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ST9304-CS 900529 COPPELL PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM DATE: May 29, 1990 TO: Steve Goram, Director of Public Works FROM: Per Birdsall, Street Superintendent~ RE: Flooding E-W Beltline East Beltline Road opened again on May 25, 1990. It is now open on two lanes of concrete roadway as work proceeds on the third lane and as work begins on the westbound half of the project. There should be no further closures of E/W Beltline due to flooding. End Tickler PHB/bb * See additional memo for signals at 635. COPPELL PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM DATE: May 21, 1990 TO: Alan Ratliff, City Manager FROM: Per Birdsall, Street Superintendent!~.) RE~ Flooding on Beltline E-W On May 15, 1990, late afternoon, after the City of Dallas' Engineer inspected and determined that the Sandy Lake Road Bridge over the Elm Fork was safe at the current posting', the roa~g opened. It has remained opened since that date. Due to the predicted but uncertain outcome of the City o/' Da- Senior Engineer's inspection of the Sandy Lake ~oaU a~'idge County began repairs Ee the old/temporary road on F~.W It opened on May 16th around noon. At the t.ime E-W Belt3ine opened, Mike Sharp ~Df Lat~.as Cocn~.y B District 1 expressed concern about th¢ pavement whic?~, predicted to deteriorate rapidly because it had bee~ under for so long. As predicted, the County had to rec3ose E-V Se.]: Rd. on the evening of May 18, 1990. M~f~e indicated uhe ~'<~ad s~:cu.i, be open again on May 30, 1990 with motoris'o's using the ne~~ In response to inquiry/and traffic congestion Dana .Ua np requested to contact the State Highway Departmen~ to nave ti!eri~ adjust the signal timing on Beltline Road at S .~. 6.75~ contacted Mr. McNeal with the SDHi~T on 5-10-90 and re;,ije~ted to do this. Apparently the State has been out, they have ka.~j adjust the light at MacArthur for Irving twice now also. W~ made media contacts for the ex'cended closing of E-W Belt].Cine. Should you have any questions concerning this matter, contact me. PHB/bb xc: Steve Goram, Director of Public Works FOLT~)W-UP TO TICKLER ITEMS TO: ~J~/ FROM: Alan D. Ratliff, City Manager On ~ / ~ ~ , you were sent a tickler item on the above-referenced subject. To date, this office has not received your reply. Please forward your response with a copy of this form to the City Manager as soon as possible. Your assistance and cooperation in this matter will be appreciated- ADR:ep cc: PF file COPPELL PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM DATE: May 18, 1990 TO: Steve Goram, Director of Public Works FROM: Per Birdsall, Street Superintendent~ RE: Re-closing of East Beltline Road Mike Sharp contacted me this morning. East Beltline Road will have to be closed again this evening. The road conditions have deteriorated rapidly, which will make travel on that section of road hazardous. The repairs to the road necessary to restore acceptable driving conditions would be excessively costly. Mike Sharp, through the City of Carrollton, is having signs made to notify motorists of this condition. It is predicted that the road should reopen on May 30, 1990. I have prepared a cable message. PHB/bb Attachment RECLOSED.PHB COPP~LL PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM DATE: May 17, 1990 TO: Steve Goram, Director of Public Works FROM: Per Birdsall, Street Superintendent~ RE: Road Closures- East Belt Line Road and Sandy Lake Road Councils/Request for Status - Tickle 5-17-90 Sandy Lake Road opened late afternoon on May 5, 1990, after the City of Dallas' Senior Engineer inspected the Sandy Lake Bridge over the Elm Fork. His initial concerns were dismissed after comparing his observations to the State's off system bridge rating reports, which had been performed previously. Much to our surprise, Dallas County went ahead and made repairs to the old pavement on E. Belt Line Road, it opened on May 16, 1990 around noon. Mike Sharp, however, indicated that if pavement conditions deteriorate that the road may have to be closed again. PHB/bb BRIDGE.PHB ~ _.igc)g Please choose backgro~..i DATK: .... ~ ..... t .... -- ~-- color. ( t Gray :;.:d~E: '~?~ ~_~Vj~L i~U~~ ( ' Yellow PHONE: ~Z-~ ="~-~ if' Cvan ~!~. blue) (ads will run one week unless renewed) ~ ~ ~ ~ { ( ) Blue () Black f you ~'ou!d like your 'ad { ) White Print {shand~rd) o B designed by us, circle ( ) Black hi s paragraph.. O~d b~. A,~.=~o,, Te .... c~ r. C ........ c=',o~ Cc,p o.~S ~o,~o,, ~,J~:,.