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ST9302-CS 940915Thank you for calling the Sandy Lake Road Hot Line. This message will last 90 seconds. The Hot Line has been established to receive input on the location of the TU Electric transmission lines currently located on the south side of Sandy Lake Road. The City of Coppell will be holding a public meeting at Town Center, 255 Parkway Blvd. on October the third beginning at 6:30 p.m. for viewing of exhibits and 7:00 p.m. for the presentation. Landscape exhibits will be available for review at Town Center beginning September the 12th. Several options for the transmission lines have been discussed. Option 1 Relocate the existing lines further south Option 2 Relocate the existing lines to the median of the proposed Sandy Lake Road Option 3 Install the transmission lines underground Option 4 Obtain an alternate route for the relocation of the transmission lines Three of the options have a price tag which could affect the overall cost of Sandy Lake Road, the City tax rate or cause the construction of other projects to be delayed. The fourth option will not cost the City, however, it could create a less than pleasing aesthetic corridor along Sandy Lake Road. In addition to the aforementioned public meeting, the City will be providing additional information on Paragon Cable, Channel 19 during the week of September 19th. At the tone please leave your detailed message concerning this issue. If you would like additional information on this issue please contact Ken Griffin, Assistant City Manager at 393- 1016. Thank You Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 1 9/7/94 5:15 p.m. Amy Falk/104 Trailwood Lane/462-0828 I would like any additional information that is available since we are opposed to putting the power lines in the middle of the road. 9/7/94 6:49 p.m Hank Edminston/ll6 Dickens DR/304-0828 I would support the installation of the existing lines underground, I think any other alternative would be less than appropriate for a City with these types of Building Codes and with this type aesthetically pleasing environment. My vote is to install the existing lines underground. 9/7/94 7:10 p.m. Karen Steinfeld/809 Parkway/ I am calling to express my opinion that I am definitely against locating the TU transmission lines in the center of Sandy Lake Road and would vote to have the option to having them buried as being the best alternative. I think that in a City such as Coppell our aesthetic qualities of life are very important and to have something as ugly as 110 foot steel poles in the center of our City on a main thoroughfare is absolutely against everything we have tried to achieve in this community as for our quality of life. I seriously hope that our City Council will recognize this view which I believe is held by most citizens of this community and not locate those poles in the center of Sandy Lake Road or any place else that would be directly visible to the public. 9/7/94 8:12 p.m. Scott Elgin/270 Suzanne Way/ I am totally against the galvanized poles. I believe Option 2, with the underground, that is what we are for. Please list us as an Option 2 candidate. 9/7/94 8:18 p.m. Mark Iffiander/505 Greenridge/393-2860 I live just south of Sandy Lake, I don't know what the politics is behind this that has caused this thing to be approved before it was studied and put together like we are doing now. It doesn't smell very good its like the City chose the "no cost option" without really thinking this whole thing through and unfortunately I hope this is not just becoming a charade, not being said, I will try to attend the meeting. However, you can probably tell by my tone that I think that this is a horrible idea to ruin the aesthetics of Sandy Lake Road. I don't know why, you already have Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 2 the aesthetics of Beltline Road mined, I don't know why you don't put them over there. Don't destroy Sandy Lake, you want to make this town look like Carrollton or Garland or something go ahead and do something like that. To me that is ridiculous, this town is a very wealthy community and sure can afford this option to put the lines in the ground. The thing is what can happen I can see this thing five to ten years down the road someone comes along an says yes there is some proof that there is correlation between these power lines and all of a sudden there is all these laws suits and you have got to move the damn lines underground anyway plus settle all the law suits. You know, I don't have a crystal ball but so many things have gone this way in the past and just think it is being penny wise and pound foolish and the City is setting us up for a disaster by letting those lines be above ground because someone is going to sue and cost the City a lot more money down the road. 9/8/94 Four calls in opposition were inadvertently erased. 9/8/94 7:59 a.m. Kathryn Bowling/176 Glendale/ I forget why I called your message was so long. 9/8/94 9:43 a.m. Winona May/104 Simmons/393-2023 I definitely don't want them in the median. Something else needs to be decided because I live on the south side and they would really. I don't want them on the south side either because they would be right next to my house, because I am only the second house from the road. 9/8/94 10:11 a.m. Tim Martin/120 Meadowglen Circle/393-1007 I would like to express my opinion that the TU electric poles in the center of Sandy Lake Road don't seem to be an acceptable alternative to me. I was in Lewisville looking at some streets with the poles in the center and they are just unsitely. Trees do not cover up the pole lines and I think it would be a big mistake. 