Seattle Municipal Archives
PO Box 94728
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
Phone: 206/233-7807
Email: archives@seattle.gov
http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives

Guide to the Paul Kraabel Subject Files, 1972-1991


4647-02





Finding aid prepared by Anne Frantilla

Finding aid encoded by Shannon B. Lynch, 2004
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection
 
Repository Name:
 

Seattle Municipal Archives

PO Box 94728
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
Phone: 206/233-7807
Email: archives@seattle.gov
http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives
 
Collection Number:
 

4647-02
 
Creator:
 

Kraabel, Paul, 1933-
 
Title:
 

Subject Files
 
Dates:
 

1972-1991 (inclusive)
1980-1989 (bulk)
 
Quantity:
 

15.2 cubic ft.
(38 boxes)
 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are inEnglish. 

 
Summary:
 

Records documenting Paul Kraabel's tenure on the Seattle City Council from 1975-1991.
 

Biographical Note

Paul Kraabel (1933-), a Republican, was appointed to Seattle City Council in 1975, filling a seat vacated by Bruce Chapman. Kraabel worked for 15 years as an electrical engineer with Boeing before joining the City Council. He was also elected to the State Legislature as a representative in 1971 and served for four years. Kraabel won the special election to complete the unexpired term for City Council and served four full terms, retiring at the end of 1991. He returned briefly to City Council in 1996 to fill a seat vacated by Tom Weeks, who resigned to work for the Seattle School District.

Kraabel was City Council President in 1980-1981 and again in 1990-1991. He chaired six different committees during his tenure: Planning and Urban Development (1975-1977, 1984-1989), Water and Waste Management (1978-1979), Labor (1980-1981, 1990-1991), Land Use (1982-1983), Public Safety (1984-1985), and Business (1990-1991). Kraabel's most significant accomplishments were in land use and planning. He defended regulations for houseboat rentals and worked for many years on the downtown land use plan. He was also active in the I-90 bridge planning, and worked to have only three lanes coming into Seattle.

Content Description

The Paul Kraabel Subject Files document his tenure on City Council and the Committees he chaired. Particularly well documented is Kraabel's involvement in land use, housing and transportation issues. His records measure 15.2 cubic feet and date from 1972 to 1991, with the bulk of the records dating from 1980 to 1989. The records are arranged in six functional or issue-related areas, including: Downtown Plan, Housing, Land Use and Urban Development, Legislative and Interdepartmental, Transportation and Utilities and Waste Water Management. More detailed descriptions of records are found below at the beginning of each category's file listing.

Please note that published documents are removed from Councilmembers' records and cataloged and indexed in the Published Documents database. Researchers should check the Published Documents online index for published material which may be referred to in the Kraabel records. Also, "notebooks" are located throughout the records and refer to collections of documents prepared by Central Staff or other Legislative Department members for City Council committee members to assist with decision-making. The notebooks may include a table of contents, a decision agenda, reports or memoranda by Central Staff analysts and background information pertinent to the issue. The Legislative databases on the City Clerk's website can assist in establishing the chronology of specific issues.

Arrangement

Records are arranged in six functional or issue-related areas:

I: Downtown Plan

II: Housing

III: Land Use and Urban Development

IV: Legislative and Interdepartmental

V: Transportation

VI: Utilities and Water and Waste Management

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Records are open to the public.

Preferred Citation 

[Item and date], Paul Kraabel Subject Files, Record Series 4647-02. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

 
Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government
City planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
Housing--Washington (State)--Seattle
Land use, Urban--Washington (State)--Seattle
Public utilities--Washington (State)--Seattle
Sewage disposal plants--Washington (State)--Seattle
Transportation--Washington (State)--Seattle
Other Creators :
Seattle (Wash.)--City Council

Detailed Description of the Collection

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


 

Downtown Plan, 1974-1989

2.8 cubic ft.
The Downtown Plan, or Land Use and Transportation Plan for Downtown Seattle, was a project begun in the early 1980s to replace the Comprehensive Plan with new land use policies, a new zoning code and a new zoning map. The Downtown Plan is the most well-documented project within Kraabel's papers. The project was inspired by the Seattle 2000 Commission, which established long-range goals and objectives for the City and was intended to be a guide for downtown growth. The many parties that contributed to the Plan are reflected in Kraabel's papers, including the Executive Office, City Council, the Mayor, many citizens, several technical advisory committees, a Mayor's Task Force, Special District Boards, the Design Commission and the Planning Commission. Land use, transportation issues, housing, traffic, open space, the waterfront, parking, pedestrian traffic, and human services were all discussed during development of the Plan. The Plan was adopted by Council in 1985 through Resolution 27281. Many related documents can be located through the Published Documents Index; specifically, proposed, draft, and revised versions of the Downtown Land Use and Transportation Plan can be found there.