~". ',c F 1 ashing ! i ne or word line (s) word'(s): Large Print (takes 2 i[nes' line (Q): I COPPELL PUBLIC WORKS TO: Alan Ratliff, City Manager FROM: Per Birdsall, Street Superintendent , - Council's Request for Status Due to an inquiry made at the Council meeting on Tuesday, May 8, ~~' I have contacted various organizations to obtain status. .rn speaking with Mike Sharp of Dallas County R & B District 1, I have been informed that East Belt Line Road will be closed for a period of 30 days, which will allow them to finish construction o~~ a portion of the eastbound lanes on which traffic could then IL e routed. This will enable the project to not incur any add.itiona] expense in repairs to the currently deteriorated driving lanes which will be removed in 30 days anyway. I contacted Donnie Hampton of the City of Carrollton to check 'their status of Sandy Lake Road, they have had crews out today to survey the damage caused by the waters and feel confident that unless some unusually bad condition persists, the road could be opened within a day of the water's recession. I contacted the Corp of Engineers at Grapevine for a pred]ctien which they are always hesitant to give. Grapevin~ is still currently 1.5 feet over the spillway as is Lewisvix ~ e. Very' optimistically it would be two weeks before Grapevine wou~d be am2. e to go to a controlled release. It is staff's impression that as long a Grapevine Lake js experiencing an uncontrolled release over the sp].llway, Sandy j. ake Road will likely remain closed. The next status will be provided on 5/18/90. PHB / bb xc: Steve Goram, Director of Public Works COPPELL PUBLIC WORKS May 14, 1990 TO: Alan D. Ratliff, City Manager FROM: Steven G. Gore, Director of Public Works RE: High Waters at Ground Storage High Pressure Pumping Facility; East Sandy Lake Road As you are aware we experienced flooding conditions at our Sandy Lake Road ground storage/pumping facility. Precautions had been taken prior to the flooding of May 3rd, however no one could predict the magnitude of the floodwater we experienced, especially with the additional rains received the evening of May 2nd and early morning of May 3rd. Staff constructed an earthen berm and sand-bag retaining wall around the Dallas/Coppell control building and our ground storage tank. The floodwater rose to a height of 36-54" in and around this area. All Public Work's staff assisted in some capacity including the secretarial/clerical staff who answered the phones and kept constant contact with the Corp.of Engineers. Paragon Cable responded by providing the City with approximately 12 employees that helped with the sand-bag operation. Additionally, Dallas Water Utilities provided 2200 sand bags and 65 employees to help prevent the facility from flooding. Cajun Contractors provided assistance by having their 2 operators move several thousand yards of stockpiled fill material around to construct a berm. (Without the contractor's assistance, we would not have fared nearly as well). Other city departments such as the Fire and Police Department assisted. At no time did the City's water supply become contaminated due to the flooding. Everyone worked extremely hard to prevent this from happening. The total cost of the operation came to $5,300.00. The number of manhours including that of Paragon Cable Company and Dallas Water Utilities totalled 900 hours. The cost to the City of Coppell would have been substantially greater if the City of Dallas had billed us for the resources provided. Presently, the floodwater is at the pavement edge on East Sandy Lake Road preventing staff from opening the road to traffic and it is anticipated the road will be opened sometime this week after Carrollton completes road repair barring no major structural damage to the bridge at Elm Fork which Dallas is presently assessing. The earthen berm and sand-bag retaining wall will remain in place until the threat of uncontrolled discharge from Lewisville and Grapevine Lake is less than that at present. This could mean that the berm/wall would remain erected well into the summer months. I will provide you a status report as to the opening of East Sandy Lake Road by May 21, 1990. If you have any comments regarding this matter, please let me know. SGG/sm TICKLER FILE FOR: 3 ~ (date) REVISED DATE: INITIATED BY: [~~ SUBJECT: ~-~~-~, ~ REFERENCE: ' DIRECTED TO: ~ ~~~ ACTION REQUESTED: ~,J~-~ ,~C~~ FOLLOW UP: u ~ ~ ( date (by) RESPONSE TO FOLLOW UP: PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WITH RESPONSE!!