9/8/94 10:40 a.m. Nancy McMenamy/100 Cedar Crest Court/462-7354 I am calling in opposition to putting the TU poles down the median of Sandy Lake Road. I think the other options are worth looking at and as for as spending I think the community would consider funding a different alternative for the betterment of Sandy Lake Road and Coppell community. Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 3 9/8/94 11:34 a.m. Debbie Bargas/242 Suzanne Way/ I want to give my opinion about the proposal to move the transmission lines to Sandy Lake Road. We just purchased our home about thirty days ago and when we made our purchase it was in regard to where the transmission lines are located today. We currently were looking for a neighbor that did not have these transmission lines because of the emission rays that they generate and I just wanted to let you know that we are disappointed that this is even being considered considering the fact that when we bought our home we bought them in a location with respect to the current lines that exist today. I realize that they do have to be moved although I just want you to know that considering that there is a elementary school not far away I think it is a bad idea. We are very disappoint due to the fact that Coppell is a family oriented community and we are totally against. 9/8/94 12:53 p.m. Charlie Pickett/931 Moonlight Cove/ I was calling to see if there might be a list of people and addressed that I can send response and comments to regarding this atrocity that TU Electric wants to do to us. Certainly I am totally against it, almost to the point that I prefer to have Sandy Lake Road remain in it's congested condition with the poles as they are and for TU Electric not to use the City of Coppell who wants a very beautiful neighborhood and goes to great lengths for it to put such atrocities that you would not find in Highland Park or Piano or any other community such as Coppell. 9/8/94 1:30 p.m. Dealey Thompson/148 Woodcrest/ I am calling to voice my opinion of the power line proposal in the middle of Sandy Lake. I think that when I moved to Coppell a year ago I consciously made a decision to live in a neighborhood that does not have these power lines and these would be erected right where I am. This disturbs me greatly to know that I am either going to be put in a position where I am going to have to raise my children around these power lines or sell my home. I made a conscious effort not to do this. That is why we did not move into Northlake Woodlands nor in the Centex subdivision that is along Thweatt Road. It is a fact that power lines cause decrease in property value and that can't be a good thing for Coppell because there are a lot of homes being developed along Sandy Lake where the power lines are supposed to be erected. Aside from the probable health risk, they are going to look hideous. The trees and landscaping options I don't think will do any good for the poles and will be an eye sore to say the least and Sandy Lake is like the major road running through Coppel so I would think that would be quite an issue. Also, with the school I feel that a lot of people would be concerned about the high voltage power lines being so close to their children at school. Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 4 9/8/94 1:58 p.m. Mark Henry/983 LaGuna Drive/393-0243 I am opposed to any plan that will put the power lines in the center median with large galvanized steel poles. That is not why I purchased a home in Coppell and I think that it is incredibly inconsistent with the balance of the development in the community. I pay high tax rates to live in a quality community: brick street crossing, architectural control, etc. It is absolutely ludicrous that this is even under consideration. There is one opportunity to tear this street up and redo it right. We do not see this approach done in any of the other major thoroughfares in the community and I think it is very short sited to consider this based on a short term price tag. 9/8/94 2:31 p.m. Don Moore/724 Eagle Dr./393-9400 I back up to Sandy Lake at the intersection of Samuel. This is an area that is a big concern to me. I don't know that I want the lines located further south, but I don't know that I want them in the median either. I think the best option is what you have identified as either Option 2 or Option 3 both of those need to be explored. I would like to be apprised of any changes or development on this. 9/8/94 2:51 p.m. Denise Admiston/116 Dickens Drive/304-0828 I am very much opposed to Option 4, having the poles located down the median, because the elector magnetic field that it generates and for aesthetic reasons. I don's understand that while they are digging up Sandy Lake Road they cannot place those lines underground at a lesser expense than putting above ground lines. 9/9/94 9:02 a.m. Barry Ward/340 Cedar Crest Dr./393-2908 I was just made aware of this situation last night and ! got a picture from the Citizens Advocate and I am definitely concerned. I think one of the reasons we moved into this area was that it is very eye pleasing with not a lot of this type of power lines and such. I will definitely be at the October 3rd meeting and hopefully we can work something out that is not going take away from the beauty of that neighborhood. 