MAPS 4 Citizens Advisory Board - November 5, 2026

The MAPS 4 Citizens Advisory Board meeting on November 5, 2026, included financial and project updates and multiple procurement-related recommendations. The board received the monthly financial report through September 30, approved its 2027 meeting schedule, and reviewed the MAPS 4 streetlight project. Staff described a plan to study 12 areas for roughly 1,000 new arterial-road streetlights; the resolution set aside $4 million for 10 years of operating costs, and updated estimates indicate operating costs may be higher than initially projected. For MAPS 4 beautification, the board approved final plans and specifications for the airport-approaches project to be advertised for bid; bids were expected in December, with construction-contract approval anticipated in January. The airport also agreed to contribute several hundred thousand dollars toward expanding the Bessie Coleman Garden project. The board approved a $40,000 amendment to CH Gernzian Company’s architectural-services contract for that garden.

The board also approved several project amendments and change orders, including increases of $152,266.56 for sidewalks phase 1B, $373,732.50 for Nash Construction’s sidewalks phase 2A (amount as heard in the transcript), $29,295.74 for Ellsworth Construction OKC’s sidewalks phase 2B, and $20,912.44 for the MAPS 4 Youth Center phase 1. Other approvals included architectural-services amendments of $925,860 for the multipurpose stadium and $12,240 for the Family Justice Center, plus a change order for Cameron Park irrigation work. The board approved an amendment to the homelessness-program operating agreement that reallocates funding among projects—including $400,000 for Vita Nova, $2 million for Oak Grove, and $350,000 for WeHost Alliance—without increasing the overall allocation. Two bid packages were to be rejected and revised for re-advertising after coming in approximately $750,000 and $1.8 million over budget. The transcript also reports approval of other amendments and change orders, but some project details or amounts are garbled.