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Council approves removing Stow Grove caretaker cottage and relocating restroom near playground
Summary
After public outreach and a historic resources review, the Goleta City Council approved removing the vacant caretaker cottage as part of Phase 1 of the Stow Grove Park master plan and to locate a prefabricated ADA restroom near the southern playground area, within a reduced ESHA buffer footprint, with measures to limit biological impacts.
Goleta — The City Council on Sept. 2 authorized staff to include demolition of the long-unused caretaker cottage in Phase 1 of the Stow Grove Park master plan and approved relocating the new prefabricated restroom to the southern part of the park near the planned universal playground.
Staff said the cottage is not an original park structure and that a Rincon historic resources evaluation found the building ineligible for listing on the National Register, the California Register of Historical Resources or as a local landmark. The staff report said the Park’s deed required a caretaker historically but the city no longer needs an on-site caretaker and has no current plan or funding to refurbish the building.
The restroom move followed a community workshop in which most participants preferred a location near the playground and maintenance yard…
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