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COPPEL
ommunity. WEDNESD~Y, A\>RIL 9, 2008
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Tuesday Morning
store signage approved
BY TASHA HAYTON
STAFF WRITER
Sigrlage on a store plarming to move
10 Coppell was approved by council
Tuesday night after a compromise on
size.
Tuesday Morning, a national store,
originally requested a 65 square-foot sign
on a building located on the southeast
comer of Sandy Lake Road and Denton
Tap Road.
The planning and zoning conunission
recommended a :33 square-foot sign, said
Gary Sieb, planning director for the city
of Coppell. To overrule the conunission,
council needed to approve the measure
by a three-fourths vote, he said.
The applicant requested the sign be
:1UJ square-feet instead, because it was a
"make or brpak deal" for Tuesday
Mommg. Council approved the compro-
mise,
TIle shoppmg center has been notori-
ously difficult to fill, said Alan Hinckley,
representing Tuesday Morning for the
project.
"TIlis space has been vacant for 8
years," he said.
Getting Express Fitness into the cen-
ter was a big step toward filling the other
vacancies, but even to bring it in, council
had to approve a 150 square-foot sign
instead of the 11,) square-foot recom-
mended sign for the fitness company,
Hinckley said.
The Tuesday Morning store is actually
60 percent of the size of Express Fitness,
despite its smaller exterior, he said.
In addition, because the store is a
national company, having a large sign is
crucial to its cOIning to Coppell, especial-
ly Wlltl the sluggish market, he said.
"I believe that the applicant makes a
very valid case in terms of the economic
climate right now," said Councilmember
Jayne Peters. "I think this is a very rea-
sonable compromise."
The storefront is about 345 feet away
from Denton Tap Road, which requires a
larger sign, said Mayor Doug Stover,
Closing CoppeD Road
Council also approved the contract
\':ith Tiseo Paving Company for the con-
struction of Coppell Road from Sandy
Lake Road to Cooper Lane in the amount
of about $3 million.
The allotted year-long construction
time begins June 9, but if the contractor
completes the prQject by Dec. 31, the city
....ill award the company $200,000. The
construction will require Coppell Road to
be taken down to a one-way, one-lane
road heading northbound, said Ken
Griffin, director of engineering for the
city of Coppell,
"It's going to be a very controversial
See COUNCIL, Page 8A
Page8A - CIIDI" Gatttte - Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Council
Continued fnm Pa.. 1 A
issue when it does take plaCe,"
Griffin said. .< .,
Any construction work that
does not require closing a Jane can
commence as soon as possible
and will n()t count toward the 36P
days of the con~ he said ..,
. A ltU\ior ,hitCh in the prdjed'iS
the construction in front ofWIlsori
Elemenuuy, whicl\'will also serve
as summer school for about 300
studentS 'aany,GrifDn said:
Griffin said he hopes residents
take 'the project in' stride,',
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"City manager (Jim Witt) all(
myself live in this general area,
Griffin said - they will also fee
the pain of the project
"We really hope (residents:
take (the detour) the way it's sup
p~.to'~"he said. "WithOUI
theil-help on this project, it's go~
to be a nightmare. "
There will be a meeting on the
issue at 7 p.m. next Thesday at
WIlson Elementary. 'fo see the
detour map, g~!<> \lI,ge 4A.
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Coppell hosts road project public meeting
SUBMITTED REPORT
The city of Coppell
Engineering Department will
host a public meeting at 7 p.rn.
Tuesday at Wilson Elementary
to present. the reconstruct ion
plans for Coppell Road from
Cooper Lane to Sandy Lake.
Because of construction,
traffic patterns Will be altered.
Beginning south of Cooper Lane
and extending to Sandy Lake,
the road will be limited to one-
way traffic in the northbound
direction only for the duration
of the reconstruction. The antic-
ipated start date is .June 9. The
project is expected to last 12
months.
Plans for reconstrudion
include removing the existing
24-foot wide roadway and
replacing it with a 34-foot ....ide
concrete street with curbs and
improved drainage. The "bar-
row ditches" along the side of
the road will be filled in and
SIdewalks will be constructed
the entire length of the project.
The sidewalk along the east side
of the road will be 4-feet ....ide,
and the sidewalk on the west
side of the roadway will be 8-
feet wide
Detour [outes will be provid-
ed. City staff WIll be available at
the meetmg to answer ques- SUBMITTED PHOTO
tJons. ' Construction on Coppel! Road is expected to begin June 9. .