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1:03

Courtney (City of Seward)

“this was specifically placed in the subdivision code with the consideration of areas out along Nash Road, particularly in consideration of the one that the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a CUP for, the Mount Alice Estates”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 ·

0:26

Tim McDonald

“It shouldn't be an exclusive enclave, and passing this kind of legislation is what that does. It's not fair.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 ·

0:25
Robert Barnwell“do we put ourselves in a position where we are going to be responsible for buying a tanker truck to meet the needs of that area? So within the legislation in front of you, there was a requirement, as Courtney said, to have a separate tank for the fire suppression systems in that house.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 ·

0:12
Robert Barnwell“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.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 ·

1:20

Courtney (City of Seward)

“there's now a requirement that public streets must include pedestrian facilities, and it's, and it's worded in this way so that there is an option for developers, rather than specifically requiring sidewalks”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 ·

0:18

Tim McDonald

“Are we going to be an executive community where only millionaires can live here and there's nothing but million-dollar houses? What about the people that don't have that kind of money that want to live here?”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 ·

0:28

Tim McDonald

“You guys get tons of taxes off that property. Owner. So the fact you're loading the developer up with these huge extra costs doesn't seem really fair to me at all. And if I recall also, 2 years ago, one favored contractor— one— was given almost $400,000 free for improvements in his little subdivision.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 ·

0:14

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“This one is Burns, after deadline.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election ·

0:25

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“All right. So we are to determine if these votes should be counted. In addition to a voter not being registered in the City of Seward, there are a variety of other reasons why a ballot cannot be counted in this election. And we'll refer to the count/no count guidelines on page 6.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election ·

0:04

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“Um, Tyler Bailey. Okay, outside city limits.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election ·

0:03

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“2 Question and 3 special needs.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election ·

0:07

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“Male will be counted. 51 Absentee in person.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election ·

0:03

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“Michael Little. Outside city limits.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election ·

0:06

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“This is Perry, and she's registered at Pleasanton.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election ·

0:14
Daniel Meuninck“The RFP was included in your packet as well as the proposal from Corvus Design, which was the is a firm that the city selected. They're Anchorage-based, and so they will be helping us develop the system.”

Seward: P&Z Work Session w audio 9 15 2026 ·

0:19
“Also, you could get away from that by being Not singling out individual businesses and being downtown center, or just kind of— I don't want to say vague, but technically.”

Seward: P&Z Work Session w audio 9 15 2026 ·

0:23
Daniel Meuninck“I think we, we'd be careful not to promote individual businesses, right, versus others. But yeah, I It is a pedestrian system, is the scope of this RFP.”

Seward: P&Z Work Session w audio 9 15 2026 ·

0:19
Courtney Bringhurst“So like potentially there may be signage that says, you know, grocery store this way or Safeway this way, that sort of thing. But the main focus of these signage will be to identify distances that people can walk to, or locations that people can walk to.”

Seward: P&Z Work Session w audio 9 15 2026 ·

0:20
Daniel Meuninck“so, um, yeah, there's a chance we might need to wait into next year for that piece of it. So yeah, I don't, I don't know if the signs will be up this summer, but that would be the ideal goal, and it's certainly possible. But hopefully at the very least the following summer.”

Seward: P&Z Work Session w audio 9 15 2026 ·

0:22
Courtney Bringhurst“I would just think Corvus wouldn't be strictly tied to only using our branding guide, but yeah, hopefully they would use their expertise to incorporate some things that would make the signs pop, but then also still have that element of Brandy”

Seward: P&Z Work Session w audio 9 15 2026 ·

0:19
Daniel Meuninck“a lot of people do walk from the terminal to the train depot, and what they do is they— there's a sidewalk here, but instead of crossing at the crosswalk and taking the sidewalk, they're often just walking along the industrial side, right? And so So that's where signage here would be important to really follow the proper trail.”

Seward: P&Z Work Session w audio 9 15 2026 ·

0:13
Daniel Meuninck“We want it to feel Seward, the branding system, but more branded is the design itself versus having to complement the Seward logo.”

Seward: P&Z Work Session w audio 9 15 2026 ·

0:48
Daniel Meuninck“in Seward, there seems to be two points of reference when you hear the word downtown. Some people are referring to the historic downtown where we are here, and some people use downtown to refer to the small boat harbor.”

Seward: P&Z Work Session w audio 9 15 2026 ·

0:19
Daniel Meuninck“So earlier this year, the city issued an RFP seeking a consultant to help develop a comprehensive wayfinding system for Seward. And wayfinding is a fancy word, but at its most basic level, it's about helping people understand where they are, where they want to go, and how to best get there.”

Seward: P&Z Work Session w audio 9 15 2026 ·

0:31
Courtney Bringhurst“there were some changes that we made with widening the street from 50 to 60-foot right-of-way within city limits, as well as providing some new restrictions for dead-end streets or cul-de-sacs”

Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026 ·

0:24
Daniel Meuninck“The wording is really aimed at that— those developments across the bay that are potential housing areas that don't have any near connection to city water.”

Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026 ·

0:25

Nathaniel Charbonneau

“So since we want them all on public utilities because they're living in the city limits, why are we opening up another window to not have them on public utilities?”

Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026 ·

0:39

Nathaniel Charbonneau

“I feel that this section here allows contractors to build a substandard home that is essentially a dry cabin, yet charge premium in-town prices. So somebody in town buying a home expecting utilities now has to live in a dry cabin and move water to their home.”

Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026 ·

0:16

Nathaniel Charbonneau

“I would like to to strike the entire section of III from this.”

Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026 ·

0:08

Rhonda Hubbard

“Yeah, Commissioner Sharbonneau, are you familiar with Homer? Yes. They have a whole hillside that doesn't have water. That's true. And how do they get water?”

Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026 ·

0:18

Rhonda Hubbard

“Not if they're within 400 feet. If they're within 400 feet, they got to hook up. But do we have anything in our books that says the city's gonna invest, I don't know, millions and millions of dollars for a new water system over there? That's, that's not happening.”

Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026 ·

0:21

Rhonda Hubbard

“I know people up in the hills that do have these systems and they work well for them, or they get water out of city limits where these things should go. But in the city, you move to a city to have utilities.”

Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026 ·

0:26

Nathaniel Charbonneau

“What it's going to do do is open up an area for somebody to try to get something through and pass it on to a buyer that ends up with a substandard home.”

Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026 ·

0:36
Courtney Bringhurst“And then also it creates more detailed street lighting standards which weren't previously in there. Some of the main changes do come in the section that outlines the water connection requirement.”

Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026 ·

0:25
Courtney Bringhurst“Other options would be the community well system, then a cistern and rainwater catchment system, which has quite a few more regulations as this isn't, um, something common within the city right now.”

Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026 ·

0:17

Rhonda Hubbard

“I would like to see some sort of provision in here possibly that we have warm light versus cold bright blue lights in neighborhoods because it can get really not very— it's kind of unfriendly lighting otherwise.”

Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026 ·

0:31

Rhonda Hubbard

“you do have areas across the bay that our meridian hits and includes that could actually— a catchment system could lend well to that. I think that the amount of—. The number of lots that are technically would fit into this are small enough.”

Seward: P&Z Regular Meeting 9/1/2026 ·

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