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Grants Pass council asks staff to study yurt lodging proposal for Riverside Park caretaker’s cottage
Summary
After a presentation on an RFEI to preserve the historic Riverside Park Caretaker’s Cottage, council directed staff to gather neighborhood input, parking and policing analyses, and financial projections before any change to the municipal code to allow overnight lodging.
Council members on Jan. 6 heard a staff briefing and an applicant presentation about plans to renovate the century-old Riverside Park Caretaker’s Cottage and site six yurts nearby, then voted unanimously to direct staff to gather more information before changing city rules to permit overnight lodging in city parks.
Bradley Clark, with the city’s Community Development Department, told the council the cottage dates to about 1920 and that Riverside Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which means work on the structure must follow preservation standards. Clark said the city used an RFEI (request for expressions of interest) rather than a formal RFP to seek private partners and that the only viable response proposes revitalizing the cottage with an adjacent yurt lodging concept.…
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