DR9002-CS 881230 ,; Coppell, Texas 75019
The Ci y 214- 462- 0022
December 30, 1988
FILE COPY
Mr. Gary Hamrick
141 Hill Drive
Coppell, Texas
Dear Mr. Hamrick:
I have received your letter of December 22, 1988 (copy
attached). I tried to call you today without success and
visited your area after that. I recall looking at your
neighbor's (145 Hill Drive) situation a while back and recall
that it was not a residential flooding situation and it was not
a design problem, but an operational one. That is, the sewers
were clo9ging up etc.
That may not be the case. Next week I will check the file and
visit with our Public Works Department about the drainage in
your area and 9et back to you. Please call me if no one will be
at home.
If I don't call you by mid-week, please call me at 462-0022 or
anytime you care to.
Thanks.
Sincerely;/~ ~
./q~[s~ell R: Doyle/
~/Cit¥ Engineer
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Shobree Daneshmand, Civil Engineer
Steve Goram, Director of Public Works
Alan D. Ratliff, City Manager
December 22, 1988
Russell Doyle
Public Works Dept
City of Copppell
?32 DeForest Rd.
Coppell. Texas 75019
Dear I~r. Doyle;
I read with amazement that the City of Coppell has approved
$35,000 for drainage improvements on Pelican Lane and Bethel
School Road. A single storm was sufficient for you to make this
recommendation.
My home also suffered flooding on July 12, as did many of my
neighbors. But this is nothing new. Every rain greater than a
drizzle floods our Garages and often our homes. The alley behind
our homes is inadequately graded to provide sufficient
drainage,
I have tried, unsuccessfully, since 1985, to motivate the city
to address my drainage problem. Letters and phone calls to the
public works department are a waste of time. For the most part
phone calls are never returned. The only action on the city's
part was a six-inch-wide, one-inch-deep trench down the middle
of the alley which barely handles runoff from sprinkler systems.
Apparently, to receive city services one must reside in the
Woodlands. Even then,- a petition is necessary to force the city
to correct problems. This information needs to be made
available to potential homebuyers considering Coppell.
Gary Hamrick
141 Hill Dr.
Coppell, Texas