Engineering Department Director's Records

Engineering Department Director's Records, 1984-1994

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Seattle (Wash.). Engineering Dept.
Title: Engineering Department Director's Records
Dates: 1984-1994 (inclusive)
19841994
Quantity: 14 cubic feet
Collection Number: 2600-05
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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Engineering Department (SED) maintained the City's streets and bridges, designed and oversaw construction of public works projects, provided traffic and transportation planning, and operated the sewer and solid waste utility. The position of City Surveyor was created in 1873 to survey the City, establish boundaries and street grades, and administer condemnation processes. This position was renamed City Engineer in 1890. In 1931 the Engineering Department absorbed part of the Department of Public Utilities and in 1936 it assumed the responsibilities of the Department of Streets and Sewers and the Traffic Department. In 1997, the water, solid waste, drainage, and wastewater utilities from the Engineering and Water departments were merged with the Engineering Services Division of SED and the Customer Service Call Center and Construction Engineering Sections of City Light to form Seattle Public Utilities. The traffic and transportation functions of the Engineering Department were consolidated in the Seattle Transportation Department.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, budget materials, and notes related to administration of the Seattle Engineering Department. The records document SED projects and activities and its relationship with other City agencies. These records cover the period after SED stopped use of a central filing system.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Director's Records, Record Series 2600-05 Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Agreements	1984-1987
1	2	Bikeways	1985-1986
1	3	Budget-Cumulative Reserve fund	1985
1	4	Budget-Transportation Capital Improvement Project (CIP)	1986
1	5	Budget-Overruns	1986
1	6	Board of Public Works- General	1984-1988
1	7	Bridges	1984-1985
1	8	Correspondence	1985
1	9	Construction- Downtown Coordination	1985-1986
1	10	Budget- General	1985-1986
1	11	Drainage	1984-1987
1	12	Dust Control	1982-1983
1	13	Engineering Department- General	1986
1	14	Gary Zarker Miscellaneous	1986-1988
1	15	Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA)	1984-1985
2	1	Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA)	1984-1985
2	2	1988 Budget	1987
2	3	Chron File	1987
2	4	City Personnel	1987
2	5	Pike Place Market- Parking Management	1987
2	6	Resource Recovery	1987
2	7	Solid Waste Collection Contract	1987
2	8	Solid Waste- Hazardous Waste	1987
2	9	State Superfund	1987
2	10	West Seattle Freeway Phase Two Cost Estimate	1987
3	1	Audit- Anderson Bjornstad Kane Jacobs, Incorporated	1987-1988
3	2	Drainage Utilities	1987
3	3	Budget	1988-1989
3	4	Budget and Capital Improvement Program (CIP)	1987-1988
3	5	Budget and Capital Improvement Program (CIP)	1987-1988
3	6	Budget and Capital Improvement Program (CIP)	1988
3	7	Department Work Program	1989
3	8	Director For A Day Suggestions	1986-1987
3	9	Disney Proposal / Seattle Center	1988
3	10	Drainage Rates	1987-1989
3	11	Drainage and Wastewater Utility (DWU)	1988
3	12	Downtown Project Review Panel	1985-1989
4	1	Engineering Disaster Plan	1986-1989
4	2	Harborfront	1987-1988
4	3	Harborfront	1987-1988
4	4	Landfill Closure- Midway	1986-1987
