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TO Bruce Jones, City Attorney FROM Lawrence T. Erickson PATE January 5, 1971 c ITY OF EVERETT. EVERETT. WASHINGTON SUBJECT Inspection of Welfare office, 2809 Grand At the request of Hills Collins, Mr. Erickson and Mr. 'rarrens made an inspection of the Welfare Office at about 10:00 a.m. January 5, 1971 The building apparently, from spot checks, is loaded to capacity (Re: U.B.C. sec 3301 (b) with welfare employees. In addition there were from a rough head count approximately 150 welfare applicnnts in the reception room. This room is approximately 22'x28' or 616 sq. ft., or 4 sq. feet per person. This greatly exeeds the U.B.C. use for an office building, or portion thereof. This overcrowding is creating a fire hazard regarding exits, overloading of toilet and air exhaust facilities. The reason that we were called to inspect the building was the numerous calls that the fire department has had for resuscitator calls. A1tho the Welfare Department is securing additional space January 15th, we have written a letter to the assistant Secretary of the Department of Social Services recomnending posting the building with naximum capacity and recommending that they provide adequate facilities in the future to avoid a reacurance of the prc:,ent condition. Mr. Maurice Anderson, Administuator of the Everett Welfare office is aware of this letter and concurs so it will aid him in obtaining additional space in the future.