2006/03/01 Council Agenda Packet

\70(-40 TO: Members of the City Council February 28, 2006 RE: Zlab Modification Request Updates FROM: Bill Belshaw Note 1, A question was asked at the last meeting as to the height of the brick Verizon building at the end of the block on the opposite side of the street from the project site. Its height is very close to 45 feet with a small section at the north end rising another 8 or 10 feet. It is not 75 or 80 feet tall as described at previous hearings. • Note 2, The "massing studies" submitted yesterday by the applicant are characterized by so many drawing errors, distortions, omission and inaccurate dimensions that they provide no basis for any true comparison of the two structures. (The height, the width and the setbacks from the alley and street are all dimensioned incorrectly) Clearly, someone has taken the opportunity to misrepresent the 2005 building and redraw the 2006 building so that they both look very different from what was presented to you last week. At this point it seems that there is no way for any of us to know with certainty what kind of building will be built on that site. Note 3, Following the hearing last Wednesday, Mr. Zlab appeared at the Bayside Neighborhood's monthly meeting to gain support for his new plan. Under questioning he acknowledged that he was in negotiations concerning his property with the same developer who is responsible for the structure on the 2500 block of Rucker. Regardless of who ultimately builds on the property, we need the tools to assure that big ugly buildings are no longer allowed in Everett.