Board of Park Commissioners Subject Files (Series II), 1967-2012

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Title
Board of Park Commissioners Subject Files (Series II)
Dates
1967-2012 (inclusive)
Quantity
19.4 cubic feet, (49 boxes)
Collection Number
5800-07
Summary
Records relating to topics addressed at Park Commissioners meetings.
Repository
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

The Department of Parks and Recreation administers Seattle's parks system and community recreation programs. It maintains over 6000 acres of city parks, 20 miles of shoreline, and 22 miles of boulevards. The department operates the city's 25 community recreation centers, the Woodland Park Zoo, the Seattle Aquarium, nine swimming pools, a tennis center, and more than 400 smaller facilities. In addition, it is custodian for four public golf courses, three moorages, and several other athletic and cultural facilities.

In 1884 David Denny donated a five-acre tract that was the site of a cemetery to the City of Seattle, stipulating that it be designated a public park. The site, initially named Seattle Park and later renamed Denny Park, was the first ordinance-designated public park in Seattle. The ordinance that accepted the property (Ordinance 571) also made allowances for its conversion from a cemetery to a park and included a provision that three Park Commissioners be appointed to oversee the conversion. At that time, the City of Seattle was operating under its 1869 charter which provided for a relatively small government of 13 elected officials and three other officers, in whom all municipal authority was vested.

Legislation in 1887 (Ordinance 874) created the Board of Park Commissioners, consisting of three members to be appointed by Council, and who served three-year terms. This unpaid body was charged with all management responsibilities for Seattle's parks and was expected to report to Council as often as each quarter, making recommendations for improvements and for the acquisition of new properties.

In 1890 the City of Seattle adopted its first home-rule charter. The city's population had expanded from 3533 in 1880 to nearly 43,000. The new charter mandated a dramatically larger city government composed of 34 elected officials, 13 departments, and six regulatory commissions, including a Board of Park Commissioners. A park fund was also established, consisting of: proceeds from the sale of bonds issued for that purpose; gifts; appropriations made by Council; and 10% of the gross receipts from all fines, penalties, and licenses. The new Board of Park Commissioners, appointed by the Mayor, consisted of five paid ($300 per year) members who served five-year terms. Although the Board had all management responsibilities for Seattle's parks, including the authority to appoint a superintendent and to negotiate for property, Council retained the authority to purchase property.

In 1892 the Board appointed E. O. Schwagerl, a noted landscape architect and engineer, to be the second Superintendent of Parks. During the four years that he held the office, Schwagerl developed the first comprehensive plan for Seattle's parks. This plan may have guided Assistant City Engineer George F. Cotterill. Cotterill organized volunteers to construct 25 miles of bicycle paths, the routes of which were utilized by the Olmsted Brothers in their 1903 city-wide plan for a system of parks and boulevards.

In 1896 Seattle adopted a new home-rule charter. This charter redefined the Board of Park Commissioners as the Park Committee: five unpaid appointees who reported annually to Council. In addition, all management responsibilities of the parks, including the authority to obtain new properties, were vested with the City Council. The Superintendent of Parks position was eliminated and its responsibilities were assumed by the new Superintendent of Streets, Sewers, and Parks, one of the three members of the Board of Public Works.

In 1903, City Council adopted the Olmsted Brothers plan to expand and develop a system of parks and boulevards. At the same time, the Charter was amended, re-establishing the Board of Park Commissioners and giving it the kind of independence that park commissions in the metropolitan cities of the East enjoyed. While Council retained the authority to approve the purchase of property, the Board assumed all management responsibilities of the parks, as well as the exclusive authority to spend park fund monies. In addition, all park-related authority was removed from the Board of Public Works, and the Board of Park Commissioners elected to appoint a superintendent. Public support, both for the implementation of the Olmsted plan as well as for the new, empowered Board, was substantial. In 1905 a $500,000 park bond was passed; followed by $1,000,000 in 1908; $2,000,000 in 1910; and $500,000 in 1912.

In 1907 the Superintendent was joined by a new staff position, the Assistant Superintendent, and in the following year the first directorship, Playgrounds Director, was created. In 1912 the first full-time engineer appeared under the title Chief Engineer, later to be changed to Park Engineer. By 1922 a Head Gardener had been appointed, and two more directorships created: the Zoo Director and the Bathing Beaches Director.

In 1925 the charter was amended such that no more money could be spent in the acquisition of park properties than was available through the park fund. In that same year, the Park Engineer was replaced by a new position, the Landscape Architect. In 1926 the Board abolished the position of Superintendent, distributing that position's responsibilities between the Head Gardener and the Landscape Architect. In 1927 the position title of Park Engineer was re-established, but with the duties and responsibilities of the old superintendent, while the new Junior Park Engineer directly managed engineering and construction activity.

In 1926 Mayor Bertha K. Landes appointed a Municipal Recreation Committee, comprised of Park Board members, School Board members, and a representative of the community at large, to analyze ways in which they could cooperatively contribute to the municipal recreation program. The Committee submitted its report to the Mayor in January 1928. The report detailed which facilities were provided by the Park Board and which by the School Board; how the facilities could be more efficiently utilized; and what additional facilities were required.

A ten-year plan for the Department of Parks was announced in 1931. This plan, based upon a projected population for the Seattle metropolitan area in 1940, was a program of development aimed at making better use of existing properties, adding to those properties that needed more space, and acquiring new properties in those parts of town that were experiencing growth. Much of this plan would be realized by the Works Projects Administration later in the decade.

