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Wellington Pl/FP-CS 860725SUSAN L. ABBOTT ROBERT A. BA~ER STEVEN ALAN BENNETT STEPHEN R. B~SHOP TII~OTHY D. BLAK[LEY GEORGE K BLEUHER, III BENNY D. CAMPBELL RAYMOND V. CARROLL, JR. Klm I. LAWRENCE JAMES w, LITSEY MfCHAE1 A. LOGAN CECIl S. MATHIS MICMAEL L. McCOY JERRY W MILLS MICHAEL D. PARSONS JOHN E. RICHARDS SHARON CHARDAK SANTUCCI GAYLENE P. VADEN SUSAN F. VALENTINE ANDERSON WALLACE, JR OONALD 0 WAISH MARTHA E WATERS BAKER, SMIth & Mills ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS 500 LtV CENTER 2001 ROSS AVENUE DALLAS, TEXAS 75201-2916 July 25, 1986 OF COUNSEL: AHARDCASTLE. JR HAROLD L. HITCHINS. JR RTERRY MILLER TELEPHONE 1214) TELECOPY 12t41 2E~0-8333 tLX 791658 WU PUB TLX WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER 214/220-8359 VIA MESSENGER Mr. Edward Powell The City of Coppell P.O. Box 478 Coppell, Texas 75019 RE: Wellington Place a 240 unit apartment complex being constructed on 10.000 acres out of the James Parrish Survey, A-1139 and S.A. & M.G.R.R. Survey, A-1442, City of Coppell, Dallas County, Texas (the "Project") Dear Mr. Powell: This firm represents Javatex Corporation ("Javatex"), the owner of the 10 acre tract described above and the developer of Wellington Place. A problem has arisen in connection with the construction of the Project, due to the fact, that for some reason, not apparent to my cleint, the building inspectors for the City of Coppell are not conducting any further inspections of the Project. It is the understanding of Javatex that the building inspectors are following your instructions. I have been informed that Mr. Lauw and Mr. Lynn of Javatex and Mr. McNamara of McNamara Engineering Co. have tried repeatedly to contact you by phone, but to no avail. In fact their phone calls have not been returned. Mr. Powell, we are dealing with a project for which a building permit has been issued by the City of Coppell, and which you "approved for construction" on February 19, 1986, by executing the Final Plat of Wellington Place, which included a Grading & Drainage BAKER, SMITH & MILLS Mr. Edward Powell July 25, 1986 Page 2 Plan, a Water and Sanitary Sewer Plan, Sanitary Sewer Profiles, a Drainage Area Map, a Storm Sewer Plan, Storm Sewer Profiles, Off- Site Drainage Ditch, and a Left Turn Lane Plan. Javatex has informed me that the Project is approximately sixty percent (60%) completed and that numerous "green tags" have been issued by building inspectors for the City of Coppell, including "green tags" for the slab work, plumbing, utilities, electricity, framing, and HVAC. Yet, without the courtesy of communicating with Javatex, the City of Coppell has elected to discontinue building inspections of the Project and as of this date, no communication has been furnished to Javatex regarding a failure to comply with the plans previously approved by you and the City of Coppell. Mr. Powell, the construction of a project of this magnitude, especially in the light of the present market conditions, is an extremely demanding venture. It is important that developers and governmental authorities cooperate to the best of their ability to facilitate the development and construction of projects like Wellington Place. Delays caused by not being able to obtain the necessary building inspections or "green tags" in an expeditious manner adds a tremendous expense to a project already stretched to the limit. We request that the City of Coppell be more sensitive to the time parameters imposed upon Javatex in connection with a project of this type. Specifically, we request that the building inspectors be instructed to expedite the inspections of the Project requested, and to be requested, by Javatex. If you or the City of Coppell have any problems or concerns regarding the Project we would appreciate an immediate written response to this letter identifying, in detail, the problems or concerns together with a detailed explanation of the desires of the City of Coppell to alleviate the problems or concerns. We would appreciate it if you would give this matter the attention it deserves. '~ · ~ r Very/truly ~ou :~/ ~mothyfD' °~ Hage~ TDH/mD / ! // cc: Wie Seng Lauw (VIA MESSENGER) Joe Lynn (VIA MESSENGER) Robert McNamara (VIA MESSENGER) Lou Duggan (VIA MESSENGER) Frank Procter (VIA MESSENGER) Dan Stanton (VIA MESSENGER) Mark Wolfe (VIA MESSENGER) Tim Colman (VIA MESSENGER) Dean Wilkerson (VIA MESSENGER) Dale Ware (VIA MESSENGER) Tom Morton (VIA MESSENGER)