City Hall Project Records
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda, meeting agendas and minutes, and reports on the need for a new city hall in Seattle and where and how it would be established. Topics include employee and visitor needs, space needs, available properties, the benefits of building a new city hall rather than leasing space, and financial analyses. The series contains appraisals of existing spaces available for lease, minutes of public information meetings, reports on space needs, and minutes and reports of the Planning and Design Advisory Committee.
Dates
- Creation: 1977-1989
- Creation: 1984-1988
Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Administrative Services (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
The Fleets and Facilities Department (FFD) manages and maintains municipal real property and facilities, as well as overseeing the City’s vehicle fleet. FFD was created in 2001 in a reorganization of the Executive Services Department, which was itself created from a merger between the Finance Department, the Personnel Department, and the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) in 1997. DAS was created in 1980 with the merger of certain functions of the General Services Department, Building Department, Division of Motor Transportation, and Office of Management and Budget.
Full Extent
2.4 Cubic Feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records relating to the potential need for a new city hall in Seattle.
Subject
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Administrative Services (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Seattle City Hall Project Records 1977-1989
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Megan O'Shea
- Date
- © 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- EAD Location
- http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11489
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository