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Seattle Commons Project Records, 1963-2001
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Office of Management and Planning
- Title
- Seattle Commons Project Records
- Dates
- 1963-2001 (inclusive)19632001
1993-1995 (bulk)19931995 - Quantity
- 5.6 cubic feet, (7 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 6320-01
- Summary
- Planning records for the Seattle Commons.
- 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
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
In 1992 the Office of Long-Range Planning and Office of Strategic Human Services Planning were combined to create the new Planning Department, marking the first point since 1969 that planning and policy development for the City fell outside the direct control of the Executive Department. In addition to cultivating policy on land use, transportation, housing, the environment, human services, and urban design, the Planning Department's stated mission included the pursuit of local/regional planning collaboration as well as the evaluation of city policies for compliance with Washington's Growth Management Act and Seattle's Comprehensive Plan Framework Policies. The department was segmented into four divisions: Comprehensive Planning, Urban Research, Strategic and Special Projects, and Administrative.
In 1995 the Office of Management and Planning (OMP) was created by bringing together the Office of Management and Budget and Planning Department. OMP was the lead office within the Executive Department for community planning, budgeting, capital infrastructure analysis, forecasting, policy and economic analysis, and management.
In early 1998, the Mayor divided the Office of Management and Planning and formed a new Strategic Planning Office for policy planning in the Executive Department. The City's budget function was reorganized in the newly-formed City Budget Office, located in the Executive Services Department.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Records of the Office of Management and Planning, Planning Department and Office of Management and Budget concerning planning for the Seattle Commons and the South Lake Union area. The Seattle Commons was a proposed boulevard and park which would have stretched from Westlake Center to Lake Union, but which was defeated by voters in 1995. The planning also encompassed the Mercer corridor and surrounding South Lake Union neighborhoods. Records include correspondence, draft plans, studies, maps, subject files and documentation from earlier South Lake Union planning projects.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Seattle Commons Project Records, Record Series 6320-01. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in three subseries: Subject files; South Lake Union plans; and Office of Management and Budget / Commons financing files.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Subject files, 1981-1997Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Commons Acreage |
1993-1994 |
1/2 | Paul Allen Gift |
1995 |
1/3 | Allied Arts |
1993-1994 |
1/4 | Seattle Commons Planning
Alternatives |
1992-1994 |
1/5 | APA / PAW Award |
1995 |
1/6 | Bay Freeway
Properties |
1981-1995 |
1/7 | Commons Briefing
Memos |
1992-1993 |
1/8 | Commons Briefing
Memos |
1994 |
1/9 | Capital Finance Review Board
Report |
1995-1996 |
1/10 | Capital Investment
Strategy |
1994-1995 |
1/11 | Cascade
Neighborhood |
1994-1995 |
1/12 | Cascade Neighborhood
Council |
1993-1997 |
1/13 | Cascade Park
Study |
1993-1996 |
1/14 | Cascade Residents Action
Group |
1993 |
1/15 | Cash Flows |
1995 |
1/16 | City Comments on Draft
2 |
1993 |
1/17 | City Comments on Draft
1 |
1993 |
1/18 | City Council |
1993-1995 |
1/19 | City Light Pilot
Project |
1994 |
1/20 | Clearinghouse Group /
Urban |
1993 |
