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Seattle Neighborhood Planning Project Records, 1990-2000

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). Neighborhood Planning Office
Title
Seattle Neighborhood Planning Project Records
Dates
1990-2000 (inclusive)
1995-1999 (bulk)
Quantity
30.8 cubic feet, (34 boxes)
Collection Number
5762-02
Summary
Records concerning Seattle neighborhood planning.
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.
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Historical Note

The Neighborhood Planning Office (NPO) was created in 1994 to implement the goals of the Comprehensive Plan for neighborhood planning. The office began work in January 1995 with a goal of creating 30 neighborhood plans in four years. The program was extended for a fifth year and the NPO closed June 30, 1999, after which its functions were folded into the Department of Neighborhoods (DON). Throughout the planning process the NPO worked with the Office of Management and Planning (OMP) and DON. Each neighborhood was assigned a staff member to oversee the planning process, and consultants were hired to facilitate communication between community members. Areas of priority were urban centers, manufacturing and industrial centers, urban villages, and distressed areas.

The planning process was broken into three steps: pre-application, Phase I, and Phase II. Work on the pre-application for funding included creating an Organizing Committee, setting neighborhood boundaries, developing planning guidelines, and developing neighborhood profiles and maps.

Phase I included outreach to community members, organizations, and businesses to organize and discuss the state of the neighborhood, writing a community vision statement listing the values and goals of the neighborhood, and creating a Planning Committee to lead Phase II. The results of Phase I were reviewed by the community in a validation step to ensure that the community as a whole was represented in what would become the basis of the scope of work for Phase II.

Phase II consisted of planning and developing projects and putting the plan through the validation process. The final plans, subject to environmental review to ensure compliance with the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), were submitted to the City Council for review, approval, and adoption. Once approved, projects were prioritized for funding.

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Content Description

Records of staff who worked with Seattle citizen groups to develop neighborhood plans. Records include correspondence, minutes of planning committees, notices, neighborhood plan drafts, newsletters, clippings, reports, photographs and maps. Also included are Project Manager’s files concerning planning for Sound Transit’s Link Light Rail stations and lines.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Seattle Neighborhood Planning Project Records , Record Series 5762-02. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged into three series: Project Central Files, Project Managers’ Files, and Planning Consultant Contract Files. Project Central Files are arranged alphabetically by neighborhood. Project Managers’ files are arranged by sector and general subjects. Planning Consultant files are arranged alphabetically by neighborhood.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Subject Terms

  • Ballard (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Beacon Hill (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Bitter Lake (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Broadview (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Capitol Hill (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Central District (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
  • Cities and towns Growth
  • Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Crown Hill (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Denny Regrade (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Duwamish (Wash.)
  • Eastlake (Seattle, Wash.)
  • First Hill (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Fremont (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Georgetown (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Green Lake (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Greenwood (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Lake City (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Neighborhood planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Northgate (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Phinney Ridge (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Pine Street (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Rainier Beach (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Regional planning Citizen participation
  • Roosevelt (Seattle, Wash.)
  • South Park (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Street Railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Transportation Planning
  • University District (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Wallingford (Seattle, Wash.)
  • West Seattle (Seattle, Wash.)

Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.). Neighborhood Planning Office
  • Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods
  • University Community Urban Center Association (Seattle, Wash.)

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Maps
  • Photographs

Finding aid prepared by Janet Ness
2010

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