The Document List in Box 1 for the Downtown Plan is a list of documents with alphanumeric codes compiled by the Kraabel staff. Documents can be found by their code, which are on tabs attached to the documents, but they are not in the exact order in which they appear in the list. Agendas of the Urban Redevelopment Committee, which Kraabel chaired during this period, are included for 1984 to 1985. Also included are discussion agendas for the Land Use Committee, notices of public hearings, memoranda and correspondence. The Downtown Plan was a complex project, involving issues relating to the land use code, housing, economic development, and environmental and social issues. The complexities of the issues are reflected in the records through interdepartmental correspondence, constituent comments, reports, and drafts of legislation. Correspondents include Allied Arts of Seattle, Denny Regrade and Capitol Hill community organizations, and many downtown businesses as well as many individuals. Peter Steinbrueck, Virginia Galle, and Brewster Denny were among the citizens helping shape the Plan and its revisions. The newspaper clippings in Box 6 contain many business and community organization newsletter clippings regarding the Downtown Plan.


Revisions and updates to the Downtown Plan are also included here and date from 1988-1989. The update includes documentation of Initiative 31 and the Mayor's proposed alternative. The Initiative, known as the Citizens' Alternative Plan or CAP, was passed in 1989 by Seattle voters. The Initiative limited the height and size of downtown buildings. The Initiative was supported by Margaret Pageler and Peter Steinbrueck, among others; Paul Schell and Walt Crowley were among those against the Initiative.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
1/1

Document List
   n.d.
   
Committee Records: includes Agendas, Discussion Agendas, and Public Hearings for Urban Redevelopment Committee
   1984-1985
 