In 1939 administration of playground programs and bathing beaches was consolidated under the newly created position. In 1940, with the opening of the West Seattle Golf Course (the city's third municipal golf course) the position of Golf Director was established. A 1948 Charter amendment required the Board of Park Commissioners to appoint a park superintendent, and the position was to be excluded from the classified civil service.

A Charter amendment in 1967 reconstituted the Board of Park Commissioners as an advisory body to the Mayor, Council, the renamed Department of Parks and Recreation, and other City agencies. The amendment placed the fiscal and operational admistration of the department under the control of the Superintendent of Parks, who was now appointed by the Mayor to serve a four-year term. The specific duties of both the Superintendent and the Board, as well as the number of members and term length for the latter, were to be prescribed by ordinance. Council passed an ordinance in 1968 (Ordinance 96453) which defined the Board as a seven-member body with three-year terms of service.

The $65 million Forward Thrust bond was approved by voters in 1968. By 1974, with matching funds, interest, etc., it had grown to 92 million dollars in working capital; by 1976, over 40 new properties had been obtained by the Department of Parks and Recreation utilizing these funds. Forward Thrust and the Seattle Model City Program together supported the largest expansion of the Park system in Seattle history. These programs funded more than 70 new parks and park facilities.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Series contains correspondence, reports, briefing materials, clippings, plans, agendas, minutes, flyers and photographs concerning Parks projects and topics of interest to the Board. Major subjects include development plans for Magnuson Park, dog off-leash areas, Discovery Park, Washington Park Arboretum, the Joint Athletic Field Development Plan, park use permits, park levies, and golf facilities.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Seattle Board of Park Commissioners Subject Files , Record Series 5800-07. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

