Northlake Wood-CS 970929Ken GrOy'm
C~ty Engineer
Coppell, Texas 75019
Dear Ken,
Several years ago when the master drainage plan for the city was developed there
were plans to put a 5'x5' box culvert in the drainage ditch just off Meadow Creek. I had
spoken to your offwe briefly amount it and then lust year I came in to the City offices and
spoke to one of your engineers and at that time it looked like the summer of '97' might be the
time when this project might get underway. With summer coming to a close it doesn't look
like that will happen but there are several things that concern me that I would like to make
you aware of
My property is at 153 Meadow Creek and it has a 12" sewer line running behind my
house that crosses over this drainage ditch. There has been considerable erosion around one
of the supports for this sewer line and with the type of rain that is being projected for this
winter this could be a problem.
Just off of Meadow Creek there is a railroad tie retaining wall on either side of the
drainage ditch. I don't believe that this wall will make it through the winter if we get the
types of rain that is forecasted. If the wall collapses it could back up the drainage.
Thinking that the city would be putting in the box culvert l had not maintained this wall.
My concern is with the wall coming down and liability I have for the water backing up. It
may not be possible for the rainwater to back up enough to cause problems on surrounding
properties so this may not be an issu~
There is also a safety concern with the amount of water that flows over the road in
this area. In extreme weather conditions like we had in 19~ and 1990us far us rain is
concerned the water flows over Meadow Creek with such force it could wash a small child
into the ditch. This is the low point in this community and receives water from 5 or 6
directions. The water jumps across Meadow Creek with amazing power and turns that
drainage ditch into a raging river. It has been several years since we had that kind of
rainfall so I imagine that this runoff could be even greater with the additional housing that
has been developed in Coppell in the past 4 or 5years.
The last item is somewhat confusing. There is a 20' easement for this drainage ditch
which goes down the middle of the property lines. There should be lO'on each side of the
property line. But when I look at the survey it shows the drainage ditch to be completely out
of the easement at Meadow Creek and then as it heads towards the creek the drainage ditch
and the easement come back together. Shouldn ~t this ditch sit completely in the easement ?
Please contact me at your earliest convenience. My work number is 214-855-5366 and
my home number is 972-462-8854.
Sincerely,
George Dixon