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MAPS 4 Citizen Advisory Board approves change orders, contracts and a land purchase for youth center; receives monthly finance report
Summary
The advisory board approved a slate of routine construction change orders and contract amendments, authorized purchase-related actions for a youth center site, approved two consultant contract increases, and received the monthly MAPS 4 financial report.
The MAPS 4 Citizen Advisory Board on June 5 approved a package of construction change orders, contract awards and consultant amendments and received the MAPS 4 monthly financial report for the period ending April 30, 2025.
Board members formally approved minutes from the May 1 meeting and then received the monthly financial report. A staff presenter reviewed updated accounting for MAPS 4 revenue and introduced a new reporting column to separately track "non-MAPS" outside funding sources that are part of project financing.
Key approvals recorded in the meeting (motions passed; mover/second not specified in the transcript): - Receive MAPS 4 monthly financial report ending 04/30/2025 (motion passed). - Approve Change Order No. 17 for MAPS 4 Fairgrounds Coliseum: increase of $296,822. Meeting discussion identified roughly two-thirds of the change order cost is for asbestos abatement and associated scaffolding discovered during interior demolition of the existing Norick Arena; other items included access panels, data/communications connections, additional lighting and elevator control work. The presenter said the contract remains within the overall contingency of the contract. - Adopt resolution approving assignment and assumption of a purchase-and-sale agreement with the Alliance for Economic Development of Oklahoma City for property at 6440 South Santa Fe Avenue for MAPS 4 youth centers phase 2 for $4,000,000 and authorizing reimbursement of an $80,000 deposit to the Alliance (motion passed). - Approve Change Order No. 1 for MAPS 4 Innovation District Connectivity Phase 1 (vicinity NE Eighth and N Lincoln): increase reported in the agenda as $23,049.20 (as stated in the packet); change order covers items such as unclassified excavation, replacement of exposed traffic signal cable and a no-cost contract-time extension related to weather delays. - Approve Change Order No. 2 for MAPS 4 Bike Lanes Phase 1B (North Claston Blvd and NE Sixteenth segments): no cost increase; 78 additional contract days were granted for weather and paving coordination issues. - Approve Change Order No. 4 for MAPS 4 Sidewalks and Related Amenities Phase 1A: no cost increase; time-only extension for weather. - Extend time to award and award construction contract (base bid + alternate 1) for MAPS 4 Sidewalks and Related Amenities Phase 2A to Nash Construction Company for $2,023,448.10; ratify addenda 1 and 2, and approve contract and bonds (motion passed). - Approve presentation/design update for MAPS 4 Park Enhancement/Public Spaces Transformation River Phase 2 (low-water dam and pedestrian bridge): informational presentation from Chris Russell (Team Design). - Approve Amendment No. 4 to the professional services agreement with Gooden Group for MAPS 4 public relations/media consulting for $298,800 (term 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026) (motion passed). - Approve Amendment No. 5 to the professional consulting contract with ADG PC for MAPS 4 program services for $2,193,059 (motion passed).
The board recorded no votes against the listed motions in the transcript; a handful of individual "yes" votes were spoken (for example, Monique and Daisy recorded as voting "yes" during an early item), but the record does not include full roll-call tallies for each motion. Where the transcript provided additional detail, staff described causes for increases (for example, asbestos abatement and scaffolding at the Coliseum) or explained that some change orders were time-only extensions due to recent heavy rain.
Speakers who presented or otherwise participated in these agenda items included MAPS program staff, project consultants and board members. The board also reminded members of upcoming events and ribbon cuttings tied to MAPS projects.
Ending: The CAB moved routine construction and procurement items forward; staff will continue to manage bids, change orders and project closeouts as the MAPS 4 program transitions from design to a busy construction phase.
