Clay:  I agree.  


If you will (or let me know if you want me to do it) please reply to Eric and let him know that we are not surprised that Farmers Branch might have concerns and that we understand that
we are dealing with it the best we can.  He should contact Stan at USACE to let him know what happened and see if he has any advice under the circumstances.


And let him know, as he suggests, that he should refer all future communications with Mr. Wright, and anyone else from Farmers Branch or any other governmental entity, to you and that
he should make sure the Town is represented in any future visits by Farmers Branch staff or staff from any other governmental entity.


Thanks.  Tom

Tom Forrest
Town of Addison
Special Projects
M: (512) 560-2731
tforrest@addisontx.gov




On Mar 28, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Clay Barnett wrote:


		Tom,
	 
	Although UDR is the construction management team, I am not sure that this is part of the construction.  Additionally, there may be issues that UDR is not aware of.  I would prefer that
we direct UDR to have a representative from the Town present at all meetings with Farmers Branch.  It is peculiar that we met with representatives from Farmers Branch earlier last week
and they did not mention any issues.
	 
	Please let me know how you would like to proceed.
	 
	Thanks,
	Clay Barnett, P.E.
	Town Engineer
	Town of Addison
	16801 Westgrove Drive
	Addison, TX 75001-2818
	Office: (972) 450-2857
	<image003.jpg> <http://www.addisongreen.info/> 
	 
	From: Eric T. Little [mailto:ELittle@udr.com] 
	Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 11:08 AM
	To: Clay Barnett; Bruce Dunne; kbradley@kbaenv.com
	Cc: Tom Lamberth; Nick Jacob
	Subject: Farmers Branch Visit
	 
	Clay,
	 
	Stacy Wright and Russell Howerton from Farmers Branch visited the site on Friday. Nick and I spend about 45 minutes reviewing everything with him that we are doing on site. When he
left my office, he seemed to be satisfied with what we are doing.
	 
	Now today I found out that he is calling Keith raising cane about us “impounding” water.
	 
	As you know, we are fighting two battles out here:
	 
	1.       Satisfying the requirements of the USACOE.
	a.       Work in the dry
	b.      Not leaving the creek bed dry longer than need be.
	2.       Lack of precipitation.
	 
	As I explained to Mr. Wright, we are barely getting any flow from upstream because we have not gotten any measurable precipitation for over a month now.
	 
	We have the creek cofferdamed off to do the soil nail walls on island 2 and the connection walls where the TxDOT bridge once was. We have been pumping around this area. The problem
is, because of the very low flows we are getting from upstream, the pumps are drying out the creek in Reach 3.
	 
	I told Mr. Wright that we had the pumps off at that moment to allow Reach 3 to fill back up. We were doing that because one of the biggest issues Stan’s boss had at the beginning of
our dealings with the Corps was not leaving the creek bank dry for extended periods of time. Mr. Wright said that he understood that.
	 
	There has been a request for us to pump water from the upper lake area into Reach 2 to create some flow in the creek. I will discuss this with Stan to make sure he is ok with us doing
that.
	 
	If you wish, I will refer all future communications with Mr. Wright to you and any subsequent visits by Farmers Branch staff will be denied unless someone from the ToA can be on site.
Just let me know how you wish us to proceed.
	 
	Thanks,
	 
	Eric Little
	Project Manager, UDR
	5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1250
	Dallas, TX 75240
	Ph: 972.774.0552
	Fx: 972.991.4113
	Cell: 214.641.5761
	www.UDR.com
	 
	 
	 
	 
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