Editing Mukilteo, Washington (section)

===21st century===
[[File:MV Kittitas at Mukilteo Ferry Terminal (17960607616).jpg|thumb|right|{{MV|Kittitas}} at the former Mukilteo ferry terminal, which was replaced in 2020|alt=A ferry boat stopped at a wooden pier with a bridge, pilings, and a tower.]]

An agreement to transfer ownership of the [[Mukilteo Light]]house from the [[United States Coast Guard|U.S. Coast Guard]] to the city government was signed in 1999 after a decade of partial use as a museum by the local [[historical society]]. The changeover was made on August 19, 2001, with the Coast Guard retaining use of the working lights and the city government planning rehabilitation work to support the building's use as a tourist landmark.<ref>{{cite news |last=Archipley |first=Paul |date=August 22, 2001 |title=It's Official: City owns the light station |pages=1, 12 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=orBkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WoUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2416%2C4133381 |work=Mukilteo Beacon |via=Google News Archive |access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=March 1, 1999 |title=Mukilteo lighthouse prepares for changes under new ownership |page=B2 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> The adjacent [[Mukilteo Lighthouse Park|Mukilteo State Park]] was transferred to the city government in February 2003, following an offer from the [[Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission]] to donate the park in order to stave off a budget shortfall.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sitt |first=Pam |date=November 6, 2002 |title=Mukilteo State Park transfer will lead to 18 acres' makeover |page=I30 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Tuinstra |first=Rachel |date=March 12, 2003 |title=Mukilteo plans to improve its newest park |page=H18 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The new city park, named Mukilteo Lighthouse Park, underwent $6.6 million in renovations that were completed in 2008 to add a [[playground]] and other park amenities.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tuinstra |first=Rachel |date=February 25, 2004 |title=Plan lights way for park overhaul |page=H13 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20040225/lighthouse25n/plan-lights-way-for-park-overhaul |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Nohara |first=Yoshiaki |date=August 9, 2008 |title=Mukilteo's newly renovated Lighthouse Park reopens |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/mukilteos-newly-renovated-lighthouse-park-reopens/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>

The {{convert|22|acre|ha|adj=mid}} decommissioned fuel storage tank complex on the city's waterfront was identified for potential redevelopment in the 1990s, including use for a new ferry terminal.<ref name="Times-Tank97"/> The [[Port of Everett]] led environmental cleanup of the site and constructed a new [[pier]] to transport large airplane sections for the [[Boeing 787]] project, replacing the existing pier.<ref name="Herald-Eyesore15">{{cite news |last=Salyer |first=Sharon |date=February 13, 2015 |title=New look on the horizon for Mukilteo eyesore |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-look-on-the-horizon-for-mukilteo-eyesore/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Orsini-Meinhard |first=Kirsten |date=June 11, 2007 |title=Port of Everett's pier for 787 now just backup |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2003742883_mountbakerpier11n.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> The cleanup was completed in late 2006 after several delays due to the discovery of Indian artifacts that triggered an archaeological investigation.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=June 5, 2013 |title=New ferry dock in Mukilteo two steps closer |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-ferry-dock-in-mukilteo-two-steps-closer-2/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> The existing pier was demolished in 2015 to make way for the new ferry terminal, which opened on December 29, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last=Salyer |first=Sharon |date=August 11, 2015 |title=Work on new Mukilteo ferry terminal begins with tank farm pier demolition |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/work-on-new-mukilteo-ferry-terminal-begins-with-tank-farm-pier-demolition/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Herald-Ferry20">{{cite news |last=Davis-Leonard |first=Ian |date=December 29, 2020 |title=New Mukilteo ferry terminal makes a much anticipated debut |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-mukilteo-ferry-terminal-making-a-much-anticipated-debut/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref> The new terminal includes connections to an adjacent [[Mukilteo station|commuter rail station]], which opened in 2008 and was expanded in 2016 by [[Sound Transit]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Salyer |first=Sharon |date=March 27, 2016 |title=Service finally set to start on second Mukilteo Sounder platform |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/service-finally-set-to-start-on-second-mukilteo-sounder-platform/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>

