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Background: <br /> In 2000, members of the development team purchased the first property in Everett on Rockefeller <br /> Avenue. In that same period, other properties on the block became available and we purchased them <br /> to develop into better downtown housing. It took many years, but we finally received a development <br /> loan in 2020. To lessen the scale of the development,we split it into three phased projects. The design <br /> work for these phases was done in 2019 under the Metro Everett Code. <br /> The Metro Everett Code had a provision in it for side yard ground floor zero setbacks. This provision was <br /> there to promote multi-family development density in the Metro Area. Our phased projects <br /> incorporated this provision along portions of the north property lines of each building. This provided <br /> articulation along the north side of the building and helped with internal circulation at the lobby and <br /> ADA lift. <br /> The Rethink Zoning changes were passed just a few weeks before our team submitted Phase 2 plans for <br /> permit. We were given notice of the reorganization of the code coming but were not told there were to <br /> be substantial changes to setbacks and landscape requirements. Our reading of the available city <br /> documents and conversations with the city staff led us and our consultant team to believe that the <br /> changes were a mere reorganization. We were not made aware that certain setback and landscape <br /> provisions had changed until permit response letters came to us some months later. <br /> Thank you, <br /> Rockefeller Square Team <br /> Joe and Shawna Zlab <br /> Jeremy Morgan <br /> I mil <br /> Rockefeller Square <br /> 5205 S. 2nd Ave. Suite C <br /> Everett, WA 98203 <br />