ST0003-CS040603June 3, 2004
JoAnn Smith
420 Coppell Road
Coppell, TX 75019
RE: Coppell Road Project #ST 00-03 (fi.om Cooper Lane to Sandy Lake Road)
Dear Ms. Smith:
This letter is written as a follow-up to our telephone conversation of Tuesday, June 1, 2004
concerning trees along the property at 412 and 420 Coppell Road. As I stated in our conversation,
with this letter I am providing you copies of Sheets P-2 and P-3 fi.om the construction plans. These
sheets show the proposed roadway construction adjacent to your property at the intersection of
Kaye Street. The current construction plans show the need for the removal of a 33" Oak tree at the
southeast comer of Kaye Street at Coppell Road.
Since our telephone conversation on June 1, we have contacted the design engineering firm to ask
them to reevaluate the intersection to determine what options are available to the city to save the
tree. As I stated, we are cutting the roadway down approximately one-foot in this area, so even
saving the tree could cause some damage to the root system.
One option we are looking at is to curve Kaye Street to the north, as it approaches Coppell Road, to
try to center it between the 33" Oak on the south side of Kaye Street and the 15" Elm on the north
side of Kaye Street. I have included with this letter a rough schematic showing how that alignment
could look. To accomplish the realignment of Kaye Street as it approaches Coppell Road we would
need additional right-of-way from 412 Coppell Road.
Another option would be to install a smaller radius at Kaye Street and Coppell Road. The current
subdivision ordinance does require a 25' radius for these types of street intersections. Placing a 20'
radius might move the roadway a little further away from the tree, but would also create a sharper
turn onto Kaye Street.
If we are successful in coming up with a realignment to shif~ Kaye Street further north, the City is
hopeful that you, as the property owner of 412 Coppell Road, would be willing to dedicate the
additional right-of-way necessary to accomplish the realignment.
Once you have had an opportunity to review this information and/or consider the realignment of
Kaye Street, please feel free to contact me so we can discuss this further. Also, I hope to hear from
our design consultant in the very near future on what ideas they might having in preserving the
existing 33" oak tree on the south side of Kaye Street.
As stated in our conversation, the timeline for the construction of Coppell Road is mid-2005. To
meet that timeline we do need to begin obtaining the right-of-way so that any utilities can be
relocated before construction of the roadway.
I look forward to hearing from you in the very near future.
Sincerely,
Kenneth M. Griffin, P.E.
Director of Engineering and Public Works
Office 972/304-3686
Fax 972/304-7041
E-mail kgriffin@ci.coppell.tx.us
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