20121106130609428.pdfJuly 27, 2012
121 5th AVENUE NORTH ® EDMONDS, WA 98020 - (425) 771 0220 - FAX (425) 771-0221
www.edmondswa.gov
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Mr. Rick Klemm
North Crest Development Corp.
PO Box 340
Edmonds, WA 98020
Subject: Building Permit #2008-0938
Dear Mr. Klemm,
DAVE EARLINC
MAYOR
I am writing on behalf of Mayor Earling and the City of Edmonds Development Services
Department in response to your letter to the mayor dated July 19, 2012. The building permit in
question is eligible for a third and final year of renewal provided the project has commenced to
the point of receiving a valid progress inspection by our building inspector and a renewal fee is
paid to the City. By City ordinance (found in Edmonds Community Development Code Section
19.00.025(I)(4)), a progress inspection is required in order to renew for a third year. While we
sympathize with the challenges you are faced with, the ordinance clearly does not allow a third
year unless the project has started, and the date by which the inspection must take place is
November 4, 2012.
If you have any questions, I may be reached at (425) 771-0220, extension 1380.
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NORTH CREST DEVELOPMENT CORP
July 19, 2012
Mayor Dave Earling
City of Edmonds
Third Floor
121— 5th Ave. N.
Edmonds, WA. 98020
Re: Building Permit #20080938
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My name is Rick Klemm and I'm a resident of downtown Edmonds. I'm also a
builder/developer and have investment property in the city. I have an active permit on a four
unit condominium project on a property on Glen Street that has a duplex on it at the present
time. I don't need to explain to you how the economy has decimated the construction industry.
The timing has not been right to begin the project with falling property values. I have extended
the permit once and I'm told that if it is not started by November 2012 that I will lose the
permit and the process will have to start all over. I have spent untold hours and thousands of
dollars to get it to this point and it would kill the project to start over.
Housing seems to be starting to turn the corner and things are starting to improve and look up.
The inventory in downtown is low and new starts are practically non-existent. I'm having a
difficult time securing financing to build it out, in this down economy, even though I have two
letters of intent to purchase units. I believe this project is a viable project and would provide
additional affordable housing units in the core of the city. I have found other cities willing to be
flexible in their permit expiration dates, because of the state of the housing industry.
I'm respectively requesting a consideration of extending the building permit beyond the
November 2012 expiration date. I'm quite confident that I will be able to build out the project
within the year of 2013.
Rick Klemm, CEO
Cc: Leonard Yarberry, Building Official/Robert Chave, Planning Manager
P 425 774 3181
F 425 778 2117
1347 340, EDMONDS, WA 98020
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