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Seattle Municipal Archives Guide

Record Group: City Planning Commission

Record Series: Robert F. Hintz Records

1950 -1969

5 cubic feet

Files of assistant planning director files Robert Hintz, hired as a principal planner in 1953. He was responsible for the technical sections of the staff, and supervised research and advance planning. Significant planning issues included in his records are zoning and high rise apartments, planning for the central business district, and transportation planning. Hintz' pap ers also reflect his work on the Comprehensive Plan. Included is correspondence with City Council, the Mayor, various ci ty departments, and the public. The largest volume of material relates to zoning and high rise apartments in the 1960s, covering density, height and pro posed areas. Folders include information and correspondence relating to several public hearings held. Of note is a repor t done by Clark, Coleman and Rupekins and the response to it by the public. Another significant topic within Hintz's records is transportation. Records from the early 1950s on thoroughfares relate to freeway planning and arterial thoroughfares. Hintz was also involved in regional transportation planning and his rec ords cover joint meetings between the City Planning Commission and the County Planning Commission as well as participation on a Pug et Sound Regional Planning Council. The Council was funded in part by the Washington State Highway Commission and worked towards conducting a survey and $1.6 million study in order to identify a transportation system for the area. Correspondence and minutes of meetings of the Puget Sound Regional Transportation Study, as well as progress reports, are included in the records dating from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Records reflecting the Central Business District as a focus of research are included in Hintz's files, primarily from th e late 1950s. The file on Mayor Pomeroy includes newspaper clippings about the beginning of his tenure and minutes of hi s weekly staff meetings with department heads. Other material of note relates to school planning, regulations relating to housebo ats, and recreation.

Location:
Seattle Municipal Archives

Finding Aids:
Folder List

Personal Name Subjects:
Hintz, Robert F.

Corporate Name Subjects:
Arboretum Planning Committee (Seattle, Wash.).
Citizens Advisory Zoning Board (Seattle, Wash.).
City Beautiful Committee (Seattle, Wash.).
City/University Liaison Committee (Seattle, Wash.).
Fort Lawton Park Committee.
Joint Thoroughfare Committee (Seattle, Wash.).
Seattle Planning Commission.

Topical Subjects:
Land Use Planning
Shorelands
Ferries
Signs and Billboards
Aurora Avenue
Apartment houses -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
Zoning -- Joint City/County
Overwater Construction
Arboretum - Washington Park
High rise apartment buildings -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
Recreational Activities
Schools
Parking
Comprehensive School Plan
Regional Transportation Planning
Waterfronts
Lawton School Parking
West Seattle Business Expansion Study
Marinas
Zoning -- Fraternities and Sororities
Madrona School and Recreation Study
North Greenwood Park Study
School enrollment -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
Parks
Zoning
Neighborhood Development Program (Seattle, Wash.)
Airports
Transportation
Population

Genre Terms:
Audiotapes

Geographical Subjects:
Seattle
Central Business District
Seattle (Wash.)