ST9902-CS041207
W. SANDY LAKE / ST 99-02B
PUBLIC MEETING NOTES
The City of Coppell Engineering Department hosted a public meeting concerning design aspects of W.
Sandy Lake Road on December 7, 2004.
Forty citizens showed up for the meeting along with three staff members and three members of the
consulting firm, Teague, Nall and Perkins, Inc.
Construction plans and overall project layouts were displayed in the atrium. Prior to the meeting, the city
and consulting firm staffs were available to discuss aspects of the project on a one-to-one basis with
citizens. Most of the citizens were concerned about the impact adjacent to their property and the number
one concern was the removal of trees adjacent to Sandy Lake Road.
The formal part of the public meeting consisted of a review of the City of Coppell’s Thoroughfare Plan
dating back to 1985 and leading up to the bond election in 1999. The timetable for construction was
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discussed. Sandy Lake (N. Coppell Road to S.H. 121) is anticipated to go out to bid in the 2 quarter of
2005 and the remaining portion of Sandy Lake Rd. (N. Coppell Road to Denton Tap) is anticipated to go out
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to bid in the 3 quarter of 2007.
The following items were discussed during the meeting and will be further reviewed by city staff.
1. There was discussion about overall tree removal and the proposed landscape plan. There were several
questions concerning what will be planted. The city will replicate the landscape plan that was placed
along Sandy Lake from Denton Tap to MacArthur Boulevard.
2. There was discussion on the spacing of the median openings and the fact that not every street can have a
median opening. Each subdivision was provided some type of median opening to one of the access
points to the subdivision.
3. Several residents who reside on the north side of Sandy Lake Road, expressed concern that more of the
street was being built toward the north than to the south. There are existing TXU transmission lines on
the south side and the city is limited in its ability to work within their easement. There was discussion
concerning the process that the city went through in dealing with TXU transmission lines on the recently
completed portion of Sandy Lake Road. Several citizens asked the city to explore the possibility of
moving the transmission poles to the median and then shifting the road south approximately 8 to10 feet.
The moving of the transmission poles would take City Council approval. The city would have to pay
TXU to relocate their poles to the median and also pay the design consultant to redesign the roadway to
the south.
4. Several residents in the Woodlands subdivision requested that a walkway be constructed beneath the
proposed bridge on Cottonwood Creek so that children could cross Sandy Lake Road at that location
and then walk down Winding Hollow to Cottonwood Creek Elementary School. There was discussion
on whether or not a walkway beneath the bridge would be utilized by children since ADA requirements
would require a lengthy meandering path to take a person from the street section to the section beneath
the roadway. The city does have several of these under-bridge walkways in place.
There will be a follow-up public meeting probably in 2006.
PRESS RELEASE
PUBLIC MEETING
Tuesday, December 7, 2004 7:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers
255 Parkway Blvd.
RE: West Sandy Lake Road Project
The City of Coppell Engineering Department will host a public
meeting to discuss the design and construction of West Sandy
Lake Road (from Denton Tap Rd. to S.H. 121).
The meeting is being held to discuss aspects of the project and
to address any citizen concerns prior to start of construction.
For more information, call the City of Coppell Engineering
Department at 972-304-3679.
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