Devonshire/FP-CS 961016436 Halifax Drive
Coppell, Texas 7501
October 16, 1996
City of Coppell Planning Department
255 Parkway Boulevard
Coppell, TX 75019
Gentlemen,
I am writing in reference to a proposal you will soon receive (or may have already received) from
the Devonshire Homeowner's Association. This proposal requests that the City abandofi-a~hort
segment of Newport Drive in the Devonshire subdivision (the segment that runs North from Hali-
fax Drive to the alley). The proposal offers to develop a "pocket park" in place of the abandoned
Newport extension. I would like to express my extreme opposition to this proposal.
Being one of the homeowners that would be most affected by this plan, I feel it necessary to indi-
cate to you the unacceptability of the entire concept. The current development plans for the
"pocket park" in conjunction with the requirement that alley access also be provided create a situ-
ation which would require me to "donate" a portion of my property to the cause. While the
majority of the homeowners in Devonshire may not have a problem with this, I do. Furthemmre,
when I selected the lot on which my house was built, I specifically chose the lot because of its
location at a comer. I am convinced that the current development plans for the "pocket park" will
negatively impact the value of my home as there is simply not enough land available to properly
support a park. Lastly, abandonment of the Newport segment will effectively render Devonshire a
single-entry subdivision. My understanding is that this is in conflict with the normal subdivision
development guidelines of the City. Therefore, I am requesting that the proposal for abandonment
of the Newport segment be summarily denied.
If you wish to discuss this further, please feel free to contact me at (214) 654-5241 (day) or 471-
2145 (evening). Thank you very much for your consideration in this matter.
David B. Littell
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