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(12/31/2009) Ken Griffin - RE: spoke wtih Coppell City Engineer - Coppell RoadPage 1
From:
"Jennifer Harper" <jjeeharper@verizon.net>
To:
"'Keith Marvin'" <kmarvin@ci.coppell.tx.us>, "'Gwen'" <gwenbrant@aol.com...
CC:
"'Clay Phillips'" <CPHILLIP@ci.coppell.tx.us>, "'Ken Griffin'" <KGRIFFIN...
Date:
8/16/2008 9:03 AM
Subject:
RE: spoke wtih Coppell City Engineer - Coppell Road
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
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relocated. These poles belong to Verizon, and have only Verizon lines 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]
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:09 PM
(12/31/2009) Ken Griffin - RE: spoke wtih Coppell City Engineer - Coppell RoadPage 3
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.