Castle Pines City Council Approves O-A-K Contract for Community Center Renovations

Councilmembers approved a construction contract with O-A-K Colorado LLC to complete renovations to the Castle Pines Community Center, a decision recorded in the City’s Feb. 10 council meeting wrap-up. The wrap-up notes the contract was approved but does not list a contract value, scope-of-work details, or a completion timeline for the project.

At the same meeting the council approved a resolution to appoint members to the Combined Planning and Zoning Commission/Board of Adjustment and a separate resolution to appoint City Council appointees to various committees and boards for 2026 and 2027. The published meeting summary does not include the names of appointees or term lengths for either the Combined Planning and Zoning Commission/Board of Adjustment or the 2026–2027 committee and board seats.

Councilmembers passed an ordinance amending the Castle Pines Zoning Ordinance to disallow certain commercial uses in the business district, specifically listing pawnshops, junk yards, and vape shops. The ordinance also permits body art services in the business district and allows other uses depending on location and distance from similar uses, with car washes, payday loans, major vehicle services, and minor vehicle services cited as examples. The change is explicitly limited to the business district and does not apply to previously approved planned developments that specifically allow those uses.

Two municipal code amendments also moved forward at the Feb. 10 meeting. Council approved an ordinance adding a new Article 9 concerning massage facilities to the Castle Pines Municipal Code, and separately approved an ordinance amending the municipal code to opt out of the firearm prohibitions of Senate Bill 24-131. The meeting summary provides no text, licensing standards, buffer distances, or legal analysis for Article 9 or the SB 24-131 opt-out ordinance.

Operational and policy items approved include an agreement for services with CORE Electric Cooperative to install street lights at the Monarch Boulevard and Buffalo Trail roundabout and amendments to the City’s Public Records policy. The council also adopted City Council policy documents, including City Council Guiding Principles, City Council Procedures and Rules of Order, and City Council and Boards/Commissions Protocols. The meeting wrap-up contains no cost, ownership, maintenance, or timeline details for the CORE Electric agreement, and it does not include the redlined text of the Public Records amendments.

Council scheduled a study session to conduct interviews for vacant seats on the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board; the wrap-up lists the study session item but gives no date, number of vacancies, or candidate names. The wrap-up was published Feb. 11 and notes the council convened Feb. 10, but it omits roll-call vote totals and councilmember statements on contested items.

Key public records needed to clarify implementation and fiscal impacts include the Feb. 10 agenda packet and minutes, the contract with O-A-K Colorado LLC, the CORE Electric Cooperative agreement for the Monarch Boulevard and Buffalo Trail roundabout lights, the full ordinance texts for the zoning amendment, new Article 9, and the SB 24-131 opt-out, and roll-call vote tallies. Those documents will determine contract price and schedule for the community center work, identify the officials appointed to commissions and committees for 2026–2027, and reveal regulatory details behind the council’s zoning and code changes.