ST9302-AG 900303
Mayor, Council, Citizens:
We’ve been on a journey for 3090 days, since March 3rd, 1990 when
nineteen hundred and eight citizens went to the polls and twelve hundred and
four voted for Proposition # 5, which included the improvement of Sandy
Lake Road. A brief look at March 1990 shows Coppell had a population of
16881; Gov. Mark White, State Treasurer Ann Richards and Atty. General
Jim Mattox were dominating the news as critics critiqued their just completed
debate (with the experts giving Mark White the edge); the Mavericks not only
defeated the Phoenix Suns the night before, but they actually had a winning
record at 32-25 (a sight not seen in recent seasons); the Coppell Cowboys
defeated Bowie 12-2 to start their season 2-0; and Gov. Clinton of Arkansas,
in his re-election campaign for governor, emphatically stated that he would
not run for president in 1992;
After voting that day, Coppell citizens had their choice of going to the movies
to see “Driving Miss Daisy” (which was nominated for 9 Academy Awards)
or “Hunt for Red October”. Or, they could just stay home and be entertained
by “Hee Haw”, “Alf”, “Golden Girls” or “Star Search”. If shopping was
what they craved, they could go to Vista Ridge Mall, now 6 months old and
already 65% occupied, in their new fully loaded 1990 Plymouth Grand
Voyager LE sticker price $16,988 or their fully loaded 1990 Silverado
Suburban sticker price $17,382.
As you can see many things have changed in the last 3090 days, but the need
for improvements to Sandy Lake Road hasn’t.
Since that time there have been:
5 Special Public Meetings
Concerns about power lines
Placement of the project on hold for over a year
Redesigns to better accommodate existing features
Numerous meetings with the City of Dallas on how to lower their 30”
water line, which until June 1998 was the sole water supply to the
Town of Flower Mound
Four different project managers with our consulting engineer,
which also during this time was acquired by a larger consulting firm
and
Countless hours negotiating right-of-way
Citizens, City employees and Council members have come and gone and
through this entire process the only constant has been myself. I have lived
and breathed this project since almost my first day of employment with
Coppell in December 1991. So therefore I stand before you this evening not
unlike a proud father of a new child and strongly recommend that we begin
the second leg of the journey that will take us to the year 2001 by awarding
the bid for the construction of Sandy Lake Road to Ed Bell Construction
Company in the amount of $ 8,436,364.
A few particulars about this project.................