CF-Andrew Park 1-CS 871013October 13, 1987
.Mr. Alan D. Ratliff
City Manager
City of Coppell
P. O. Box 478
Coppe 11, Texas 75019
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Re: Proposed Floodplain Management Ordinance
Dear Mr. Ratliff:
I am writing this letter on behalf of the Coppell Developer's Council. We
appreciate the manner in which you have accc~m~c~ated our request for a review
process of the proposed ordinance. Your consulting engineers have been most
co-operative and our joint efforts will result in an ordinance that prcmotes
the health and safety of the ccx-~,,unity while still being realistic in terms of
its impact on the business co~nunity.
_Most of the major land developments in Coppell (Villages of Cottonwood Creek,
Parks of Coppell, Riverchase, Vista Ridge) have floodplain related properties
and have been involved in the review of the proposed ordinance. It has been
gratit'ying to have your city engineers verify in our meetings that the process
of flood reclamation used in these existing and in-process developments has
been professionally done and is acceptable based on FEMA standards and the
city's prior approvals under your existing ordinance. As I am sure you can
understand, it is of Great importance to those developments which already have
approved reclamation plans, and are in the process of implementing those
plans, to be allowed to continue for~rd with their approved plans.
For this reason, we strongly endorse your city engineer's reconm~ndation that
the developments which have already received a FEMA conditional approval be
exempted from the proposed ordinance and be governed by the ordinance in force
at the time of approval. Although there may be other situations that also
warrant exception, this general rule seems fair and Dractical. Absent such
exemption, the proposed ordinance would bring severe penalties to some
developments and result in a negative economic impact on your city.
We have not yet Oeen able to see the final form of the ordinance. Assuming_
the city adopts the final recommendations we understand the city engineer has
made on the exemption clause, the street elevation requirements, and drainage
criteria, the Developer ' s Council supports the proposed ordinance. We
respectfully reserve the right to review the final form of the ordinance.
Further, please De aware that this is a cc~,,,unication of a general consensus,
and in no way precludes or overrides any individual comments made Dy any other
affected party.
Yours very truly,
CO~,PELL ,DEVELOPER'S COUNCIL
Michael t~.. Allen
cc: John Karlsruher
Ginn, Incorporated