5800-07:  Board of Park Commissioners Subject Files, 1967-2005Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Adult Sports Fees
1993-1994
1 2
Aerial Tramway
1985
1 3
Aerial Tramway
1985
1 4
Alki Bathhouse
1996
1 5
Alki Landslide
1999-2000
1 6
Alki Landslide
2000
1 7
Aquarium
2000-2002
1 8
Arboretum Lakeside Trail
1997
2 1
Arboretum Lakeside Trail Correspondence
1997
2 2
Arboretum Lakeside Trail Correspondence
1997
2 3
Arboretum Lakeside Trail
1998-1999
2 4
Arboretum Lakeside Trail
1993-1997
2 5
Arboretum Master Plan
2001
2 6
Arboretum Master Plan
2001
2 7
Arboretum Master Plan
2001
2 8
Arboretum Master Plan
2001
3 1
Arboretum Master Plan
1999-2001
3 2
Arboretum Master Plan
1998
3 3
Arboretum Master Plan
1998-1999
3 4
Arboretum Master Plan
1998-1999
3 5
Arboretum Master Plan
1994-1995
3 6
Archery
1985-1991
3 7
Art In the Park Policy
2001
3 8
Art In the Park Policy
1997-2000
3 9
Associated Recreation Council
1982-1997
3 10
Athletic Field Scheduling
1996
3 11
B miscellaneous
2000-2001
3 12
Ballard Community Center
1986-1987
3 13
Bay Street Vacation
1984-1985
4 1
Beacon Place
2000-2002
4 2
Belltown Community Center
2001-2002
4 3
Bicycle Use Policies
1995
4 4
Bigelow Avenue Landscape Guidelines
1996-1997
4 5
Bigelow Avenue Landscape Project; Design Guidelines & Restoration Plan
1997
4 6
Bigelow Landslide
1997
4 7
Board Appointment Information
1977-1995
4 8
Board Appointment Information
1996-2001
4 9
Board Photographs
1980-1989
4 10
Board Rosters
1973-1991
4 11
Board Rosters
1992-2002
5 1
Bradner Playground Site
1996
5 2
Burke Gilman Trail
1987-1988
5 3
Calder Sculpture
2000-2001
5 4
Carkeek Park
2000
5 5
Cascade Park
2001
5 6
Chinese Garden
1986-2001
5 7
Citizens For Parks
1995
5 8
Citywide Division - YES Program
1997
5 9
Colman Park
1997
5 10
Committees
1986-2003
5 11
Community Center Levy
1992
5 12
Comprehensive Plan
1988-1991
5 13
Comprehensive Plan
1991-2000
5 14
Comprehensive Plan
1993-2001
6 1
Dahl Rifle Range
1995-2001
6 2
Discovery Park
1977-1996
6 3
Discovery Park
2002
6 4
Discovery Park Development Plan (Includes Photographs)
1986-1987
6 5
Discovery Park Golf
1985-1986
6 6
Discovery Park Historic District
1983
6 7
Discovery Park Historic District
1983-1985
6 8
Discovery Park Metro West Point Project
1987-1989
6 9
Discovery Park People's Lodge
1999
6 10
Discovery Park People's Lodge
1997-1999
7 1
Dogs In the Park
1985
7 2
Dogs In the Park
1985
7 3
Dogs In the Park
1985
7 4
Dogs In the Park
1985
7 5
Dogs In the Park
1992-1996
7 6
Dogs Off-Leash Areas
1994-1995
7 7
Dogs Off-Leash Areas
1995-1996
8 1
Dogs Off-Leash Areas
1995-2001
8 2
Dogs Off-Leash Areas
1995-1997
8 3
Dogs Off-Leash Areas
1995-1996
8 4
Dogs Off-Leash Areas
1995
8 5
Dogs Off-Leash Areas
1995
8 6
Dogs Off-Leash Areas
1997
8 7
Dogs Off-Leash Areas - Resolution, Ordinance, Assessment
1997
9 1
Dogs Off-Leash Areas
1997
9 2
Dogs Off-Leash Areas - Pilot Assessment
1997-2000
9 3
Dogs Off-Leash Areas - UNCOLA Consortium Briefing Package (Includes Photographs)
1996
9 4
Dogs Off-Leash Areas - UNCOLA Consortium Briefing Package (Includes Photographs)
1996
9 5
Duwamish Waterway
1984-2001
9 6
Fin Art
1996
9 7
Fin Art - Board Briefing Book
1996
9 8
Fin Art
1996-1997
10 1
Frink Park
undated
10 2
Future Funding, King County Bond Issue
1986
10 3
Genesee Park Cricket
1986-1989
10 4
Genesee Park Cricket
1986-1987
10 5
Gilman Playground
1995
10 6
Golden Gardens Park
2001
10 7
Golf - Municipal Golf of Seattle
1985-1999
10 8
Golf Management
1993-1994
10 9
Golf Management
1994-1995
10 10
Golf Management
1994
10 11
Golf Management
1994-1996
10 12
Golf Management
2000-2003
11 1
Golf Management
2002
11 2
Golf Master Plan
1991
11 3
Golf Committee
1994
11 4
Grey to Green
2001
11 5
Hang Gliding
1981-1989
11 6
Harborfront Master Plan
1987
11 7
I-90 Lid Project
1984-1996
11 8
Initiative 42 (Protect Our Parks)
/~F_archives/subjectfiles/5800_07/5800_07_11_8.pdf
1997
12 1
Interlaken Boulevard
1986-1987
12 2
International District Community Center
2001
12 3
Japanese Garden
1981-2001
12 4
Jefferson Park Neighborhood Plan
1999-2001
12 5
Jefferson Park
1999-2001
12 6
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP)
2001-2002
12 7
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP)
2002
12 8
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP)
2002
12 9
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP) Comments
2002
13 1
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP) Comments
2002
13 2
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP) Comments
2002
13 3
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP) Comments
2002
13 4
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP) Lighting Comments
2002
13 5
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP) Lighting Comments
2002
13 6
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP) Lighting Comments
2002
13 7
