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August 25, 2026: The annexation policy is adopted
Five months after ordering it: 30 percent open space, a 20-year fiscal analysis, nine required findings. Council also opposed a citizen ballot measure and declined the state wildfire code.
korigsalazar
Aug 276 min read
July 28, 2026: 76 acres of open space into city hands, and the first e-bike numbers
Six replats transferred open space and drainage to the city. The sheriff's office reported illegal off-road riding down roughly 70 percent since the ordinance took effect.
korigsalazar
Jul 303 min read
June 9, 2026: 77 acres of wildfire mitigation, and a push to be heard
A short meeting: $290,000 to cut fuel breaks in city open space, a sewer easement at no cost, and a call from the dais to take the annexation survey.
korigsalazar
Jun 112 min read
May 26, 2026: Breaking ground on Happy Canyon — $7.93 million
The largest single construction contract in the city's history, for the first phase of the new I-25 interchange, with an independent cost estimator checking the price three times.
korigsalazar
May 282 min read
May 12, 2026: The city's first $1 million in housing bond authority
Castle Pines qualified for a direct private activity bond allocation for the first time. Council also ratified the three-mile plan and looked at the state wildfire code.
korigsalazar
May 144 min read
April 28, 2026: The dirt bike rules become law
Ordinance 26-04 received final passage — parent responsibility, a $250 minimum fine, helmets under 18. Council also voted to rebuild westbound Castle Pines Parkway.
korigsalazar
Apr 304 min read
April 7, 2026: The e-bike ordinance clears first reading with the 90-day rule
The draft came back with the impoundment provision council asked for in March. Council also adopted emergency procedures for citizen petitions.
korigsalazar
Apr 93 min read
March 10, 2026: Fifteen trails get names, so help can find you on them
An unnamed trail means a 911 caller describing their location as ‘by the power lines.’ Council also approved $359,000 for new city software and records work.
korigsalazar
Mar 123 min read
January 27, 2026: Two ordinances into city code, and a commitment won on vape shops
Final passage for the city's first massage-business licensing rules and the firearms opt-out, plus a promise secured to reopen the vape-shop rule before the wider code rewrite.
korigsalazar
Jan 293 min read
A running list of what District 2 has voted on, funded, and pushed for — updated after every meeting. No municipal jargon, no procedural fog.
Each entry says what the council did and what it means for the people who live here.
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Kori Salazar's Council Record
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