Is McKinney's CDC Supposed to Pay for Normal Business Maintenance Now?

**Original edited on 8/11/25 to add after original article at bottom.
Should the MCDC give $233,137 to a multi-use development established in 2008, with restaurants, bars, businesses, and green space, for a new fire suppression system for its parking garage? The ask represents nearly 72% of the total cost. If I'm not mistaken, this is a first. 

The rationale is quoted below in its application to the MCDC:

“All expenses, including structural maintenance, system repairs, insurance, and regulatory compliance, are borne entirely by the private property owners through the Association. Over the past three years, the Association’s operating budget has averaged $406,000 annually, much of which has been consumed by the compounding costs of maintaining the aging and unreliable fire suppression system. The Association has depleted its reserves and levied multiple special assessments to meet these obligations, placing a significant and unsustainable financial burden on local stakeholders.

This situation represents a unique disconnect. While the garage serves a broad public benefit, supporting restaurants, retail establishments…it is funded exclusively through private means. The public at large has long benefited from the infrastructure without assuming any proportionate cost share for its upkeep. This grant request seeks to partially rebalance that equation by asking MCDC to contribute toward the public’s pro rata share of a critical life safety system that protects both public users and the viability of key community destinations.”  

A private entity wants customers at its restaurants, bars, and retail, but also wants taxpayer sales tax dollars to pay for customer parking. This private entity is Adriatica. Does that change your answer to the original question? The MCDC looks very open to this cost. Does that mean all existing businesses will get the same response when they come asking for the same types of maintenance grants?

See the complete application here. Watch the video here.

** This is a quote for the garage work included in the original application packet. For some reason, the quote was given to the recently former mayor's, Geore Fuller, construction company. He must be in some official capacity in the HOA to be getting quotes sent to him.