1020 N BROADWAY EVCC STUDENT HOUSING - WHOLE SITE 2022-05-23

currently a high demand for student housing near the campus. As acknowledged by ECC witnesses, Mountain View and Cedar Hall are currently 100% occupied with a waitlist of 38 students as of the hearing date.5 The Applicant reported that private apartment buildings in the nearby downtown area are fully occupied. Cathy Reines Testimony; Mike Bowers Testimony. 15. Joshua (Josh) Scott, Vice President of Design and Construction for Koz, designed the instant proposal to be consistent with Mountain View Hall, which he also designed. Mountain View Hall was designed to complement the existing campus buildings, incorporating features such as the flat roof in response to the institution. The current project mirrors the design features of Mountain View and Cedar Halls, including gray and white color scheme, large windows, flat roofs, and overall modern style. Joshua Scott Testimony; Exhibit K-3. 16. In the process leading up to the current Koz project proposal, the Applicant attempted to collaborate with the College as they had done for Mountain View Hall. The initial design proposal incorporated the long-range planning of ECC's 2008 Master Plan, which document envisioned the vacation of Little Broadway and a building constructed across the subject property and the right-of-way. The Applicant proposed a student housing building spanning Little Broadway after right-of-way vacation but was informed by the College that the proposal would not be supported. Because the College owns the property abutting the other side of Little Broadway, its no vote killed that design. The Applicant returned to the drawing board to develop a project not reliant on street vacation. Several iterations later, having addressed the property's unique geometry, the Applicant settled on the current proposal. In addition to the permit review process, which included consultation with the City's Police, Fire, and Public Works Departments, the Applicant met with the community in a neighborhood meeting. Cathy Reines Testimony; Joshua Scott Testimony. 17. After the College withdrew its support for the private housing, project, the Applicant offered to sell the property to ECC at cost and had the property professionally appraised. The College did not respond to this offer. The College proposed instead, at some point, to support the project in exchange for an opportunity for first right of refusal over potential tenants through a scheme that included the Applicant providing ECC of all prospective tenants who are ECC students and the Applicant agreeing not to rent to any student that ECC indicated it could accommodate in its own housing. Because such an s In its pre -hearing brief, Appellant asserted that from 2016-2018, ECC's two dorms had a vacancy rate of close to 14%; however, the hearing testimony from ECC's Director of Housing Michael Bowers was that going into fall, both buildings are at 100% occupancy with 38 students on a wait list. Dean Williams indicated that the number of international students at ECC is increasing and Mr. Bowers testified that ECC requires international students to live on campus for their first year. Mike Bowers Testimony; Anthony Williams Testimony. Findings, Conclusions, and Decisions in the Everett Comm. College Appeals of Koz Student Housing Administrative Decisions REV II # 17-016, PDI # 15-02, PDI # 18-02, and SEPA # 17-013 Everett Hearing Examiner page 13 of 32