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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-01 Response to MoDOT Submittal ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Donald p Coleman <colemanheavyconst@yahoo.com> Date: Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 3:11 PM Subject: Re: Response to MoDOT Submittal To: Melinda Sluder <msluder@mcginness-shaw.com>, Jeff Goodwin <jeffg@completehomeconcepts.com>, Brent Miles <brent@northpointkc.com>, "donpcoleman@yahoo.com" <donpcoleman@yahoo.com>, Richie Benninghoven <rcb@usckc.com>, Ron Super <rsuper@kc.rr.com> Cc: Ben Drake <ben.rqbld@gmail.com>, Jason Davis <jdavis@affinis.us> To All: Thanks for your review meeting and tightening up the draft. I did not receive a copy with the chandes as an attachment. After reviewing the original submittal, i thought the language regarding storage on the levee right away or the inshore anti seep overburden (levee critical area - land side) wasn't strong enough. I believe that it should contain language to the effect that "regardless of the size or type of material stored in said location, It ALL MUST BE REMOVED within 24 hours of notice from either the RQBLD or the Corps of engineers or the city of Riverside." Don P Coleman 816-916-8383 From: Melinda Sluder <msluder@mcginness-shaw.com> To: Jeff Goodwin <jeffg@completehomeconcepts.com>; 'Brent Miles' <brent@northpointkc.com>; Donald P. Coleman <colemanheavyconst@yahoo.com>; donpcoleman@yahoo.com; Richie Benninghoven <rcb@usckc.com>; 'Ron Super' <rsuper@kc.rr.com> Cc: 'Ben Drake' <ben.rqbld@gmail.com>; Jason Davis <jdavis@affinis.us> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:58 PM Subject: Response to MoDOT Submittal Board Members, I reviewed the initial Response which Jason Davis prepared and sent to you on January 28th. I spoke to Jason following my review of the draft about adding some language at the end of the Response relating to the use of the area east of the pump station for staging and storage of equipment. This item was not part of the original Concept Submittal, but it was an item which was presented to the Levee Board at the meeting on January 15th. Jason sent out a second draft of the Response which contained the additional language regarding the use of the staging and storage area. We had a meeting at the Levee District Office on Friday, January 24th, to discuss the Levee District’s response to the Concept Submittal and also to discuss the Corps’ response to the Submittal. The meeting was attended by Jason Davis, Blake Madden, Charlie Detrick, Ben Drake, Kevin Street and me. We went through the Concept Submittal item by item and discussed each one in terms of what the appropriate response should be to each item. The revised draft of the Response is consistent with all of the items we discussed on January 24th. Jason pointed out in his email that there were some items which were “policy” positions of the Levee District as opposed to technical in nature. The Levee District’s position on the “policy” positions include: 1. Paragraph 5 a) – all utilities shall cross the levee completely up and over (as opposed to directional boring under the levee). 2. Paragraph 7 b) – all bridge piers shall be located at least 15 feet away from the riverward and landward toes of the levee. No piers will be allowed within 15 feet from the stability berm toe. Both of these items will help to ensure that the integrity of the levee system will be maintained and will also lessen the possibility of gapping and water channeling as a result of bridge features and utility relocations which penetrate the surface on or in proximity to the levee. The final draft of the Levee District’s Response to the Concept Submittal must be sent to MoDOT by February 4, 2014. If you have not reviewed the revised draft of the Response, please do so and communicate your comments to Jason Davis at your earliest convenience. Please copy Ben Drake and me with any email responses you send to Jason. Please contact me if you have any questions or would like to discuss any of the matters contained in the draft Response. Thank you. Michael McGinness McGinness & Shaw, LLC 303 Marshall Road, Suite 1 P.O. Box 168 Platte City , MO 64079 Tel: 816-858-2630 Fax: 816-431-5086 msluder@mcginness-shaw.com NOTICE: All Missouri Lawyers are required to notify recipients of e-mail that (1) e-mail is not a secure method of communication, (2) any e-mail sent to you or by you may be copied and held by various computers that it passes through in its route between sender and receiver, and (3) persons not participating in this communication may intercept this message by improperly accessing the computers involved. This e-mail is being sent based on your consent to the use of e-mail. If you decide that future communications should be sent by means other than e-mail, please notify me at once.