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August 16, 1989
Mr. Alan Ratliff, City Manager
City of Coppell
P. O. Box 478
Coppell, Tex~ 75019
Re: ~muel Boulevard Construction
Dear Mr. Ratliff:
The purpose of this letter is to u~date you and the City Council of our
progress on the development along Samuel Boulevard. First, I wanted to inform
you of a delay in my schedule that h~ occurred. By no fault of contractors or
the City, we were not able to start construction until August 1, 1989. Because
of the very difficult t~k of obtaining and closing a development lo~, we lost
a considerable amount of time. But we are underway and have determined our
revised construction schedule.
Of course, of primly importance to the City is the completion of Samuel
Boulevard ~ it relates to the new school year. I am planning to start work on
Samuel Boulevard by September 5. It should take about a w~ek to complete ~d
hopefully will be open for the school week beginning September 11. I've had a
discussion with the principal of Lee Elementary, Mr. Bruce MacDonald, to inform
him of my progress and get his input. He was very ple~ed with our proposed
improvements and, although he knew some congestion will occur in the first few
weeks of the school year, he said he would notify all ~arents and children to
use caution in the area during the construction period. I informed Mr.
MacDonald that the problem of ponding water along Samuel would be alleviated
even after our excavation of the new section of road. This made him extremely
happy in that children were being splashed while walking to school under the
previous conditions.
Again, I want to apologize for the delay but I honestly feel all parties
concerned are striving to get this project done ~ soon ~ possible. The City
h~ certainly done their part, and I hope you will allow us to do ours.
Sinc~y,
GDJ/mlk Gordon D. Jo~s
Vice President
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