Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into a Memorandum of Understanding with HD Sports & Hospitality, LLC, Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc., and the City of McKinney Texas for the Design and Development of Two City Owned Parcels of Land Consisting of Approximately 300 Acres of Land to Potentially be Developed for a Combination of Sports, Retail, Entertainment/Restaurant, and Mixed Use Commercial Uses
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Enhance the Quality of Life in McKinney
MEETING DATE: October 20, 2026
DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office & Parks & Recreation
CONTACT: Trevor Minyard, Assistant City Manager
Amy Kinkade, Director of Parks & Recreation
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
? Approval of Resolution
ITEM SUMMARY:
? The attached MOU will memorialize the next phase of planning, designing, and preparing for the development of 300 acres in McKinney for a sports and entertainment complex generally located east of Lake Forest, west of Taylor Burk and south of Bloomdale.
The MOU provides various design expectations and thresholds to be completed during the FY2027 budget year, and will ultimately be supplemented by a development agreement in the late spring/early summer of 2027.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
? The City of McKinney and McKinney Community Development Corporation began the process of purchasing the subject properties in 2020 and finalized the purchase in 2021.
In 2021 through 2022 the City of McKinney was in discussions with a developer and ultimately terminated negotiations.
From 2023-2024 the City of McKinney Parks Department experienced a leadership transition, slightly delaying the development plans of the properties.
In 2025 the McKinney City Council adopted item 5.5 in their Strategic Goals & Priorities Documents that stated the city should, “Issue a request for qualification/proposal (RFQ/RFP) for the development of the 230-acre parcel at Bloomdale and Taylor Burke (Brinkmann Tract) by December 31, 202...
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