# City of Grants Pass City Council Meeting October 21, 2026

The City of Grants Pass City Council meeting on October 21, 2026, included several housing and infrastructure actions. The council unanimously approved an amended disposition and development agreement with Allenwood Homes LLC for the city to convey 5.7 acres at 175 and 225 Allenwood Drive for a 110-unit rental housing development and community center. Allenwood would pay $450,000, with proceeds returned to the park development SDC account. The amendments addressed lender notice and cure rights, priority of lender interests, and reciprocal breach provisions; the city said it had spent about $25,000 on a wetland study, while the developer had invested more than $600,000. The project depends on public-infrastructure work and grant funding, with a May 18, 2029 deadline cited for expending grant funds. No performance bond was added, and no contract amount or vendor for the infrastructure work was stated. The council also unanimously passed a development-code amendment on middle-housing land divisions at first and second readings, clarifying standards for creating child lots and utilities. The discussion noted that the state framework allows these divisions to reduce upfront development costs.

The council unanimously ratified decisions from its October 5 special meeting after a notice-distribution error, including authorization of the Mill Street Sanitary Sewer Replacement Contract; the transcript provides no vendor or contract value. It also approved an employee-funded 401A retirement-plan option, described as having no current city cost, and adopted an amended agreement with Allenwood as noted above. Separately, a major rupture of a dewatering geotextile tube at the Mill Pond water-treatment site prompted an operational response and a planned investigation with the manufacturer; no purchase or contract action was reported. The council adopted an invocation policy by a 6–2 vote. No specific procurement activity was identified in connection with that policy.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 21, 2026

### Sources
- [City of Grants Pass City Council Meeting October 21, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBWa_bPhwsg) - City of Grants Pass