Historical Note Arrangement Scope and Content General Notes Physical/Technical Access Restrictions on Access Restrictions on Use Preferred Citation Acquisition Info InventoryRavenna Creek feasibility study Green Lake calendar and community support 1998 Preliminary feasibility study-Ravenna Creek-past, present and future 1991 July Original metro commitment 1991 October Charrette documents, misc. materials 1991 Charrette documents 1992 January A History of Laurelhurst by Christine Barrett Montlake fill study-Jones & Jones "University Regulator Combined Overflow Control Predesign Project" 1989 April Ravenna Creek daylighting design charette 1991 January 23-25 Copy of signatures collected at U-Village in support of project 1992 June Spiral notebook #1 1991 April 4-1991 January 25 Spiral notebook #2 1992 June 6-1992 August 18 Spiral notebook #3 1992 August 19-1992 October 27 Spiral notebook #4 1992 October 10 Ravenna Creek daylighting working group 1991 April-July RCA early days, post-working group 1991-1992 August First meetings as RCA w/parks dept. 1991 August-September Kit O'Neill notes and documents 1992 November-1993 August Kit O'Neill notes and documents 1993 May-October RCA chronological file, Kit O'Neill notes and documents 1993 November 1-1994 April 18 Kit O'Neill notes and documents 1994 April Kit O'Neill notes and documents 1994 July-August Ravenna Creek Alliance pre-design report 1992 V.I. papers, pre-alliance steering committee 1991-1992 Letter from Rice to metro 1992 August 21 RW Beck/KCM collaboration preliminary design and cost estimate Enclosure to Holly Miller, Superintendent of Parks 1992 June Letters of endorsement/support, misc. 1992-1993 Silver Cloud renegotiations 1993 Fundraising/case statement 1993 Copy of case statement w/insert Ravenna-Bryant 5th graders-letters and drawings 1993 Memo from Locke to Sullivan and commitment for feasiblity study 1994 June 30 Letter of support from Chamber of Commerce 1994 February 15 Ravenna Place stakeholders 1994 RCA estimates-cost to daylight 1993-1996 Preliminary master plan 1994 Ocotber 26 Response of UV to master plan 1994 November Urban resources partnership initiative 1994 RCA Office 1995 February - 1998 November Chronological file index 1992 May - 1997 October RCA board meetings-Kit O'Neill 1992 July 21 Bryant Elementary and Seattle Prep "town meeting" 1995 March 27 Draft scope of work for engineering feasibility study 1995 Scope of work for feasibility study - from Ravenna Creek task force/standing committee 1995 RCDP feasibility study 1995 June Letter from QFC to RCA 1995 July 26 Proposals and interviews Summer 1995 RCA meeting with SVR 1996 April 4 SVR public meeting 1996 July 16 Feasibilty Study - Ravenna Creek Daylighting Project 1996 April 24 Feasibility Study - Ravenna Creek Daylighting Project 1996 August 5 Augmentation/well information 1996 November Augmentation issues - fall 1996 - research Fall 1996 Groundwater and well research 1996-1997 NEDC. Dougancona letter to city RCPP 1997 September 14 ECA triangles Daylighting creek Draft feasibility study, Ravenna Creek Daylighting Project 1997 January 29 Appendices draft feasibility study, Ravenna Creek Daylighting Project 1997 January 29 1997 Water department and route 3 1997 Final feasibility study, Ravenna Creek Daylighting Project 1997 December 17 Final feasibility study, Ravenna Creek Daylighting Project 1997 December 17 Funding opps/sources 1995-1998 Ravenna park stakeholders 1995-1998 SCC hearing "fields and streams"/KC Parks Bond/Letter to Bonds 1996 June 5 RCA consulted UW work near Slough 1996 NE Hydrogeo well data / research 1996 RCA treasurer's reports 1996, 1997 RCA board meeting 1996 April 3 RCA board meetings handouts / misc. and business 1996 RCA comments on SVR draft feasibility study 1997 January 29 Reviews / comments SVR feasibility study January 1997 version 1997 January Responses to SVR draft feasibility from County, University Village 1997 January 29 RCA comments / feasibility study SVR response to comments on feasibility Role of environmental valuation in marine water resource management King County WA Campaign for inclusion in CIP so can raise money 1996-1998 RUV misc. / zoning changes RC route 1997 Augnment #3 city / county response 1997 Augnment #3 King County website Meeting with city transportation department - street use division 1997 June 22 RCDP history - funding "milestones" Ravenna park map - kroll topography Parks meeting re route #3 1997 May 20 Meetings with Pete Lagerway 1997 May / June Water department response to alt 3 and possible solution - SVR peas study 1997 July RCA interactions with water department re route #3 and SPU 1997-1998 BG docs, Burke Gilman information 1997 25th and Blakeley / 55th and Ravenna Place Opinion / editorial Seattle Times O'Neill / CS 1997 September 24 Wellman comments on economic analysis on SVR Study 1997 September Editorial Seattle Times / Casey Corr 1997 October 9 Letters of support