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(ii) The proposed building is so large as to be out of scale; <br /> (iii) The building will change the character of Hewitt Avenue, <br /> which is now retail; <br /> (iv) The metal exterior material and mast have no precedent on <br /> Hewitt Avenue; and <br /> (v) The parking lot at the corner of Hewitt and Broadway does <br /> not enhance the gateway to downtown. <br /> (f) In considering the precedent set by approving the demolition of <br /> Everett Register properties: <br /> (i) The Commission found that the Moffat Building and <br /> Stovies Stove Shop were among the first buildings placed <br /> on the Everett Register and granted special valuation in <br /> 1988; and <br /> (ii) To place buildings on the Everett Register and then allow <br /> demolition could send a message that heritage is <br /> expendable <br /> (g) The Commission considered granting the waiver with <br /> conditions but found: <br /> (i) There are possibly other alternative sites which would <br /> allow these two buildings to be preserved; and <br /> (ii) The conditions proposed by the Public Facilities District <br /> concerning the Moffat Building and Scottish Rite Building <br /> are too undefined at this time for the Commission to be <br /> able to fully evaluate them. <br /> 17. The City Council may accept the Commission's recommendation, <br /> modify the recommendation, reverse the recommendation or take such other action it <br /> deems appropriate. <br /> 18. The City Council held a public hearing on December 12, 2001, to <br /> consider the recommendation of the Everett Historical Commission with respect to the <br /> Waiver of the Certificate of Appropriateness and the proposed demolition of the <br /> Moffat and Stovies Stove Shop Buildings. <br /> 6 <br />