1/21 | Combined Sewer Overflow
Project |
1994-1996 |
1/22 | Commons Area Business
Council |
1994 |
1/23 | Commons-Owned
Properties |
1994-1995 |
1/24 | Community Organizations
List |
1993 |
1/25 | Community
Services |
1993-1995 |
1/26 | Commons Draft Concept
Estimate |
1994 |
1/27 | Commons Staff and
Board |
1994-1995 |
1/28 | Construction
Mitigation |
1995 |
1/29 | Commons
Correspondence |
1991-1996 |
1/30 | Commons
Correspondence |
1993-1995 |
1/31 | Denny Regrade Community
Council |
1994 |
1/32 | Denny Regrade
Study |
1994 |
1/33 | Design Review |
1995 |
1/34 | Developer Summits |
1994 |
1/35 | Commons Development
Potential |
1994 |
1/36 | Downtown Seattle
Association |
1994 |
2/1 | Commons EIS
Appeal |
1995 |
2/2 | Commons EIS Appeal
Documents |
1995 |
2/3 | Commons EIS Fund |
1994-1995 |
2/4 | Commons EIS Staff Assistance
with FEIS |
1995 |
2/5 | Financing Plan, Mayor's
Recommendation |
1995 |
2/6 | Commons Funding and
Management Agreement |
1995 |
2/7 | General Motors
Site |
1995 |
2/8 | Commons
Governance |
1993-1994 |
2/9 | Commons
Governance |
1995 |
2/9 | Commons
Governance |
1995 |
2/10 | Greater Seattle Chamber of
Commerce |
1993-1994 |
2/11 | Growth Management
Act |
1994 |
2/12 | Growth Management Hearing
Board Appeal |
1995 |
2/13 | Harris Report |
1993-1994 |
2/14 | Commons, Historical -
Cultural |
1993-1995 |
2/15 | Commons History |
1992 |
2/16 | Commons Housing |
1993-1994 |
2/17 | Iglitzin, Lynne: The Seattle
Commons: A case Study in the Evolution of an Urban Village |
1993 |
2/18 | Commons Interdepartmental
Team |
1993 |
2/19 | Koll Project |
1995 |
2/20 | Lake Union Air
Property |
1993 |
2/21 | Land Use |
1993-1995 |
2/22 | Levy |
1995 |
2/23 | LID's |
1994-1995 |
2/24 | Maps |
undated |
2/25 | Maritime Heritage
Center |
1993-1994 |
2/26 | Mayor's Revised Proposal for
the Seattle Commons |
1996 |
2/27 | Media (Commons) |
1993-1994 |
2/28 | Mercer Corridor -
Funding |
1994-1995 |
2/29 | Mercer Corridor -
NEPA |
1993-1994 |
2/30 | Mercer Street - Construction
Impacts |
1994 |
2/31 | Mercer Street - Myers Tunnel
Proposal |
1993-1994 |
2/32 | Municipal League Park
Proposal |
1993 |
2/33 | Naval Reserve / Fort
Lawton |
1993-1995 |
2/34 | Newsletter - Commons
News |
1992-1994 |
2/35 | Commons Outreach |
1993-1994 |
2/36 | Parks and Open
Space |
1993-1995 |
2/37 | PEMCO |
1994 |
2/38 | Permitting Process and
Commons |
1994 |
2/39 | Commons Plan
(Draft) |
1992 |
3/1 | Commons Plan Draft
2 |
1993-1994 |
3/2 | Commons Plan - Public
Comments |
1994-1995 |
3/3 | Commons Plan - Public
Comments |
1995 |
3/4 | Commons / South Lake Union
Plan - Public Comments |
1995 |
3/5 | Commons - Planning
Commission |
1993-1995 |
3/6 | Population and
Employment |
1994-1995 |
3/7 | Programmatic EIS |
1993 |
3/8 | Commons Property Inventories,
Assessment |
1993-1994 |
3/9 | Commons Property
Notes |
1994 |
3/10 | Commons Property
Ownership |
undated |
3/11 | Commons
Prototypes |
1994 |
3/12 | Public Safety |
1993-1994 |
3/13 | Commons Questions and
Answers, Descriptions |
1992-1995 |
3/14 | Residential Preference
Study |
1993 |
3/15 | Seattle Center |
1993-1994 |
3/16 | Seattle Public Library -
South Lake Union Satellite |
1994 |
3/17 | Seattle Times
Rezoning |
1994-1996 |
3/18 | SEPA Issues |
1993 |
3/19 | Shoreline / Waterfront
Issues |
1989-1995 |
3/20 | South Lake Union Business
Association |
1993-1995 |
3/21 | South Lake Union
Businesses |
1993-1994 |
3/22 | South Lake Union
Employers |
1994 |
3/23 | South Lake Union
Park |
1989-1994 |
3/24 | Steering
Committee |
1993-1994 |
3/25 | Stream Research |
1994 |
3/26 | Stream Research |
1994 |
3/27 | Surveys /
Questionnaires |
1993 |
3/28 | Tax Increment
Financing |
1992-1995 |
4/1 | Transportation Issues and
Modeling |
1993-1995 |
4/2 | Washington Natural
Gas |
1982-1994 |
4/3 | Water Department
Issues |
1994-1995 |
4/4 | West Seattle Defense Fund
Case |
1995 |
4/5 | Zoning (Commons) |
1995 |
4/6 | Zoning (Commons) |
1993-1994 |
6/1 | Appeal and Mode Split /
Forecasting |
1994-1995 |
6/2 | Council
Resolution |
1992 |
6/3 | EIS Scoping Document,
RFP |
1993-1994 |
6/4 | Fisher Property Pedestrial
Overpass |
- |
6/5 | Funding |
1995 |
6/6 | Interdepartmental Team
Retreat |
1994 |
6/7 | Land Ownership |
1995 |
6/8 | Commons / South Lake Union -
Major Investment Study |
1993-1994 |
6/9 | Mercer Street Combined Sewer
Outflow |
1995-1998 |
6/10 | Miscellaneous |
1993 |
6/11 | National Environmental Policy
Act |
1992-1994 |
6/12 | Open Space |
1992-1994 |
6/13 | Parking |
1995 |
6/14 | South Lake Union Planning
(Historical) |
1984-1996 |
6/15 | Traffic Forecasts |
1992-1995 |
6/16 | Transportation Committee of
City Council, Adoption Process |
1995 |
6/17 | Transportation
Phasing |
1995 |
7/1 | Transportation-Related
Comments and Briefings |
1992-1994 |
South Lake Union Plans, 1982-1995Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
4/7 | Lake Union Public Access (UW
Urban Design) |
1985 |
4/8 | Parks Dept. Comprehensive
Plan |
1991-1993 |
4/9 | South Lake Union Area
Planning - Background Documents |
1993-1994 |
4/10 | South Lake Union Area
Planning - Background Documents |
1987-1993 |
4/11 | South Lake Union
Comprehensive Plan |
1993-1995 |
4/12 | South Lake Union
Plan |
1995 |
4/13 | South Lake Union
Plan |
1995 |
4/14 | South Lake Union
Plan |
1995 |
4/15 | South Lake Union Plan
Paste-up (With Photographs) |
undated |
4/16 | South Lake Union Plan EIS
Documents |
1994 |
4/17 | South Lake Union Plan EIS
Documents |
1994 |
4/18 | South Lake Union Area
Planning - Environmental Review Documents |
1992-1994 |
4/19 | South Lake Union Planning
History |
1986-1993 |
4/20 | South Lake Union Planning
Project |
1982-1994 |
4/21 | South Lake Union Subarea Plan
- Draft EIS Hearing Transcript |
1995 |
Office of Management and Budget / Commons Financing files, 1992-2001Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
5/1 | Financing /
Fiscal |
1993-1996 |
5/2 | Fiscal Impact
Analysis |
1993-1995 |
5/3 | Fiscal Impact Study, Market
Assessment |
1994 |
5/4 | Fiscal Impact
Study |
1993-1994 |
5/5 | Early File |
1992 |
5/6 | Commons General |
1993 |
5/7 | Commons Interdepartmental
Team |
1993 |
5/8 | Cost Estimates |
1994 |
5/9 | Contractor Info Request -
Fiscal Impact |
1993 |
5/10 | Consultant Info Request -
Cost |
1994 |
5/11 | Consultant Info Request -
Cost |
1994 |
5/12 | South Lake Union
Contract |
1993-1994 |
5/13 | Financing |
1993-1994 |
5/14 | Financing Plan |
1994 |
5/15 | Fiscal Work |
1993-1994 |
5/16 | Commons Study
Tickler |
1994-1995 |
5/17 | Commons Study RFP |
1994 |
5/18 | South Lake Union Economic
Development |
1992-1995 |
5/19 | Financing - Purchase and Sale
Agreement, Vulcan |
2001 |
South Lake Union Transportation, 1963-1989Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
7/2 | South Lake Union / Mercer
Corridor - Bicycles |
1987 |
7/3 | Traffic: Intersection
Analyses, Broad St. Throughway |
1988 |
7/4 | Transportation Conceptual
Programs, Budget Plan, LUTD and SED Agreement |
1986 |
7/5 | Transportation Study,
Planning Commission Comments |
1987 |
7/6 | Transportation, Surface
Concept (Broad St. Throughway) Public Review |
1988-1989 |
7/7 | Aerial Photographs - South
Lake Union, Seattle Center |
1963 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- City planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Parks--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Seattle Commons (Seattle, Wash.)
- South Lake Union (Seattle, Wash.)
- Transportation Planning
Corporate Names
- Seattle (Wash.). Planning Dept.
- Seattle (Wash.). Office of Management and Budget
- Seattle (Wash.). Office of Management and Planning
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Maps
- Photographs