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP) Magnuson Park Comments
2002
14 1
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP) Magnuson Park Comments
2002
14 2
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP) Magnuson Park Comments
2001-2002
14 3
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP) Queen Anne Bowl Comments
2001-2002
14 4
Joint Athletic Field Development Plan (JAFDP) West Seattle Stadium Comments
2001-2002
14 5
Judkins Park History
1999
14 6
Kelm House
1999
14 7
Kerry Park (Includes Photographs)
2000-2002
14 8
Kinnear Park
2000
14 9
Kubota Garden
1987-2002
14 10
L Miscellaneous
2000-2001
14 11
Lake Washington Boulevard Project
1985-1988
14 12
Lake Washington Rowing Club
1983-1984
15 1
Land and Water Conservation Fund
1988-2001
15 2
Landmarks Preservation
1987-2000
15 3
Laurelhurst Playfield, Long Range Landscape Plan
1997
15 4
Lawn Bowling
1986
15 5
Leschi Moorage
1985-1995
15 6
Levy - Parks
1999
15 7
Levy - Parks
2000
15 8
Levy - Pro Parks
2000
15 9
Levy - Pro Parks
2000
15 10
Levy - Pro Parks
1999
15 11
Levy - Pro Parks, Citizens Planning Committee
1999
16 1
Lighting - Ball field
2002
16 2
Lincoln Reservoir Master Plan
1999-2002
16 3
Liquor In the Parks
1982-1985
16 4
Lower Woodland Tennis Bubble
1991-1992
16 5
Madison Pool
1984
16 6
Madrona Park Ravine Forest Restoration Plan
2001
16 7
Madrona Trees Photographs
1994
16 8
Magnolia Boulevard Vegetation Management Plan
1997-1998
16 9
Magnuson Park Archery Range
1989-1990
16 10
Magnuson Park
1997-1999
16 11
Magnuson Park Closure Hours
1997
16 12
Magnuson Park - Friends of Magnuson Park Resource Binder
2003
16 13
Magnuson Park / Sand Point Plan
2003
17 1
Magnuson Park - Correspondence Against
2003
17 2
Magnuson Park - Correspondence Against
2003
17 3
Magnuson Park - Correspondence Against
2003
17 4
Magnuson Park - Correspondence Against
2003
17 5
Magnuson Park - Correspondence Against
2003
17 6
Magnuson Park - Correspondence In Favor
2003
17 7
Magnuson Park - Correspondence In Favor
2003
18 1
Magnuson Park Correspondence
2003
18 2
Magnuson Park Correspondence
2003
18 3
Magnuson Park Correspondence
2003
18 4
Magnuson Park Correspondence
2003-2005
18 5
Magnuson Park - Revised Supp. Use Guidelines
2004-2005
18 6
Marathon Site
1991
18 7
Marinas / Waterfront
1983-1985
18 8
Market / Steinbrueck Park
1982-1986
18 9
Martha Washington Park
1988
18 10
Martin Luther King Jr. Park
1985-1994
19 1
Memorial Plaques and Donation Policy
1986-1996
19 2
Metropolitan Park District Legislation
1999
19 3
Miller Playfield Renovation
1992
19 4
Monorail
2002
19 5
Montlake Park
1978-1984
19 6
Moth Spraying
2000
19 7
Mt. Baker Rowing and Sailing Facility Use Management Guidelines
1986-2002
19 8
Mountain Bikes In Parks
1983
19 9
Music In the Parks
1983
19 10
Neighborhood Planning
1998-2001
19 11
Non-Park Uses, Policy and Procedures
1995-1997
19 12
Non-Park Uses, Policy and Procedures
1996-1997
19 13
Northgate Community Center
2000
19 14
Occidental Park and Mall Use Management Guidelines
1986-1992
19 15
Open Space
1987-1994
20 1
Open Space Bond Issue
1987-1991
20 2
Outdoor Athletics Facilities Study
1967
20 3
P Patches
1978-2001
20 4
Park Closures at Night
1987-1993
20 5
Park Foundation
1996-2001
20 6
Park Naming
1985-1997
20 7
Park Naming
1993-2001
20 8
Park Naming Committee
1985-1999
21 1
Park Operating Hours
1982-1996
21 2
Park Operating Hours
1993-1995
21 3
Park Zone Policy
1986-1998
21 4
Parks Code Enhancement Ordinance
1997-1998
21 5
Parks Code Enhancement Ordinance
1997
21 6
Permit Reviews - Non-Park Use
1997
21 7
Permits
1998
22 1
Permits
1998
22 2
Permits
2000
22 3
Permits
2001
22 4
Permits
2001
22 5
Permits
2002
22 6
Piers 62 / 63 / 57
1985-1990
22 7
Policies
1984-1985
22 8
Pratt Park / Wonder Bread Facility
1997
22 9
Program Enhancement Partnership
1996-1997
22 10
Property Management
1993-1994
23 1
Property Management Correspondence
1994-1995
23 2
Property Management - Non-Park Use of Park Lands
1995-1996
23 3
Property Management - Non-Park Use of Park Lands, Correspondence
1994-1996
23 4
Queen Anne Boulevard - Historic Preservation
1986
23 5
Queen Anne Bowl
1997-1999
23 6
Rainier Community Center
1999-2001
23 7
Red Barn Ranch
1995
23 8
Retreats - Board of Commissioners
1977-1985
23 9
Retreats - Board of Commissioners
1986-1989
23 10
Retreats - Board of Commissioners
1990-1993
23 11
Retreats - Board of Commissioners
1995
24 1
Retreats - Board of Commissioners
1997
24 2
Retreats - Board of Commissioners
1999
24 3
Retreats - Board of Commissioners
2000
24 4
Retreats - Board of Commissioners
1997-2001
24 5
Retreats - Board of Commissioners
2002
24 6
Retreats - Board of Commissioners
2003
24 7
Retreats - Board of Commissioners
2005
24 8
Sand Point Reuse Plan
1994
24 9
Sand Point / Magnuson Park
1999-2001
24 10
Sand Point / Magnuson Park Correspondence
2001
24 11
Sand Point / Magnuson Park
