2929 PINE ST COCOON HOUSE 2018-01-02 MF Import

B R I A N PAul svrlllllr ,:ia December 20, 1995 Mr. Warren Baty Everett Fire Department 2811 Oakes Avenue Everett, WA 98201 Dear Mr. Baty, I am writing to you about the Cocoon Complex sprinkler system, per our phone conversation last week. As I explained at the time, we were unaware of the letter from the Everett Fire Department issued with the permit documents for the Complex. The client mislaid the permit documents and neither t..e Architect or the Contractor saw the Fire Department requirements for the alarm/sprinkler systems. Therefore, when we received the approved sprinkler drawings (which indicated that the existing motel was sprinklered but not the new dining facility) from the Everett Department of Public Works, we assumed we were complying with all requirements. I give you this background information in an effort to assure you that we have never attempted to intentionally skirt the requirements of the Everett Fire Department. We are hurrying to get the sprinkler extension to the new building designed and the ceiling prepared for its installation. As you might guess, this issue, coming this late in the construction process, puts a tremendous financial burden on the Client, Cocoon House, which spent years gathering the funds to do this project. The Client is applying for City Block Grant Funding form Everett. The application deadline is January 15, with notification in May. This would allow the installation of the sprinkler system in June. We therefore propose the following: Cocoon would like to occupy the facility when the current construction contract is finished and signed -off, approximately the middle of January. The facility is staffed 24 hours a day. At this point, the existing motel structure will be fully sprinklered and with fire alarm per code. This is the only area where sleeping takes place. The dining/kitchen facility will only be used during the day. The dining/kitchen facility will have its alarm component installed and approved fire extinguishers. The building is cmu bearing wall construction with metal stud interior framing and heavy timber roof. The roof over the entry area is light wood -framed and connected to the existing exterior balcony. It is protected on the interior with 5/8" type `X' sheet rock. The balcony it is con iected to is protected by the sprinkler system. Since the dining/kitchen building is necessary for the operation of the shelter, Cocoon I -louse requests that it has the use of this facility until the sprinkler system is installed. 6515 Twentieth Avenue NE Seattle Washington 981 15 206.526.5705