4	5	Landfill Closure- Midway	1986-1987
4	6	King County / Solid Waste Rates	1989
4	7	King County Solid Waste Rates Increases	1989
4	8	Kent Highland Landfill Closure	1987
5	1	Midway Landfill Cover	1989
5	2	Midway Landfill	1989
5	3	Project Cost Evaluation Metrology (PCEM)	1989
5	4	Metro Renton Effluent Transfer System (RETS) Agreement	1986-1988
5	5	Metro Renton Effluent Transfer System (RETS) Agreement	1986-1988
5	6	Midway- Gas Reports	1986-1987
5	7	Midway- Gas Reports	1986-1987
5	8	Resource Recovery	1986-1987
5	9	Resource Recovery	1986-1987
5	10	Solid Waste Comprehensive Management Plan	1986
6	1	City Light	1988-1990
6	2	City- Purchasing	1987-1988
6	3	Executive Work Program / Policy Planning Agenda	1986-1989
6	4	Executive Work Program	1987-1988
6	5	Fire Department	1987-1990
6	6	Human Rights Department	1987-1988
6	7	Human Resources	1988-1990
6	8	Privatization	1987-1988
6	9	Transportation- Capital Improvement Project	1987-1988
6	10	City- office of Management and Budget	1988
6	11	Keep It Clean, Seattle	1988
6	12	Management Retreats	1988
6	13	Office of Management and Budget- Organization Chart	1988
6	14	Personnel Department	1988
6	15	Responsibilities as Director	1989
6	16	Seattle Engineering Department (SED) Budget / Council Review	1988
6	17	Solid Waste- Disposal Options	1988
7	1	Budget Process	1988
7	2	Budget- Computer Animated Drafting (CAD)	1989
7	3	Budget- Drainage and Wastewater Utilities (DWU)	1989
7	4	Budget- Engineering	1989
7	5	Budget- Management Support	1989
7	6	Budget- Miscellaneous	1989
7	7	Budget- Operations	1989
7	8	Budget- Solid Waste	1989
7	9	Budget- Transportation	1989
7	10	City- Office of Management and Budget	1989
7	11	City- Office of Management and Budget	1989
7	12	City Parks Department	1989
8	1	Office of Neighborhood	1989-1990
8	2	Real Property	1989-1990
8	3	Recycling Potential	1989-1990
8	4	Renton Effluent Transfer System (RETS)	1989
8	5	Resolutions	1989-1990
8	6	Right of Way	1988-1990
8	7	Sewers	1989-1990
8	8	Sidewalk Repair	1989-1990
8	9	Side Sewer	1989-1990
8	10	Solid Waste Rates	1989-1990
8	11	Solid Waste Utilities	1989
9	1	Board of Public Works	1989
9	2	City Council	1989
9	3	City Council	1989
9	4	City Council	1990
9	5	City Council	1990
9	6	City Council	1990
9	7	City Engineering	1990
9	8	City Engineering	1989
10	1	City Engineering	1989
10	2	City Personnel	1989-1990
10	3	City Purchasing	1898-1990
10	4	City Treasurer	1989-1990
10	5	City Water	1989-1990
10	6	Construction and Land Use	1989-1990
10	7	Community Development	1989-1990
10	8	Comptroller	1989-1990
10	9	Downtown Construction Coordination	1898-1989
10	10	Downtown Transit	1989-1990
10	11	Drainage	1989-1990
11	1	Drainage	1989
11	2	Drainage and Wastewater	1989
11	3	Drainage and Wastewater	1989
11	4	Easements	1989
11	5	Environment Allowance Program	1989-1990
11	6	First Avenue South Bridge	1990
11	7	Human Rights Department	1989-1990
11	8	Hazardous Waste	1989-1990
11	9	Intergovernmental Relations	1898-1990
11	10	Kent Highlands	1989-1990
11	11	King County	1989-1990
12	1	Land Use Policies and Zoning Codes	1990
12	2	Land Use Policies and Zoning Codes	1989
12	3	Land Use Policies and Zoning Codes	1989
12	4	Land Use Policies and Zoning Codes	1989
12	5	Legislation	1989-1990
12	6	Local Improvement District Miscellaneous (LID)	1989-1990
12	7	Maintenance	1989
12	8	Maintenance	1989-1990
13	1	Mayor's Correspondence	1989
13	2	Mayor's Correspondence	1989
13	3	Mayor's Correspondence	1989
13	4	Mayor's Correspondence	1989
13	5	Mayor's Correspondence	1989
13	6	Mayor's Signature	1989
14	1	Mayor's Signature	1989
