Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Approving Qualified Firms to Provide Professional Landscape Architect Services for Parks CIP Projects
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2.1: Balance available resources to accommodate the growth and maintenance needs of the city)
MEETING DATE: December 2, 2025
DEPARTMENT: Parks Development
Procurement Services
CONTACT: Jenny Baker, Parks Planning & Development Manager
Mindy Smith, Assistant Procurement Services Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approval of Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• This Resolution approves a list of qualified firms to provide professional landscape architect services for Parks CIP projects.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The City of McKinney utilizes consultants to provide professional landscape architect services for parks design and analysis.
• The City of McKinney issued a request for qualifications (25-57RFQ) for Professional Landscape Architect Services on July 18, 2025.
• Twenty-One (21) professional landscape architect firms submitted statements of qualification in response to the RFQ.
• A committee of four (4) staff members from Parks Development reviewed and ranked the statements of qualifications based on the following criteria:
o Qualification of Firm and Project Team Members
o Past Experience of Firm and Team Members on Comparable Projects
o Project Approach
o Team Service and Innovation
• Of the twenty-one (21) firms that submitted statements of qualification, ten (10) firms were determined to be the most qualified by the evaluation committee:
o Dunaway Associates
o Halff Associates, Inc.
o Huitt-Zollars, Inc.
o Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
o LJA Engineering, Inc.
o Parkhill, Smith and Cooper Inc.
o Studio Outside
o TBG Partners
o Teague Nall and Perkins, Inc.
o Westwood Professional Services, Inc.
• When professional landscape architect services are required for a specific project, staff members from Parks Development will interview one or more firms from this list to determine the most qualified firm for that specific project.
• A fee proposal will be negotiated with the most qualified firm in accordance with the professional services procedures provided by the approved City of McKinney Procurement Policy.
• The firms listed herein will remain pre-qualified for traffic engineering services for a period of at least five (5) years.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• Funding for individual contracts will be allocated through the City’s operating budget or the Capital Improvement Program budget.
• Contracts for landscape architect services will be prepared and executed in accordance with the City of McKinney Procurement Policy.
• Contracts in excess of $100,000 will be authorized by City Council.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A