Lake City Neighborhood District Coordinator Records

Series

Identifier: 5752-15

Scope and Contents Note

Meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, and notes relating to the activities of the North District neighborhood coordinator. Each of Seattle’s 13 districts had a neighborhood district coordinator who acted as a liaison between the City of Seattle and district councils. In addition, the neighborhood district coordinator was responsible for overseeing grant applications, responding to community requests and complaints, and managing the activities of the neighborhood service centers. In 2017, the department reorganized neighborhood staff to four community engagement coordinators (one citywide coordinator, and one each for the north, central, and south sectors.) Records in this series include administration material from district coordinators, community association meetings, Lake City and North District neighborhood plans, and the Year 2000 project.

Dates

Creation: 1982-2010
Creation: Majority of material found within 1999-2010

Creator

Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Neighborhoods (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Records are open to the public.

Historical Note

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The Department of Neighborhoods was created in 1991 by consolidating staff from the Executive Department’s Citizens Service Bureau and Office of Neighborhoods, the Community Service Centers of the Department of Human Resources, and the Neighborhood Assistance Division of the Department of Community Development. The Office of Urban Conservation, the City’s historic preservation agency, was added in 1992. The following year, the department added a community development function by taking over projects in the Central Area, Southeast Seattle, and the Port of Seattle. In 1999, the Neighborhood Planning Office was abolished and its continuing functions were assumed by the Department of Neighborhoods. The Department’s mission is to bring local government closer to the citizens by maintaining a responsive presence in Seattle neighborhoods, by responding to citizen concerns and complaints, and providing a communications link for neighborhoods on City issues that will have an impact on them. The department operates the Neighborhood Service Centers (Little City Halls), administers the Neighborhood Matching Grant Program, staffs the Landmarks Preservation Board, and manages the P-Patch program.