14	2	Mayor's Signature	1989
14	3	Midway Landfill	1989-1990
14	4	Municipality of Metro	1989-1990
14	5	Permits- Miscellaneous	1989
14	6	Permits, Master Use	1990
14	6	Permits Bonds	1989-1990
14	7	Permits, Master Use	1989
15	1	Mayor's Action	1990
15	2	Mayor's Action	1990
15	3	Mayor's Correspondence	1990
15	4	Permits- Miscellaneous	1990
15	5	Pike Place Market	1989-1990
15	6	Piper's Creek	1989-1990
15	7	Questionnaire	1989-1990
15	8	Railroads, Miscellaneous	1989-1990
15	9	State Department of Ecology	1989-1990
15	10	State Transportation	1989
15	11	State Transportation	1990
16	1	State Transportation	1989
16	2	Street Use	1989-1990
16	3	Street Use	1989-1990
16	4	Solid Waste Utility	1989
16	5	Solid Waste Utility	1989
16	6	Solid Waste Utility	1989
16	7	Solid Waste Utility	1990
16	8	Solid Waste Utility	1990
17	1	Solid Waste Utility	1990
17	2	Traffic Parking	1989-1990
17	3	Traffic Control	1989
17	4	Traffic Control	1989
17	5	Traffic Control	1990
17	6	Traffic Control	1990
17	7	Transit Rail	1989-1990
17	8	Transportation Planning	1989-1990
18	1	City transportation Planning	1988
18	2	Citizens Alternative Proposal	1988-1990
18	3	Citizens for Improved Transportation	1989
18	4	King County Transportation Financing Project	1988
18	5	Regional Transportation Financing	1988
18	6	Transportation Capital Improvement Project (TCIP)	1989-1990
18	7	Westlake Transportation Capital Improvement Project (TCIP)	1988-1989
19	1	SR-520 (State Route)	1988
19	2	Solid Waste Rates	1988
19	3	Trees	1989-1990
19	4	Transportation Capital Improvement Project (TCIP)	1989-1990
19	5	Transportation Capital Improvement Project (TCIP)	1989-1990
19	6	United States Departments	1989-1990
19	7	University Street Local Improvement District	1989-1990
19	8	Affirmative Action Work Plan	1989-1991
19	9	Affirmative Action Work Plan	1989-1991
20	1	Affirmative Action Work Plan	1989-1991
20	2	Affirmative Action Work Plan	1989-1991
20	3	Beverley Hundley	1990
20	4	Bruce Wasell / Herb Johnson	1991
20	5	Diana Gale	1987-1991
20	6	Joe Ralph	1991
20	7	John Okamoto	1991
20	8	Tom Tierney	1991
20	9	Retreat	1990
20	10	Snow and Ice	1990-1991
20	11	Transportation Financing	1990
20	12	Transportation Financing	1990
20	13	Transportation Financing Options Analysis	1991
21	1	Budget	1992
21	2	Budget	1992
21	3	Combined Charities	1993
21	4	Engineering Operating Fund Council Staff Review	1991
21	5	Engineering Operating Fund Council Staff Review	1991
21	6	Metro Council	1992
21	7	Transportation Analysis Group	1990-1992
21	8	Transportation Advisory Citizen's Team (TACT)	1992
21	9	University of Washington Street Vacations	1993
22	1	University of Washington Southwest Campus master Plan	1992-1993
22	2	University of Washington Street Vacation Petition	1993
22	3	State Transportation Financing	1988
22	4	Washington State Department of Transportation	1993
22	5	Washington State Department of Transportation	1993
23	1	Agreement Recycling Education Collection Program / Seattle Solid Waste Utility and Seattle Public School District	1993
23	2	Barbara Taber files Contracting Service Administrator	1993
23	3	Burlington Northern Railroad	1993
23	4	1994 Budget	1993
23	5	Central Area Act Plan	1993
23	6	City Council Letters	1993
23	7	January-City Council Transmittal	1993
23	8	March-City Council Transmittal	1993
23	9	April-City Council Transmittal	1993
23	10	May-City Council Transmittal	1993
23	11	June-City Council Transmittal	1993
23	12	July-City Council Transmittal	1993
23	13	August-City Council Transmittal	1993
23	14	September-City Council Transmittal	1993
23	15	October-City Council Transmittal	1993
