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EDWARD C. TOLL
Attorney
Suite 200
1021 East Main St.
Kerrville, Texas 78028
October 17, 2002
Bill Williams
Kerr County Commissioner
700 Main Street
Kemille TX 78028
Drainage problem on River Road in Center Point
Dear Commissioner Williams:
Phone:(R30)257-5858
Fax: (830)257-5533
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I represent James Lehne, owner of Lots 3 and 4 of the Harrison Tract in Center Point. The
previous owner of these lots, Julia Dewey, was attempting to resolve drainage problems with these
lots. Discussions of the problem appazently went on for several months.
In April of this yeaz Mr. Johnston of the Road and Bridge department sent a letter to Ms.
Dewey stating that the county would cut an emergency drainage ditch across her property if she did
not immediately open a drainage across her property. The supposed authority for a county drainage
across this property is an ambiguous note on the Hamson plat which supposed dedicates water
courses, drains and easements (among other things) as shown on the plat. There is no such easement
or drain shown on the plat.
At that time I was trying to work this problem out with David Motley. Whether due to
bureaucratic inertia or intentional delay, no progress was made before the July floods nor has any
been made since. I think everyone agrees that there needs to be drainage between River Road and
the Guadalupe. The difficulty appears to be that Road and Bridge wants to take the cheap way out
by simply cutting a ditch across my client's property no matter how much erosion damage it does
to his property.
As a result of the county trespassing on my client's property to cut a drainage across the
property, he has suffered the damage you see in the attached photographs. If you look closely in the
photograph on the bottom of the first page of photographs you can see the depth of the erosion as
compazed to the person standing in the bottom of the hole. 'Chat erosion is imntediate]y at the end
of, and a result of, drainage cut by the county. That erosion came within 6 feet of undercutting the
cabin in the photograph. My client is now unable to rent that cabin.
Mr. Lehne is willingto grant the county an easement to install a properly engineered drainage
system. There is no reason why my client should continue to suffer damage to his property simply
because the county does not want to pay for a properly designed drainage. Mr. Lehne wants to
pursue legal remedies to correct this situation, including filing suit against the county if necessary
if the county continues to avoid correcting this situation in a proper manner.
David Motley told me there was a possibility the county will be able to get a drainage project
partially paid for by FEMA. As usual it's been a month and that was the last I have heard of that
possibility. It appears that this situation will continue to drag on, meanwhile my client continues to
watch his property erode with each rain and loose money because his property is damaged and
unrentable.
From time to time since the July floods the county has hauled sediment from the low water
crossing about one quarter mile from my client's property which has washed down stream during
heavy rains. The county could at least be dumping some of this material in the huge holes in my
client's property.
Please contact me as soon as possible so that we can discuss getting a real solution to this
problem started and avoid litigation over installing a drainage system that everyone acknowledges
needs to be installed.
Sincerely
l$dwazd C. Toll
PnGe 2
EDWARD C. TOLL
Attorney
One Schreiner Center Phone: (830)257-5858
819 Water Street, Suite 200 Fax: (830)257-5533
Kemille, Texas 78028 edward(~edwardiull.cum
May 7, 2002
David Motley
Kett County Attorney
700 Main Street
Kerrville, '1'X 78028
Easements un Harrison Tract Luts 3 and 4
llear Mr. Motley:
I am unable to find an easement across the property of Julia Dewey as described by Franklin
Johnston in his letter dated April 30. The following easements do appear in the property records:
1. filectric utility easements recorded in Volume 1, Page 35 ofthe Easement Records, Volume
46, Yage 482 of the Deed Records, Volume 52, Page 140 of the Decd Records and Volurne 2, Page
532 of the Easement Records
2. Easement to build a dam recorded in Volume 3, Pagc 31 of the Easement Records.
3. Road easement in Volume 81, Page 78 of the Deed Records.
4. Royalty interests recorded in Voltnne 77, Page 111 ofthe Deed Records and Volume 3, Page
594, Volume 3, Page 609 and Volume 3, Page 641 of the Oil and Gas Records.
