Carrollton-CS 890629 (2) .......................
Mr. Russ~l Doyle, P. E.
City En~neer
City o~ Coppell
Box 4~
Cop~l, Texas 75019
Dear Russell:
Enclosed is a copy of an article which appeared in the June 28, 1989,
issue of the Carrollton Chronicle. As we discussed this morning,
I direct your attention to the end of this article, which asserts
that our staff provided assurances that the landfill zoning case
would be denied by City Council. I appreciate your comment verifying
that at no point in our dialogue on the case did Carrollton's staff
assure Coppell's staff of the outcome of this case. Hopefully,
Mr. Wolfe's comments were misinterpreted or taken out of context
by the media.
I would appreciate your support in relaying this position through
the appropriate hierarchy of your organization. I also appreciate
the open and constructive dialogue that was maintained between our
respective staffs throughout this lengthy zoning case.
Sincerely,
~c~~~ann in ~
MG/bp
cc: Mr. Mike Eastland, City Manager
Ms. Kathy Stivers, Senior Planner
Enclosure
lq45 jackson Road PO, Box 110535 Carrollton, Texas 75011-,0535 214/466-]040 Fax:
Carmllton Chronicle
-A Community Newspaper
Harte-Hanks
Wednesday, June ~8, 1~8~ '
2 ~t~ns
Coppell pledges to fight
. Coppell will continUe its battle to Stop a landfill from becoming a reality
in neighboring Carrollton, said Mayor Mark Wolfe Monday.
'~rhere is a tremendous amount of approval (landfill developer Hud)
Weaver has to get, and we are going to be protesting at every opportun-
ity,'' said Wolfe. The mayor said he and other Coppell residents in
attendance at the Carrollton City Council meeting June 21 were shocked
when the zoning case was approved.
The Carrollton City Council voted 4-3 to rezone a 230-acre tract as a
planned development district with a landfill as the only approved use. A'
special use permit for the la~dfill was also approved. Weaver, w~/~;] /
operates Weaver Construction Co., made the application, and the
took five months to resolve. /'-~
The Planning and Zoning Commission spent four months reviewin~o.~he
reque_sts and seeking additional information before voting 5-2 to recoi~
·Turn to REACTION, page I2A
mend the city council approve cycling in arid out of the landfill, he said, "We were assured this is
the request. C arrollton city staff had said. something the city of Carrollton did
recommended against approval cit- A.s for chargesby Carrolltoncoun- not want at all."
lng inadequate public facilities to cji members that Coppell officials As for charges there was alackof
serve the site. waited too long to voice objections, communication or miscommunica-
Wolfe said he has written a letter Wolfe said there are two reasons for tion with Weaver's representatives,
to the Carroilton City Council thank- the apparent lapse. First, there was Wolfe said Coppell never heard fram
lng them for giving Coppell residents a change in city leadership followingWeaver or his people. "Coppell staff
the opportunity to voice their con- the May 6 election and. secondly, was accused of failing to return
't~ms, and vowing "to fight this all Coppell staff was assured by Carroll-phone calls and not attending meet-
the way.' Should Weaver be suc- ton staff the cases would be denied, ings. City Manager Alan Ratliff had
cessful in obtaining all the necessary"Carrollton city staff assured our the secretaries look back through
permits, a process that could take staff this would not pass," Wolfe five months of phone message logs.
two years, Wolfe said. "We will do said, adding those same comments They show no calls from Weaver. So
everything we can to assure Sandy were made even after the Carrollton it was just talk that they tried to
Lake Road is not used by trucks" P&Z recommended approval. He work with Coppell," he said.