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Votes at a glance: Castle Rock council business, April 15, 2025
Summary
A summary of council actions taken April 15, 2025: unanimous votes on consent items and multiple resolutions, plus a 6–1 direction to staff on ADU code amendments.
At its April 15 meeting the Castle Rock Town Council handled a mix of ceremonial items, presentations, routine consent items and several resolutions. Key votes taken during the meeting included:
- Consent Calendar (unanimous): The council approved a package of routine items by single motion. Items listed in the staff packet and approved included: Ordinance 2025-13 (amendments to Chapters 15.64 and 17.040.06 regarding mailing/written notices and public hearing noticing), Ordinance 2025-14 (amending exterior lighting rules), Resolution 2025-43 (renewal of Microsoft Enterprise agreement), Resolution 2025-45 (extraterritorial wastewater service agreement with Brian and Carolyn DeGarmo), Resolution 2025-47 (utilities infrastructure reimbursement agreement with Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church), Resolution 2025-48 (2025 spot water lease with United Water and Sanitation District), Resolution 2025-409/2025-40? (spot water lease with Dakin Ranch — transcript item numbering indicated a second spot water lease item), Resolution 2025-50 (purchase of a vacuum truck from OJ Watson Co.), Proclamation 2025-05 (Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week), Proclamation 2025-06 (Historic Preservation Month), and minutes from the April 1 meeting. The consent calendar passed by unanimous roll call.
- Continuance (unanimous): Resolution 2025-19 (Brickyard Urban Renewal Plan) was continued to May 20, 2025.
- Crowfoot Valley Road (unanimous): Resolution 2025-51 approved a construction contract with FNF Construction (base contract $7,300,000, 10% contingency recommended). Resolution 2025-52 approved a professional services agreement with Alfred Benish & Company for construction-phase services.
- Federal support (unanimous): Council approved staff sending letters of support to the town’s congressional delegation for a set of potential congressionally directed spending requests (including the Plum Creek–to–Reuter Hess pipeline and other projects).
- Dominion/WISE water items (unanimous): Resolution 2025-53 approved the second amendment to the intergovernmental wheeling agreement with Dominion Water and Sanitation District; Resolution 2025-54 approved payment for the WISE DIA connection invoice from South Metro WISE Authority (staff noted the town’s share for the DIA connection shown in presentation slides).
- ADU direction (6–1): Council voted 6–1 to direct staff to draft amendments to the ADU code (Councilmember Bracken moved; Councilmember Hollingshead seconded; Mayor Pro Tem Kavey voted no). The motion instructed staff to prepare a draft ordinance to allow ADUs in all residential zones, make approvals administrative, remove the deed-recorded owner-occupancy requirement, and clarify size and setback provisions to align with state law.
- Adjournment (unanimous): Council adjourned at the end of the meeting.
Ending: Where council directed staff to draft ordinance language or to perform further study, staff will return with proposing documents, analyses and, where required, public hearing schedules.