9/9/94 9:02 a.m. Frank Pope/100 Woodcrest/462-1616 I am opposed to any particular change in the transmission lines especially the large ones. I realize that there is electricity going up and down there that services my house but my question Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 5 is what is the increased voltage capacity over what is currently going up and down Sandy Lake. 9/9/94 12:42 p.m. Lucy Tucker/120 Dickens Drive/304-0213 I am absolutely against the power lines going in the median in Sandy Lake. I believe the jury is out on whether these power lines will be setting up difficulty with the elector magnetic field. I am concerned that your message doesn't mentioned this as a possibility that it is going to be looked into. I would be happy to talk to someone if someone could give me a call. 9/9/94 12:44 p.m. Bill Tucker/120 Dickens Drive/304-0213 I want to voice my very strong disapproval of option 4, as mentioned on the message. I also want to make sure and request that at the Oct 3, public meeting all the specific variables are open for discussion and that there are facts that are known or suspected about the elector magnetic fields. It is certainly something that needs to be discussed and secondly the issue of the City earlier in your deliberation, refusing to allow an apartment complex to be built close to an existing power line. The City has at this point set a president in regard to the concerns about the health of it's citizens as it relates to elector magnet field. 9/9/94 3:46 p.m. Nick Brunuff/336 Cedarcrest Drive/393-4663 Of all of the options expressed, locating it underground would be preferable, locating it to another part of town perhaps undeveloped would be preferable, locating it in some way or fashion that does not require removable of existing trees to help camouflage it would be better. The least preferred method would be Option 4 running it down the median. I would be willing to have my electric bill increased some dollars per month over a number of years to relocate that line instead of having it located in the center of the median. 9/9/94 4:09 p.m. Wayne Colburg/525 Rolling Hills Road/462-1268 I think the power lines need to go in the median of the road because that will not incur any additional cost. That is the most reasonable think to do. 9/9/94 9:45 p.m. Jonell Belke/445 Dillard Lane/462-8669 The utility poles on Sandy Lake Road I support Option 4 because of the cost to the City. I don't want to as a tax payer have to have any increase city taxes in order to pay for putting the lines Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 6 underground or any of the other options that are provided. We pay enough taxes in the City as it is and you are taxing us right out of the ability to continue to live here. And beside that fact, I live on the west side of Denton Tap Road where we take all kinds of kicks and negative impact from the airport and from realtors and other people in the area putting out the perception that this is the bad part of town to live in and it actually is not but that is the perceptions and perception is what counts, and I think the rest of Coppell should have to endure what we have to endure over here with lower property values and ability to sell property. Bottom line is that unsightly or not people are going to have to live with some negatives in the City just like we have had to on the west side and I don't want my taxes to go up. I support Option 4. There are plenty of places elsewhere in Carrollton, Lewisville and Irving who have the same utility poles and I don't think that there is anything special about Coppell that should prevent us from having them in hour community. I don't think the rest of the tax payers should have to suffer and endure more taxes. 9/9/94 10:20 p.m. Dick Belke/445 Dillard Lane/462-8669 of the 4 Options list, I would prefer option 2, but I would like to see TU Electric pay for the entire thing because if the City Council is always so firm about their aesthetic zoning ordinances, then I think they should require TU to put the lines underground at their cost. The transmission lines that go through Coppell do not serve Coppel very much and it is therefore my opinion that they should be placed underground at TU expense. TU Electric is so concerned about providing good service to the people of Coppell but yet the power go off on the west side of town about once a week, we have to reset everything and that is discussing. It think that TU should pay for it and I will try to be at the meeting if I can and definitely express my opinion to TU Electric eye ball to eye. If this becomes an impossibility then I would go with Option 4 in the median. 9/10/94 2:34 p.m. Shannon Veigert/600 Quail Lane/471-1960 We are new residence of this community. We were just made aware of the power lines going down Sandy Lake Road and would like to be involved in stopping the plan. Please give us additional information on how we can support the grassroots efforts to change the current plans. Feel free to call myself or my husband, Daniel. 9/11/94 9:03 a.m. Jim Witt/131 Newport/ I think it is a tremendous thing. I think he should get a weeks paid vacation in Barbados without his family for all the stuff he is putting up with and of course taking his entire staff with him. Have a great day, goodbye! Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 7 9/11/94 9:12 a.m. Tom Cooper/302 Pecan Hollow/462-0698 I would like to see the transmission lines underground. I think that there has been so much time and planning that has gone into this process. I would have thought this would have been considered a long time ago. But since it seems to be the issue that it is, apparently with where this community is headed, with the image that we are betraying in Coppell and the taxes that we pay already we could find a way to not have this dramatically effect the other projects that are going on and put these lines underground. I think the though of putting in the high rise of the median on a main thoroughfare is ludicrous. I think that would be the opinion of 75 % of the residence of Coppell. Hopefully this thing will be debated and put to bed. 9/11/94 9:26 a.m. Tracy Na11/832 Parkway Blvd./ I am definitely concerned about have these poles in the middle of Sandy Lake Road and think that the City needs to weight all the options. I will be attending the public meeting. 9/11/94 9:27 a.m. Richard Radd/101 Cedarcrest Court/ I am obviously concerned about the aesthetics of the area. One option that I though about that may be positive was going with a large 18 foot median on Sandy Lake as we originally discussed and wanted prior to me moving here two and one-half years ago. Even going with the smaller route on Sandy Lake with the smaller median, one turn lane two through lanes and a left and right turn lane to get into each subdivision. Obviously if we can do that, then it lowers the cost of Sandy Lake itself and we will have extra money to put the electrical lines underground. 9/11/94 9:09 p.m. Patrick Ware/108 Trailwood/ I am against putting the poles down the middle of Sandy Lake Road. I like the option of possibly buying easement up north around Denton Creek and moving the utilities out of site where there is no development or putting the lines underground. I think the cost would be less to relocate to an undeveloped area at this time. 9/12/94 8:27 a.m. Teresa Almar/903 Cypress Court/462-0347 My husband and I are concerned with the looks of the plan for putting the poles in the median and would like to see what the dollar cost is as opposed to the other options because we are certainly willing to have increased taxes to keep Coppell looking like it has so far. With all the Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 8 pavers and strict building codes, it is crazy to have the tall poles put up. We would like to consider some other options. 9/12/94 8:32 a.m. Dave Beard/641 Briarglen/ I am against the tall poles in the median or on the roadway. 9/12/94 8:32 a.m. Don Miller/298-2202 We are beginning to fight an issue of some similarity to ours down in Duncanville/Cedar Hill area where they are trying to run a new highway under 345 volt transmission towers. There are issues that we have been looking at that you had better be aware of. There is a safety issue for placing high towers if a vehicle should hit them and knock them down they will fall further off the easement and the likely hood of vehicles hitting some of these is quite good. In our case, they will drop 345,000 volt lines on homes or gas lines. Issues like these need to be looked at. I would appreciate your help in getting our message out in the press like you did and would appreciate a call back. 9/12/94 9:16 a.m. Ben Jennings/622 Meadowview Lane I think that there has got to be a better alternative to locating the poles in the middle of the median of Sandy Lake. I would like to see them buried. I would like to get additional information sent to my house. 9/12/94 9:17 a.m. Elizabeth Shine/426-7872/108 Cedarcrest Court I am very much against having the poles on Sandy Lake Road. I not only am concerned about how they look but about the danger of the added voltage. When we bought our house about four months ago, I call the City and they said Sandy Lake would be beautifully landscaped and our house would not have that much changed. No one mentioned to me about the poles because if they had I would not have bought the home. We specifically were looking for a home that was not near power lines. I am very disappointed that this has been passed so far and I hope Council reconsiders and something else can be done to move them somewhere else. 9/12/94 9:19 a.m. Wayne Richard/726 Swallow Drive Just calling to get more pertinent information about the power lines along Sandy Lake Road. Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 9 Looking for a more constructive potential solution than have the lines down Sandy Lake Road median. 9/12/94 9:24 a.m. Daisy ????/509 Hunterridge Road/ I have lived in Coppell since June, 1983. Which makes me an older established resident. During these years, I have seen Coppell struggle and obtain upscale image. I believe that the only possible alternative is to negotiate with TU and try to get an alternate route for those lines. I do not agree with putting them down the median. All you have to do is go to Lewisville and drive down Belair Drive and you will see what we are dealing with. It is not aesthetically pleasing and is not congruent with upscale neighborhoods. 9/12/94 9:34 a.m. Murphy/726 Hawk Lane/393-7149 My personal opinion is that the transmission lines down Sandy Lake Road are the most common sense connected to it and would be the least expensive route. 9/12/94 9:53 a.m. Lynn Wilson/149 Edgewood Drive/ I definitely in favor of having the power lines under ground. We have too pretty of a City that we worked hard for to something dome like put the wires up and make it look tacky. 9/12/94 10:37 a.m. ??/202 Barclay/462-8301 I think we should have the lines put in the median because of the unpleasant look that it will present. 