0:12
Robert Barnwell
57:12 - 57:24
“Forest Acres was a good example of a developer that didn't meet their expectations, uh, and slipped by. And that cost everybody a lot of money.”
- Speaker
- Robert Barnwell
- Timestamp
- 57:12 – 57:24
- Transcript
- Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Seward
- Captured at
- October 12, 2026
From the transcript
So that is the main connection with the borough. Other than that, the meat of the code just deals with the city requirements for the installation of public utilities, right-of-ways, that sort of thing. Go ahead. So, so just to respond to Mr. McDonald's comments, uh, just briefly, Forest Acres was a good example of a developer that didn't meet their expectations, uh, and slipped by. And that cost everybody a lot of money.
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