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Clay Phillips; David Dodd; Gary Sieb; Jim Witt; Marcie Diamond; Wayne Olson
11/2012007 4:09 PM
Alexander Tract
Rhonda Adloo
There has been some recent conversation internal to Engineering and Planning concerning the status of
the Final Plat for the Alexander Court Development. Typically, construction isn't started until a final
plat has been submitted to the City for approval. In this case, one more time, we were trying to work
with the developer to expedite the construction so we let him proceed once the preliminary plat was
approved. The preliminary plat was approved by Council on June 12,2007. By ordinance, the
preliminary plat is only good for 9 months. That means that the preliminary plat will expire on March
12,2008, unless the final plat has been submitted to the City for approval. We are over 5 months into
the 9 month period and no final plat has been submitted.
I am starting to get concerned because without a final plat approved and filed for record there is no
right of way or easements for the streets or utilities currently being constructed. And, obviously, no
building permits could be obtained for any structures. I would like to send Mr. Hawkins a letter (either
from me or Planning or our attorneys??) notifying him of the approaching time line for the expiration
of his preliminary plat. Hopefully, we would receive some feedback concerning when he will submit
his final plat. However, with the ongoing lawsuit, I'm unsure if we should contact him directly,
through our attorneys or not at all.
At this time, I'm looking for direction on how I should proceed.
Thanks,
Ken Griffin, P. E.
Director of Engineering /Public Works
972-304-3686
kgriffin@ci.coppell.tx.us
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Jim Witt
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Rhonda Adloo
11/20/2007 4: 13 PM
Re: Alexander Tract
Well let me ponder this for..... ok here is what we should do. Call Wayne Olson, we can do that now if you want to come
over, and ask if we should make a call to Mr. Hawkins before we send him a letter telling him we will be shutting down his
project if we do not get a plat or just send the letter and skip the nice guy stuff so let me know when you want to get the
ball rolling.
>>> Ken Griffin 11/20/20074:09 PM >>>
There has been some recent conversation internal to Engineering and Planning concerning the status of the Final Plat for the
Alexander Court Development. Typically, construction isn't started until a final plat has been submitted to the City for approval. In
this case, one more time, we were trying to work with the developer to expedite the construction so we let him proceed once the
preliminary plat was approved. The preliminary plat was approved by Council on June 12, 2007. By ordinance, the preliminary plat
is only good for 9 months. That means that the preliminary plat will expire on March 12, 2008, unless the final plat has been
submitted to the City for approval. We are over 5 months into the 9 month period and no final plat has been submitted.
I am starting to get concerned because without a final plat approved and filed for record there is no right of way or easements for
the streets or utilities currently being constructed. And, obviously, no building permits could be obtained for any structures. I
would like to send Mr. Hawkins a letter (either from me or Planning or our attorneys??) notifying him of the approaching time line
for the expiration of his preliminary plat. Hopefully, we would receive some feedback concerning when he will submit his final plat.
However, with the ongoing lawsuit, I'm unsure if we should contact him directly, through our attorneys or not at all.
At this time, I'm looking for direction on how I should proceed.
Thanks,
Ken Griffin, P. E.
Director of Engineering/Public Works
972-304- 3686
kqriffin@ci.coppell.tx.us
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"David Dodd" <ddodd@njdhs.com>
<kgriffin@ci.coppell.tx.us>, <ddodd@njdhs.com>
11/20/20075:19 PM
RE: Fwd: Alexander Tract
Wayne Olsen can address this in his response to Walt Leonard.
-----Original Message-----
From: "Ken Griffin" kgriffin@cLcoppell.tx.us
To: ddodd@njdhs.com
Sent: 11/20/074:12 PM
Subject: Fwd: Alexander Tract
Ken Griffin, P. E.
Director of Engineering/Public Works
972-304-3686
kgriffin@ci.coppell.tx.us
>>> Ken Griffin 11/20/20074:09 PM >>>
There has been some recent conversation internal to Engineering and Planning concerning the status of
the Final Plat for the Alexander Court Development. Typically, construction isn't started until a final plat
has been submitted to the City for approval. In this case, one more time, we were trying to work with the
developer to expedite the construction so we let him proceed once the preliminary plat was approved.
The preliminary plat was approved by Council on June 12, 2007. By ordinance, the preliminary plat is only
good for 9 months. That means that the preliminary plat will expire on March 12, 2008, unless the final
plat has been submitted to the City for approval. We are over 5 months into the 9 month period and no
final plat has been submitted.
I am starting to get concerned because without a final plat approved and filed for record there is no right of
way or easements for the streets or utilities currently being constructed. And, obviously, no building
permits could be obtained for any structures. I would like to send Mr. Hawkins a letter (either from me or
Planning or our attorneys??) notifying him of the approaching time line for the expiration of his preliminary
plat. Hopefully, we would receive some feedback concerning when he will submit his final plat. However,
with the ongoing lawsuit, I'm unsure if we should contact him directly, through our attorneys or not at all.
At this time, I'm looking for direction on how I should proceed.
Thanks,
Ken Griffin, P. E.
Director of Engineering/Public Works
972-304-3686
kgriffin@ci.coppell.tx.us
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Gary Sieb
Ken Griffin
11/21/20078:13 AM
Re: Alexander Tract
Ken: With our meeting with Olson on the 7th I conveyed to him the fact that the Final Plat had not even reached our office. I
know he (or his partner) noted that on written notes. As far as I'm concerned, we should shut Hawkins down and maybe that will
get his attention! (Thought I'd send it anyway, even after our conversation) Now I feel better!