Lakes of C 1stP-CS 950327 March 27, 1995
Cary Fitzgerald
Lakes of Coppell
4835 LBJ Freeway, Suite 600
LB 50
Dallas, Texas 75244
RE: Bridge Lighting Lakes of Coppell
Dear Mr. Fitzgerald:
This letter is written as a follow-up to our telephone conversation in which you inquired about
the City's ability to provide electricity to three bridges in the Lakes of Coppell and provide
electricity and fixtures for a fourth bridge. I stated that it was the City's intent to provide
electricity to the bridges, however, we were trying to get additional funding for the fixtures on
the fourth bridge. I then contacted my Street Superintendent, Rey Gonzales, concerning the
status of the project. A copy of his memo is attached. In reading Mr. Gonzales' memo, it's
apparent that I was somewhat mistaken in some of the information provided to you. The City
is currently having TU Electric provide electricity to all four bridges, however, the number I
quoted for the fixtures for the fourth bridge is actually a number to install electricity from TU's
pullbox to the four bridges. It will take an additional $2000.00 to buy the fixtures for the fourth
bridge. The memo also stated that this is an item that we are looking at for mid-year budget.
Having reviewed Rey's budget, we are currently looking for available funds to complete this
project.
During our conversation, you indicated that the purchase of the fixtures may be something that
the Lakes of Coppell would be willing to participate in with the City. If so, the City would like
to pursue that option with the Lakes of Coppell to lower the overall cost of the project. By
lowering the cost of the project, it may make it a project which the City can fund during the
mid-year budget. If you have any questions or would like to pursue the option of the Lakes of
Coppell's participation please contact me at 304-3679.
Ke~ln'eth M. q~riffin, P.E.
A~istant_CjJ,y~ Manager / City Engineer
cc: Jim Witt, City Manager
Rey Gonzales, Street Superintendent
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COPPELL EN~INEER~N~
MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 22, 1995
TO: Ken Griffin, Assistant City Manager/City Engineer
FROM: Rey Gonzales, Street Superintenden~)
RE: Bridge Lights - Lakes of Coppell
It is our intention to go forward with the installation of power to
the existing bridge lights on MacArthur and Allen, MacArthur and
Laguna, Parkway and Spyglass and Village Parkway north of
Basilwood. The Village Parkway site currently doesn't have any
fixtures. Stuart Electric has provided an estimate of $6,500.00,
including any necessary bores to provide power to the existing
lights. They didn't quote any fixtures for Village Parkway. Dean
Electric has agreed to provide an estimate for this project as
well. It will be approximately two weeks before we receive this
quote. Staff will attempt to get a third quote for this project.
We will also secure cost for the fixtures and forward that info to
you A.S.A.P. It is our opinion that this will bring the project
cost to approximately $8,000.00 to 8,500.00.
T.U. Electric has agreed to run the necessary power to a location
near the bridge columns and place handholds there for the
electricians use. They will provide the meters, as well. In
addition, Henkles and McCoy have agreed to provide a bore under
Allen Rd. at no charge. This bore is needed for T.U. Electric to
run their power to the bridge on MacArthur and Allen. We will need
to provide the electrical permit at no charge for this project.
Staff has requested the funding for this project to come from the
mid-year budget. We have asked Jennifer Armstrong to look at the
Electrical Account and see if we may be able to fund this project
with surplus from that account. Either way, we will need funding
from somewhere to get it done.
I will keep you posted on the status of this project on an as
needed basis.