23	16	November-City Council Transmittal	1993
24	1	December-City Council Transmittal	1993
24	2	Combined Charities Rules	1993
24	3	Consultant Contacts	1993
24	4	Customer Services / Solid Waste Utilities	1993
24	5	Department of Administration Services Blanket Contracts (DAS)	1993
24	6	Department of Administration Services (DAS) Letters	1993-1994
24	7	Department EEO Reports	1993
24	8	Disaster Preparedness Pamphlet	1993
24	9	Division Letters	1993
24	10	Draft Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade-Environmental Education Assessment	1993
24	11	Education Initiative	1993
24	12	Executive Management Letters	1993
24	13	Federal Courthouse-EIS Scoping	1993
24	14	Finance Department Letters	1993
24	15	Gary Zarker Letters to Councilmembers	1993
24	16	Gary Zarker Letters to Mayor	1993-1994
24	17	Green Streets	1993
24	18	John Gilmore Letters	1993
24	19	Kingdome	1993
24	20	King County Public Works Officials	1993
24	21	King Cushman Letter	1993
24	22	Letters from Pierce County	1993
24	23	Letters from State Officials	1993
24	24	Local Improvement Assessments	1993
24	25	Louis Haff Contract Resurfacing	1994-1995
24	26	Mayor's Correspondence	1992-1993
24	27	Mayor's Response Letters	1993
24	28	Mayor's Walking Tour	1993
24	29	Metro Letters	1993
24	30	Multi-modal Transit Project	1993-1994
24	31	Office of Management and Budget (OMB)	1993
24	32	Personnel	1993
24	33	Policies	1992-1993
25	1	June-Department Response Letters	1993
25	2	July-Department Response Letters	1993
25	3	August-Department Response Letters	1993
25	4	September-Department Response Letters	1993
25	5	October-Department Response letters	1993
25	6	November-Department Response Letters	1993
25	7	December-Department Response Letters	1993
26	1	Puget Sound Regional Council	1993
26	2	Seattle Human Rights (Private Contract Shoring Analysis)	1993
26	3	SFMS Assessment Study	1993
26	4	South Downtown Transportation	1993
26	5	Suggestion Awards File	1993
26	6	Susan Brennan-Regional Transit Program	1993
26	7	Street Use Letters	1993
26	8	Transportation Improvement Program	1993
26	9	Transportation Improvement Board / Mike Morris lent	1993
26	10	Union (Local Contract)	1993
26	11	University of Washington Southwest Campus Plan	1993
26	12	United States Department of Transportation	1993
26	13	January-Department Response Letters	1993-1994
26	14	Department Response Letters	1993-1994
26	15	March-Department Response Letters	1993-1994
26	16	April-Department Response Letters	1993-1994
26	17	May-Department Response Letters	1993
27	1	Board of Public Works (BPW) 1988/Budget 1989	1988-1989
27	2	705 Charles Street	1989
27	3	City Classification Project	1987-1988
27	4	Classification Project	1988
27	5	Classification Project	1985-1988
27	6	Comprehensive Financial Plan	1986
27	7	Debt Capacity	1985
28	1	Disaster Plan / Planning	1988-1989
28	2	Fauntleroy Order	1986-1988
28	3	General Fund Long Range Plan	1985-1989
28	4	Harbor Island	1988
28	5	Infrastructure Management and Planning Systems (IMPS)	1985-1986
28	6	Interstate 90 Access	1988
28	7	Joint Automated Mapping Project (JAMP)	1988-1989
28	8	Management Study Miscellaneous	1986
28	9	Neighborhood Budget Process	1989
28	10	Office of Neighborhoods	1988
28	11	Public Relations	1988
28	12	Safety	1987
28	13	Seattle Engineering Department (SED) Management Review	1986
29	1	Solid Waste-Community Relations	1987
29	2	State Legislature	1987-1988
29	3	State Road Jurisdiction Study	1986-1987
29	4	United Way / Combined Charities	1987-1989
29	5	Abandoned Landfills	1984-1986
29	6	Boulevard Traffic Control	1990
