Northlake WE P10A-CS 930309 ~CHOLS, JACKSON, KIRK & DILLARD, L.L.P.
~mz~ z. s~n D~las, ~s 75~Q1
~IA F~ NO. '3~48 and VIA ~
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE) ~ ~
Kenneth M. Grin, P.E. o ~'~ ~
Ci~ E~in~r ~.
of
P.O. Box
Coppell, Tex~ 7~19 ~
Re: No~hlake Woodlands East Phase 10, Se~ions A and B,
Development F~s
Dear Mr. Gr~in:
P~e Sm~ handed me your I~er w~h the a~ve r~eren~ and ask~ for my
opinion. Sin~ I h~e ~en a numar of Imp~ ~es ordlna~ ~r various ~ties in the
Dall~ area, I h~ been destgn~ ~e so-~lled "~ ex~."
~e problem w~h this pa~icular s~u~ion is th~ we also represe~ No~hlake
W~dlands Joint Ve~ure and, there~re, have a co~i~ of inter~t in dewing w~h this
pa~icular m~er.
Sin~ this involves the applic~ion of an impa~ fee ordinan~ ~d Ch~ter ~5 of
the Lo~! G~em~nt C~e, I took the Iibe~ of ~,ing Ter~ Morgan, an ~orney in
K~sas Ci~, Mis~uri, ~o w~ ~e prima~ au~or of ~e T~ Impa~ F~ S~e,
Cheer ~5. I des~i~ ~e problem to him ~ o~in~ in your ~er and reve~ ~at
we had a ~nfli~ of i~est ~u~ we represent ~ the Ci~ ~d No~hl~e. I ~k~
him to quote a f~ and a probable total ~r rend~ing a thor~gh opinion on ~is si~afion
to the C~. He h~ advised me th~ he ch~ges $175.~ ~r hour for work ~ the Dallas
~ea and WOUld ~icip~e that the total fees for rendering such an opinion would
Aff~ r~eiving this inform~ion, Pete and I called Mr. R~I~ ~d he dire~ed us to
write this I~r to you. He said th~ after you r~iv~ E, he ~d you would ~souss ~ ~d
give us your ~swer ~ to how the CIW wished to pried. If n~~, we ~ sugge~
Kenneth M. Griffin, P.E.
March 9, 1993
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the names of other attorneys in the Dallas ama who would be qualified to give you such
an opinion.
I am sorry that we are unable to respond to your request, but I know you
understand our professional ethics prevent us from dealing with the question at alt.
Please call me immediately if you have any questions about any of this.
Very truly yours,
Robert L. Dillard, III
RLD/mdm
cc: Mr. Alan Ratliff
City Manager
City of Coppell
P.O. Box 478
Coppell, Texas 75019
Steve Goram
Director of Public Works
City of Coppell
P.O. Box 478
Coppell, Texas 75019
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