BY ADAM DOE & SHELBIE HAMILTON
Over 500 homes slated for north McKinney site
Officials OK $6M for facility, road projects McKinney City Council approved multi- ple project-related contracts totaling over $6 million at an Aug. 19 meeting. The specifics A contract was awarded to Fort Worth- based Byrne Construction Services for con- struction-manager-at-risk preconstruction services for the planned $5 million renova- tion project at the McKinney Performing Arts Center. The contract totals $15,000, with an additional $5,000 for contingency costs. Council members also approved a roughly $1 million contract with Garver LLC for engi- neering design services for the relocation of underground utilities ahead of the Spur 399 project. The agreement includes a not-to- exceed cost of roughly $1.25 million.
Over 500 single-family homes could come to north McKinney following a recommendation from the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission to rezone a 136-acre lot just east of the Honey Creek development. The gist At an Aug. 26 meeting, the commission unani- mously voted to support rezoning the site roughly 1,350 feet west of Trinity Falls Parkway to a planned development zoning type that is consis- tent with the nearby Honey Creek development guidelines, according to city documents. The lot is currently outside of McKinney city limits, and an annexation request was attached to the rezoning request. Developer Levi Wild, president of Wild Land Consulting, said the neighborhood is currently slated to have 540 homes, but the land plan is still being created, so the number could change. “Five hundred to 600 [homes] is kind of in
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the neighborhood of where it is, but they’re still working on the land plan to nail down the final number,” Wild said at the meeting. City staff said the neighborhood would include a mix of traditional, cottage and villa home units.
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