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OKAY, Y'ALL READY?

[Town Hall on June 13, 2023.]

[00:00:02]

WELCOME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MARIEL. MY NAME'S LUPE VALDEZ.

I'M THE CHIEF OF POLICE HERE FOR THE CITY, SO WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE NOISE ORDINANCE.

IF Y'ALL ALL HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF IN THE NOISE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

OKAY. I AGREE WITH 99% OF IT, EXCEPT FOR THE DECIBEL METER READING.

I THINK THE DECIBEL METER READING SHOULD BE AT 85 WITH THE STATE IS NOW NOT 65.

BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE DECIBEL METER, I GAVE ONE TO THE MAYOR.

AND WE CAN PASS THAT AROUND HERE A LITTLE BIT JUST TALKING TO YOU.

AND THIS MICROPHONE WILL EXCEED THAT 65DB MOST OF THE TIME.

RIGHT. RIGHT OR I GAVE IT TO MS. DANIELS THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE LAUGHED, IT WENT TO, WHAT, LIKE 90 TICKET? 90. SO.

AND LIKE I SAID, I LIKE THE I LIKE THE ORDINANCE.

I LIKE THE STUFF IT HAS IN THERE AS FAR AS TIMES, AS FAR AS DAYS.

WHEN YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR NOISE, WHEN THE THE NOISE IS GOING TO BE ENFORCED.

BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD GO STAY WITH THE STATES DECIBEL READING OF 85.

SO. OKAY.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT? YEAH. COME ON UP.

COME ON UP. YOU ADDRESSED THE MAIN ONE.

OKAY. YOU ADDRESSED THE MAIN ONE THAT I HAD WAS THE SOUND LEVEL BEING PRETTY RIDICULOUSLY LOW, ACTUALLY.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF. OH, I'M SORRY.

MY NAME IS BERT PETERS.

I LIVE AT 708 ACRE STREET, AND I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS.

THERE WAS JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I HAD.

THE ONE THE CHIEF JUST ADDRESSED ALSO HAD A QUESTION.

THERE'S A SECTION 13-205.

THE NOISY VEHICLES GENERALLY DOES NOT ADDRESS EXHAUST OR LOUD VEHICLES IN GENERAL.

I HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT LIVES AROUND THE CORNER ACROSS THE STREET AND THREE HOUSES DOWN.

I CAN HEAR WHEN HE SIT IN MY KITCHEN AND WHEN HE TURNS HIS TRUCK ON IN THE MORNING AT 5:30, I CAN HEAR IT.

SO I HAVEN'T PUT A METER ON IT, BUT IT'S PRETTY INSANE.

I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE AMPLIFIED SOUND FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

IF THE LEVEL GETS RAISED TO 85, WON'T BE REALLY THAT BIG A DEAL.

BUT THE WAY I READ THIS, IT SAYS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT SOUNDS SO CREATED IS WITHIN THE PERMISSIBLE LEVEL SPECIFIED.

AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IF I HAVE THE WINDOWS DOWN ON MY CAR.

WITH THE RADIO ON.

IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN IF I HAVE A RADIO SITTING ON MY DRIVEWAY? SO JUST PLAYING THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE ON A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS.

ALSO, THE PHRASE AT OR NEAR 15FT APPEARS MANY TIMES IN HERE.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE AT 15FT BECAUSE WHAT IS NEAR.

NOW, ALSO ON SECTION 13-207, NOISY ANIMALS AND BIRDS. WHAT ABOUT CONSTANT BARKING OF A DOG? I HAVE A NEIGHBOR'S DOG THAT JUST BARKS ALL THE TIME, DAY AND NIGHT, REGARDLESS OF SOUND LEVEL.

IT WOULD BE COVERED BY THAT.

YES. OKAY.

IN IN DEFENSE'S SECTION 13-208 AND 4C, THE SOUND WAS GENERATED BY SPECTATORS AND PARTICIPANTS AT A LAWFULLY SCHEDULED AMPHITHEATER EVENT.

ARE WE PLANNING ON CONSTRUCTING AN AMPHITHEATER? WITH FUTURE PLANNING. JUST CURIOUS QUESTION.

CURIOUS QUESTION. ALSO, IN SUBSECTION E, UNDER NUMBER FOUR BY SPECTATORS AND PARTICIPANTS OF ANY OUTDOOR EVENT.

FUN RUN RACE. ET CETERA.

SPONSORED, CO-SPONSORED OR PERMITTED BY THE CITY.

WHAT IF, SAY, YOUR CHURCH WANTED TO HAVE A CONCERT IN THEIR PARKING LOT? THAT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS.

NO. OKAY.

OKAY. ALSO SUBSECTIONS FIVE AND SEVEN, LOOKING AT THAT.

JUST CURIOUS WHY IT'S TWO SECTIONS.

AND OF COURSE, IF IT GETS IF THE LEVEL GETS RAISED TO THE 85 DBA, IT WON'T REALLY MATTER THAT THEY'RE SEPARATE.