1999-2000
24 12
Sand Point / Magnuson Park
2001
24 13
Sand Point / Magnuson Park Correspondence
2002
24 14
Sand Point / Magnuson Park Correspondence
2002
25 1
Sayres Park Photographs
1984
25 2
School Park Joint Use
1985-2001
25 3
Seattle Commons
1993-1995
25 4
Seattle Public Utilities
2000-2001
25 5
Seward Park Environmental Education Center
2001
25 6
Sherman Rock
2001
25 7
Shoreline Access
1998
25 8
Shoreline Access Plan Correspondence
1998
25 9
Shoreline Access Plan Correspondence
1998
25 10
Shoreline Master Program
1985
25 11
Shoreline Park Improvement Fund (Hearings)
1992-2000
25 12
Skateboarding
1990-2000
25 13
Small Boat Access to Shorelines
1993
26 1
South Lake Union Park
1986-2000
26 2
Sports Code of Conduct
1993-1994
26 3
Sports Participation Policy
1995
26 4
Sportsfield Review Committee
1995
26 5
V. Steinbrueck Park
2001
26 6
Street Ends / Street Sidewalk Use
1992-1999
26 7
Teatro Zinzani / Green Lake Park
1998
26 8
Teatro Zinzani At South Lake Union
2001
26 9
Tree Maintenance Removal
1986-2001
26 10
Tree Policy
2000-2001
26 11
Tree Policy
2001
26 12
Villa Plaza Community
1992
26 13
Viretta Park
1994-1998
26 14
Viretta Park Hearing
1994
27 1
Viretta Park Correspondence
1993-1997
27 2
Viretta Park
1994
27 3
Viretta Park - Permit, Lot Boundary
1998
27 4
Volunteer Park Conservatory
1990-2001
27 5
Volunteer Park Night Closure
1993-1997
27 6
Volunteers
2000-2001
27 7
Water Conservation
2001
27 8
Water Taxi
1997-2001
27 9
Waterfowl Management
1989-2002
27 10
Westcrest Park
1998
27 11
Westlake Park
1986-1997
27 12
Wildlife Habitat Management
1994
27 13
Willow Street End Development
2001
27 14
Youth Participation
1992-1993
28 1
Zoo Art
1976-1988
28 2
Zoo Commission
1996
28 3
Zoo
2001-2002
28 4
Zoo
2001
28 5
Zoo Food Concession
1983-1992
29 1
Aquarium - Overview Strategy
2002-2002
29 2
Aquarium - Pier 54 Renovation
2004-2004
29 3
Aquarium - Facilities Plan
2003-2003
29 4
Alaskan Way Viaduct
2002-2002
29 5
Association Recreation Council (ARC)
2004-2006
29 6
Cal Anderson New Park Exclusion
2006-2006
29 7
Basketball Courts - Storm/Sonics
2004-2004
29 8
Beach Fires
2004-2004
29 9
Beach Fires 2
2004-2008
29 10
Beach Fires 3
2004-2008
29 11
Bergen Place
2004-2004
29 12
Beer Sheva Park/Mapes Creek Restoration
2004-2004
30 1
Betty Brown Viewpoint Vegetation Management Plan
2005-2006
30 2
Bobby Morris
2003-2003
30 3
BMX
2003-2003
30 4
Bitter Lake Reservoir Open Space Development
2003-2003
30 5
Boren-Pike-Pine Off Leash Area Pilot
2005-2005
30 6
Bradford Street Park (Seattle Parks Fdn)
2004-2004
30 7
Budget Presentation
2008-2008
30 8
Budget Overview Presentation
2005-2005
30 9
Cascade Peoples Center
2002-2002
30 10
Cascade Park
2005-2005
30 11
Carkeek Park Forest Management Plan
2003-2003
30 12
Cheasty Greenspace Vegetation Management Plan
2003-2003
30 13
Cheasty Blvd
2001-2004
30 14
Central Waterfront Environmental Impact Plan
2006-2006
30 15
Central Waterfront Master Plan Pier 62/63
2006-2006
30 16
Cheasty Blvd Improvment Plan Public Hearing
2002-2002
30 17
Cheasty Blvd UW Revocable Use Permit
2001-2002
30 18
City Hall Park
2006-2006
30 19
City Park Marine Reserves
2003-2003
31 1
Colman Park Illegal Tree Cutting
2003-2003
31 2
Colman Play Garden
2003-2003
31 3
Creek Restoration I-80
2002-2002
31 4
Constellation Park & Marine Preserve
2002-2002
31 5
Comprehensive Plan to Replace Complan 2000
2006-2006
31 6
Congratulatory Letters from Board
2003-2004
31 7
Citizen Correspondence to Board: Misc Topics
2002-2002
31 8
Citizen Correspondence to Board: Misc Topics
2003-2006
31 9
Counterbalance Park
2006-2006
31 10
Delridge Park Improvement Project
2005-2005
31 11
Delridge Community Center
2004-2004
31 12
Albert Davis Park
2002-2002
31 13
Dahl Skatespot Design
2006-2006
31 14
West Point Settlement Agreement Nike Bldg Removal
2003-2003
31 15
Discovery Park - Peoples Lodge/United Indians of All Tribes
1971-2006
31 16
Discovery Park - United Indians of all Tribes Briefing
2003-2003
31 17
Discovery Park - Navy's Privatization of Housing
2004-2007
31 18
Downtown Parks - Mayors Initiative
2004-2004
32 1
Environmental Stewardship
2002-2002
32 2
Enterprise Division
2005-2005
32 3
Environmental Issues
2004-2004
32 4
Fauntleroy Vegetation Management Plan
2003-2003
32 5
Family Levy
2004-2004
32 6
Fremont Neighborhood Park
2003-2003
32 7
Freeway Park
2005-2005
32 8
Prentis Frazier
2005-2005
32 9
First Hill Urban Center Park
2005-2005
32 10
Gap Report
2006-2006
32 11
Geese Kill Correspondence
2003-2003
32 12
Golden Gardens Vegetation Management Plan
2003-2003
32 13
Golden Gardens Public Disclosure
2004-2004
32 14
Golf - Pesticides Environment
2004-2004
32 15
Golf Management
2003-2003
32 16
Golf RFP Process
2004-2004
32 17
Greenlake Use Management Guidelines (Remove Motorized Vehicles)
1987-1988
32 18
Greenlake Motorized Craft Public Hearing Process
1987-1988
32 19
Greenlake Pitch & Putt RFP