1/2

February-June 1984
   1984
 
1/3

July 1984-May 1985
   1984-1985
   
Urban Redevelopment Committee Notebooks
   1983-1985
 
1/4

Overview
   1983-1984
 
1/5

Volume 1 (A) Schedules and Decision Agendas
   1984
 
1/6

Volume 1 (B) Council Memoranda and Newspaper Articles
   1984
 
1/7

Volume 2 (A) International District and Pioneer Square
   1984-1985
 
1/8

Volume 2 (B) includes Economic Development, General Provisions
   1984-1985
 
2/1

Volume 2 (C) includes Pike Place Market and Waterfront
   1984-1985
   
Correspondence and Memoranda
   1974-1986
 
2/2

Constituents (1982 Alternative Plan)
   1982
 
2/3

Constituents (includes Denny Regrade)
   1981-1984
 
2/4

Constituents (includes Waterfront)
   1981-1984
 
2/5

Constituents (includes artists studio dwellings)
   1984
 
2/6

Constituents (includes housing)
   1984-1986
 
2/7

Community Organizations
   1981-1982
 
2/8

Community Organizations
   1982-1984
 
3/1

Community Organizations, Businesses and Other Groups
   1984
 
3/2

Community Organizations, Businesses and Other Groups
   1984
 
3/3

Community Organizations, Businesses and Other Groups
   1984
 
3/4

Community Organizations, Businesses and Other Groups
   1984
 
3/5

Community Organizations, Businesses and Other Groups
   1984-1985
 
3/6

Community Organizations and Other Groups
   1985
 
3/7

Responses
   1984-1985
 
3/8

Councilmembers
   1982-1984
 
4/1

Executive Department
   1982
 
4/2

Executive Department
   1982-1983
 
4/3

Denny Regrade
   1974-1985
 
4/4

Economic Development Notebook Volume 1
   1980-1985
 
4/5

Economic Development Notebook Volume 2
   1983-1984
 
4/6

Guidelines for Downtown Alternative Plans
   1979-1985
 
5/1

Housing
   1982-1984
 
5/2

Interim Zoning Controls
   1981-1984
 
5/3

International and Pioneer Square Districts
   1984-1985
 
5/4

Retail Core
   1984-1985
 
5/5

Transportation
   1981-1984
 
5/6

Waterfront - Volume 1
   1979-1983
 
5/7

Waterfront - Volume 2
   1983-1985
 
6/1

Loeb Fellowship Award Submission (includes photogrpahs)
   1985
 
6/2

Newspaper Clippings
   1981-1984
   
Revisions to Downtown Plan
   1987-1989
   
Urban Redevelopment Committee Notebooks
   1988-1989
 
6/3

Citizen's Alternative Plan (CAP)
   1988-1989
 
6/4

Downtown Interim Controls
   1988-1989
 
6/5

Public Hearings
   1988-1989
 
6/6

Citizen Advisory Committee
   1988-1989
 
6/7

Council Correspondence
   1988-1989
 
6/8

Interdepartmental Correspondence
   1988-1989
 
7/1

Constituent Correspondence
   1988-1989
 
7/2

Interim Ordinances
   1988-1989
 
7/3

Life of Building / Street Use Permits
   1988-1989
 
7/4

Housing Moratorium Work Program
   1987-1988
 
7/5

"Citizens for a Better Downtown" Campaign Materials
   1989
 
7/6

Symposium on Downtown Growth Management (Gary Pivo)
   1989
 
7/7

Citizen Surveys
   1987-1989
 
7/8

Newspaper Articles
   1988-1989
 

Housing, 1975-1900

1.2 cubic ft.
The Housing series measures 1.2 cubic feet and dates from 1975 to 1990. The subjects most well-documented are the Housing Maintenance/Preservation Ordinance and the Senior Housing Program, although there is also information relating to accessory apartments. Downtown housing issues overlap with the Downtown Plan and researchers should consult both series.


First passed in 1980 and amended in 1981, the Housing Preservation Ordinance prohibited demolition of sound residential structures for putting in a vacant lot or parking lot. The ordinance required approved replacement use before a demolition permit was issued. It also required funding housing replacement or providing a share of the financial equivalent. In 1984 the fee required for the demolition of residential structures was found to be unconstitutional by the State; a replacement ordinance was introduced and passed in 1985. The 1985 ordinance incorporated the licensing of demolition and change of use of residential structures, and provided eviction protection and relocation assistance for displaced tenants. The State again found the ordinance unconstitutional in 1987 because of its tax on development in the replacement provisions (San Telmo Associates v. Seattle, 108 Wn. 2d 20). The records provide insight into the process of crafting the ordinance as well as background on low-income housing in downtown Seattle.


The Senior Housing Program records date from 1980 to 1986 and primarily address issues relating to bonds for elderly and disabled housing. Discussions through correspondence include putting the bond issue on the ballot in 1981, the work program for the bond issue, and housing issues related to low-income elderly and disabled people. Public hearing rosters and Council decision agendas are included. These records also include discussion of how to allocate the $5 million of unallocated funds in 1986.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
8/1-3

Accessory Apartments
   1989-1991
 
8/4

Emergency Rental Housing Decision Agenda Notebook
   1984-1985
 
8/5

Housing Assistance Plan
   1978-1988
   
Housing Preservation/Maintenance Ordinance
   1981-1987
 
8/6

Committee Notebook
   1985
 
8/7

Committee Notebook
   1986
 
8/8

Constituent Mail
   1984-1985
 
9/1

Department of Construction and Land Use (DCLU) Weekly Activity Reports
   1987
 
9/2

Decision Agenda
   1984
 
9/3

Demolition Section Amendments
   1980-1981
 
9/4

Interdepartmental Correspondence
   1980-1987
 
9/5

Low Income Housing - Constituent Mail
   1984-1985
 
9/6

Public Hearings
   1984-1985
 
9/7

Moratorium on Demolition of Low-Income Housing
   1987-1988
 
9/8

Mandatory Housing Code Inspection
   1990
 
9/9

Mandatory Housing Code Inspection
   1990
 
9/10

Parcel 29C: Central Area Housing Alliance / R. C. Hedreen
   1981
 
9/11

Rental Housing (includes Scattered Site Housing Program)
   1979-1980
 
9/12

Replacement Housing / Stimson Center - Clotfelter
   1986-1989
   
Seattle Senior Housing Program
   1980-1986
 
10/1

Proposed Housing Bonds
   1980-1981
 
10/2

Proposed Housing Bonds: Analyses
   1980-1981
 
10/3

Reports and Legal Opinions
   1984-1985
 
10/4

Committee Agendas and Public Hearings
   1984-1986
   
Remaining Bond Funds and RFP #4
   1980-1986
 
10/5

Seattle Housing Authority
   1985
 
10/6

Seattle Housing Authority
   1985
 
10/7

Constituent Correspondence (includes congregate care)
   1985-1986
 
10/8

Keystone Resources Proposal
   1986
 
10/9

Proposals and Recommendations
   1986
 
10/10

Newspaper Clippings and Notes
   1981-1986
 

Land Use and Urban Development, 1972-1990

6.8 cubic ft.
The Land Use and Urban Development series is the largest within Kraabel's Subject Files, in part because he chaired the Planning and Urban Development Committee for a total of seven years. The records date from 1972 to 1990. Many topics are covered in this series, ranging from bed and breakfast zoning to the Shoreline Master Program.


