Valley Rch SS/FP-CS 951124 BLACKETER/GOSS
$00 S. BLUEGROVE
LANCASTER, TEXAS 75146
November 24, lgg5
Mr. John Spires
Brockette, Davis, Drake, Inc.
4144 North Central Expwy., Suite 1100
Dallas, Texas 75204
Dear John,
Please find attached a copy of a letter from Mr. Pert Virtanen who is the Assistant
Director of Planning and Community Services at the city of Coppell. The letter addresses
impact fees on our expansion at Valley Ranch Self Storage in Coppell and is dated
November 20, 1995.
We have been told both in writing and orally by the staff at the City of Coppell that
impact fees would only be required if the building permit was not issued by January 20,
lg96 when a new ordinance requiring the impact fees becomes effective. It is our
understanding that the documents required by the city of Coppeil have been submitted
by your firm in a timely fashion in order to receive the building permit before the above
mentioned date.
Our confusion about this maffer is caused by the letters mentioned by Mr. Virtanen
which contain a sentence which reads 'Please note that Impact fees will be required
for this development." Please clarify this matter for us as to what you have been told
by the Engineering Department at the City of Coppell.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely, l~
Robert H. Goss
cc: Robert D. Blacketer
Pert Virtanen, Asst. Director of Planning and Community Services
The City With A Beautiful Future
P.O. Box 478
Coppell, Texas 7,.5019
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P.O. Box 478
Coppell, Texas 75019
214-462-0022
November 20, 1995
Mr. Robert Goss
500 South Bluegrove
Lancaster TX 75146
Dear Mr. Goss:
re: Valley Ranch Self Storage, Final Plat
In response to your telephone call, I reviewed both my letter of October 20, 1995, and Gary
Sieb's letter of November 15. Both contain a sentence which reads: "Please note that Impact
fees will be required for this development." The purpose of including the sentence was to alert
you to the Engineering Department's comments from the Development Review Committee
meeting.
Since the Engineering Department administers the roadway and utility impact fees, as soon as
we finished our telephone conversation I went over to Engineering and asked Ken Griffin what
fees were involved. He said that he had spent about twenty minutes with Brockette, Davis and
Drake earlier this morning explaining the requirements.
Apparently the required impact fees are for roadways. Your consulting engineer has complete
information regarding that. The letters Gary and I sent you accurately reported the requirement,
consequently there is nothing to retract. If after you have talked with your consulting engineers
you have any further questions, I think they best can be answered by the Engineering
Department.
Sincerely,
Pert Virtanen
Assistant Director of Planning and Community Services