2006-2006
32 20
Greenlake Park Improvements
2006-2006
32 21
Green Seattle Partnership
2004-2004
33 1
Greenlake Alum Treatment
2003-2003
33 2
Interlaken Park/Hebrew Academy
2003-2003
33 3
Historic Resources Plan
2004-2004
33 4
Hitt's Hill
2003-2003
33 5
High Point CC Addition Mailing List
2002-2002
33 6
Homer Harris Park
2003-2003
33 7
Impact Fees
2005-2005
33 8
I-5 Open Space
2003-2003
33 9
Initiative 80 Mayor's Alternative
2003-2003
33 10
Jefferson Park Expansion Project Schematic Design
2006-2006
33 11
Jefferson Park Expansion Plan Lighting Element
2006-2006
33 12
Jefferson Park Site Plan
2002-2002
34 1
Jefferson Gym Public Hearing
2002-2002
34 2
Ray & Joan Kroc Corps CC in Rainer Vista Letter of Support
2005-2005
34 3
Martin Luther King Memorial Park Improvements
2005-2005
34 4
UMP: Lake WA Blvd
2006-2006
34 5
Lake City Library/Albert Davis Park - Initiative 42 Land Exchange
2003-2003
34 6
Laurelhurst CC Expansion Project
2005-2005
34 7
"Late Night" Program - Statement of Legislative Intent
2005-2005
34 8
Leschi Moorage
2004-2004
34 9
Leza, J. D.
2004-2004
34 10
John C. Little Park Hours of Operation
2006-2006
34 11
John C. Little Spirit Award
2005-2005
34 12
Linden Orchards
2003-2003
34 13
Kalakala Ferry
2002-2002
34 14
Lincoln Park Mud Bike Races
2003-2003
34 15
Lincoln Park VMP
2003-2003
34 16
Lower Woodland PF
2001-2001
34 17
Lower Woodland Skate Park
2004-2004
34 18
Lower Woodland Skate Park DNS
2006-2006
34 19
Loyal Heights PF
2005-2005
34 20
Loyal Height #2
2002-2006
34 21
Lynn Street Park
2003-2003
34 22
Madison Park NMF Project
2006-2007
34 23
Magnolia Area Off-Leash Complaints
2005-2006
34 24
Off-Leash Area: Magnolia/Queen Anne
2006-2006
35 1
Magnolia Playfield
2005-2005
35 2
Madrona Creek Daylighting
2005-2005
35 3
Magnuson Park Longterm Lease Bldg 67
2005-2005
35 4
Magnuson Park Campus Development
2008-2009
35 5
Magnuson Park
2003-2009
35 6
Major Maintenence Projects
2005-2005
35 7
Montlake PF/Seattle Prep
2004-2005
35 8
Montlake CC Expansion Project
2005-2005
35 9
Meadowbrook Jazzercise
2006-2006
35 10
Marra Farm Park
2006-2007
35 11
Mt. Baker Rowing & Sailing Expansion
2002-2002
35 12
Motorized Aircraft
2006-2007
35 13
Mount Baker Rowing & Sailing
2003-2003
35 14
Lake Washington R/C Float Plane Site
2005-2007
35 15
National Recreation & Park Assn (NRPA) Seattle Conference
2006-2006
35 16
Moorage RFP: Leschi & Lakewood
2005-2005
35 17
Neighborhood Matching Fund Briefing
2006-2006
35 18
Park Board/Library Joint Mtg Northgate CC/Park/Library
2003-2003
35 19
Northgate Park/Library/CC
2003-2003
35 20
Occidental Square Improvements
2004-2004
36 1
Olmsted Centennial Celebration
2002-2003
36 2
Friends of Olmsted Correspondence
2003-2007
36 3
Olympic Sculpture Park
2002-2006
36 4
Open Space Seattle
2006-2006
36 5
Orchard St. Ravine
2006-2006
36 6
Oxbow Park
2003-2003
36 7
Pesticide Management Program
2006-2006
36 8
Pier 62/63 Feasibility Study
2005-2005
36 9
Plymouth Pillars & I-5 Colonnade Permanent Off-Leash Area
2006-2006
36 10
Public Involvement Policies on 6/27/02 & 7/13/02 Agendas
2002-2007
36 11
Public Involvement Policy Review/Comparison 3-06
2006-2007
36 12
Permit: Mt. Baker Park Greenbelt Management Plan 6/10/04
2003-2004
36 13
Permit: Burke-Gilman Trail RUP 7/04
2004-2004
36 14
Idle Reduction Policy 10/03
2003-2003
36 15
Policies: Enterprise Div. I-06
2006-2006
36 16
Public Involvement Policy
1987-2002
36 17
Policy: Large Gift Recognition
2002-2004
36 18
Policy: Off-Leash
2003-2003
36 19
Policy - Woodland Park Zoo Naming 6/04
2004-2004
36 20
Vending Machine Policy
2004-2004
36 21
Skateboard Policy
2003-2003
36 22
Pratt Fine Arts Center
2006-2006
37 1
Policy: Sign Posting on Boulevard Utility Poles
2003-2003
37 2
Policy: Revise & Restructure
2004-2004
37 3
Pro Park Levy Update Briefing
2004-2005
37 4
Race & Social Justice Initiative & Update
2004-2005
37 5
Ravenna Creek Information Requests
2002-2002
37 6
Proposal for Humane Removal of Rabbits from Woodland & Greenlake Parks
2005-2005
37 7
Request for Info on Ravenna Creek Kit O'Neill
2002-2002
37 8
Red Barn Ranch RFP
2006-2006
37 9
Recovery Action Plan
2001-2005
37 10
Regrade Off Leash Area Pilot & Permanent Element
2003-2005
37 11
Resolutions Prior to 2006
2006-2006
37 12
Restore Our Waters
2004-2004
37 13
Reservoir Lidding
2002-2002
37 14
Revocable Use Permits
2002-2003
38 1
Roanoke Park
2006-2006
38 2
Sadako - Peace Park
2004-2004
38 3
Seacrest Water Taxi
2002-2002
38 4
Bands of Green Cedar River Group
2006-2006
38 5
Seattle Parks Foundation
2005-2005
38 6
School/Parks Joint Use Agreement
2005-2005
38 7
Seward Park UMP
2005-2005
38 8
Seward Park Audubon Center
2003-2003
38 9
Shoreline Park Inventory & Habitat Assessement
2003-2003
38 10
Skatepark Plans & Info/Advisory Council
2004-2005
38 11
Smith cove Soccer Field
2003-2006
38 12
Soundway Property in West Duwamish Greenbelt