Kraabel's efforts to regulate houseboat rates, one of the issues for which he is most well known, are documented here through hearing transcripts, draft legislation and correspondence. The records on this issue date primarily from 1980 to 1983, but range from 1977, when the first Equity Ordinance was passed, to 1986. Known as the Houseboat Equity Ordinance, the original ordinance was intended to control moorage rate increases and regulate eviction notices. Various aspects of the original ordinance and subsequent amendments were declared unconstitutional by the State.


Also well-documented in the Land Use and Urban Development series are changes made in multi-family residential land use policies reflecting complex growth-related issues. Residential density provisions as a whole were reexamined and elements such as open space, scale, and varied housing types considered; parking and setbacks as well as neighborhood character also made up part of the discussion. Changes in policy are documented through policy planning reports, constituent mail, and Council correspondence. The multi-family zoning records date from 1979-1989, but the bulk of the records and discussion date from 1989. Prior to multi-family land use policy discussion for the City as a whole, Ballard and Fremont were chosen as re-evaluation pilot projects beginning in 1987. Community input, draft legislation and reports document the Ballard and Fremont projects, dating from 1987 to 1988.


Public hearings and Council actions regarding land use and zoning changes related to the Shoreline Master Program in the mid-1980s are also in this series. Site planning in the late 1980s is well documented in the Land Use and Urban Development series. The projects most well documented are planning for a City Hall, the Convention Center and Westlake. Beginning in 1979, the City began exploring office needs for the City and performing long- and mid-range space planning. Several different options were explored for a new civic center with the final recommendation being for a location in the vicinity of the existing buildings, as that location offered "the best opportunity to meet the City's needs in a responsible, systematic way that will achieve a noble legacy for our community" (Box 22/4, New City Hall Project : Planning and Design Advisory Committee - Project Recommendations March 1, 1988). It would be the next decade before any of the planning was realized. Also documented in the Site Planning subseries is discussion over how to develop the PC-1 site located on Western Avenue west of the Pike Place Market. The Westlake Project Files include discussion of how the site was to be developed. Issues discussed included whether or not the Seattle Art Museum would be located there, the Rouse Company proposal, financial issues, and the monorail.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
11/1

Ackerly Arena Proposal
   1990
 
11/2

Ackerly Arena Briefing Book for Committee of the Whole
   1990
 
11/3

Airport Height Overlay District
   1986-1989
 
11/4

Bed and Breakfast Zoning
   1986-1987
 
11/5

Billboards and Outdoor Advertising / Ackerly
   1975-1986
   
Central Waterfront
   1972-1990
 
11/6

City-Port Street Vacation Agreement
   1986-1990
 
11/7

Pier 57 - Hal Griffith / Concessions
   1972-1986
 
11/8

Redevelopment: Constituent Correspondence
   1986-1990
 
11/9

Harborfront Improvement Plan (includes Aquarium discussion)
   1986-1987
 
12/1

Harborfront Improvement Plan: Committee Notebook
   1987
 
12/2

Harborfront Improvement Plan: Staff Reports and Public Survey
   1987
 
12/3

Piers 62/63 Acquisition
   1987-1988
 
12/4

Piers 62/63 Acquisition and Moorage
   1989
 
12/5

Harborline Task Force Report
   1988-1989
 
12/6

Harborfront Improvement Plan
   1988-1990
   
Downtown
   1985-1988
 
12/7

Mixed Residential Zone
   1987-1988
 
12/8

Olympic Block
   1985
 
12/9

Transit Tunnel Construction (includes noise issues)
   1986
   
Greenbelts and Open Spaces
   1987-1988
 
13/1

Open Space Acquisition Planning (includes Public Hearing)
   1988-1989
 
13/2

Open Space Acquisition Planning (includes map)
   1987-1989
   
Historic Theaters
   1985-1996
 
13/3

Landmark Theater Task Force
   1986-1990
 
13/4

Music Hall Theater
   1985-1989
 
13/5

Interdepartmental Correspondence / Department of Construction and Land Use (DCLU)
   1989
 
13/6

Greenbelts and Open Spaces: Constituent Input
   1989
 
13/7

Historic Theater Preservation: Comment Letters
   1989-1990
 
13/8

Music Hall / Clise Testimony
   1985
 
13/9

Music Hall / Clise Testimony
   1985
 
13/10

Paramount Theater
   1995-1996
   
Houseboats/Floating Homes
   1977-1986
 
14/1

Equity Ordinance (includes partial transcript of City Council meetings)
   1977-1980
 
14/2

Equity Ordinance Moorage Rates and Background Information
   1979-1986
 
14/3

Equity Ordinance Constituent Mail and Hearing Transcripts
   1977-1981
 
14/4

Fact Finder's Decision
   1980-1981
 
14/5

Correspondence and Reports
   1980-1981
 
14/6

Notes and Constituent Correspondence
   1980-1986
 
14/7

Land Use and Urban Development : Houseboats / Floating Homes - Notes and Constituent Corresondence
   1981-1983
 
15/1

Draft Legislation and Constituent Correspondence
   1983-1986
 
15/2

Constituent Correspondence and Hearing Testimony
   1983
 
15/3

Legal Correspondence
   1983
 
15/4

Building Code Amendment
   1986
 
15/5

In Fill Lots / Skinny Houses
   1984-1987
   
Multi-Family Zoning
   1979-1989
 
15/6

Land Use Policies and Background Information
   1979-1982
 
15/7

Interdepartmental Correspondence
   1985-1986
 
15/8

Constituent Mail
   1985-1986
 
16/1

Constituent Mail (includes Public Hearings)
   1986
 
16/2

Parking Issues
   1987
 
16/3

Public Hearing and Constituent Mail
   1988
 
16/4

Low-Income Housing Exemptions
   1988
 
16/5

Low Rise Provisions
   1988-1989
 
16/6

Land Use Policies: Draft Provisions
   1988-1989
 
16/7

Land Use Policies
   1988-1989
 
16/8

Seattle Neighborhood Coalition Photographs
   1988
 
17/1

Committee of the Whole Notebooks Volume 1
   1989
 
17/2

Committee of the Whole Notebook Volume 2
   1989
 
17/3

Issues Notebook (A)
   1989
 
17/4

Issues Notebook (B)
   1989
 
17/5

Amendments to Alternative 2
   1989
 
17/6

Alternative 2 Citizens' Recommended Revisions Notebook
   1989
 
17/7

Interdepartmental Correspondence
   1989
 
17/8

Revision Proposals
   1989
 
18/1

Public Hearings
   1989
 
18/2

Public Comment / Constituent Mail
   1988-1989
 
18/3

Public Comment / Constituent Mail
   1989
 
18/4

Public Comment / Constituent Mail
   1989
 
18/5

Remapping / Constituent Mail
   1989
   
Neighborhood Planning and Zoning Changes
   1986-1989
   
Ballard/Fremont Interim Zoning and Mapping
   1986-1988
 
18/6

Public Hearings and Constituent Mail
   1987
 
18/7

Reports and Study Data
   1987-1988
 
18/8

Ballard Boundaries (includes zoning maps)
   1987
 
19/1

Extension of Interim Controls
   1988
 
19/2

Public Comment / Constituent Mail and Mailing Lists
   1988
 
19/3

Draft Legislation
   1988
 
19/4

Ballard Community Council Recommendations
   1988
 
19/5

Fremont Public Comment
   1988
 
19/6

Mapping
   1988
 
19/7

Central Area / I-90 Development Program Plans
   1987-1989
 
19/8

Downtown Retail Core
   1986-1988
 
19/9

Neighborhood Planning Study
   1987
   
Shoreline Master Program
   1976-1987
 
20/1

Proposed Revisions
   1976-1978
 
20/2

Reenactment and Proposed Amendments
   1980-1982
 
20/3

Constituent Mail and Newspaper Clippings
   1976-1979
 
20/4

Constituent Mail and Public Hearings
   1980-1986
 
20/5

Committee Notebook
   1986-1987
 
20/6

Council Bill 106146
   1987
   
Site Planning
   1974-1996
   
City Hall
   1983-1988
 
21/1

Long Range Space Plan
   1983-1985
 
21/2

Space Needs Advisory Group
   1986
 
21/3

Site Evaluation
   1986
 
21/4

Financial Issues
   1986-1987
 
21/5

Space Planning
   1986
 
21/6

Public / Employee Involvement
   1986
 
21/7

Process / Schedule
   1986-1987
 
21/8

Surveys
   1986-1987
 
21/9

Municipal Facilities Discusion Paper
   1981
 
22/1

Reports and Briefings
   1986-1987
 
22/2

Environmental Impact Statement
   1987
 
22/3

Task Forces
   1987
 
22/4

Planning and Design Advisory Committee
   1987-1988
 
22/5

Acquisition of Property
   1987-1988
 
22/6

Newspaper Clippings
   1982-1986
   
Convention Center
   1978-1989
 
22/7

Background (includes siting analysis report)
   1978-1983
 
22/8

Findings and Public Hearing (includes legal opinion on application of Appearance of Fairness Doctrine)
   1984-1986
 
22/9-11

Housing Mitigation Notebooks (A)
   1985
 
23/1

Housing Mitigation
   1984-1986
 
23/2

McKay Apartments
   1985-1987
 
23/3

Rooftop / Parks
   1985
 
23/4

Street Vacations
   1985-1987
 
23/5

Financial and Zoning Issues
   1984-1988
 
23/6

Expansion
   1989
 
23/7

Municipal Facilities Discussion Paper
   1981
   
Pike Place Market PC-1 Site
   1974-1990
 
23/8

Planning Data
   1974-1987
 
23/9

Financial Issues (includes Public Hearing)
   1986-1987
 
23/10

Post Alley Court
   1987
 
23/11

Market Roundtable Meetings
   1990
 
23/12

Newspaper Clippings
   1985-1990
 
24/1

Site Development
   1986
 
24/2

Site Development
   1986-1988
   
Sand Point Naval Station Reuse
   1996
 
24/3-4

Site Planning : Sand Point Naval Station Reuse - Constituent Mail
   1996
   
Telecommunications
   1986-1989
 
24/5

Public Hearing and Notes
   1986-1989
 
24/6

Issues and Notes
   1986-1989
   
Westlake
   1973-1988
 
24/7

Committee Correspondence and Project Updates
   1973-1977
 
24/8

Progress Reports and Committee Correspondence (includes Public Hearing Testimony)
   1978
 
24/9

Committee Correspondence
   1979
 
24/10

Development Authority
   1978-1981
 
25/1

Urban Development Action Grants
   1979-1982
 
25/2

Correspondence and Legal Brief
   1980
 
25/3

Land Use: Seattle Art Museum
   1981-1983
 
25/4

Notes and Correspondence (Mayor and DCD)
   1982
 
25/5

Land Use / Real Estate
   1982-1983
 
25/6

Drawings and Proposals
   1982-1983
 
25/7

Proposals / Recommendations
   1982-1983
 
26/1

Legal Opinions and Documents
   1982-1983
 
26/2

Committee Notebook
   1982-1983
 
26/3

City Council Memoranda (includes meeting agendas)
   1982-1983
 
26/4

Committee Notes (Claire McKechnie)
   1982-1983
 
26/5

Correspondence
   1983
 
26/6

Public Hearing July 20
   1983
 
26/7

Pavers: Reports
   1983
 
26/8

Sarah A. Bell Land and Silverstone Trust
   1983-1984
 
26/9

Correspondence
   1984
 
26/10

Correspondence
   1985-1986
 
27/1

Parks
   1982-1987
 
27/2

Parks Correspondence (includes Schematic Design)
   1984-1988
 
27/3

Park Funding
   1987-1988
 
27/4

Interdepartmental Task Force
   1985-1987
 
27/5

Monorail Reports
   1985-1987
 
27/6

Constituent Correspondence
   1982-1983
 
27/7

Constituent Correspondence
   1986-1987
 
27/8

"History of the Westlake Development" Andrea Hemrich
   1985
 
27/9

News Clippings
   1980-1987
 

Legislative and Interdepartmental, 1979-1991

.8 cubic ft.
The Legislative and Interdepartmental Series measures .8 cubic feet and dates from 1979 to 1991. Primarily documented here are education and 1991 budget issues. Also documented here is reorganization of City departments, especially the planning function in the City in 1986 and 1987. Also of note in this series are folders on the City Flag, which Kraabel designed for the Goodwill Games, and on the recall charge made by Judy Ryan in 1990.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
28/1

Legislative and Interdepartmental: Appearance of Fairness Doctrine
   1979-1986
   
Budget
   1991
 
28/2

Mid-Year Budget Deficit
   1991
 
28/3

Public Hearing on Proposed Cuts May 20
   1991
 
28/4

Committee Meetings: August
   1991
 
28/5

Public Hearing on Mayor's Proposed Recommendations, September 25, 26
   1991
 
28/6

Public Hearing October 20, 31
   1991
 
28/7

Town Meeting
   1991
 
28/8

Newspaper Clippings
   1991
 
28/9

Campaign Financing
   1975-1984
 
28/10

City Charter
   1975-1987
 
28/11

City Flag
   1990
 
28/12

City / University of Washington Task Force
   1988
   
Education
   1989-1990
 
28/13

Levy
   1990
 
28/14

Summit
   1990
 


Save Our Schools Initiative Committee
   1989
 
29/1

Fair Campaign Practices Ordinances
   1980
 
29/2

Kraabel Recall
   1990
   
Reorganization
   1976-1991
 
29/3

Planning Function
   1976-1985
 
29/4

Human Services
   1986
 
29/5

Planning Function: Public Hearing October 15
   1986
 
29/6-7

Planning Function
   1988
 
29/8

Planning Function
   1987
 
29/9

Public Hearing (August 21) and Briefings
   1991
   
Work Programs
   1986-1989
 
29/10

Policy Planning Agenda
   1986
 
29/11

Executive Work Program
   1988-1989
 
29/12

Work Programs
   1988-1989
 

Transportation, 1971-1990

2.0 cubic ft.
The Transportation Series measures 2.0 cubic feet and dates from 1971 to 1990. The bulk of the records in this series document the I-90 corridor between I-5 and Bellevue, including the bridge over Lake Washington. Part of the regional transportation system, many parties were involved in planning the I-90 corridor and they did not always agree. Issues included lane configurations, funding, including state and federal funding, environmental issues, mass transit, and transit access. The records reflect both the length and the complexity of the decision-making process. The actions of the Transportation Committee, of which Paul Kraabel was either vice chair or a member, are well documented with respect to the I-90 issues. The Puget Sound Council of Governments acted in an oversight capacity and because several Councilmembers were on PSCOG, including Paul Kraabel, Jeanette Williams, Phyllis Lamphere, and George Benson, the actions of this organization are also well documented. Other organizations and individuals represented in the series include METRO, the City of Mercer Island, Mayor Royer, Margaret Tunks, and Jerry Schneider.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
30/1

Containerization and Automated Transportation
   1974
 
30/2

Containerization and Automated Transportation: Cranes
   1973-1974
 
30/3

South Lake Union Special Committee: Transportation Alternatives
   1985
 
30/4

Forward Thrust Arterial Projects
   1976-1977
   
I-90
   1971-1982
 
30/5

Transit Options / Bridge
   1971
 
30/6

Mayor's I-90 Design Advisory Committee
   1971
 
30/7

Transit Access Study, Discussion Material
   1976-1978
 
30/8

Transit Access Study
   1976-1980
 
31/1

Puget Sound Council of Governments (includes discussion of Federal Aid Highway Act)
   1974-1976
 
31/2

Puget Sound Council of Governments (includes newspaper articles)
   1975-1976
 
31/3

U.S. Department of Transportation
   1973-1976
   
Committee of the Whole Policy Discussions
   1975-1978
 
31/4

Schedule and Background Material
   1975-1976
 
31/5

Issue #1: Funding
   1976
 
31/6

Issue #2: Transportation - Impact of Alternatives
   1976-1978
 
31/7

Issue #4: Community Impact
   1975-1976
 
31/8

Lane Configuration and Community Input
   1976
 
31/9

Scope of Work
   1976-1977
 
32/1

Public Hearing (September 22) and Constituent Input
   1976
 
32/2

Council Resolutions
   1976
 
32/3

Council Resolutions
   1976-1977
 
32/4

Memorandum Agreement / Washington State Department of Transportation
   1976-1982
 
32/5

Memorandum Agreement / State and Federal
   1977-1980
 
32/6

Memorandum Agreement / State Department of Transportation
   1976-1979
 
32/7

Federal Funds
   1980-1982
 
32/8

Federal Funds
   1979-1982
 
33/1

Correspondence, State and Federal
   1972-1974
 
33/2

Correspondence (includes transverse lid)
   1972-1975
 
33/3

Correspondence
   1975
 
33/4

Constituent Correspondence
   1976
   
Reports
   1971-1979
 
33/5

Draft Environmental Statement
   1971
 
33/6

Policy Papers
   1974
 
33/7

Mayor's Report / "I-90: Another Choice"
   1979
 
33/8

Court Cases
   1971-1974
 
33/9

Newspaper Articles
   1975-1979
   
Lake Washington Ferry System
   1971-1979
 
34/1

Constituent Mail and Newspaper Articles
   1971-1977
 
34/2

Reports and Brochures
   1978-1979
 
34/3

University District Traffic Plan
   1969-1972
 
34/4

Water Transit Study
   1989-1990
 
34/5

Madison Bike Trail (constituent mail)
   1990
 
34/6

Stimson Center: Alley Vacation
   1983-1985
 

Utilities and Water and Waste Management, 1985-1990

1.6 cubic ft.
The Utilities and Water and Waste Management series measures 1.6 cubic feet and dates from 1985 to 1990. This series primarily documents the decision-making process regarding Metro's 1990 conditional use application for the expansion of the West Point Sewage Treatment Facility, located in Discovery Park. A secondary treatment plant was part of a long-term goal of cleaning up the Puget Sound. Some records in the series address the issues of combined sewer overflow and secondary treatment prior to 1990. Alternatives and financial issues related to a treatment facility are addressed in reports and correspondence dating from 1986 to 1989, as well as consideration of Alki as a possible location for the treatment facility.


The records primarily document the decision to build a facility at West Point and the resistance by environmentalists and community members to the site. In 1990, the Hearing Examiner for the City held hearings in May regarding the West Point Metro permit and recommended granting the permits; City Council also held hearings and recommended the permits be granted. The parties involved in the hearings included the Department of Construction and Land Use, Metro, Magnolia Community Club, Friends of Discovery Park, and Puget Sound Water Quality Defense Fund, among others. Agendas and transcripts of the hearings are included in the records. Issues discussed in hearings include environmental and economic issues, odor and noise control, traffic and visual mitigation. Correspondents include Robert Kildall, R. J. Brooks, and Shary Flennikan, among others.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
35/1

Utilities: Bagley Creek Project
   1982
 
35/2

Utilities: Cedar River Watershed Secondary Use Policies Testimony
   1989
 
35/3

Utilities: Electric Appliance Services - Legislative Intent Statement
   1989-1990
   
Combined Sewer Overflow/Secondary Treatment
   1985-1990
 
35/4

Reports and Agendas
   1985
 
35/5

Mitigation
   1986
 
35/6

Mitigation
   1986-1987
 
35/7

West Point and Alki: City Council Findings and Decision for Conditional Use Permit (includes Mitigation Conditions)
   n.d.
   
West Point Sewage Treatment Plant Expansion
   1986-1987
 
35/8-9

Committee Notebook (includes Hearing Examiner's Findings, briefs of Parties and Environmental)
   1987-1988
 
35/10

Alternatives
   1986
   
Conditional Use Permit Hearings (CF 296799)
   1988-1990
 
36/1

Committee Notebook (A)
   1990
 
36/2

Committee Notebook (B)
   1990
 
36/3

Committee Notebook (includes conditions)
   1990
 
36/4

Decision Agenda, Schedule and Rules
   1990
 
36/5

Appearance of Fairness Questions
   1990
 
36/6

Procedural Letters/Requests
   1990
 
36/7

Site Visit Maps
   1988-1989
 
36/8-9

City Council Proceedings Transcript, October 8 and 17
   1990
 
37/1

City Council Proceedings Transcript, November 30
   1990
 
37/2

City Council Proceedings Transcript, December 7 and 10
   1990
 
37/3

City Council Proceedings Transcript, December 12 and 14
   1990
 
37/4

Project Level Conditions
   1990
 
37/5

Bald Eagle Nest Territory Management Plan / Discovery Park
   1990
 
37/6

Findings of Fact and Hearing Examiner's Recommendation
   1990
 
37/7

DCLU's Proposed Restatement of Findings
   1990
 
37/8

METRO's Restatement of Findings
   1990
 
37/9

Public Comment
   1990
 
37/10

Letters to Other Parties
   1990
 
38/1

Greenbelts: Constituent Mail and Background Information
   1986-1987
 
38/2

Green Lake Water Quality Project: Committee of the Whole Notebook and Agenda
   1990
   
Solid Waste
   1989-1990
 
38/3

Customer Services Workload/Staffing Study: Utility Committee Briefing
   1990
 
38/4

Refuse Hauling Contract: Correspondence
   1989
 
38/5

Refuse Hauling Contract: Correspondence
   1990