The plat note attached to Mr. Franklin's letter does appear on the plat but is so ambiguous
as to he meaningless. It states that the owner of the land on the plat "dedicates to Kerr County,
Texas, for the use afthe public forever all streets, alleys, parks, water cvurses, drains, easements
in all aforesaid public places and in all other public places thereon shown for the purpose and
consideration therein expressed". The words "thereon shown" refer to the plat (if they refer to
anything). There are no "alleys, parks, water courses, drains, casements in all aforesaid public
places" shown on the plat. There is part of a street shown on the plat and Block 3 has a 20 foot
casement that appears to be a road going to an unidentified square.
Since the drain easement claimed is not shown on the plat it must not exist. Please ensure
that Kerr County Road and Bridge does not damage my client's property until such time as the
county can establish it has an easement.
Sincerely,
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Edward C. Toll

Franklin Johnston, P.E.
County Engineer
Kerr County Road & Bridge
4010 San Antonio Hwy
Kerrville, Texas 78028
Telephone:830-257-2993
Leonard Odom, Jr.
Road Adminisuatar
Truby Hardin, Coordinator
Iva Gass, Secretary
Apri130, 2002
FAX: 830-896-8481
Email: kcroads(a~c.com
CERTIFIED MAIL # 7099 3400 0015 6567 9502
Julia Cazol Dewey
P O Box 33
Tarpley, TX 78883
RE: Drainage Easement
This letter is to notify you that you cannot block a natural drainage from a county road,
namely River Road at Center Point, causing the mad to flood. You are creating a serious
safety problem. You will notice on the enclosed plat that Kerr County has an easement
for all "water courses and drainage" across your property in this area.
You will immediately open a drainage channel or culvert with adequate capacity across
your lot to the river to prevent rainwater from flooding River Road. Failure on your part
to take any action, Kerr County, at your expense, will make an emergency drainage
channel across our easement and will refer this matter to the County Attorney for legal
action.
~Sincj~erejly,
C~ '
Franklin Johnston, .E.
Kerr County Engineer
CC: Commissioners Court
David Motley, County Attorney
Stewart Barron, Ken County Flood Plan Administrator
Leonard Odom, Jr., Kerr County Road Administrator
Enclosures: Photos
Plat Note Vol. 5, Page 270
aTATE Of TEXAS
COYNTT Of KERN
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snbacrSDN bsrsta,' MO In prrcon or tnrov A ~ dal7 wtDerSSad
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fsrswr s)7 strata, ellcye, psrxs, rctsr eouraac, drone,
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SURVEY PLAT OF ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF
LAND, LYING AND BEING SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF XERR,
STATE OF TEXAS, AND BEING LOT 3, BLOCX 1, HARRISON TRACT,
A SUBDIVISION OF KERB COUNTY, TEXAS, THE PLAT OF WHICH
BEING RECORDED IN VOLUME 5, PACE 270, PLAT RECORDS OF
KERB COUNTY, TEXAS
IMPOUNDMENT EASEMENT TO CONTOUR 1480, AND 20 F7. INGRESS AND EGRESS EASE-
MENT TO COUNTY OF KERR ALONC 1480 CONTOUR RECORDED IN V. 3 P. 31, EASEMENT
RECORDS OF KERR COUNTY, TEXAS
10 F7. WIDE UT1LffY FASEMENf ON ALL SIDE PER PUT RECORDED IN V. 5, P. 270,
PUT RECORDS OF KERR COUNTY. TEXAS AS SHOWN.
EASEMENT TO TEXAS PUBLIC UTILITES RECORDED IN V. 48, P. 482, DEED RECORDS OF
KERR COUNN, TEXAS
'BUNKET EASEMENT' TO TEXAS POWER AND UGHi COMPANY RECORDED IN V. 52, P. 140,
DEED RECORDS OF KERR COUNTY, TEXAS
EASEMENT TO LC.RA RECORDED IN V. 2, P. 532, EASEMENT RECORDS OF KERR COUNTY,
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