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Community development director updates commission on projects, utilities and recruitment
Summary
Community Development Director Donna Fergus updated the commission on several local projects: an indoor storage site will begin earthmoving, Xcel Energy will replace aging wood poles with steel, staff is posting information about a developer complaint regarding McDonald's property, and Lifetime Fitness has scaled back its proposed building from roughly 115,000 to about 100,000 square feet.
Community Development Director Donna Fergus briefed the commission on active and upcoming projects in Castle Pines. She said an indoor self-storage project on the west side will begin earthmoving operations soon and staff granted a temporary license agreement to move soil across a strip of open space; Fergus estimated the earthwork would take roughly two weeks. She also said staff received a developer complaint related to a McDonald's parcel and will post information on the city website to improve transparency.
Fergus said Xcel Energy plans to replace aging wooden H-frame poles along a line that crosses I-25 with steel poles similar in height to existing steel poles and will perform mowing and vegetation work to aid wildfire mitigation. On another front, Fergus said Lifetime Fitness is revising its site plan, reducing the planned fitness center from approximately 115,000 square feet to about 100,000 square feet and hopes to begin construction in fall 2025; Fergus said any adjustments will return to the planning commission for review. Staff also previewed a site-selection conference that will bring industry representatives to Douglas County for municipal pitches and said a study session on traffic impact analysis is scheduled for next month.
