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(12/31/2009) Ken Griffin - Re: Fw: spoke wtih Coppell City Engineer - Coppell RoadPage 1
From:
Keith Marvin
To:
Clay Phillips,Ken Griffin
Date:
8/18/2008 11:47 PM
Subject:
Re: Fw: spoke wtih Coppell City Engineer - Coppell Road
To my knowledge we have no plans to bury these lines.
We are working on a project update mailing. We can include some information on the overhead lines in
that mailing.
Keith
Keith Marvin, P.E.
Project Engineer
(972) 304-3681
>>> Clay Phillips 08/18/08 19:45 PM >>>
Do we have any plans to bury these lines? How can we get something out to those neighborhoods
impacted by this project to cut this continued dialogue off?
Clay
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From:
"Epperson II, James" <IIJ@DNB.com>
To:
"Keith Marvin" <kmarvin@ci.coppell.tx.us>, "Gwen" <gwenbrant@aol.com>, "...
CC:
"Clay Phillips" <CPHILLIP@ci.coppell.tx.us>, "Ken Griffin" <KGRIFFIN@ci....
Date:
8/18/2008 7:42 PM
Subject:
RE: spoke wtih Coppell City Engineer - Coppell Road
Good Evening;
I was speaking with a Coppell Businessman this morning and he told me
that it was his understanding that the City of Coppell does not have the
funding to bury the lines during this construction project but will
budget in the future years to redo the job. It appears that the
underground utility will be a reality later.
Jim Epperson
Relationship Manager Tier I
13760 Noel Road Suite 1015
Dallas, Texas 75240
T 972-661-4113
C 972-740-5408
Fax 972-661-4125
Efax 866-373-5026
Customer Service Center 800-234-3867
www.dnb.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Marvin [mailto:kmarvin@ci.coppell.tx.us]
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 3:38 PM
To: 'Gwen'; Epperson II, James; 'Nancy Wang'; 'Zane Brantley'; 'Barbara
Hollingsworth'; Jennifer Harper; 'Kim Downs'
Cc: Clay Phillips; Ken Griffin; danny.fortune@verizon.com
Subject: RE: spoke wtih Coppell City Engineer - Coppell Road
Ms. Harper,
Thank you for the email. I spoke with Danny Fortune this morning. The
city has been meeting with Verizon weekly about this project. We
typically host utility coordination meetings quarterly with all public
utility companies that serve the citizens of Coppell to discuss upcoming
projects.
The city has not included the cost of burying the overhead lines along
the roadway in our capitol improvement project budget.
I am happy to discuss this further in person or on the phone.
Keith Marvin, P.E.
Project Engineer
(972) 304-3681
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>>> "Jennifer Harper" <jjeeharper@verizon.net> 8/16/2008 9:01 AM >>>
Danny Fortune with Verizon stopped by my home yesterday afternoon to
discuss my complaint that I had made with Verizon based on the first
email from Gwen about their "refusal to bury the cable lines on the east
side of Coppell Rd.". He told me that Verizon actually did want to bury
the cables. He said that this was in their 1st proposal to the city
once they were notified of the street widening on Coppell Rd. (i.e. not
have the poles with the original copper wires for DSL, etc.), but he
said that the city of Coppell told them that they didn't want to incur
that additional cost. He did mention that they co-share the poles w/
the electric company & that the electric co. needed to remain aerial (I
did not delve into this comment because I don't have any expertise in
electric service delivery & requirements of poles vs. underground).
After reading thru lots of these emails about this matter, I truly think
there is a disconnect between Verizon & the city of Coppell & that
perhaps a face-to-face meeting between the 2 entities be required to
resolve this matter quickly. I will say that I am impressed by
Verizon's desire to stop by & discuss this face to face with it's
customers & not just send a quick email dismissing our concerns. It
sounds to me that they are willing to listen & discuss our concerns. I
have cc'd Danny Fortune on this email so that he, too, will be in the
loop. He said that he is willing to talk to any resident about any of
these matters & to pass out his email & phn. #
(214-557-4437 cell or 972-318-5132 office).
Thank you!
Jennifer Harper
525 Edinburgh Ln.
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Marvin [mailto:kmarvin@ci.coppell.tx.us]
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:07 PM
To: Gwen; James Epperson II; Nancy Wang; Zane Brantley; Barbara
Hollingsworth; Jennifer Harper; Kim Downs
Cc: Clay Phillips; Ken Griffin
Subject: RE: spoke wtih Coppell City Engineer - Coppell Road
The City of Coppell does not have a contract with Verizon for this
project.
Verizon operates their own utility under the City's Right of Way Use
Ordinance. That ordinance requires them to move their utilities in the
event the city expands the street and a conflict is created. This
ordinance requires all new utilities to be installed underground. An
existing overhead utility is permitted to remain overhead in the event
it is relocated due to a city widening project.
The poles located on the west side of Coppell Road from Ruby Road to
Sandy Lake were not in conflict with any of the expansion, and as such
will not be relocated as part of this project.
The poles on the east side were in conflict, and were required to be
relocated. These poles belong to Verizon, and have only Verizon lines
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on them. This line still provides service to Wilson Elementary and the
homes on the east side of the road south of the school. We requested
that Verizon bury these lines, however they indicated that that was cost
prohibitive.
The blue pipes being installed underground is a new water main. The
water utility is owned and operated by the City of Coppell. You will
soon see a large diameter storm drain pipe being installed as well.
This also belongs to the city and will replace the ditches along the
sides of Coppell Road.
Please feel free to call me to discuss this project.
Keith Marvin, P.E.
Project Engineer
(972) 304-3681
>>> "Epperson II, James" <IIJ@DNB.com> 8/14/2008 2:30 PM >>>
Hi:
Thank you for the clarification and update. It appears that everyone's
concern is in line to the east side of Coppell Road. (Verizon) I cannot
understand that the City would do a Handshake Deal on a road
construction project with a large telecom.
The west side looks more complicated with 3 providers using common
poles? It would be important to know what the contract covers for this
side of Coppell Road.
As I see the development move along I see large blue pipes being laid. I
am not in construction but assumed that it would house wiring?
Regards,
Jim Epperson
Relationship Manager Tier I
13760 Noel Road Suite 1015
Dallas, Texas 75240
T 972-661-4113
C 972-740-5408
Fax 972-661-4125
Efax 866-373-5026
Customer Service Center 800-234-3867
www.dnb.com <http://www.dnb.com/>
________________________________
From: Gwen [mailto:gwenbrant@aol.com]
(8/18/2009) Keith Marvin - RE: spoke wtih Coppell City Engineer - Coppell RoadPage 4
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:09 PM
To: Epperson II, James; Hollingsworth, Barbara; Jennifer Harper; Kim
Downs; Nancy Wang
Cc: kmarvin@ci.coppell.tx.us; 'Zane Brantley'
Subject: spoke wtih Coppell City Engineer - Coppell Road
Just letting a few of you that I've received several responses from that
Kevin Marvin, city engineer (Albert's boss) returned my call.
Power poles on west side of Coppell Road are shared by Oncor, Time
Warner, and Verizon.
Power poles on east side are Verizon only. It was understood (but not
contractual) that Verizon, after moving their customers over to their
new services, would bring down the east side poles and having everything
underground. They have elected not to do so although City
representatives have made multiple requests.