Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 21, 2025 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-a <br /> SUBJECT: Review of Design Options for the Crisis Diversion Facility <br /> DEPARTMENT: Asset Management Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Presentation Travis Myren, County Manager, 919- <br /> 245-2308 <br /> Caitlin Fenhagen, Deputy County <br /> Manager, 919-245-2303 <br /> Alan Dorman, Director of AMS, 919-245- <br /> 2627 <br /> PURPOSE: To review design options and associated project budgets for the Crisis Diversion <br /> Facility, select a preferred option, and direct the Manager to finalize the design with the architect <br /> and construction manager in order to prepare a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) for Board <br /> consideration in late 2025. <br /> BACKGROUND: The development of a Crisis Diversion Facility has evolved and progressed <br /> over the last six (6) years: <br /> 2019 — The Board established The Orange County Behavioral Health Task Force (BHTF), and its <br /> Crisis Diversion Facility Subcommittee. The Crisis Diversion Facility Subcommittee brought <br /> together subject matter experts in behavioral health clinical services, emergency services, law <br /> enforcement, and criminal justice with Orange County government. <br /> 2021 —The Subcommittee received approval from the Board of County Commissioners("BOCC") <br /> in April 2021 to develop a recommendation for the Crisis Diversion Facility, along with $250,000 <br /> for pre-planning services. The County completed a request for qualifications (RFQ) process and <br /> selected CPL Architecture to perform preliminary and schematic-level design and analysis <br /> services for further development of the Crisis Diversion Facility. <br /> 2023 — The Board approved the FY 2023-33 Capital Investment Plan ("CIP"), which included <br /> $2,047,155 for design services and $22,952,845 for construction for the Crisis Diversion Facility <br /> in FY 2024-25. <br /> 2024—The Board approved $1,100,000 for land acquisition. CPL Architects was selected through <br /> an RFP process to begin detailed design at a cost of$1,172,000. <br />