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October 12, 2000
Mr. Kenneth M. Griffin, P.E.
Director of Engineering and Public Works
City of Coppell
255 Parkway
P.O. Box 478
Coppell, Texas 75019
Re: Flood Study on i0 Acre Site East of MacArther Blvd. And South of Sandy Lake Road in
Coppell, Texas
Dear Mr. Griffin:
In response to your letter of October 9, 2000 (attached), there are two issues that you referenced.
First, you are concerned that there is a wetland designation on the subject property, and second
you are confused as to why we are submitting another Conditional Letter of Map Revision
(CLOMR).
Regarding the wetland, in preparation for sale of the property a realtor contracted with Morrison
Hydrology Engineering, Inc. (MHE) to determine a wetland delineation on the property in order
to avoid any future conflicts. This study was completed on May 18, 1999. As a result of that
study it was discovered that there were approximately 0.15 acres of wetland on the property. At
that time this size wetland did not require Corps of Engineers notification.
During the review process the Corps requested more information. This additional information did
not affect the wetland delineation, it was mostly clarifying location, including a north arrow and
this type of information. These revisions were made on May 30, 2000. The Corps notification
you received was based on this data. A copy of the wetland delineation report is attached for your
use.
We have contacted the owner of the property and he informed us that they completed grading and
fill of the wetland area prior to June of this year. This was when the new Corps wetland criteria
went into effect. Any work prior to that time would fall under the old criteria. If this is the case
the site would not require a permit.
As to our submittal of a Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) for the site, you may
recall that we completed a CLOMR for this site combined with a 48-acre site owned by Mr. Lou
Liebiwicz. In order to receive a final Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) as per the submitted
CLOMR it would be necessary for both sites to be completed. Since this is not likely to happen,
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now that the two sites have two different owners, we thought it would be cleaner to submit a
"stand alone" CLOMR for the 10 acre site. When this site is complete, they could submit a
LOMR and finalize the process without depending on the 48 acre site to be completed.
We hope this answers your questions, if not, please call me at Freese Nicols.
Sincerely,
FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC.
Ronald W. Morrison, P.E.,C.F.M.
Drainage Discipline Leader
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