ST8807-CS 890209 (2)COPPELL PUBLIC WORKS
NENORANDUN
February 9, 1989
TO:
FROM:
RE:
Alan Ratliff, City Manager
Steve Goram, Director of Public Work
South Royal Lane Construction
Attached is Steven Morton's comnents to me in regards to a letter
received from Barry Knight in reference to the above matter.
Steven has provided inform~tion which I am forwarding to you for your
information, which will help identify what has prompted Mr. Knight's
letter.
The procedures which Public Works Inspections followed are in accordance
to subdivision ordinance regulations and staff believes within the
terms of the contracts and/or other agreements that we are aware of.
If you would like to discuss this. further, please advise.
SGG/bh
cc: Frank Trando, Deputy City Manager/Finance Director
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COPPELL PUBLIC gORKS
MEMORANDUM
February 9, 1989
TO: Steve Goram, Director of Public Works
FROM: Steven M. Morton, Chief Public Works Inspector~'////~
RE:
Royal Lane Project
Steve, in regards to the letter I received from Winstead, McGuire,
Sechrest, & Minick Attorney. In said letter Barry Knight states "there
are no inspection fees due on this property since it was agreed early
in the process that all city inspections would be waived because this
in effect was a city project being paid for by my client".
I am attaching the Four Letters of Agreement. The first agreement
is for the waiver of fee and reimbursement for the channel from Freeport
to Minyard - USPS property line.
The second agreement is for the waiver of fees and reimbursement for
the 16" D.I.P. water line.
The third is resolution 081286.1, which urges the construction of
Royal Lane.
The forth is the Coppell - Thompson agreement which delineates
responsibility.
In addition, I have reread the "Project Manual for Construction of
Royal Lane" prepared by DeShazo, Starek, & Tang Engineers again. I,
to date, have not found any reference to the waiver of inspection
fees associated with the paving and storm drainage for this project.
Furthermore, the City had no 'reimbursable items in the paving and
storm drainage construction.
My assessment to Thompson for $17,470.79 is based on 1.5% of the
contract amount for schedule #1 of $1,164,719.21 for the construction
of street, storm drainage and sanitary sewer only and is based on
data submitted by DeShazo, Starek, & 'Fang (attached).
In response to the cleaning of the channel being the City's
responsibility. This issue was brought up in discussion with Uvalde
and Clyde on requirements for acceptance. Clyde wrote Wayne Ginn
and copied Barry Knight on July 20, 1988 on this matter. Uvalde did
have Hall Construction clean out the pilot channel in which I did
inspect, but Hall did not complete their work. They neglected to
clean the 6" of sediment from the 8-9' x 4' box culvert and the other
three 8-8' x 5' box culverts along Bethel as originally requested.
The City's maintenance starts after acceptance. The $3500.00 is a
arbitrary derived from estimated time and equipment rental charges
the City would be faced~ with to finish Uvaldes work and in the
possibility USPS opted to not extend box culverts.
In closing, on 12/15/88 representatives from the City of Coppell,
DfW, and DeShazo, Starek, & Tang conducted the final walk thru
inspection and issued a typed punch list to Uvalde for completion.
Ail but the two mentioned items have been verified completed, as is
our normal process for every project submitted for City acceptance.
SI~/bb
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