2018/08/08 Council Agenda Packet

Ideal August 1, 2018 City of Everett David Stalheim (DStalheim�@?everettwa.gov) Scott Bader SBader@everettwa.gov Ethel McNeal EMcNeal@everettwa.gov Jeff Moore JMoore@everettwa.gov everettwa.gov Scott Murphy SMurphy@everettwa.gov Paul Roberts PRoberts@everettwa.gov Brenda Stonecipher BStonecipher@?everettwa.gov Judy Tuohy JTuohy@everettwa.gov cc: metro@everettwa.gov Subject: Ideal Option Everett Clinic Space Dear Honorable Councilmembers, We are submitting this letter to respectfully request that Ideal Option,an opioid disorder treatment clinic, be "grandfathered," or otherwise exempted from application of the moratorium adopted as part of Ordinance 3598-18. We further request that this grandfathering or other form of exemption be carried forward into the soon to-be- adopted Metro Subarea Plan. The purpose and intent of both requests is to enable Ideal Option to best serve a community in need by operating its business at 2808 Hoyt Avenue pursuant to its lease which predates both the adoption and effective date of the moratorium and forthcoming subarea plan. Ideal Option's leased clinic space is located in the B-3 zone. Its clinic replaces another clinic which has relocated to outside the B-3 zone. Thus, Ideal Option's operation will not increase the number of medical facilities located within the restricted zone. This process of relocating to 2808 Hoyt began prior to Ordinance 3598-18 being enacted. The lease for the clinic premises was executed on March 5, 2018. The subject moratorium was adopted two days later,on March 7. The moratorium did not become effective until April 1. Ideal Option would prefer that clinics be allowed outright in the B-3 zone. Failing that,by either recognizing Ideal Option's"grandfathered" status or exempting it because it is replacing a prior operating clinic, Ideal Option will be able to continue to render needed medical assistance and access to patients suffering from debilitating opiate use disorder. We make this request for the reasons set forth below, and respectively request this letter be made a part of the City's permanent record. Ideal Option.PILI'!Sb15 Uunbanon Ave I Pasco. WA 99301 I 509-222-1275 nn.n.addictioi nedicinc.org;