MUKILTEO – Boys &Girls Club officials are enthusiastic about a plan in which they could get more than $3 million worth of land for free.
State Rep. Brian Sullivan, D-Mukilteo, is proposing swapping one chunk of state land for another that could result in 12 wooded acres in Harbour Pointe being donated to the Mukilteo Boys &Girls Club.
Sullivan introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would accomplish the deal. Part of the land also could be used by the city to build a new city hall.
The plan would provide space for ball fields and, potentially, a new building, club officials said. They’ve been concerned for some time about the limitations of the current building at 1134 Second St. in Old Town, built in the 1920s, unit director Chuck Davis said.
Paul Seely, community development director for the Boys &Girls Clubs of Snohomish County, said fund-raising efforts have enabled the club to build new facilities in other parts of the county. He’s optimistic the same could be done in Mukilteo.
The newer clubs have large gyms and facilities such as community rooms, space for meal preparation and child care that can’t be accommodated in the Mukilteo building, Seely said. The building is about 14,000 square feet while a new one would be up to 25,000.
Building in Harbour Pointe also would draw more people because of its central location in town, near Kamiak High School, Harbour Pointe Middle School and Columbia Elementary School, Seely said. It’s also on a bus line.
While the club has served well over the years, “we’d be foolish not to look for other opportunities,” Seely said.
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