for 1997 October 9 hearing 1997 October 9 Letters of support 1997 October Public hearing 1997 October 9 sign-in sheets and testimony from public 1997 October 9 1997 October 9 hearing sign-in sheets 1997 October 9 Sign-in sheets for 1997 October 9 meeting 1997 October 9 1997 October 9 hearing presentation transcript with index 1997 October 9 1997 October 9 hearing public comment 1997 October 9 1997 October 9 hearing list of speakers summary of testimony 1997 October 9 Followup with county post-public hearing on 1997 October 9 1997 October 9 RCA followup to 1997 October 9 public hearing 1997 October 9 RCA website - 1997 - Seattle Times article 1997 October 29 RUV presentation at 1997 October 21 VAUC 1997 October 21 SCC parks and utilities RCDP briefing 1997 October 29 SCC budget hearing 1997 November 6 Thornton CA letter / creek alliance 1997 November Budget hearing test. 1997 November Eckert response to final draft / SVR feasibility 1997 December Letter from Jim Eckert (mayor's office) to Doug Houck 1997 December 12 Walk route 3 with water department 1998 January 29 City council neighborhoods community briefing 1998 June 23 Nonpoint source newsletter urban daylighting 1998 Fall RCDP chronology 1998 September Joint committee briefing 1997 October 29 CC briefing plus parks and utilities comms 1997 October 29 RCA board meeting 1998 January 12 CIP campaign, Sims, Pageler 1998 University of Washington and RCDP 1998 Endorsement letters 6198 / Laurelhurst - UV RCA Don Theiler interaction 1998 [August 1997] Draft city code changes - Bader / Podanski 1998 March Draft city county community agreement 1998 March - April Dave Montgomery, re r springs slope, University of Washington geology slides 1998 City council briefing and responses 1998 June 23 RCA Lisa Fitzhugh (Mayor's staff) 1998 Letter from mayor and responses 1998 August Various incl. response to Schell letter 1998 September RCA board meeting / response to Schell letter 1998 November RUV - "implementation" process City urban creek initiative 1998 Letter from mayor and responses 1999 February 24 University village master plan neg. 1999 City, county council resolutions and press releases 2000 April Pinkham room 1 paragraphs 2000 Commitment letters between city and county, city / co. resolutions re RCA 2000 April - May RCA emails to city county and citations 2000 RCA board correspondence 2000 - 2001 Seattle environmental policy / planning meeting 2000 Correspondence with Theiler and Conlin 2000 March Email from Kern regarding University of Washington creek / Slough and Levy 2000 November 22 Parks levy - RCDP dropped / reinstated, Proparks allocation to RCPP 2000 - 2001 February / March Choice of artist - Seattle arts commission 2001 August - October Salmon in the city / Seattle arts commission 2001 Process - chance of RCDP design team 2001 Correspondence of parks bond omission 2001 March Letter county (Theiler) to city (Bounds) defining agreement 2001 July 30 RCA phone / fax numbers for contacts 2001 Septmeber 26 Harvard conference / Poster - book chapter 2001 November Letter from University of Washington to county 2001 November 27 Muckleshoot name for ravenna creek, ostrom 2001 December 11 RCA broadcast status report 2002 March 1 RCDP project moves forward 2001 - 2002 January Parks design process / workshops 2001 - 2002 Alternatives / originals parks design 2002 University park involvement in design process emails 2002 July - September Additional emails university park, RCA, some duplicates elsewhere but some not 2002 July - September RCA parks board, supt., mayor, notes / documents / emails 2002 Septmember - October RCA emails lists (folder T of C) 2002 September RCDP documents and meeting with Ken Bounds 2002 October 8 Bounds decision route choice 2002 October 16-17 Request for records, emails and letters to park BD / Ken Bounds 2002 Mark Brest van Kempen - Ravenna creek public art plan 2002 Seattle design commission review 2003 May - July RCA board response to design 2003 July Parks design review open house and website 2003 June 18 update 2003 August 19 Reconnection, party - board and designers 2003 October Drainage report for RCDP - Penhallegon Association 2003 May UN lecture CEP 120 2004 Spring Clark road culvert replacement - Davido cons. 2004 June Public bid request DJC, parks project manager Toby Ressler 2005 April 18 Tabulation of bids RCDP 2005 May 4 Gaynor email to then parks project manager regarding A-1 bid 2005 May 5 Groundbreaking ceremony 2005 July 1 Groundbreaking ceremony 2005 July 1 RCA final treasurer's report - cumulative to 2002 March 2002 Ravenna creek daylighting in ravenna park project manual 2005 April Gaynor - grading plan, phase 1 and 2 Construction meeting agenda / minutes 2005 RCA spiral notebook #5, early 2001 - 2006 dedication 2001 - 2006 Ken Bounds response to "What Ravenna needs" 2006 May 17 Sacred activism conference 2006 Sacred values conference - RCDP present 2006 May 12 Ravenna creek