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ARCHITECTURE STUDIO OF EVERETT 1201 COLBY AVENUE-EVERETT WA 98201 el/0 208.931.0990 CARIN@ARCISTUDIOEVERETT.COM d RE Tt •L� cr 2017 August 25 Kevin Fagerstrom,David Stahlheim,and Tony Lee City of Everett 3002 Wetmore Avenue Everett,WA 98201 Subject:2103 Virginia Avenue-Response to Violations Dear Kevin,David,and Tony, Regarding the events surrounding the permitting/construction violations at 2103 Virginia,I first off want to thank you for an open and transparent process,where both me and the contractor have been in open dialogue with your respective departments. We greatly appreciate that this has remained a conversation and not a nameless/faceless process. The reason I am writing is because I feel that our actions to date,leading to the violations and subsequent penalties,have been misrepresented and misunderstood. I offer the owner/architect/contractor's account of the events that transpired at the building and land use counter to show that we,in full disclosure of our intent,sought out direction for how to handle the demo/construction process associated with our project. When we applied for the building permit we intended that the project scope include an interior remodel and replacement of the failing roof structure,in kind. Exterior alterations were limited to the the replacement of the roof and existing windows. We were issued a permit based on the drawing set supporting this scope and began the construction process at the end of July. On August 6th we discovered that the existing exterior walls were ill-suited,as-is,for the pending roof construction and actually posed a liability due to their structural inadequacy(no headers over openings,single top plate,signs of rot/organic matter,no sheathing). We determined at that time that we would discuss the findings with the Building and Land Use departments and to specifically discuss what the ramifications would be for replacing the existing exterior walls. On August 8th I met with both Jeff Heilman(building) and Kembra Landry(land use)to share photos of the what we found(at end of letter)and asked what would be required from the permitting process standpoint to replace the existing exterior walls. Jeff stated that all new construction would have to conform to current code and that we could continue with construction so far as the revised/resubmitted drawings were —� 1 /3-