9/12/94 10:41 a.m. Mike Veste/393-0525 I would like to know if the power lines that are being discussed here are only going to be run from MacArthur to Denton Tap and is that the only stretch that we will have these power lines. Give me a call. 9/12/94 11:03 a.m. Barbara Kessler/P.O. Box 655237, Dallas, TX 753265 Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 10 I would like more information of what is being proposed toward the health potential hazards are. My husband and I are buying a house on Sandy Lake Road and we are concerned about the proposal to put the larger and more powerful lines in Sandy Lake Road. Really looks like it will really look crappy and create a larger magnetic field that we don't want to be living near. We would like to see the power lines buried. 9/12/94 11:09 a.m. Jack Bright/444 Woodway/462-1946 I am against the power lines being put underground and anything that will put additional cost on our taxes. 9/12/94 11:15 a.m. Tracy Hughes/236 Nixon/393-9002 I do not think that the poles should be placed in the median because I feel like Sandy Lake Road is the main thoroughfare coming into Coppell and it is very important to me how our community appears to people coming in and out. I think the poles should be buried underground in a permanent position that would not cause any interference with how the City appears to other people or us. I will be willing to have increased tax rate in order to make sure that the poles are buried underground because it is very important to me that they are not placed in the median. 9/12/94 11:19 a.m. Gary L. Sieb/304 Meadowcreek/393-5885 I am very much concerned about the image of the City as we are all well aware and have to leave you with the one point that good design cost money. Let us have vision on this thing and not try to solve a problem that immediate with unknown long range consequences. I am not sure if I am for any of the options but I do know that we need a lot of study and am interested in where the 7.5 million dollar figure came from. Hopefully, we will have detailed information at the Oct. 3rd meeting, perhaps as an interested citizen and certainly as Director of Planning. 9/12/94 11:26 a.m. Tracy Stayer/123 Allencrest/393-6945 I wanted to say that I am very opposed to the transmission poles being put in the median. I believe that aesthetically that will damage our town. We moved here because it was a pretty place to live and we felt save and I just really think that it will bring down the property values and create a not a very pretty place to live. i just hope that in some way we can bury the lines and I am willing to pay more taxes for my City to be more beautiful. Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 11 9/12/94 11:27 a.m. Mark Monse/125 Simmons/462-0931 Put me and my family not in favor of the elevated poles. I didn't want to live near a power line and I bought a house on that basis and now the retroactive installation of large power lines is not something that should be considered. I think we should look at some of the other alternatives a little bit more closely instead of taking a sort of black light yes/no decision on the two options that have been make thus far. I think we ought to look at some more options. 9/12/94 11:39 a.m. Dr. Gene Nichols/341 Park Valley/393-2759 I am extremely opposed to the power lines being put along Sandy Lake Road. Aside from the aesthetics, I think it is a health hazard. There have been several studies to show that that kind of electricity can cause potential cancer problems. 9/12/94 11:39 a.m. Dan Gooding/462-9205 I would like to see the power lines put under ground even though it might cost the City a little bit more money or event if it means seeing some other projects being delayed. It seems that this would be a permanent thing in putting the power lines underground. It think again it would make it more aesthetically pleasing as people drive down Sandy Lake Road. 9/12/94 11:45 a.m. Randy Huffstettler/408 Ashford/304-0145 I am in favor of putting the power lines down the median. I have seen this done in other areas and would not want to see them waste a lot of money trying to do it underground which would be ridiculous or push over into other areas. I think it is needed in the area especially with the new homes going up in that area and the growth. There are multi-options to do it in a manner that really should/t be noticed to much. I think that we shouldn't waste money on putting underground. 9/12/94 12:31 p.m. Hal Sals/ll5 Meadowrun/938 Sugarberry/313 Pepperwood I am vastly opposed to any overhead power transmission lines in the Sandy Lake Corridor. 9/12/94 1:21 p.m. Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 12 Jim Smith/144 Mockingbird Lane/393-7460 I would be opposed to option 4, placing the large poles with increased voltage in the median for both the health and aesthetic reasons. I feel like the City Council or someone should provide information to the tax payers in the City even though the overall cost is so many millions of dollars, exactly how would the individual tax rates be affect. Obviously them would be some opposition. Probably those folks that don' s live near Sandy Lake to increase taxes just to benefit others that are near Sandy Lake. I realize that but at this time you will have to do a lot of convincing to tell me to build 110 foot poles with 169,000 volts of power is even worth while in the road. 9/12/94 1:27 p.m. Cindy Stanley/200 Cherrybark I am concerned that down the median will cause a visibility problem when you are trying to cross Sandy Lake Road and also a health hazard for small children. 