daylighting dedication 2006 May 14 RCDP pronounced "substantially complete" 2006 June 12 Seattle Pacific University disconnect of creek sewer system (1 of 2) 2006 Flooding / drainage analysis SVR 1997 December Seattle Pacific University disconnect of creek sewer system (2 of 2) 2006 Additional material regarding creek into sewer per Seattle Pacific University (3 of 3) 2006 Volunteers and work parties post-dedication 2006 - 2007 (Continue in 2008) Effort to rename Unn. Slough post-reconnection 2006 RCDP art - Christy Rupp, Buster Simpson, Rich Haag, Waterforms Ravenna creek alliance - general volume II 1995 January Ravenna creek alliance general 1994 December Appendices draft feasibility study ravenna creek daylighting project 1997 January 29 Draft feasibility study ravenna creek daylighting project 1997 January 29 Ravenna creek alliance daylighting project Ravenna creek alliance daylighting project 1991 Ravenna creek alliance daylighting project Ravenna creek alliance daylighting project, master plan 1994 Ravenna creek alliance daylighting project request for qualifications 1995 June Ravenna creek alliance minute book Ravenna creek alliance minute book, articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes 1992 Ravenna creek alliance minute book, agreements, miscellaneous, federal tax applications and returns Ravenna creek past, present, future VHS Walk the creek, electeds 1998 January Ravenna creek alliance website Ravenna creek matters newsletter 1993 Fall - 1995 Fall Project summary handout 1998 May Chronological to 1997, articles 1997 Precinct OPSP bond 1996 September Metro scoping 1994 December - 1995 January County motion of support 1993 December 20 County budget hearings 1994 November 46th and 43rd district resolution Open space committee, parks department University of Washington housing etc. Seattle green report card, Steve Nichols Ravenna place traffic survey 1994 May 27 SPR / volunteer opportunities 1995 Urban village commons, criticism Urban landscapes meeting 1994 October Weekly article, Chris Copeland Master plan workshop 1994 July 6 Master plan workshop II 1994 August 24 Masterplan presentation 1994 December 7 Where it comes from and where it goes Ravenna chronology, Chris Copeland G. White photo with and without Ravenna creek alliance color z, old Ravenna creek alliance color z, new Prospect park back and nature nut 1995 April 9 Ravenna creek alliance media coverage Ravenna creek alliance media coverage Water day, seattle press and route maps 1996 National fish, copies 1995 November League of women voters 1995 March Seattle times ravenna creek 1995 August Handout Wasla and Daily 1994 Fall New York Times, central / ravenna CR festival press, Seattle Times, N. Seattle press, Weekly 1993 North Seattle Press 1992 June, July North Seattle Press 1992 February University Herald 1992 August 12 Seattle Times (two sided copies) 1992 July 9 Seattle Times front page 1992 July 9 Color Ravenna place perspective Ravenna place perspective, P. Sandall Anchorage Times water pipeline, Ravenna park map, Judy Walker photographs 1991 July 24 Nature in cities, editor Ian Laurie Seattle green newsletter, Bailey-Boushay house kit Everett, Jordan park, Jetty island Ravenna creek 100% 1992 January Photograph of Ravenna area in 1890s, Feasibility report cover Feasibility study presentation 1991 July 19 Ravenna creek feasibility master Feasibility report maps clean copy Feasibility study, xerox dupes, photographs, maps Public meeting 1995 November 15 Costs, pro bono as of 1994 February KCM transcript 1992 October 16 Environmental symposium 1994 March Rivers council of Washington conference Ravenna creek alliance fax journal Water quality directory, elected official directory, creek people directory 1989 CIV merchant approaches 1995 Spring Budgets - Ravenna creek alliance Seattle CC federal endorsement Joel Horn, Ravenna creek alliance advice Mary Randlett prop 1997 February Ross Martin, University of Minnesota studies Committees, agendas, minutes RCPP 1992 Ravenna creek daylighting "I support" statement Volunteer list tapped for NN F & G 1995 February Lists - Volunteer / contributer Upstarts transcript 1994 May 4 Bryant town meeting 1995 March 27 Curriculum: One with the watershed Wetlands Information 1978 - 1995 Biotechnical Slope Protection and Erosion Control Book 1989 Pollution in Puget Sound Watershed / Surface water design manual 1990 Economic impacts of protecting rivers, trails and greenway corridors resource book 1989 Resource book, urban wildlife and habitat managment plan 1992, 1994 Seattle now and then volume II 1988 Seattle now and then volume III 1989 SEPAR, Water sensitive ecological planning & design, Public art projects 1984, 2000 Ravenna creek daylighting project master plan (Ken's copies begin) 1994 November Final feasibility study Ravenna creek daylighting project 1997 December 17 Appendices final feasibility study Ravenna creek daylighting project 1997 December 17 Ravenna creek (Ken's copies end) EPA watersheds expo 1994 September Ravenna creek: past, present, and future? 