Fiberlight-CS091021
October 21, 2009
Judd O. Carothers
Vice President, Network Operations and Construction
Fiberlight, LLC
2001 E. Randall Mill Road, Suite 115
Arlington, TX 76011
Dear Mr. Carothers:
This letter is written in response to the plans submitted to the City of Coppell in reference to
the installation of new fiber optic cable within the City of Coppell.
Your request is to go aerial where there are existing utility poles and then to go underground
where no poles currently exist. As we discussed, the installation of new aerial lines will take a
variance from the City of Coppell.
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I have prepared an agenda item for the October 27 City Council meeting. In my agenda item
I did not offer any objections to the installation of new aerial cable where there are existing
utility poles, with the exception that any crossing of the public right-of-way should also be
placed underground.
The plans as submitted were quite confusing, made even more so, by the inclusion of the
facilities in the cities of Carrollton, Irving, Dallas and Grapevine. You need to re-submit plans
that only show improvements within the City of Coppell. This is to insure there is no
misunderstanding between any permits the City of Coppell issues and any work shown on plans
submitted to the City of Coppell.
This will impact sheets 051-063, 052-063, 051-062, 050-061, 051-061, 050-060, 051-060,
052-060, 057-060, 057-059, 058-060, all the 062 and 063 plans since they are in Carrollton
and sheets 056-050 through 056-054.
You will need a separate permit from Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), for the proposed
underground installation along South Denton Tap Road and Freeport Parkway that crosses the
railroad tracks. You will also need a separate permit from Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) for the portion of the line proposed over IH 635 that lies within the
City of Coppell.
In addition to the requested variance, you should be aware that the City of Coppell has a right-
of-way use annual fee in addition to the right-of-way registration fee. The annual fee is $1.00
per linear foot per conduit. Therefore, once the plans are approved and the installation begins
there will be a fee assessed against the total length of the cable being installed, which will be
due and payable on an annual basis.
If you have any questions concerning the comments on the plans, please feel free to contact me
at your convenience at (972) 304-3686.
Sincerely,
Kenneth M. Griffin, P.E., Director of Engineering/Public Works
Office 972/304-3686
Fax 972/304-7041
kgriffin@ci.coppell.tx.us
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