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part of Everett's history but also the loss of a distinct residential neighborhood with many <br />affordable homes. <br />Quality of life. All these concerns add up to an unbearable change to the quality of life <br />that all of the residents in the neighborhood have worked so hard for. <br />The hospital states that they can't start building in a new area because it would cost them <br />too much money to start over. However, with their next breath they sound like a spoiled <br />child, threatening to take their business elsewhere if they don't get what they want now. <br />Doesn't that make the first statement a lie? <br />The hospital also states that the Rite Aid and surrounding property isn't big enough. I <br />believe it's as big or bigger than the footprint they're after in our neighborhood and if not <br />it could be made to work by building up instead of out. Since their expansion plan calls <br />for phases to span the next 10 years there's no reason each phase can't be built on their <br />Broadway property over time. Their excuse that the Cancer Center needs to be next to <br />the hospital just isn't true. It's my understanding that the plan for the cancer center is that <br />it will be a freestanding all-inclusive unit, eliminating the need for frequent trips to and <br />from the hospital building. Their couriers could handle the transporting of supplies or <br />occasional specimens. If the still insist on putting their cancer center on the Wetmore site <br />they can still avoid tearing down a whole block of historical homes by temporarily using <br />the property they own on the comer of 12« between Colby & Hoyt for their staging area <br />and insist that staff use the park and ride option from the Broadway property. The easiest <br />way to enforce that is for the city to make surrounding streets "permit parking only." <br />In closing I ask that you remember the comprehensive plan has always stated that you, <br />the city leaders, "Protect from further encroachment the residential neighborhoods <br />adjoining the areas where these medical related land uses are located." I also ask that <br />before any decision is made, you insist that the hospital do further research on their <br />options. ` <br />Sincerely, <br />Judy Bryant <br />1327 Oakes Ave. <br />Everett, WA 98201 <br />