1991 July Miscellaneous photographs / Kit O'Neill Creek route documents, photographs, SVR drawings Ravenna creek alliance / RUV newsletters Dedication of $2 million by county 1996 Ravenna creek alliance administration Proposals submitted successfully Proposals submitted unsuccessfully IAC TAC presentation 1993 June 8 Ravenna creek daylighting project / IAC proposal (1of 2) 1994 Ravenna creek daylighting project / IAC proposal (2 of 2) Ravenna creek daylighting project preliminary master plan 1994 copy of signature book University village 1992 June University village maps 1965, 1972 University village turnover, triangle 1994, 1995, 2000 University parking issue 1998 March University master plan process - DCLU and VCVC plan 1998 - 2001 University village 2001 - parking garage 2001 University village (copies) 1995 Quinn letter to University village Sloan / Griffin correspondence Ravenna creek daylighting project Q & A, University village 1995 University village dated information, license renewals 1993 Ancher letter and presentation 1995 March Anchor letter Q & A 1995 March 29 Quinn to the rescue 1995 October University village one on one 1995 March List of university village merchandisers University village merchants association University village, Silver cloud inn 1993 Draft environmental impact statement university silver cloud inn 1993 March Newspaper originals 1993 April Creek festival / photographs 1996 Creek festival - spring 1994 spring Bryant school town meeting 1995 March 27 Mailing list, Thornton creek 1995 Ravenna creek alliance mailbox Northwest native plants publication Artifacts - buttons, tea canister, cassette tape, miscellaneous Water agreement - fax, original and copies 1983 Thornton creek conceptual drainage plan 2003 December 18 University village maps 1996 April 21 Ravenna creek daylighting festival posters 1994 - 2004 Various maps, voter information Typical sections and Ravenna creek profile 1997 March 31 Newspaper articles, flyers, general publicity materials Awards, petition materials, drawings Project summaries, plans, drawings Daylighting project plans and posters Daylighting study; conceptual plan 1997 Kroll map, plans for proposed half-acre park, and others Ravenna Creek Daylighting Project and Ravenna Creek watershed: maps, plans, posters Subject Terms |
1984-2006 |
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| Manuscript Collection No.: | 5534 |
| Accession No.: | 5534-001 |
| Creator: | Ravenna Creek Alliance, creator |
| Title: | Ravenna Creek Alliance records |
| Date Span: | 1984-2006 |
| Bulk: | 1991-2006 |
| Quantity: | approximately 25.14 cubic feet (27 boxes, 9 tubes and 1 oversize folder) |
| Languages: | Collection materials are in English. |
| Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
The Ravenna Creek Alliance (RCA), a non-profit corporation, was formed in Seattle in 1993 by Kit O'Neill as the result of a community effort to bring the last mile of the creek to daylight. The creek's waters had been diverted away from Lake Washington to sewer pipes for more than forty years, and King County Metro had planned to redirect Ravenna Creek's flow to Union Bay via subterranean pipe. RCA recruited community members, municipal and county officials, professional landscape architects and others to support the plan to resurface the creek, from Ravenna Park through University Village and down to Union Bay. RCA's intent was to restore salmon habitat as well as re-integrate the creek as a community asset. Between 2005 and 2006, the Ravenna Creek Daylighting Project resurfaced 650 feet of Ravenna Creek under the design of Peggy Gaynor. The remainder of the creek water was piped to Union Bay.
Arranged as received.
Files were roughly sorted by Kit O'Neill in 2008, and folder titles were then transcribed for the inventory below.
The collection includes correspondence, minutes, financial records, research files, plans, drawings, legal documents, newsletters, photographs, ephemera and other materials. These files document the extensive campaign to daylight and restore Ravenna Creek, and related matters, from early planning stages through their culmination. Many files were created and maintained by the president of Ravenna Creek Alliance, Kit O'Neill.
One box of audio and video recordings, the thirty-eighth box in the original donation, could not be located at the time of accessioning.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Open to all users.
Viewing or listening to media materials may require production of use copies.
The creators' literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries, except for photographs in box 19.
[Title of item], [date of item if known], [box/folder number], Ravenna Creek Alliance records, 5534-001, University of Washington Libraries.
Source: Kit O'Neill, June 2007