Board approves final plans and property action for city mental health crisis center
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Summary
The board received final plans for a 16–32 bed mental health crisis center at 1200 NE 13th St., approved advertising the project for bid and approved a related real estate purchase agreement; the base bid was presented at roughly $11.33 million with alternates and a $1 million private pledge noted.
The MAPS 4 Citizens Advisory Board on Feb. 5 reviewed final plans for a mental health crisis center and approved forwarding the project to bid, while also approving a real estate purchase agreement for the site.
Crystal Denker of SA Studio presented final design documents for the facility at 1200 Northeast 13th Street, outlining five program components: walk-in and secured first-responder entries funneling to a centralized screening and processing area; an urgent recovery center with up to 25 observation stations and a centralized social living space; two separate crisis stabilization units (CSUs) of 16 bedrooms each with shared social living spaces; staff-only shared services (kitchen, laundry, mechanical/storage); and an administration wing with private and shared offices. Denker said finishes and furniture were selected in consultation with behavioral-health experts to reduce institutional character while maintaining ligature-resistant, durable choices.
Denker presented the project budget and bid structure: a project budget of $11,456,100 and a base-bid construction estimate of $11,332,500 that includes the 16 CSU beds. Three bid alternates were described — Alternate 1 (adds eight CSU beds and associated spaces, $1,631,255), Alternate 2 (adds another eight beds, $802,730), and Alternate 3 (administrative space, $157,585) — plus a $48,415 alternate for a detention pond. Denker said a private pledge of $1,000,000 is available to help fund alternates and that the project team hoped to send the project to bid that month with award possible in April and a notice to proceed in May, yielding construction completion targeted for August 2027.
The board moved and approved the motion to advertise the final plans for bid. The board also considered a real estate purchase agreement with the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and an associated real estate trust for the crisis center site; during the record the staff entry reflected a dollar-figure correction on the floor (the transcript records initial references to larger figures then a correction indicating "$1"); the board moved and approved that purchase agreement as recorded in the meeting minutes.
Denker said the design team evaluated ligature resistance and other safety considerations and that furniture would be bolted or ballasted to reduce self-harm risk in clinical areas. The board did not request substantive changes and approved both the move to advertise the project and the real estate transaction on a voice vote.

