Dave,
I spoke with Chad Cooper. He is going to try to figure out what is going on and get it repaired. He was adamant that AT&T does not have any conduit in Spring Valley. I told him they
just put one in on the north side of the right-of-way. I offered to meet him out there and tell him where his lines are, but he declined. Could you an eye out there for them and try
to catch them and let them know where their lines are? We need to help them succeed.
Thanks,
Clay Barnett, P.E.
Town Engineer
Town of Addison
16801 Westgrove Drive
Addison, TX 75001-2818
Office: (972) 450-2857
From: Ron Lee
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 8:15 AM
To: Clay Barnett
Cc: Slade Strickland
Subject: RE: Phone Lines
Clay, can you please call Chad Cooper and discuss this with him directly: (972) 234-7073
Parks Operations Manager
Town of Addison
Office: 972-450-2863
Fax: 972-450-2834
From: Clay Barnett
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 8:08 AM
To: Ron Lee
Cc: Nancy Cline; Slade Strickland; David Wilde
Subject: RE: Phone Lines
Ron,
Their line has been “cut” so many times because it is laying on the ground, which I believe is not even legal. It gets “cut” every time a car drives over it, DISD mowers hit it or so
kids decide to use it for skip rope. I would advise informing them that they already ran the conduit to place the line into, it just needs to get done. You may also advise him that
Public Works is holding all AT&T permits until this work is complete and that if he would like to discuss it to give me a call.
Thanks,
Clay Barnett, P.E.
Town Engineer
Town of Addison
16801 Westgrove Drive
Addison, TX 75001-2818
Office: (972) 450-2857
From: Ron Lee
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 7:52 AM
To: Nancy Cline; Clay Barnett; Slade Strickland
Subject: Phone Lines
I spoke with Chad Cooper of AT&T this morning and the proposed phone source for both the Spring Valley and Bush Elementary School & Redding Trail comes from the existing pedestal at
the SW corner of Greenhill’s property/SE corner of the DISD property and along the Spring Valley R.O.W. The cable that services this pedestal feeds from the west and per Chad, has been
cut numerous times during the construction. He said that nobody is taking responsibility for cutting it and AT&T feels that they should not entail the cost of replacing it which would
require a very long continuous bore. AT&T is thinking about abandoning this pedestal altogether. If they do, there is not another pedestal location anywhere close on the same side
of the street; the only other option, if the pedestal is eliminated, is to run an overhead drop from a pedestal on the south side of the street at the apartments along the R.O.W. to
where the conduits were stubbed out at the pedestal location that may go away.
If the bore is done, AT&T is asking for permission from the Town to do it, but Chad said they are hesitant to bore due to all the ‘stuff’ that is in the ground.
The controllers can work as stand alone units and will water just fine but without the phone services, ET calculated through our weather station at the Service Center can not be downloaded
and utilized.
I told Chad I would get back with him,
What is your take?
Parks Operations Manager
Town of Addison
Office: 972-450-2863
Fax: 972-450-2834