2018/08/08 Council Agenda Packet

Everett City Council August 6, 2018 2930 Wetmore Avenue, Suit 9A Everett, WA Dear Everett City Council Members: You do not have an easy job, trying to keep downtown Everett safe and vibrant in these troubled times of rampant drug addiction and its side effects. Seattle is struggling even harder with the addicted and homeless populations. But the answer for Everett is decidedly not to increase the number of rehab and treatment facilities in downtown Everett You can help Everett by moving some of our social services and drug rehab businesses out of the city's core, and into surrounding areas. Everett was once the popular place to live in Snohomish County for most of this city's history. Now, with so many non-owner occupied houses, and the highest percentage of street people in our County, Everett is not a place where people want to live. Check out where your City of Everett employees live: Fewer than half of them live in Everett. Everett needs help in so many ways to keep it safe and vibrant The best way to keep the Downtown Metro Plan from being occupied by the addicts and the homeless - to the detriment of business owners and the entire community - is to keep more social services and drug rehab businesses out of the Downtown Metro area. Howie Bargreen Bargreen Coffee Company 2821 Rucker Avenue Everett, WA 98201 hbargreen@aol.com 425-760-9336 (cell)