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Rhonda Adloo - Re: Deforest ST 05 - 0 I
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Ken Griffin
Todd Harris
7/30/20073:21 PM
Re: Deforest
Keith Marvin; Rhonda Adloo
Mr. Harris
I spoke with my staff engineer that is handling this project and he said it will actually be on the August
28th Council meeting. That meeting will be just to award the design contract. No decisions have been made
concerning the design at this time. The only action Council will take is to get the consultant on board and start
the process. We can not even schedule public meetings until we have a conceptual or preliminary design to
present to the citizens. Any citizen input will be at public meetings we will have later on this year. I will pass
along the items that you mentioned to the consultant so they will be aware from the beginning that several
items will need special attention.
The public meetings that we schedule will provide group discussion and one on one discussion opportunities to
identify all issues. After the initial meeting, the consultant will address issues and a followup meeting will be
held with the citizens to go over changes to the plans. Once we have a good set of preliminary plans, we
typically present those to Council to gain approval to move to the final design phase.
Hopefully, this has addressed some of your concerns.
Ken Griffin, P. E.
Director of Engineering/Public Works
972-304-3686
kg riffin@ci.coppel!.tx.us
>>> "Todd Harris" <Todd@Tartansales.com> 7/30/2007 10:30 AM >>>
Ken,
Thanks for the time this morning. After our discussion, I quickly emailed some residents along Deforest both in
our neighborhood and some of the others behind us. Many questions popped up on the design for the road,
timing on final design approval, etc.
Is this 14th meeting with City Council for approval of a design and what resident input can be put into that
design?
What is the impact on the landscape space, trees, and retaining walls?
Drainage issues / concerns.
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Overall, people are happy that the street project is underway, but they are really hoping that we don't completely
lose the country road look and just end up becoming an urban sprawl look and standard street.
Please let us know, as hopefully we can funnel the correct information and planning timelines to the residents
and HOA's.
Thanks,
Todd Harris
214-638-1685 x2750
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Keith Marvin - Re: Deforest
From:Ken Griffin
To:Todd Harris
Date:7/30/2007 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: Deforest
CC: Keith Marvin; Rhonda Adloo
Mr. Harris
I spoke with my staff engineer that is handling this project and he said it will actually be on the August
28th Council meeting. That meeting will be just to award the design contract. No decisions have been made
concerning the design at this time. The only action Council will take is to get the consultant on board and start
the process. We can not even schedule public meetings until we have a conceptual or preliminary design to
present to the citizens. Any citizen input will be at public meetings we will have later on this year. I will pass
along the items that you mentioned to the consultant so they will be aware from the beginning that several
items will need special attention.
The public meetings that we schedule will provide group discussion and one on one discussion opportunities to
identify all issues. After the initial meeting, the consultant will address issues and a followup meeting will be
held with the citizens to go over changes to the plans. Once we have a good set of preliminary plans, we
typically present those to Council to gain approval to move to the final design phase.
Hopefully, this has addressed some of your concerns.
Ken Griffin, P. E.
Director of Engineering/Public Works
972-304-3686
kgriffin@ci.coppell.tx.us
>>> "Todd Harris" <Todd@Tartansales.com> 7/30/2007 10:30 AM >>>
Ken,
Thanks for the time this morning. After our discussion, I quickly emailed some residents along Deforest both in
our neighborhood and some of the others behind us. Many questions popped up on the design for the road,
timing on final design approval, etc.
th
Is this 14 meeting with City Council for approval of a design and what resident input can be put into that
design?
What is the impact on the landscape space, trees, and retaining walls?
Drainage issues / concerns.
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Overall, people are happy that the street project is underway, but they are really hoping that we don't completely
lose the country road look and just end up becoming an urban sprawl look and standard street.
Please let us know, as hopefully we can funnel the correct information and planning timelines to the residents
and HOA's.
Thanks,
Todd Harris
214-638-1685 x2750
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