Editing Bothell, Washington (section)

===Mid-to-late 20th century===

Bothell was reclassified as a city in 1960 after its population had surpassed the state's threshold for cityhood—1,500 residents.{{sfnp|Klein|1992|p=143}} The city's sewer system was completed that same year and the water system was switched from local [[well]]s to the [[Tolt pipeline]], operated by [[Seattle Public Utilities]], in 1963.<ref name="Times-1965">{{cite news |date=November 28, 1965 |title=Bothell Hopes to Remain Residential Community |page=40 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The sewage system was incorporated into the [[Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle]] system in 1967, which bypassed its outflow to Lake Washington but restricted new residential development south of the Sammamish River.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moody |first=Dick |date=March 22, 1967 |title=Sewer Trunks To Bothell Are Put in Service |page=38 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 12, 1978 |title=Bothell asked to OK Norway Hill subdivision |page=M6 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> Bothell developed further into a [[bedroom community]] after the completion of [[Interstate 405 (Washington)|Interstate 405]] in 1968, which passes east of downtown and intersects [[Washington State Route 522|State Route 522]].<ref name="PI-Before">{{cite news |last=Iwasaki |first=John |date=April 13, 1988 |title=Before high-tech: Golf, farming and thistles |page=B2 |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref> Another routing for the freeway west of the city was also considered before it was rejected, along with a later proposal to route State Route 522 on a freeway around the south side of downtown.<ref>{{cite news |last=Whitely |first=Peyton |date=January 3, 2003 |title=Eastside history: I-405 radically altered life east of the lake |page=B3 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20030103&slug=fourohfive03e |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Johnston |first=Steve |date=June 7, 1988 |title=Bothell-bypass plans draw little support |page=C3 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> By 1970, Bothell had annexed neighborhoods as far east as the outskirts of Woodinville, then seeking annexation or incorporation.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schwartz |first=Susan |date=March 9, 1969 |title=Some Woodinville Interests Put Out Annexation Feelers |page=30 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Pryne |first=Eric |date=December 22, 1976 |title=Woodinville—'identity' area in search of a city |page=D7 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The city's [[mayor–council government]] was replaced by a [[council–manager government|council–manager]] system in 1973 following voter approval of a proposition the year before.<ref name="HistoryLink"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Buckley |first=Mike |date=November 6, 1972 |title=Bothell To Vote On City System |page=A7 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref>

In 1974, plans to build a regional [[shopping mall]] were announced on the site of a {{convert|142|acre|ha|adj=mid}} [[truck farm]] adjacent to the Interstate 405 and State Route 522 interchange east of downtown Bothell.<ref>{{cite news |last=Young |first=Dick |date=April 13, 1975 |title=Bothell Is Divided Over Proposed Shopping Center |page=A6 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> It was described as similar in size to [[Southcenter Mall]] in [[Tukwila, Washington|Tukwila]] and would include a motel, two [[movie theater]]s, and office space.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andrews |first=Paul |date=August 4, 1974 |title=Merits, drawbacks of proposed Bothell complex are weighed |page=A5 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The city government sought the new shopping mall to improve its local tax base and approved a rezoning of the property for commercial use, but the proposal was opposed by local environmental groups due to the potential impact on North Creek, which flows through the site.<ref name="PI-Before"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Daniel |first=Linda |date=November 17, 1974 |title=Family seeks balance of ecology, commerce |page=D2 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the city government over the rezoning, which the [[King County Superior Court]] found to violate state laws on land use fairness and conflicts of interest within the planning commission.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sanger |first=S. L. |date=June 13, 1976 |title=Bothell Shop Mall To Fight Court Ban |page=A11 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> The ruling was upheld by the [[Washington Supreme Court]] in 1978 and the property was instead rezoned into an [[office park]] under new regulations for the North Creek Valley, which was designated as a [[special district (United States)|special district]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bergsman |first=Jerry |date=August 18, 1982 |title=Council approves business park on Vitulli farm |page=F1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

