August 1, 2025 3:40 a.m.   

The Roseburg City Council will have a special meeting on Monday night to continue discussion about a proposal at Fir Grove Park.

The meeting will begin off-site at 6:00 p.m. with a tour of the soccer field at the park. At 6:25 p.m. the council will check out the turf football field at Roseburg High School.

At 7:00 p.m. the council will meet in the Umpqua Room of the Public Safety Center on Southeast Douglas Avenue. Councilors will consider authorizing staff to seek grant funding to pay for a project that would include turning two of the fields in the park into turf fields. A construction estimate has the project expected to cost $3 million. A staff report has indicated the city would seek grant funding in the amount of $1 million from both the Umpqua Health Alliance and from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

The project received a lengthy amount of debate at last Monday night’s council meeting, but no decision was made.

The meeting will be livestreamed on the city’s Facebook page and can be seen later at www.cityofroseburg.org