Copperstone FS-CS 890619Jerry Parch Consulting Engineers
June 19, 1989
Mr. Jay Chester, P.E.
ABQ Development Corporation
P O Box 25625
Albuquerque, NM 87125
505/242-3330
RE: JP No. 88009; Flood Plain Reclamation Study;
Parks of Coppell; CopDell, Texas
Dear Jay:
On February 21, 1989, our firm submitted a hydraulic study to the
City of Coppell in support of a request by ABQ Development
Corporation for proposed flood plain reclamation in Denton Creek
and Cottonwood Branch flood plains within the Parks of Coppell
property west of Denton Tap Road. During the past few weeks, I
have attanded several meetings with Mr. Russell Doyle, P.E., City
Engineer, regarding compliance of the proposed flood plain
reclamation with exemption provisions of the current City of
Coppell Flood Plain Ordinance. This exemption was previously
confirmed by the City on May 25, 1988.
Following is a list of meetings and participants, other then
myself and Mr. Doyle, that were recently held concerning this
issue·
1. May 17, 1989; with Mr. Ron Morrison, P.E. the City's
flood plain consultant and Ms. Shohre Daneshmand, civil
engineer with the City of Coppell.
2. June 5, 1989; with Mr. Frank A. Pagano, National
Hazards Program Specialist with the Federal Emergency
Management Agency and Ms. Daneshmand. Mr. Pagano
provided additional correspondence from FEMA's files
regarding flood plain and floodway revisions requested
by Univest, the previous property owner, in 1982.
3. June 15, 1989; with Mr. Ron Morrison, P.E. This
meeting was held following Mr. Doyle's meeting with the
City attorney the previous day to discuss this issue.
June 16, 1989; with Mr. Ron Morrison and with Mr. Wayne
Ginn, P.E., the previous City Flood Plain
Administrator. Mr. Ginn stated the reasons that he
considered qualify your property for exemption and
restrictions on any proposed reclamation in order for
the exemption to remain valid.
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Mr. Jay Chester, P.E.
JP No. 88009
June 19, 1989
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From this series of meetings and additional information which has
resulted from our research, Mr. Doyle stated in the June 16, 1989
meeting that the City of Coppell agrees that the proposed
reclamation within the Parks of Coppell property west of Denton
Tap Road is exempted from the current city flood plain ordinance
and directed Mr. Morrison to proceed with reviewing the
reclamation study we submitted to the City on February 21, 1989
for compliance with provisions of the City's previous flood plain
ordinance - Ordinance No. 219. Mr. Doyle agreed to provide a
letter to me regarding this decision.
Ron Morrison and I have scheduled a meeting for June 21, 1989 to
review hydraulic models prepared for our study and models of
existing conditions prepared by his firm, Kimley-Horn and
Associates, Inc.. Kimley-Horn has prepared a preliminary Flood
Insurance Study for the City. This study is also currently being
reviewed by FEMA. Ron and I will resolve modelling differences
between the two studies that should permit FEMA to proceed with
their review of our request for a Conditional Letter of Map
Revision for your project.
~Jer~rysincer~ /
' P.E.
JP:ch
cc:
Mr. Russell Doyle, P.E./City of Coppell
Mr. Wayne Ginn, P.E./Ginn, Inc.
Mr. Ron Morrison, P.E./Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.