ST9902-CS140404 (2)
Halie Hernandez
From:Lennox, Scott <Scott.Lennox@necam.com>
Sent:Friday, April 04, 2014 7:21 PM
To:Keith Marvin
Subject:SummerPlace Entry Monument Sign
Hi Keith.
Thank you for considering Summer Place residents opinions before deciding to destroy the neighborhood entry
monument. The fact that the SummerPlace Homeowner’s Association was abandoned many years ago makes these sort
of decisions challenging to say the least.
I don’t think the resident referenced in your letter is giving you accurate information when he/she states that the
majority of residents favor paving over our neighborhood monument. Here is the info I have regarding the
neighborhood’s attitude toward the monument:
A flyer was put on residents’ doors in November of 2010 stating that the City of Coppell had given residents 30 days to
determine repair or removal of the Summer Place monument, which was damaged at the time. It said, “A few members
of our community have been discussing [monument] repairs with interested residents”.
It provided four options:
1.Repair brick damage at residents’ cost.
2.Repair brick damage and replace cement pavers with “drought resistant plants similar to those found in the
center median along Sandy Lake Road,” at residents’ cost.
3.“City removes monument and replaces it with plants similar to those found in the center median along Sandy
Lake Road. No monument, just plants.”
4.City removes monument and paves over the area.
The flyer went on to say, “Remember, if the monument is not repaired, it will be removed and replaced with plants or
cement; neither remedy would be an appropriate solution. Let’s keep our identity and help maintain our values, it’s
important to all of us who call ‘Summer Place’ home.”
I do not know the results of the survey as I wasn’t part of the campaign. I can tell you the sign was later repaired.
In July 2011, a neighborhood meeting was held. I have the agenda from that meeting. Regarding the monument, it
stated “The monument is repaired… There have been many favorable comments about it.” This would lead me to
believe many residents enjoy having the monument as a way to give our small neighborhood some character. Last year
it was decorated with wreaths for the Christmas season.
I find it puzzling that this decision is being driven by a single resident’s suggestion. For more than a year, a CLEAR
MAJORITY of Summer Place homeowners have attempted to get the City to address the dangerous situation of non-
resident high school students parking in Summer Place on weekdays. Even after an extensive informational campaign,
several email surveys, and an official City vote showed that most homeowners favored parking restrictions, our request
was ultimately denied. This was because we were unable to get any of the neighborhood’s 25-30% rental homes to
provide an opinion at all. These renters don’t answer their front doors. They ignore flyers. And most will consider your
letter to be irrelevant junk mail.
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Assuming silent renters are in favor of the monument’s removal is inaccurate. Their lack of concern for the
neighborhood’s greater good should not factor in at all. Had we been given the same luxury of assuming renters who
don’t vote count as a “yes” for the parking restrictions, the measure would have made it to City Hall by now.
By the way, do you know what happened to the SUMMER PLACE metal letters that were attached to the brick? They are
gone. At the very least, could I keep them to possibly attach to the small brick walls on each side of the entrance. Or are
those walls going to be removed as well?
Thanks for your time,
Scott Lennox
473 Leisure Ln.
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