Northlake Wood-CS 890628
Mr. Vlvyon Bowman
Assistant City Manager
City of Coppell
255 Park Way Coppell, Texas 75019
Dear Mr. Bowman:
Thank you for talking to me on June 23rd, regarding damage to my
residence at 577 Rocky Branch from high water. We have lived in
Coppell for 12 years - in that time, my pool has been flooded ?
times to a total of approximately $12,000. That includes hiring
professionals to grade out the dry creek bed behind our house with
a bobcat - installing railroad tires to raise a barrier against
high water - numerous clearing of debris - repairs on pump, and
heating equipment - replacement of the liner twice.
The enclosed pictures are of the last normal rain in late spring
of 1988. As you can see - my neighbors yards are also under water.
Mr. Russell Doyle, our city engineer, came to our house to review
the damage at that time. We were told that the city would get back
to us. A number of years ago, I appeared before the Council -
concerning this problem and was told it would be corrected, Just
to give the city a few years to study and correct the problem.
Well, its been a few years. We have not received any correspondence
from the city regarding the damage from last year. Since that
time, we have incurred the expense of filing in our pool with dirt
and covering with grass to correct our problem. On June 6, 1989,
we sustained more damage - this time to a 33 foot pear tree on a
fence in the amount of $3279.50. It has become apparent to us that
our pockets are not deep enough to live in Coppe11. I feel that we
have a grave and dangerous situation with the drainage behind my
house which has been ignored by the City.
I respectfully ask that you review this hazard and take prompt and
swift action, not only for safety, but; also regarding our monetary
outlay which is beyond comprehension.
Sincerely,