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04/15/96 14:34 ~ 214 462 8558 ~ON JONES
DATE: April 15, 1996 ,,
TO: Jim Wltt, City Manager
City of Coppel]
: Don and Katherine Jones
Dear Mr. Witt:
Please accept this letter transmitted by f~x as our sincere
intention to immediately resolve all curreDt issues concerning
damages to our real property with respect ~o Drainage
Improvements to G-6.
As homeowners, we only wish to be made who~e, it is not our
intention to collect for unproven damages ~o our property, nor
is it our intention to finish constructingI the drainage
improvements on G-6. We will leave the drainage improvements
to the City, and ask the City to compensat~ us only for current,
existing damages to our home, pools, sprinkler systems,
landscape, and out-of-pocket expenses, estimated at $20,000.00
Dollars. That is as it should be. ]
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In consideration for the city completing t~e drainage
improvements in accordance with the originml engineering
specifications, terms and conditions, i.e.~, replacing 167' x
4' retaining walls, resulting in a 3/1 sloDe creek bank, we
agree to a release of liability concerning' all currently existing
damages known or unknown to the structuresl of the home and pools.
Additionally, we will agree to assign any Fights to collect
funds from the contractor's insurance company or the contractor
with respect to those damages.
As you know, the completion of the retaini~g wall could be
accomplished within one week and time is ¢~rtainly critical
as the forthcoming rains will easily destroy our current
situation in one day, as it did on May 5, 1995, when these
damages first occurred as a result of the oontractor's
destruction of our retaining wall which wa~ twice the length
of the retaining wall being proposed.
04/15/96 14:55~ ~ 214 462 8558 DON JONES 02
As we discussed in our telephone conversatlion on Friday, April
12, 1996, immediate agreement and tender of $15,000.00 will
allow the balance to be paid by April 23, 1996 and allow the
completion of the retaining wall at the city's earliest
convenience.
If these terms and conditions are agreeable to you, please
me today, so we may finalize the agreement.
Katherine S. J