2005-2005
38 13
South Lake Union Park
2003-2003
38 14
Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI)
2006-2006
38 15
Southwest Community Center Addition Land Swap
2004-2004
38 16
Spruce & Squire Park
2003-2003
38 17
Sustainable Development
2005-2005
38 18
Teen Development Leaders
1999-2003
38 19
Union Bay/Windermere Fireworks
2006-2006
38 20
University District NW Park Plan
2005-2005
38 21
Urban Forest Management Plan
2006-2006
38 22
Viewpoint Designation Policy
2006-2006
38 23
Volunteer Park Vegetation Management Plan
2005-2005
39 1
Viewpoint: Vegetation Management Plan
2002-2004
39 2
Washington Recreation & Park Association
2006-2006
39 3
Washington Park Arboretum
2003-2006
39 4
Washington Park Arboretum South Entry/Madrona Park Terrace Project
2006-2009
39 5
Waterfront Renovation
2005-2009
39 6
Waterfront Trolley Briefing
2005-2005
39 7
West Raye Street - Magnolia Blvd Vegetation Management Plan
2002-2002
39 8
SR 520 Widening Project & Impacts on Arboretum
2006-2006
39 9
Westcrest Park Mailing Briefing
2002-2003
39 10
Woodland Park Zoo Quarterly Reports/Annual Reports
2008-2012
40 1
Woodland Park Zoo Quarterly Reports/Annual Reports
2003-2008
40 2
Woodland Park Zoo Environmental Impact Statement/Long Range Plan
2003-2009
40 3
Woodland Park Zoo
2002-2002
40 4
Work Plan
2004-2004
40 5
Yesler Community Center
2001-2001
40 6
Youth Involvement Programs
2004-2004
40 7
Youth Anti Violence Initiative
2001-2009
40 8
York Substation
2005-2005
40 9
Ballard Civic Center Park
2004-2004
40 10
Ballard Civic Center Park
2004-2004
41 1
Ballard Civic Center Park
2004-2004
41 2
Board Correspondence: Ballard Civic Center Park
2004-2004
41 3
Correspondence w/ Stephen Lundgren Ballard Civic Center
2004-2004
41 4
Save Ballard Bowl Petition
2004-2004
41 5
Sign In Sheets
2004-2004
41 6
Board's Briefing Info Packet Ballard Civic Center Park
2004-2005
41 7
Citizen Handouts Ballard Civic Center Park
2004-2004
41 8
Ballard Bowl Internal Correspondence
2004-2004
41 9
Citywide Skatepark Plan
2006-2007
42 1
Comprehensive Skatepark Plan
2006-2006
42 2
Dahl Playfield/Skatebowl
2005-2005
42 3
Lower Woodland Skate Park Siting
2005-2006
42 4
Seattle Center/Elliott Skatepark
2005-2005
42 5
Greenlake Park - Hydroplane Racing
1988-1988
42 6
Greenlake Path
1995-2001
43 1
Greenlake Path Improvement
1987-1995
43 2
Greenlake General Correspondence
1985-1988
43 3
Greenlake Bicycle
1986-1987
43 4
Greenlake Water Quality
1989-1993
43 5
Greenlake Water Quality
1983-1987
43 6
Greenlake Hydroplanes
1984-1984
44 1
Greenlake Hydroplanes
1983-1985
44 2
Greenlake Maintenence Mgmt
1982-1986
44 3
Greenlake Duck Displacement
1984-1984
44 4
Greenlake Park Vegetation Management Policies
1995-1995
44 5
Arboretum Drive Permanent Closure & Summer Streets
2008-2008
44 6
Artificial Turf
2008-2008
44 7
Associated Recreation Council
2009-2011
44 8
Associated Recreation Council
2007-2007
44 9
Athletic Field Closures for Field Renovation
2009-2009
44 10
Athletic Field Scheduling
2009-2009
44 11
Ballard Park Exclusion Zone
2009-2009
44 12
Beach Fires
2008-2008
44 13
Beach Fires Update
2008-2008
44 14
California Place Park
2009-2009
44 15
Cameras in Parks
2008-2008
44 16
Capital Improvement Projects
2005-2005
44 17
Center City Parks
2008-2008
44 18
Center City Task Force
2010-2010
44 19
Cheshiahud Lake Union
2008-2008
44 20
City Council Openness & Transparency
2009-2009
44 21
Code of Conduct
2010-2010
44 22
Code of Conduct
2010-2010
45 1
Code of Conduct
2009-2009
45 2
CIP Briefing
2007-2007
45 3
Correspondence
2007-2007
45 4
Correspondence
2008-2008
45 5
Correspondence
2009-2010
45 6
Community Gardens
2010
45 7
Coliform at Golden Gardens
2010-2010
45 8
Dahl Skatespot
2009-2009
45 9
Discovery Park
2008-2008
45 10
Discovery Park - Ft. Lawton Base Realignment & Closure Briefing
2007-2007
45 11
Discovery Park Easement
2007-2007
45 12
Disc Golf
2008-2008
45 13
Directors Reports to Parks Board
2008-2008
45 14
Denny Park
2007-2007
45 15
Delridge/West Seattle Wading Pools
2008-2008
45 16
Downtown Parks Use Guideline Supplemental
2010-2012
45 17
Encroachments on Park Property
2010-2010
45 18
Emergency Shelter
2007-2007
45 19
Event Scheduling
2008-2008
45 20
Ercolini Site
2007-2007
45 21
Fee Setting Policy
2009-2009
45 22
Fees & Charges Setting Proposal
2009-2010
45 23
Adult Soccer Fees Costs
2007-2009
45 24
Friends of Olmstead Parks
2008-2008
45 25
Golf Master Plan Update
2008-2009
46 1
Golf Youth
2009-2009
46 2
Greenlake Park - Waterski Events
2008-2008
46 3
Response to Greenlake Ski Ban
2008-2008
46 4
Green Seattle Partnership
2010-2010
46 5
Gun Rule
2009-2009
46 6
Guns on City Property - Mayor's Statement
2008-2008
46 7
Healthy Parks, Healthy You
2008-2008
46 8
Immigrant Population Outreach
2008-2008
46 9
Jefferson Park Synthetic Turf
2008-2008
46 10
Jobs Forward Mayoral Invitation
2009-2009
46 11
Junction Plaza
