ST8807-CS 880908September 8, 1988
TO:
FROM:
RE:
Alan Ratliff, City Manager
Russell R. Doyle, P.E., City Engineer
September 13, 1988, City Council Agenda Item Requesting a
Variance to the Subdivision Ordinance, App. A, Page 2, Item 5
Per the attached September 8, 1988, request letter by Mr. Mark Connell
of Connel] Development Company, the City Council ay "accept" the
prohibition of half-streets "when essential to the reasonable develop-
ment of the subdivision and where the City Council finds it will be
practical to require dedication of the other one-half when adjoining
property is subdivided". (A copy of Page 2 of subject Appendix A is
attached). If the full street was going to be built, no Council action
would be necessary, but only approval of the construction drawings would
be required.
Per the minutes of the January 26, 1986, City Council meeting (copy
attached), the final plat was approved for the "Royal Lane Extension".
Per the attached June 16, 1988, transmitted letter, the first set of
Construction Plans were submitted. The final revised set was resubmit-
ted today, and Ginn, Inc. will provide their review and/or approval
comments in writing at the City Council meeting.
Attached are copies of the following:
Mr. Connell's original submittal, and at my request, Ginn,
Inc.'s review comments dated August 3, 1988.
Mr. Connell's August 5, 1988, letter submitting a revised
estimate in which there was no further comment by Ginn, Inc.
Ginn, Inc.'s comments dated August 31, 1988. Further
comments, by paragraph number, are:
Paragraph #2 - Will be determined at the City Council
meeting.
Paragraph #3 - (Copy of Master Thoroughfare Plan
attached), when this was brought to the City's attention
during Ginn, Inc.'s review, the applicant and his engi-
neer were appraised of Ginn, Inc.'s opinion. No further
formal documents have been presented to verify Ginn,
Inc.'s conclusion on this matter. The applicant can
address whether the possible inconsistency is objection-
able to him since when platting his property to the north
Just south of Thweatt Road (Sandy Lake Road), he will be
required to comply to the Thoroughfare Plan at that time.
(Note, this plat was approved on January 28, 1986, and
the Thoroughfare Plan was approved in February, 1987, as
a part of the City of Coppell's Comprehensive Master
Plan, by J.T. Dunkin and Associates, Inc. of' DallaS,
Texas. Ginn, Inc. can address the inconsistency at the
Council meeting.
Paragraph #4 - Applicant was informed.
has not been furnished by Ginn, Inc.).
(Documentation
Paragraph #5 - Ginn, Inc. was requested on September 1,
1988, to provide ~n estimated work order for this pro-
posal. I do not recall any response as yet, other than
Wayne Gtnn indicating last week that he will be answering
some pending requests this week. (Requesting for Council
meeting).
Paragraph #6 - Ginn, Inc. was provided clear direction at
a pre-agenda meeting for the August Planning snd Zoning
Commission meeting with the applicant, and again in
response to their August 31, 1988 "follow-up" memo.
Ginn, Inc. was asked for their review to be completed,
since the construction drainways were already 98% com-
pleted before we got these opinions about the Thorough-
fare/Master Plan inconsistency, the potentially expired
plat, and the fact that the platted alignment for the
roadway "won't work", related to the State Highway
121/Sandy Lake Road interchange exit and entrance ramps.
Via the applicants engineer, I had the understanding that this request
for a one-half street variance would not be on the September 13, 1988,
agenda. I found out differently on Tuesday, September 6, 1988, during a
meeting with the applicant on the Hager Plat when his engineer was not
in attendance. While everything in this case is not fully resolved, and
some information will be furnished, as desired by the City Council, on
Tuesday; I have worked with the applicant to satisfy his desire to have
it considered on the same night as the Hager Plat.
I hope to have presented the facts and sequence, etc. so that if Council
so deems, they may act on this request with the best information possi-
ble.
RRD/lsg
cc:
Wayne Ginn, P.E., Ginn, Inc.
Shohre Daneshmand, Civil Engineer
Mark Connell, Connell Development
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