ST8201-CS 890525 (2)The City With A Beautiful Future
P.O, Box 478
Coppell, Texas 75019
214-462-0022
May 25, 1989
Mr. Ronald D. Van Ness
500 S. Denton Tap Road,
Suite 150
Coppell, Texas 75019
Dear Mr. Van Ness:
I have received and read your May 22, 1989 letter concerning
access to Denton Tap Road from Northlake Woodlands and Denton Tap
Medical Plaza. After consulting with the Project Engineer, Ginn,
Inc. and observing the site personally, I have given the issues
raised by your letter careful consideration.
At this time there is adequate temporary access from Northlake
Woodlands and the Medical Plaza to provide for normal business
and emergency vehicle traffic. It is a very inconvenient
situation, and I can well understand and sympathize with your
frustration over the situation. We were initially told by the
Contractor that the intersection would only be closed for about
four days while the earthwork and storm drainage were being
installed and then a two way asphalt surface would be constructed
from Meadowcreek out to the completed west side of Denton Tap
Road. In looking into this, it has come to my attention that
weather played a part in delaying the completion of this portion
of the project in the time allotted by the Contractor's
construction schedule. As a result of delays on the part of the
weather and the Contractor's need to utilize his resources to his
best advantage in completion of the work of the entire project as
a whole, the Contractor has made a conscious decision to postpone
the completion of the Denton Tap Road/Meadowcreek Drive
intersection. The Contract between the City of Coppell and the
Contractor, L. H. Lacy Co., allows him to perform his work by his
own means and methods and does not allow the City to dictate his
sequencing and scheduling of construction activities in the
accomplishment of the project as a whole.
I would like to point out that our Project Engineer, Ginn, Inc.,
is not responsible for the Contractor's sequence and schedule of
work. Our Project Engineer has the responsibility for assuring
general conformance of the Contractor's work with the Contract
Specifications and Drawings, and verifying quantities of
completed or partially completed work for payment as well as
representing the City of Coppell in addressing the concerns of
the adjacent property owners and businesses. If the Project
Engineer's project personnel have been discourteous, or
untruthful to you in the performance of their duties associated
with the project, please provide me with specific information
regarding the individuals name, date, time, location and subject
matter in question and I will pursue it. I don't believe anyone
associated with the project on the City's or the Engineer's staff
has made any promises on behalf of the Contractor.
In reciting the above, Mr. Van Ness, I am not taking issue with
your concerns and frustrations, or trying to protect myself or
the Engineer. What I am doing, however, is trying to show the
other side of the fence, and give you the overview of the
difficulties with which we must contend in order to bring about
these Capital Improvements Projects for your benefit as well as
the rest of the community's benefit. I assure you that if any
health or safety problems are identified in association with the
current Meadowcreek situation, we will not hesitate to have them
rectified immediately. I apologize for the inconvenience with
which you must contend at this time, and ask you to please be
patient for a little longer while we explore the options with the
Contractor.
Sincerely,
Alan D. Ratliff
City Manager
cc: H. Wayne Ginn, P.E.
Russell Doyle, P.E.
L.H. Lacy Co.