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Committee postpones vote on stadium ballot question to hear more from developer and community
Summary
A resolution to put a nonbinding advisory question on the November ballot asking voters whether Everett should allow a professional soccer stadium on Lower Broadway was postponed to the committee's next meeting after members requested more information and asked that developers speak at upcoming community meetings.
The charter committee postponed consideration of a resolution that would ask voters in November 2025 whether Everett should permit construction of a professional soccer stadium on Lower Broadway.
The resolution — introduced to gauge public sentiment on a privately financed stadium proposed in the vicinity of the power plant and Lower Broadway — would appear on the city's biennial municipal election ballot as either a binding or a nonbinding advisory question. The sponsor said the question could be nonbinding and used to solicit community input similar to prior advisory votes.
Members said they wanted more information from the developer, including whether a ballot question would prompt the developer to withdraw the project. Councilor Smith asked to hear from the Craft family or their representative at a community meeting this week and said she would like to know whether they would pull the project if a ballot question were placed on the ballot. "If they say, you put it on the ballot, we're pulling out, that that could sway potentially votes on putting it on the on there," she said.
The sponsor said the goal was to improve the project through additional community engagement rather than to stop it. Councilor Rogers said he wanted to hear more from community meetings before the committee acts. The committee moved to postpone the resolution to the next meeting.
Ending: The committee postponed the ballot-question resolution; members directed staff to seek developer input and community feedback at upcoming meetings before deciding whether to send a binding or nonbinding question to voters.