A [[research station]] for the [[Northwest Fisheries Science Center]] (part of [[NOAA]]) on the tank farm site was closed in 2020 and planned to be demolished in 2020 until the onset of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] halted work.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gustafson |first=Brandon |date=March 20, 2019 |title=NOAA announces timeline of new Mukilteo facility |url=https://www.mukilteobeacon.com/story/2019/03/20/news/noaa-announces-timeline-of-new-mukilteo-facility/18450.html |work=Mukilteo Beacon |access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Andrea |date=February 25, 2021 |title=Oh, crab! NOAA's Mukilteo waterfront fish lab won't be rebuilt |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/oh-crab-noaas-mukilteo-waterfront-fish-lab-wont-be-rebuilt/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 3, 2021}}</ref> A project to build a new facility by 2022 was cancelled in March 2021 after NOAA received no bids below $40&nbsp;million, which had been appropriated by the U.S. Congress; ownership of the property is expected to revert to the Port of Everett, which NOAA took over ownership from in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Andrea |date=April 2, 2021 |title=Last-ditch effort can't save NOAA's Mukilteo research center |page=A1 |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/last-ditch-effort-cant-save-noaas-mukilteo-research-center/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref> The city government and [[Port of Everett]] has long-term plans to redevelop {{convert|26|acre|ha}} of space around the old ferry terminal and NOAA facility into a [[walkable]] neighborhood with a waterfront promenade and trails.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 16, 2023 |title=Vision for Mukilteo waterfront: more dining, walking trails and entertainment space |url=https://www.djc.com/news/ae/12159848.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |accessdate=October 18, 2023}}</ref>

On July 30, 2016, a [[2016 Mukilteo shooting|mass shooting]] occurred at a house party in the Chennault Beach neighborhood of Mukilteo, around midnight. Three people were killed using an [[AR-15 style rifle]] and another was left with serious injuries.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 1, 2016 |title=Washington party shooting suspect read AR-15 gun manual right before attack |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/01/washington-shooting-suspect-allen-ivanov-ar-15-gun-manual |work=[[The Guardian]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Green |first=Sara Jean |date=August 1, 2016 |title=Mukilteo shooting suspect jealous over ex, bought rifle a week ago, police say |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/document-mukilteo-shooting-suspect-was-jealous-over-ex-purchased-rifle-a-week-ago/ |work=The Seattle Times |url-access=limited |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> The perpetrator, a graduate of Kamiak High School, was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.<ref>{{cite news |last1=North |first1=Scott |last2=Hefley |first2=Diana |date=January 13, 2017 |title=Grief fills a courtroom as mass shooter is sentenced to life |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/ivanov-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-mukilteo-killings/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> The Mukilteo shooting—along with other high-profile mass shootings during the 2010s—was cited as the inspiration for an [[assault weapons]] restriction that was rejected by the state legislature and passed by voters in 2018 as [[Washington Initiative 1639|Initiative 1639]].<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Sullivan |first=Joseph |date=September 23, 2018 |title=I-1639 the most ambitious effort at gun regulation in Washington state's history |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/i-1639-the-most-ambitious-effort-at-gun-regulation-in-washington-states-history/ |work=The Seattle Times |url-access=limited |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Beekman |first1=Daniel |last2=Shapiro |first2=Nina |date=November 6, 2018 |title=Washington state voters agree to further regulate guns, including semi-automatic rifles |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/gun-regulations-initiative-1639-takes-lead-in-washington-state/ |work=The Seattle Times |url-access=limited |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> In February 2018, an Everett resident was arrested prior to a planned [[school shooting]] that would have targeted [[ACES Alternative High]] or Kamiak High School.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bever |first=Lindsey |date=February 16, 2018 |title=A would-be shooter tossed a coin to pick a school, police say. His grandmother foiled his plan. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/02/15/a-would-be-shooter-tossed-a-coin-to-pick-a-school-police-say-his-grandmother-foiled-his-plan/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>