29	7	Broad Street Troughway	1989
29	8	Burke-Gilman Trail	1988-1989
29	9	Customer Services	1989
29	10	Distant Landfill	1989
29	11	Downtown Project	1990
29	12	Downtown Project Review Panel	1991
30	1	Drainage Comprehensive Plan	1987
30	2	Financial Condition	1990
30	3	Growth Management	1990
30	4	High Capacity Transit	1991-1992
30	5	Mercer Corridor-Zacker Working Files	1984-1990
30	6	Plan Review	1989
30	7	Planning Subcabinet	1992
30	8	Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC)/Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA)	1992
30	9	Solid Waste-Recycling	1986-1987
30	10	Solid Waste-Long Haul Negotiations	1990
30	11	Solid Waste Rates	1991
30	12	Transportation Capital Improvement Project-South Lake Union	1987-1988
30	13	Women's Minority Business Enterprise	1990
31	1	1989 Executive Work Program (EWD)	1988
31	2	Gary Zarker-For Comment	1990
31	3	Information System Plan	1987
31	4	Jack Palmer	1988-1990
31	5	Management Work Plan	1987
31	6	Metro / Secondary Treatment	1989-1990
31	7	Metro-Eight Northwest Median	1990
31	8	Northgate Transportation Plan	1989
31	9	Rail Planning	1989-1990
31	10	Seattle Commons	1992
31	11	Seattle Engineering Department (SED) Reorganization	1992
32	1	Seattle Engineering Department (SED) Work Program	1991
32	2	Seattle Engineering Department (SED) Work Program	1990-1991
32	3	Seattle Engineering Department (SED) Work Program	1991
32	4	Street Utility	1992
32	5	Street Utility	1992
32	6	Transition	1989
32	7	Transportation Coordination	1988-1990
32	8	University District Transportation	1988
32	9	Vehicle Registration Fee (VRF)	1990
32	10	Weekly Reports	1992-1993
33	1	City Council	1990
33	2	City Council	1990
33	3	City Council	1991
33	4	City Council	1991
33	5	Parks Department	1992
33	6	Pedestrian Walkways	1992
33	7	Permits, Miscellaneous	1992
33	8	Personnel Department	1992
33	9	Pike Place	1992
34	1	Planning Department	1992
34	2	Plats	1992
34	3	Police Department	1992
34	4	Pollution	1992
34	5	Port of Seattle	1992
34	6	Rail Roads	1992
34	7	Recycling	1992
34	8	Residential Parking	1992
34	9	Right-of-Way	1992
34	10	Sanitary Sewers	1992
34	11	Seattle Center	1992
34	12	Seattle City Council	1992
34	13	Seattle Water Department	1992
34	14	Side Walks	1992
34	15	Slides / Retaining Walks	1992
34	16	Solid Waste Utility (SWU)	1992
34	17	State Department, Miscellaneous	1992
34	18	State House of Representatives	1992
34	19	State Transportation Department	1992-1993
34	20	State Transportation Department	1992-1993
34	21	Storm Drain	1992
34	22	Street Management and Use	1992
34	23	Street Vacation and Maintenance	1992
35	1	Traffic Control	1992-1993
35	2	Traffic Parking and Permits	1992
35	3	Traffic and Transportation Studies	1992
35	4	Transit Rail	1992
35	5	Transportation Improvement Board	1992
35	6	Transportation and Planning	1991-1993
35	7	Trees	1992-1993
35	8	University of Washington	1992
35	9	United States Department of Transportation	1992
35	10	Water Department	1992
35	11	West Seattle Freeway Bridge	1992

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Civil engineering--Washington (State)--Seattle
Drainage--Washington (State)--Seattle
Midway Landfill (Kent, Wash.)
Public Utilities--Washington (State)--Seattle
Public works--Washington (State)--Seattle
Refuse and refuse disposal--Washington (State)--Seattle
Traffic engineering--Washington (State)--Seattle
Transportation--Planning--Washington (State)--Seattle

Corporate Names

Seattle (Wash.). Engineering Dept.

Geographical Names

Seattle (Wash.)

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