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East Bethel council sets Aug. 19 deadline for BDM lease or eviction after contract dispute
Summary
The council voted to amend a motion giving BDM/Firebird Land LLC until Aug. 19, 2025, to sign a negotiated lease agreement or face eviction; council members expressed frustration over last-minute proposed changes and the long-running arrangement, and the city attorney warned negotiations remain ongoing.
East Bethel — The East Bethel City Council on Aug. 11 adopted an amendment setting an Aug. 19, 2025 deadline for BDM/Firebird Land LLC to sign a revised lease agreement or the city will begin eviction proceedings, after a heated discussion about last-minute proposed changes to a draft agreement.
Council members said they believed a verbal agreement had been reached in earlier negotiations and objected to receiving a message from the developer indicating additional changes the same day as the council meeting. “So now all of a sudden, now there's going to be more changes. In my opinion, what I see with this whole thing is that we're being played,” a council member said. That same member moved to evict BDM; another…
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