throughout that time Boise experienced many pivotal changes, notably, urban renewal. He started on the council at the end of years of development stagnation and served through the successful redevelopment of downtown, construction of the Towne Square Mall, and prosperity of the 1990s. His last years on the Council witnessed the controversy with Brent Coles, and the changing of the leadership in 2003.In an interview...
Dates:
May 31, 2011 and June 7, 2011
Michael Wetherell papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 010
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, studies, speeches, and memos related to Judge Mike Wetherell’s work as a member of the Boise City Council from 1986-2003, his work with non-profits including the Epilepsy Federation of America from 1981-1996, Idaho Epilepsy League from 1977-1983, and Friends of Capital City from 1985-1988. Also included in the collection are legal publications written by Judge Wetherell for the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association from 1989-2000.
Dates:
1972 - 2002
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Michael Wetherell papers
Mike Silva, October 1, 2010
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Mike Silva served on the City Council during the height of opposition to urban renewal; people were upset with how long it was taking to redevelop the downtown. His service on the ACHD Board of Commissioners occurred while the agency was new and there was hostility between the agency and other local governments.In an interview with Brandi Burns on October 1, 2010, Mike Silva discusses moving to Boise and running for the Ada County Highway District. He related that serving as an...
Dates:
October 1, 2010
Paula Forney, November 17, 2010
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Paula Forney served on the Boise City Council during the 1990s and 2000s. Boise during the 1990s saw very little conflict; money was not tight at the city level; and the general feeling from the community was positive. Boise was growing quickly, and development was on the fringes of the city as well as in the downtown core. Brent Coles was mayor, and focused on transportation, fighting drugs, and neighborhood reinvestment. After the Coles’ controversy, Forney continued to serve and...
Dates:
November 17, 2010