9/12/94 1:28 p.m. Helen Abercrombie/756 Robin Lane/462-7732 I think that the lines should be buried. I think that we should make Coppell beautiful. If we have to widen Sandy Lake Road I don't really think that that is absolutely necessary. We have plenty of traffic coming down Sandy Lake Road now that is people from out of town and if we widen it to four lanes we are just going to have more traffic. However, if that is something that we have to deal with, I think the line should be buried and we should plant a lot of beautiful flowers and make it look more like Las Calinas than a little country lane. If that is what everybody wants. I am very opposed to having the power poles in the median. 9/12/94 2:01 p.m. Debbie Outlaw/638 Eagle/462-8628 I am definitely not for having the telephone poles behind our house. It think we need to bury them. Coppell is so concerned about the way things are presented and look in this City and to have those power lines definitely goes against all that I know about Coppell. 9/12/94 2:19 p.m. Opal Smith/Realtor ReMax I think that the power lines need to be put underground for the looks of the City as well as for safety. 9/12/94 3:47 p.m. Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 13 Nicholson residence/606 Raven Lane/393-5833 We would like to express our opinion in hopes that we can get these lines buried or moved to a different location. Being one block off of Sandy Lake Road, we are hoping that they are not going to put them in the median. 9/12/94 3:51 p.m. Michael Goldman/205 Magnolia Court/P.O. Box 172, Coppell/393-9664 I am a realtor with ReMax and have lived here since 1986. My concern about the power lines is with the way it is being presented it could lead one to have emotional reactions to it because granted it is not aesthetically pleasing to have power lines along the median of Sandy Lake Road. It would seem to me with this type of presentation that most of your feedback in phone calls would be opposing power lines along the median. However, it must be placed in the context of the cost and that must be strongly emphasized so that everybody that is commenting on this issue and dealing with decisions will be very aware of the cost. Because it is not just an aesthetic issue but a money issue and if hundred of millions of dollars of extra cost in having to make them go under ground then I feel personally that this is some unreasonable expense that should not be contemplated. It is always easy to spend money, but remember that it is tax payers that pay for it and the tax payers in Coppell, United States, Texas, Dallas County, Coppell School District are being taxed to the max and we sure have a very pro tax government environment whether it is on the local or national level. It is prudent to do everything necessary to keep our taxes down and that also mean being very careful how you spend money. 9/12/94 4:19 p.m. Leon Ward/708 Falcon/393-0059 As far as my current opinion, it is Option 4. 9/12/94 5:38 p.m. Paula Street/215 Cherrybark/462-7570 I am concerned about the height of the poles, the danger of the electro magnetic emission from the poles. I really would like to see them underground. I don't care what the cost. 9/12/94 6:39 p.m. Ed Geon/418 Park Valley Drive/462-8445 I think that if you are going to be educating the citizens of Coppell about the power lines on Sandy Lake you need to give them more information than just the aesthetics and the cost of the issue. We need to know what voltage lines, how many circuits there will be, what are the health risks, what are the health issues surrounding high voltage lines and there affect on humans. We would like to understand why the City will have to pick up the cost of this thing. My Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 14 understanding is that the utility companies bear the costs of routing their lines, etc. I think it is extremely unacceptable that there is even a discussion that the City would have to pick up a seven million dollar cost for routing a TU Electric line. I do think that there needs to be more information through the newspaper, etc. on what all the issues are, not just focus on the aesthetics and cost without an understanding of why. 9/13/94 6:43 p.m. Marsha Cook/130 Allencrest/393-2951 We are definitely opposed to the plan of putting the power lines in the median of Sandy Lake and I am not sure which of the other options that we would approve of. We will be attending the Oct 3, meeting. 9/13/94 6:44 p.m. David France/977 Tupelo Drive/ I do not like the proposed plan for the follow reasons: 1) from the standpoint of what they look like, it will look awful. Sandy Lake is already going to look like Beltline Road east of Tom Thumb. I see no way in the plans that they will avoid cutting down all of the old growth trees that currently line Sandy Lake Road. Thus, we will end up with a barren landscape like Beltline Road; 2) there will be a major safety hazard, you can say everything you want but there will be a traffic accident on Sandy Lake in which someone impairs there car on one of those poles and people will die because of it. While Sandy Lake Road has a fair share of accidents now, at least there is no major barrier that a car can run into other than another car; 3) the proposal to have a bike path on Sandy Lake, thus someone in an emergency