Steve Schmalz announces candidacy for Mayor of Mukilteo
MUKILTEO—Steve Schmalz, a three-term Mukilteo City Councilmember with 12 years of dedicated service, has officially announced his candidacy for Mayor in the upcoming 2025 election. Schmalz, who has built a reputation for addressing the city’s most pressing issues with integrity and determination, is committed to tackling the challenges that Mukilteo faces today and setting a […]
Oral arguments on Harbor Grove Subdivision presented to Hearing Examiner
MUKILTEO—Phil Albrecht, the City of Mukilteo’s Hearing Examiner, heard public and stakeholder testimonies concerning a recent appeal on the Harbor Grove Subdivision development proposal during a public hearing Thursday, December 5. Harbor Grove is a proposed development of a seven-lot subdivision on 2.43 acres of land with associated grading, drainage improvements, landscaping, and street frontage […]
Mukilteo residents won plea to halt rezone of high-density development
MUKILTEO—Approximately 100 Mukilteans came out in full force at Monday’s council meeting and won their plea to halt a proposed rezone of the Harbour Pointe Tech Center property from “industrial” to “multi-family” for a 200-unit high-density housing development. “I would like to make a motion to direct staff to update the land use designation zoning […]
Former Mukilteo Council president urges tabling controversial rezone vote
MUKILTEO—Former Mukilteo City Council President Bob Champion sent an email to the Mukilteo City Council on Tuesday, October 1, urging them to “table” the upcoming controversial October 7 vote to rezone the Harbour Pointe Tech Center property from business to multifamily residential to make way for a proposed 200-unit high-density housing complex. In that email, […]
Mukilteo residents in mass testify against Harbour Pointe Tech rezone
MUKILTEO—Over one hundred residents attended Mukilteo City Council’s Regular Meeting on Monday, September 16, to voice their opposition to the rezoning the Harbour Pointe Tech Center property to a 200-unit multifamily residential project. The voting action by the city council was postponed to October 7, 2024, given a mishap by the city in sending out […]
Public uproar over rezoning of business park to high-density housing in Mukilteo
MUKILTEO—At the end of Harbour Heights Parkway in Mukilteo lies the Harbour Pointe Tech Center, where the property may soon be rezoned for a proposed 275-unit Multifamily Residential housing project. However, in keeping with the Mukilteo tradition of opposing high-density, some residents have concerns. The Harbour Pointe Tech Center property is currently zoned as a […]
“Environmental carnage”: City of Mukilteo entangled in land development lawsuit
MUKILTEO—The City of Mukilteo is currently in a legal battle over permits issued in error for the proposed Harbor Grove subdivision that has now been stripped and excavated of its native vegetation. A recent Superior Court ruling found that a Hearing Examiner “engaged in unlawful procedure or failed to follow a prescribed process” and made […]
A ‘No’ vote on Mukilteo EMS Levy will not impact service
Voting NO on the proposed EMS Levy will not impact Mukilteo’s excellent EMS service. With call volumes down (Sno911 Annual Report), EMS expenditures decreasing (Mukilteo Annual Budget 2024), and full EMS staffing, why would the City ask voters to approve a $1.6 million tax increase? We believe this EMS Levy proposal is disingenuous, misleading, not […]
Mukilteo to swear-in two new councilmembers, council may have violated free speech rights
MUKILTEO—Mukilteo City Council members-elect Donna Vago and Mike Dixon, along with incumbents Richard Emery and Jason Moon will be sworn-in at its first business meeting of the new year on Tuesday, January 2. The council will also vote to appoint council leadership—Council President and Vice President—and discuss committee assignments. This meeting will be held both […]
Hundreds filled Rosehill for a celebration of womanhood
MUKILTEO, Wash., March 8, 2023—Over 200 people from Spokane to Edmonds, British Columbia to Oregon, filled Rosehill Community Center on Friday, March 3, for 13th annual International Women’s Day awards—a night celebrating the accomplishments of womanhood. The event was organized by Mukilteo resident and community organizer Ayesha Riaz Khan. “What I am seeing from you […]
