Courtney Bringhurst
19:07 - 19:58
“And so this is the first stage of that process to divide out the land that would encompass the Jesse Lee Cemetery. So if you look on page 41 of the packet, you'll see parcels highlighted in yellow and red. Everything highlighted is currently city property. City cemetery, but the red portion is what is known as the Jesse Lee Cemetery, and that red outline will now be what is proposed to be the boundaries, the actual lot lines for that cemetery. And then once the plat is finalized, then the city manager and city council can enter into negotiation with the Katoochick Tribe about that parcel of of land.”
- Speaker
- Courtney Bringhurst
- Timestamp
- 19:07 – 19:58
- Transcript
- Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 11.3.2026
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Seward
- Captured at
- November 3, 2026
From the transcript
And so this is the first stage of that process to divide out the land that would encompass the Jesse Lee Cemetery. So if you look on page 41 of the packet, you'll see parcels highlighted in yellow and red. Everything highlighted is currently city property. City cemetery, but the red portion is what is known as the Jesse Lee Cemetery, and that red outline will now be what is proposed to be the boundaries, the actual lot lines for that cemetery. And then once the plat is finalized, then the city manager and city council can enter into negotiation with the Katoochick Tribe about that parcel of of land.
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