Riverview Estates-CS 950321The City With A Beautiful Future
PO. Box 478
Coppell, Texas 75019
214-462~0022
March 21, 1995
Wayne A. Lea, Chief
Regulatory Branch
Department of the Army Corp of Engineers
P.O. Box 17300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102-0300
RE: Project//199400680 (25 acre tract of land on the south side of Sandy Lake west of the Elm
Fork of the Trinity River in the City of Coppell, Texas)
Dear Mr. Lea:
This letter is written in response to your correspondence dated January 30, 1995 in which
Michael Lamprecht from your office conducted a field visit to the referenced site. The result
of that field visit was a determination that there was waters of the United States existing on this
property. The owner of the property, Johnny Thompson, has also been in contact with this
office since the January 30th correspondence and for several years prior to that correspondence
concerning the potential development of this 25 acre tract of land. Most recently, Mr.
Thompson was concerned about the fact that the Corp of Engineers had designated a portion of
his property as wetlands.
This letter is not written to question whether or not a portion of the property is wetlands but
only to explain the development as it took place south of this property on land developed as
Eagle Point Village. Eagle Point Village was part of the original Riverchase reclamation which
was reclaimed in the mid-1980's. It also was grandfathered under the Trinity River Corridor
Development Certificate (CDC). However, during the actual development of Eagle Point
Village additional dirt was imported to elevate the site to the required 2 feet above the floodplain
elevation. During the plan review of this property, it was noted that the filling of the property
created a situation where there was water that would be ponded north of the site, i.e. on the 25
acre tract of land owned by Mr. Thompson. The City requested that wye inlets be placed on
the northern boundary of Eagle Point Village to allow the 25 acre tract of land to adequately
drain. With this letter, I am enclosing a copy of the drainage plans for the Eagle Point
Subdivision which in fact show that approximately 7 1/2 acres of the 25 acres was designed to
drain into those wye inlets and placed into a system that eventually drains into the Elm Fork of
the Trinity River.
I am unsure whether or not there are wetlands that exist on this site. However, just by the nature
of the development of Eagle Point Village and the general location of where the wetlands are
drawn on the map enclosed with your letter, it appears that the wetlands are areas that were
intended to drain to the wye inlets and into the system constructed by Eagle Point Village. As
for Mr. Thompson's future development, he has been informed that he will need to provide
floodplain reclamation studies and adhere to the CDC requirements for valley storage.
If you should have any questions concerning this issue please feel free to contact me at your
convenience.
Sincerely,
Kenneth M. Griffin, P.E.
Assistant City Manager/City Engineer
Floodplain Administrator