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Rhonda Adloo
From:Douglas Layne <dflayne@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:09 PM
To:Keith Marvin
Subject:Re: East Bank of the Enclaves on the Parkway Canal
Greetings Mr. Marvin, P.E.,
I have never heard anything else about what is going on with respect to the East Bank of the Enclaves on the
Parkway Canal.
If there was a meeting to discuss the plan of action, I never received notice of it.
Can you please update me with the latest information?
Thank you,
Douglas Layne
277 Alex Dr.
214-870-4775 (cell)
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Keith Marvin <kmarvin@coppelltx.gov> wrote:
Mr. Layne,
Thank you for your email and your thoughts on the subject. We are just starting the project now. You should
see surveyors begin work shortly. Once the survey is complete, the engineers will develop some preliminary
drawings. At that point we will sit down with the adjacent homeowners and go over some options.
I would anticipate having something to look at in October, and setting up a stakeholder meeting shortly
thereafter.
Feel free to contact me should you have any questions or comments along the way.
Keith
Keith Marvin, P.E.
Project Engineer
(972) 304-3681
>>> Douglas Layne <dflayne@gmail.com> 8/25/2011 2:46 PM >>>
Dear Mr. Marvin, P.E.,
Thank you for your letter of Aug 23, 2011 w.r.t. the eastern and southern
banks of the canal within the Enclaves on the Parkway.
Your letter could not have been more timely for me. Over the years, the
slope to the canal (which begins at my fence line) has been slowly sliding
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downhill. Prior to this summer, it had already slid far enough to cause my
wrought iron fence across the back of my property to lean towards the canal.
However, this summer, it has become far worse. My fence now leans at least
15 degrees off vertical towards the canal and I am starting to worry about
my house. This morning, when I looked, the sloping now starts a few inches
inside my fence.
When I bought my property in June or July of 1993, the property behind my
fence was level for maybe 100+ feet before it reached the bank of the
natural creek that was there. The development of the Enclaves on the Parkway
has been a mixed blessing. Instead of what could have been apartments, I now
have houses behind me and a nice stone-lined canal and nice view.
Unfortunately, when the developers moved the creek to the east to make the
stone-lined canal, they were perhaps a bit over zealous in where they began
the slope to the canal.
At the time, I felt they should have left maybe 3 or 4 feet level with our
property lines before beginning the slope.
Your letter could not have been more timely, because I was wondering who I
needed to contact w.r.t. the hill slide that has been on going.
I look forward to meeting with you and the contractors during your planned
meetings with respect to the proposed solution for the east bank problem.
I would like to suggest that the contractors to give some thought to giving
us a 3 or 4 foot wide level shelf along our property, held back with a
retaining wall. I'm not asking for a sidewalk along that shelf, but land
that doesn't fall sharply away at the fence line would be nice.
I am also wondering if righting my fence to vertical will be included in
this work?
If you or the contractors need access to my property, I will happily grant
it, but would like to know in advance. Feel free to contact me via email or
my cell phone.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Douglas Layne
277 Alex Dr.
214-870-4775 (cell)
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