driving situation will have to choose, do I want to hit a power pole or should I run off into the bike lane; 4) there is no reason to make them that tall, they can put standard size poles there which will be much easier to hide with landscaping over the course of time. I object to the poles for safety reasons and for the way they look. I don't think the current City Council hid the fact that these poles were going to be there, I think that the last City Council hid the fact that these poles were going to be there. There have been plenty of public meetings for people to voice their opinion. Those meetings have been about bike paths and medians. I have read absolutely nothing in the last two years in the newspapers about these power poles. I think that that argument is very self serving on Councilman Mayo's part. These poles will be ugly, Sandy Lake Road is going to look like Beltline Road. When I moved to Coppell Road eleven years ago, Sandy Lake Roa Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 15 Bob Loman/239 Park Valley Drive/ People that bought houses along Sandy Lake Road knew that they were going to look at the big power lines. Let's not go up 110 to 120 feet, let's put in 90-100 foot towers along Sandy Lake Road in the median. Choose Option 4 and landscape it the way we landscape things around here. That is the cheapest option and to spend more money is crazy. To bury it is crazy, to move it further south and do all kinds of crazy things with it is nuts. Go with the cheapest option, and save the money for landscaping and for parks and other things the City really needs. Anybody that bought a house along Sandy Lake knew that big power lines were going in. There are already power lines north and south of it. So that is my opinion and I know some people that back up to it are fighting it but they shouldn't have bought a house there. They sure did discount them when I was looking in this neighborhood. You could save tens of thousands of dollars buying a house that backed up to Sandy Lake Road here in Park Valley Estates. 9/12/94 8:48 p.m. David Merrick/100 Hawk Court/393-7110 In my opinion about the power poles, they should be placed in the center of the median free of charge by TU Electric. I don't think that they would present any aesthetic problem for the City or the surrounding neighborhood. 9/12/94 9:10 p.m. John Reis/547 Raintree Circle/462-8275 I am in favor of Option 4 because of the economics of the situation. 9/12/94 10:00 p.m. Eric Frazier/320 Bricknell Drive/ I would like to voice opposition to the power lines in the median and instead vote for relocation further south. 9/12/94 10:26 p.m. Greg Raudabaugh/Meadowlark Lane We have lived here for eight years and use Sandy Lake Road all the time. I think Option 4 is the best, obviously it is not going to look all that great but it is better over a City street than it is over a play ground or school yard or homes. If people are afraid of the wires, they ought to take Beltline Road or other roads as alternatives. It think Option 4 is best at this time, it doesn't mean that we can't change it in the future. 9/12/94 10:51 p.m. Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 16 ???? I prefer that the lines be buried if possible through bond election or raising the taxes if an alternate route cannot be secured for placing the poles. 9/13/94 8:29 a.m. Leslie Koulac/ I am totally opposed to poles being put in the median of Sandy Lake Road not only for aesthetic looks but also for health causes still under investigation. I am a concerned person here and really totally against it. It will come up at elections if it goes through. 9/13/94 8:29 a.m. Janice Falstone/818 Meadowglen Circle/214 304-1914 I would like to say that I do not want power lines on Sandy Lake in the median unless they are underground. As for as the testing, we are not certain yet what a safe distance from the power lines is and not have them affect you. Besides, they are unsitely and our property value would go down living that close to power lines. I hope an alternate plan is chosen. 9/13/94 9:02 a.m. Jim Riley/739 Meadowglen/ I am against putting the poles in the median and would vote for any additional option. option of burying the cables even though it cost more would look better. Even the 9/13/94 10:05 a.m. Paul Ross/724 Dove Circle/ I would vote for the option of burying the cable underground. 9/13/94 10:21 a.m. Charlyne Gilbert/252-3909 I am having a home built in Coppell one block north of Sandy Lake Road. I would like option 1 to relocate the lines south. Option 4, no no no. Those power lines create health concerns that is the reason I didn't build in North Lake. 9/13/94 1:38 p.m. Mitchell Sterman/325 Beechwood Lane/462-8023 I want to voice my opposition to those tall utility poles. I understand that it will cost us money but I don't want to look at those the whole time I am living in Coppell. I do not live next to Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 17 Sandy Lake Road, however, it is a street that I travel all the time probably more than any other road in the City. I think that we are short sited if we go for the least expensive one and then over the long haul we will be happier if we pay for something that is a quality improvement and that is not an eyesore for us for the rest of time. 9/13/94 2:50 p.m. Dr. Margaret Mike/232 Beechwood Lane/462-1317/550-0422 I would be in favor of moving the lines southward perhaps on Beltline Road which is not very inhabited. I feel that very high lines are going to be aesthetically displeasing to everyone. I wonder if we really need to have a four lane road. Couldn't we have a three lane street using the middle lane as a turning lane for the appropriate areas. It would be sufficient where we would not have to cut down as many trees. We have very few main roads in Coppell and it is a shame to mar them all with such large power lines and removing the few trees that are in this area. I think that these options should be explored. 