2007-2007
46 12
Joint Use Agreement Seattle Schools & Parks
2010-2010
46 13
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center
2009-2009
46 14
Lake WA VMP Public Hearing
2008-2008
46 15
Lavizzo Park: Operating Hours
2007-2007
46 16
Leschi Tree Trimming View
2009-2009
46 17
Lifelong Recreation Special Population
2009-2010
46 18
Lower Woodland PF #7 Support for Renovation
2008-2008
46 19
Lowman Beach King County CSO
2010-2010
46 20
Madison Valley/Washington Park Stormwater Storage
2010-2010
46 21
Madison Park Public Meeting/Advisory Comm.
2009-2009
46 22
Magnuson Park
2007-2008
46 23
Military Recruitment Kathy Barker Correspondence
2008-2008
47 1
MOHAI Move to South Lake Union
2009-2009
47 2
Neighborhood Matching Fund Public Involvement Policy
2008-2008
47 3
Natural Resources Unit Overview
2009-2009
47 4
Native Plant Policy
2009-2009
47 5
Neighborhood Plans Update
2007-2007
47 6
Seattle School District Schedule Change
2009-2009
47 7
Outdoor Pool Needs Assesment Summary
2007-2007
47 8
Park Naming Supt's Decisions
2009-2009
47 9
Park Levy Support
2008-2008
47 10
Parks & Green Spaces Levy
2009-2010
47 11
Park Classification
2009-2009
47 12
Park Blvds
2009-2009
47 13
Park Acquisitions
2009-2009
47 14
Parks & Open Space Report
2010-2010
47 15
Park Renaming
2008-2009
47 16
Park Rangers Statement of Legislative Intent
2010-2010
47 17
Park Rangers
2009-2009
47 18
Park Operating Hours
2009-2009
47 19
New Partnerships Briefing Concessions
2009-2010
47 20
Pier 62/63 & Waterfront Park Change Operating Hours
2007-2007
47 21
Pool, Outdoor Swim Initiative Commissioner Larsen
2008-2008
47 22
Pool Feasibility Study
2008-2008
47 23
Planning & Development Division Overview
2008-2011
47 24
Pro Parks Levy Update
2007-2007
47 25
Policy Park Operating Hours
2007-2007
47 26
Councilmember Rasmussen's Briefing/Q&A to Park Board
2009-2009
47 27
Rainier Beach Community Center & Pool
2009-2009
47 28
Pilot Project to Reduce Noise & Emissions from Blowers, Small Equipment
2008-2008
47 29
Reservoir Lidding
2008-2008
47 30
Return on Parks Investment
2008-2008
47 31
Seattle Aquarium Management/Operation Agreement
2001-2012
47 32
Seattle Park Foundation
2009-2009
47 33
Seattle Public Schools Surplus Reporting
2007-2008
47 34
Seattle Tilth
2009-2009
47 35
Seattle Public Utilities: Combo Sewer Overflow Projects Overview
2010-2010
47 36
South Park Initiative
2006-2008
47 37
Strategic Business Plan
2007-2007
47 38
Strategic Action Plan
2008-2008
47 39
Strategic Plan Public Hearing
2008-2008
48 1
Strategic Action Plan Update
2009-2009
48 2
Supernova Play Equipment Removal
2008-2008
48 3
Synthetic Turfs Public Hearing
2008-2010
48 4
Tree Management Policy
2010-2010
48 5
Trust for Public Lands Study
2010-2010
48 6
Thornton Creek Park #6 Naming Proposal
2009-2010
48 7
Urban Forestry Commission
2009-2009
48 8
Utility Conservation Briefing
2008-2008
48 9
Viewpoint Vegetation Management Plan
2009-2010
48 10
Dexter Pit/Thomas C. Wales Park
2010-2010
48 11
Dexter Pit Project
2007-2007
48 12
Wallingford Playground/Hamilton Middle School
2007-2008
48 13
Washington Park Arboretum Update
2003-2003
48 14
Arboretum SR 520 Mitigation
2010-2011
48 15
Water Taxi Year Round Schedule
2008-2009
48 16
West Seattle Stadium Proposal
2008-2009
48 17
Westlake Park/McGraw Square SDOT Transit Station
2009-2009
48 18
Wildlife Sanctuary Policy
2008-2008
48 19
Woodland Park Zoo Elephant Breeding Program
2008-2010
48 20
Woodland Park Zoo
2008-2009
48 21
Youth Gang Violence Strategy
2008-2008
48 22
Walk in the Park Feedback
2009-2009
48 23
It's a Walk in the Park
2008-2008
48 24
Walk in the Park Briefing & Public Hearing
2008-2008
48 25
Walk in the Park Closures
2008-2008
49 1
Walk in the Park Public Feedback
2008-2008
49 2
Walk in the Park Public Feedback
2008-2008

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Subject Terms

  • Arboretums--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Discovery Park (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Dogs--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Golf courses--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Parks and Playgrounds
  • Parks--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Playgrounds--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Recreation--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Soccer fields--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Sports facilities--Lighting--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Sports facilities--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Warren G. Magnuson Park (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Washington Park Arboretum
  • Woodland Park Zoo

Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation

Geographical Names

  • Seattle
  • Seattle (Wash.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints