Guide to the Archives of the City of Seattle

Record Group 5000
Office of Management and Budget

The Office of Management and Budget was established in 1967 in the Executive Department. Its functions were to prepare the annual city budget and the six-year capital improvement program and supervise their execution, to manage the process for allocation of Community Development Block Grants funds, to analyze program management and financial issues, and to develop the City's long-range strategic financial policies. In 1995 OMB and the Department of Planning were merged to form the Office of Management and Planning (OMP). In 1997 OMP was incorporated within the Executive Services Department. In mid-1998, OMP was abolished and its budget function reorganized in the City Budget Office which is a division of the Finance Department; responsibility for policy planning was transferred to the new Strategic Planning Office.

5001-01
Subject Files
1973-1991
4.4 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and press releases pertaining to the Mayor's Reorganization Project, capital improvement projects, and energy programs. Included are files relating to METRO and METRO Transition, Seattle Economic Development Commission, the US Navy homeport, King County Jail, and PDAs.

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5001-02
Departmental Correspondence
1976-1984
2.2 cubic feet

Correspondence, legislation, reports, and speeches organized by City department. Includes materials on the Mayor's Reorganization Project, energy legislation, conservation programs, and the activities of city council committees. Includes one folder of speeches by Mayor Charles Royer.

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5003-01
Community Development Block Grant Planning and Monitoring Records
1977-1985
42.0 cubic feet

OMB developed the annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) policy plan and managed the process for allocation of funds. Records relate to both the planning process and project monitoring. Planning records include draft and final policy plans, citizen comments, legislation, city agency correspondence, and applications to HUD. Monitoring files include performance reports, budget review records, and individual project files divided into program categories: Physical Development, Public Services, and Survival Services. Physical development projects include low-income housing and housing rehabilitation, economic development, construction of community facilities, development of parks, and other physical improvements. Public services include health and medical care, senior services, childcare, housing, crime prevention, and emergency services. Survival services include funding for emergency shelters, health care, and meals for the homeless.

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5005-01
Mayor's Reorganization Project Records
1972-1980
4.0 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, issues papers, newspaper clippings, and presentation materials relating to Mayor Royer's departmental reorganization proposals in 1978-1979. Target areas included the Executive Department, transportation planning, utilities, land use, energy, internal or general services, and housing. Arranged into 14 sub-series by issue area and record type.

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5005-02
Working Files
1977-1989
3.8 cubic feet

Correspondence, reports, articles, and other working papers relating to issues and projects studied by OMB. Included are long range land use planning, the project to develop a new city hall plan, the failed waterfront levy of 1989, and the Westlake Mall.

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5010-01
Law and Justice Planning Manager's Records
1978-1981
2.4 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting minutes, issues papers, newspaper clippings, and presentation materials relating to the operation of the Law and Justice Planning Office. Areas of concentration were projects concerning various criminal justice matters including arson, burglary, victim/witness advocacy, and prostitution. Arranged alphabetically.

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5010-02
Law and Justice Planning Project Records
1978-1982
3.8 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, legislation, issues papers, newspaper clippings, and presentation materials relating to the operation of projects by the Law and Justice Planning Office. Projects included sting operations, crime analysis, dispute settlement, justice program evaluations, and victim/witness advocacy. Arranged alphabetically by project.

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5015-01
Housing and Community Development Subject Files
1971-1985
4.0 cubic feet

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting minutes, personal notes, legislation, issue papers and presentation material on projects concerning housing in Seattle. Broad subjects covered are urban housing and revitalization. These records were generated by the Office of Policy Planning. Arranged alphabetically by subject or project.

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5015-02
Atlas-Morrison Hotels Project Records
1973-1984
0.4 cubic foot

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, issue papers, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings and presentational material concerning the rehabilitation of the Atlas and Morrison Hotels. Files are arranged alphabetically.

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