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Ken Griffin -Fwd: City Council Meeting June 16, 2009 Manara Academy's request for Special
Use Permit (SUP -S- 103382- SF -12) and Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church Site Plan
Amendment Request P &Z Agenda June 18, 2009
From: Marcie Diamond
To: Ken Griffin
Date: 6/16/2009 7:37 AM
Subject: Fwd: City Council Meeting June 16, 2009 Manara Academy's request for Special Use
Permit (SUP- S- 1033R2- SF -12) and Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church Site Plan
Amendment Request P &Z Agenda June 18, 2009
Attachments: TEA Complaint Manara 0001 Jpg; TEA Complaint Manara 0002.jpg
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>>> On 6/15/2009 at 7:01 PM, in message < OKLB002CU1E58980gvms173001 .mailsrvcs.net >,
"Byron Hardin" <bgmhardingverizon.net> wrote:
Mr. Clay Phillips, City Manager
Jane Peters, Mayor
City Council
This correspondence is requesting that the Mayor and City Council delay taking any action on the
Manara Academy SUP scheduled for the City Council hearing on Tuesday June 16, 2009. The basis
for this request is due to the fact that the Texas Education Agency has not concluded its
investigation regarding a formal complaint made on behalf of the affected residential
neighborhood filed on June 5, 2009 (see attached). A formal request for intervention was made
on June 15, 2009 to Senator Florence Shapiro seeking her assistance with regard to the TEA formal
complaint. Mr. Ryan Franklin, Policy Analysis and staff assistant to Senator Shapiro explained that
contact would be made with TEA to evaluate whether there were any rules violated in regards to
the Manara Academy Charter School application and approval process. Contact with TEA staff was
made on June 15, 2009 to ascertain the status on the formal complaint, but no date was provided
by Ms. Kathrin Jones, Program Specialist Charter School Division. She did explain that her "boss ",
Mr. Arnold Alaniz, Assistant Director for TEA was personally handling the complaint.
In regards to the Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church Site Plan Amendment Request P &Z agenda
item # 6, after a discussion with Ms. Marcie Diamond, Assistant Planning Director on June 15,
2009, it was discovered that the applicant (Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church) did not meet the
internal Planning and Zoning Department deadline for this case to be placed on the agenda for
June 18, 2009. Ms. Diamond explained that although the deadline requirement was not adhered
to for the P &Z meeting on June 18, 2009, an exception was made by staff to allow the case to be
posted. Mrs. Diamond did not disclose who granted the exception. Given the interest and
attention surrounding the SUP on this property and the community concern that has been raised,
one is left wondering why internal city policies and procedures would be waived or ignored.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. I will be joined by my neighbors in
expressing our community concern at both the Council and PZ meetings on these items.
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Thank You,
Byron and Michelle Hardin
153 Simmons Drive
Coppell, Texas 75019
bg m hard i n averizon . net
(214) 212 -4345
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