Seattle Boards & Commissions

We're still cleaning this page up from Excel, but there's some good infromation here. Thanks to Ken Pick from the Outreach Committee for putting this together!

You can find more information on the official Seattle Boards & Commissions Homepage.

Name of Board or Commission	Number of Board Members	Length of Term	Appointment Authority	Jurisdiction
Seattle-King County Advisory Council on Aging and Disability Services	27	2 Year	Mayor - 9 KC Executive - 9 United Way - 9	Seattle / King County
Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Administrative Board	15	3 Year	Mayor - 6 KC Executive - 9	Seattle / King County
Ballard Avenue Landmark District Board	7	2 Year	Mayor - 2 Elected - 5	Seattle
Bicycle Advisory Board	11	2 Year	Mayor - 11	Seattle
Citizens Telecommunication and Technology Board	15	3 Year	Mayor - 8 City Council - 7	Seattle
City Light Advisory Board	6		Mayor - 3 City Council - 3	Seattle
City Light Rates Advisory Committee	20	Duration of study	Mayor - 20	Seattle
Civil Service Commission	13	3 Year	Mayor - 13	Seattle
Construction Codes Advisory Board	13	3 Year	Mayor - 13	Seattle
Design Review Board	35	2 Year	Mayor - 10 City Council - 11 Joint Mayor & Council - 14	Seattle
Design Commission	10	2 Year	Mayor - 10	Seattle
Ethics and Elections Commission	7	3 Year	Mayor - 3 City Council - 3 Elected by members - 1	Seattle
Fire Code Advisory Board	15	3 Year	Mayor - 15	Seattle
Housing Authority of City of Seattle Board of Commissioners	7	4 Year	Mayor - 7	Seattle
Human Rights Commission	15	2 Year	Mayor - 7 City Council - 7 Commission - 1	Seattle
International District Special Review Board	7	2 Year	Mayor - 2 Elected - 5	Seattle
Landmarks Preservation Board	11	3 Year	Mayor - 11	Seattle
Library Board of Trustees, Seattle Public Library	5	5 Year	Mayor - 5	Seattle
Mayor's Council on African American Elders	12	2 or 3 Year	Mayor - 12	Seattle
Board of Parks Commissioners	7	3 Year	Mayor - 7	Seattle
Pedestrian Advisory Board	12	2 Year	Mayor - 6 City Council - 5 Additional Young Adult - 1	Seattle
Pike Place Market Historical Commission	12	3 Year	Mayor - 12	Seattle
Pioneer Square Preservation Board	9	3 Year	Mayor - 9	Seattle
City Planning Commission	15	3 Year	Mayor - 15	Seattle
Pro Parks Levy Oversight Committee	16	3 Year	Mayor - 8 City Council - 8	Seattle
Public Safety Civil Service Commission	3	3 Year	Mayor - 1 City Council - 1 Elected - 1	Seattle
Seattle Arts Commission	15	1 Year	Mayor - 7 City Council - 1 Commissioners - 1	Seattle
Seattle Center Advisory Commission	15	3 Year	Mayor - 15	Seattle
Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities	15	2 Year	Mayor - 7 City Council - 7 Commissioners - 1	Seattle
Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission	8 members 8 alternates	4 Year	Mayor - 4 Premier of BC - 4	Seattle
Seattle Women's Commission	20	2 Year	Mayor - 9 City Council - 9 Commissioners - 2	Seattle
Sister Cities Committees	21 Cities	Varies	Varies	Seattle
Burke-Gilman Place Public Development Authority Board	9	3 Year	Mayor - 9	Seattle
Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program Council	9	3 Year	Mayor - 3 Elected - 6	Seattle
Historic Seattle Preservation and Development Authority Council	12	4 Year	Mayor - 4 PDA Council - 4 Elected - 4	Seattle
Museum Development Authority Council	9	?	Mayor - 3 SAM - 3 MDA Council - 3	Seattle
Pacific Hospital Preservation and Development Authority	9	?	Mayor - 4 KC Executive - 1 PHPDA Council - 4	Seattle / King County
Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority	12	4 Year	Mayor - 4 PDA Council - 4 Constituency - 4	Seattle
Chinatown-International District Preservation & Development Authority	12	4 Year	Mayor - 4 PDA Council - 4 Elected by Constituency- 4	Seattle
Solid Waste Advisory Committee	2 years	?	?	Seattle
Water System Advisory Committee	?	?	?	Seattle
Drainage / Wastewater Advisory Committee	?	?	?	Seattle

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