February 10, 2026: Renovating the community center
City Facilities & Streets
Approved $783,735 to rebuild the community center — Approved Voted to award the 2026 community center renovation to O-A-K Colorado LLC — $602,873 for construction plus a $180,861.90 contingency, drawn from the community center capital fund. Thirteen firms bid, five met the requirements, and O-A-K came in lowest of those with positive references. The work replaces the lighting, electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems, rebuilds restrooms that do not currently meet accessibility requirements, replaces a kitchen dating to the 1970s, and adds sound baffling and a new audio-visual system to a room residents have long complained they cannot hear in.
Questioned the design before signing off on it — On the record Pressed staff on the structural columns in the architect's renderings and whether they would block the view between council and the audience, joining colleagues who asked about seating width, exterior lighting, stairway safety in snow, and parking. Staff confirmed the columns are load-bearing and will stay. Council held its first meeting in the finished room on July 14, 2026, and the space keeps serving community rentals and HOA meetings.
Lit the Monarch Boulevard roundabout — Approved Approved a $124,222.93 agreement with CORE Electric Cooperative to install street lighting at the Monarch Boulevard and Buffalo Trail roundabout.
Appointments & Council Governance
Approved, on consent, new rules for how the city handles public records requests — Approved Voted for Resolution 26-09, which rewrites the city's public records policy for the first time since 2024. It passed on the consent agenda without council discussion. Under the new policy, staff can combine repeated or duplicate requests from the same person into one request — the staff memo's example is five requests from one person in a single day — and the time to answer a combined batch depends on how much staff time is available. When many people ask for the same records, the city can post them online and send requesters there. The policy asks people who file broad requests to narrow them; if a requester agrees to narrow a request, they resubmit it in writing and the legal deadline to respond starts over. The paper request form and fee table came out of the policy: requests now go through the city's online form, and fees follow the city fee schedule. Staff reported no cost to the city.
Seated three new members on the Planning Commission — Approved Voted to appoint Kevin Rohbaugh, Elise De Marteau and Bobby McCabe to the combined Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Adjustment, after council interviewed eleven candidates for the three open seats. These are the volunteers who will review development applications before they reach council.
Interviewed the next Parks and Recreation Advisory Board — Ongoing Sat through interviews with seven residents applying to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, the body shaping the Coyote Ridge Park design. Council also locked in its own committee and board assignments for 2026 and 2027.
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About this record
Every entry comes from a public Castle Pines City Council meeting; video and official minutes are available through the city clerk’s office. Ordinances take two council votes — an entry marked first reading still needed a second, confirming vote before it became law. Resolutions, emergency ordinances and contract awards take a single vote. Matters still in process are described as such rather than claimed as outcomes. Dollar figures come from the staff memo or the record; none are estimated.
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