The remaining farmland in the North Creek Valley was developed into facilities for [[high tech]] and light industrial companies beginning in the 1980s, encompassing {{convert|1.8|e6sqft|sqm}} of office space.<ref>{{cite news |last=Matt |first=Imbert |date=August 28, 1985 |title=North Creek's new stream bed should improve habitat for fish |page=H7 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bergsman |first=Jerry |date=June 4, 1986 |title=Koll seeks rezoning for business park |page=H2 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The developments were required by the special district to restore wetlands along North Creek and other waterways as part of environmental mitigation, but the artificial wetlands initially saw limited success in controlling invasive species and regulating soils.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hadley |first=Jane |date=March 22, 1988 |title=New wetlands: Fooling with Mother Nature |page=B3 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> Bothell continued to develop into a center of high tech employment alongside Canyon Park, an unincorporated area to the north in Snohomish County, with a combined 4,300 jobs added between 1985 and 1987.<ref>{{cite news |last=Erickson |first=Jim |date=April 13, 1988 |title=Technology corridor is taking root |page=B2 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> Several office parks were also developed in nearby Woodinville, which Bothell unsuccessfully attempted to annex in 1985 for a shopping center;<ref>{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Scott |date=June 28, 1991 |title=High-tech firms shop the suburbs |page=B3 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Schulz |first=Blaine |date=May 8, 1985 |title=Woodinville may get it together |page=H2 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> the community later incorporated as a separate city in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilma |first=David |date=March 11, 2006 |title=Woodinville residents celebrate incorporation on March 27, 1993. |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/7677 |work=HistoryLink |accessdate=February 9, 2021}}</ref>

In 1990, the [[University of Washington]] opened its [[University of Washington Bothell|northern branch campus]] in Bothell at an office park building. A permanent campus, shared with [[Cascadia Community College]], opened in September 2000 at a site that was originally proposed for a separate shopping mall east of downtown;<ref>{{cite news |date=September 17, 2000 |title=Cascadia, UW open Bothell campus |page=B2 |work=The Everett Herald |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-cascadia-uw-open-bothe/147419193/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=May 14, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Griffin |first=Tom |date=September 2000 |title=UW Bothell has a place to call home |url=https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/uw-bothell-has-a-place-to-call-home/ |work=UW Magazine |accessdate=May 14, 2024}}</ref> the mall had been blocked by the [[Washington State Department of Ecology]] due to its effects on wetlands near North Creek.<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnston |first=Steve |date=July 7, 1989 |title=Bothell shopping center blocked again |page=C3 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> Bothell annexed the Canyon Park area in 1992, becoming a dual-county city and nearly doubling its population by adding 11,400 people.<ref name="PI-History1997">{{cite news |last=Carlton Harrell |first=Debera |date=February 15, 1997 |title=A logging and farm town yields to people and high technology |page=D1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> The annexation prevented the competing proposal for a new city, tentatively named [[North Creek, Washington|North Creek]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Long |first=Katherine |date=August 9, 1991 |title=New city of North Creek or Bothell annexation? |page=E3 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> from claiming the area and its existing industrial parks that employed 20,000 people.<ref name="Times-Growth1997">{{cite news |last=Lopez Williams |first=Sarah |date=January 15, 1997 |title=Small places hit by growth, too |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Long |first=Katherine |date=March 5, 1992 |title=Canyon Park: Doom or Destiny? |page=F1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19920305&slug=1479290 |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 14, 2024}}</ref> The addition of Canyon Park and additional development increased Bothell's population by 144&nbsp;percent to over 30,000 residents by 2000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lindblom |first=Mike |date=March 25, 2001 |title=Supersizing from small town to suburb |page=A1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20010325&slug=censusburb25m |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> The 1990s also saw more technology businesses relocate to Bothell, including [[biotechnology]] firms, [[call center]]s, and manufacturers of medical equipment and electronics.<ref name="Times-Growth1997"/><ref name="Times-Boom1998">{{cite news |last=Ervin |first=Keith |date=October 10, 1998 |title=Call centers, technology lead boom in Bothell |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=C12EB6BE1393489FA580F5880B8B058E&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EB5396A6909238C |via=[[NewsBank]] |accessdate=February 19, 2022}}</ref>