WaSMAR9556_01.xml Guide to the Metropolitan Problems Advisory Committee Minutes 1956-1957 Metropolitan Problems Advisory Committee Minutes Seattle Municipal Archives 2023

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-23. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Seattle Municipal Archives Metropolitan Problems Advisory Committee Minutes Metropolitan Problems Advisory Committee (Seattle, Wash.) 9556-01 0.2 cubic feet 1 box 1956-1957 Proceedings from an advisory commission looking at regional planning in the Seattle area. English .

The Metropolitan Problems Advisory Committee was appointed in 1956 by Mayor Gordon S. Clinton and the Board of King County Commissioners to study regional issues that were too large for individual local governments to handle. The 75-member committee, chaired by John Ellis, identified sewage disposal, regional transportation, and comprehensive planning as the three problems of most concern. The committee recommendations were used to convince the State Legislature to pass the Metropolitan Council Act of 1957 that authorized creation of regional governments. The ultimate outcome of the process and legislation was formation of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, better known as Metro.

Proceedings of Metropolitan Problems Advisory Committee meetings.

Records are open to the public.

[Item and date], Metropolitan Problems Advisory Committee Minutes, Record Series 9556-01 Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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