A lawsuit could potentially derail the City of Everett’s plans to build a temporary shelter for women and children.
The city had planned to use about two acres of undeveloped city-owned land on Sievers Duecy Boulevard, which is right next to the Phil Johnson ballfields.
The group who filed the suit said using the land for a shelter violates the development agreement and city officials say that right now, they can’t use the land for anything else.
“It saddens me that people don’t want to help women and children,” said City of Everett Community Development Director, Julie Willie.
The space could be a temporary shelter for 20 houseless women and their children, but the lawsuit, filed by “Friends of Phil Johnson Ballpark Phase 2,” threatens to keep that from happening.
“This group of people seem to only care about this space and not necessarily the women and children that may …