Ouray city officials are scrambling to find housing for roughly 30 construction workers who will spend the next two to three years building new sewer and water treatment plants.

City councilors and administrative staff appeared to informally agree during Monday’s council meeting to a plan to house some workers at city parks, including temporarily converting the Ouray Dog Park at the west end of Eighth Avenue to a man camp. But city leaders say that solution is sufficient for only about a third ...