9/13/94 2:59 p.m. Jessie Brice/Woodway/ I just want to give my opinion that I think it would be ridiculous if we put these lines underground for the enlargement of the street on Sandy Lake. I don't think that that is necessary at all. We look at high lines all the times, we are all use to it and I think we might as well keep on looking at them. 9/13/94 7:11 p.m. Judy Morris/145 Simmons My opinion for the power lines is that I would like to put these underground. 9/13/94 10:05 p.m. Janice Davis/135 Tennison Place/304-0158/712-4346 My husband and I discussed this and we really do not like the option of the City putting the telephone poles in the middle of the median. We think it is going to be aesthetically unpleasing and I know that Coppell is concerned about that. There has got to be alternatives. What is seven million dollars, not that much for the fact that it will last for a very long time. 9/13/94 10:12 p.m. Dale Griffiths/126 Wynpage/462-7402 I am opposed to using tax dollars to put the power lines underground. Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 18 9/14/94 10:36 a.m. Misty Pittman/729 Marlee Circle/304-0476 We just moved here three months ago from Memphis. and we would not like the power lines to be put on Sandy Lake. Any of the other options would be fine. TU should be able to work with the City in some capacity. We have three small children and we don't want power lines right there. The reason we moved to Coppell is because it is a planned community. Doesn't fit the landscaping and general idea of the community. 9/14/94 10:54 a.m. Al Chate/in Lakewood Estates/304-0424 I would like to voice my disapproval of having lines put above ground. go underground. I think that they should 9/14/94 12:07 p.m. Lynn Vitek/638 Meadowview Lane/393-7222 I would like to express great concern over putting these transmission lines in the median of Sandy Lake Road. It think that would cause the City to lose a lot of the aesthetic appeal that it has right now and is contrary to the strict requirements that we have for construction in this City. I would hate to see that happen. I think the best option aesthetically would be to bury the cable underground. I am shocked at the 7 million dollar price tag that TU has for that. It don't understand how it could cost that much. I think we should go back to them and have them come up with another way of doing it that isn't going to cost the tax payers of this City that much. I am very much opposed to having the transmission lines down the median. I would like to know more about what it would look like if they were relocated and will plan to attend the public hearing on Oct. 3rd. 9/14/94 2:45 p.m. Scott Saffington/940 Fountainhead Lane/ My opinion is that we have got to think of something here. We can think this out and do the right thing. We can't put the poles up. Frankly, burying them is a good option, not the best, but I think it is a reasonable compromise. Of course, we that live near Sandy Lake Road would like to have them moved. We cannot stick the poles up on that major road. There are people building $200,000 homes out there. You just can't do this to them, that is just a bullet in the head and I am sure we can think of something. Sandy Lake Road HOT LINE 304-0955 Page 19 9/14/94 5:11 p.m. Rex Carpenter/851 Chalpont Place / We need to get Sandy Lake Road going. Those power lines are not a concern. To spend any more tax money on those kinds of issues is ludicrous and our City Council members action to delay this project for 2 years is ludicrous. That road needs to happen know, those power lines will not be an aesthetic concern. 9/14/94 7:00 p.m. Scott Medor/524 Arborbrook/ I am against TU Electric increasing the voltage to 169 kv for the following reasons: 1) no conclusive studies on the effect of the radiation from the electro magnetic fields, 2) not aesthetically pleasing, 3) even though the 169 kv is state of art voltage these days, we don't need state of the art voltage running down Sandy Lake Road. My vote would be to leave the existing 69 kv lines in place or relocate them, but I am definitely against increasing the voltage. 9/14/94 12:02 p.m. Brenda Singer/276 Park Valley/393-9339 I am concerned about the aesthetic look of Sandy Lake Road. It is a main corridor through town and I think it would create a rather than desirable impression to have hugh power lines down the median of the road. The City is always concerned about the size of signs and various other things. I think we should bury the cables or relocate to a road that is less traveled. 9/15/94 5:50 p.m. Ruth Hinya/211 Westwind Drive/ I want to voice my concern regarding utility poles. I realize the additional cost is expensive but I do have a concern about them being located on the Sandy Lake Road. I moved here from California because of the aesthetics and am opposed to the larger poles. L LOCATIONS PHONE COUNTY COUNTY Opposes placing T.U. transmission poles in Supports placing T.U. transmission poles in OF HOTLINE CALLS 1' = 5000' median median