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JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHY THEY'RE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE TO EACH OTHER.

BECAUSE YOU WOULD USE THE EQUIPMENT LISTED IN SEVEN TO DO THE ACTIONS IN FIVE.

UNDER SECTION 13-209.

THE METHOD OF MEASUREMENT IN THAT LAST SENTENCE AT OR NEAR NEAREST PROPERTY LINE.

ONCE AGAIN, THE OR NEAR.

JUST THE CONSISTENCY.

MOVING ON TO THE PERMIT SECTION 13-210, A FEE FOR A PERMIT.

NOW, I UNDERSTAND IT COSTS MONEY TO DO THESE THINGS, BUT I WOULD QUESTION THE PERMIT IN GENERAL.

NUMBER FOUR. THERE SHALL NOT BE ISSUED FOR THE SAME LOCATION FOR MORE THAN TWICE DURING ANY 30 DAY PERIOD.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF I WANT TO HAVE A GATHERING IN MY BACKYARD.

I WANT TO SHOW A MOVIE IN MY BACKYARD.

AM I GOING TO HAVE TO GET A PERMIT FOR THAT? AND WHAT IF I WANTED TO DO IT, SAY, THREE FRIDAYS DURING THE MONTH? WOULD I BE TREADING ON AN AREA THERE? AND SECTION C NUMBER FOUR UNDER THAT.

THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE SOUND EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED.

DOES IT MATTER? AND I THINK THAT WAS MY LAST COMMENT.

OKAY. I PROMISED I'D KEEP IT BRIEF.

THERE WE GO. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. SO I'LL ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE AS OF AS OF TODAY, THE CITY DOES HAVE AN ORDINANCE CALLED ILLEGAL USE OF AMPLIFYING DEVICES, WHICH USUALLY IS THE VEHICLE.

THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HAS EXCESSIVE MUSIC OR SOMETHING COMING OUT OF THERE THAT ORDINANCE IS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW ON VEHICLES AT OR NEAR. I THINK THAT'S A LEGAL QUESTION BECAUSE YOU GET SOMEBODY IF YOU GIVE THEM A CITATION, IF YOU GET 15FT.

WHAT IS 15FT? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVE THAT IN COURT.

SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT'S IN THERE AND OUR ATTORNEY CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT BETTER.

BUT AT OR NEAR 15FT, BECAUSE THEY COME TO COURT, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WELL, 15FT WITH WHAT? WHAT WAS THAT? HOW DID YOU MEASURE THAT? SO THAT'S MY POINT IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN, I'VE DEALT WITH INDUSTRIAL SOUND NOISE THINGS IN INDUSTRIAL SETTING FOR A LOT OF TIME AND, YOU KNOW, TWO FEET.

IT MADE THE DIFFERENCE ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OR WHATEVER? YES, SIR. ON THE NOISE CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, BEING INTO DANGEROUS OR NOT.

CORRECT? LIKE FROM 78 TO 80.

DB YES, SIR. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S 13FT.

FOR 17FT VERSUS 15FT.

IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND AT OR NEAR OR AN UNREASONABLE NOISE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT BRINGS THAT QUESTION INTO PLAY.

WHAT IS IT, EXACTLY? 15FT.

WHAT IS EXACTLY THIS AMOUNT OF DISTANCE FROM THERE.

SO WE'D HAVE TO MEASURE THAT OUT.

WE'D HAVE TO PUT THAT IN A COMPLAINT FOR IF SOMEBODY MADE A COMPLAINT AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD USE IN COURT TO GO AWAY FROM THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT.

DON'T MATTER. THE QUESTION.

I HAVE 85 DECIBELS.

IS THAT FOR RESIDENTS OR IS THAT FOR BUSINESSES? SO MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR CAN PLAY AT 85DB, 3:00 IN THE MORNING AND NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT? SO THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE.

NO, SIR. IF YOU READ THE ORDINANCE.

IT DOES GIVE SOME TIMES IN THERE AND I'LL PASS THE DECIBEL METER AROUND TO Y'ALL.

WELL, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEASURING SOUND IN A CLOSED ROOM LIKE THIS VERSUS OUTSIDE, RIGHT? THAT DOES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

BUT MY I KNOW THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES WE'VE HAD TO CALL.

I LIVE AT 902 EAST CEDAR.

AND THE MAYOR ACTUALLY CAME BY MY HOUSE THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE HAD THE CITY CONCERT.

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AND THE WAY THE CITY'S BUILT, I DON'T KNOW, IT FUNNELS RIGHT TO MY HOUSE AND IT'S A LOT LOUDER RIGHT THERE THAN IT IS A LOT OF OTHER PLACES.

I CAN HEAR IT IN MY LIVING ROOM OVER MY TV, SO I'M NOT FOR HAVING IT AT 84 OR 85DB, ESPECIALLY IF MY NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR CAN DO THAT.

THEN THERE'S NO CONTROL.

I'VE CALLED OFFICERS BEFORE AND THEY'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE ORDINANCE READS BECAUSE THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT 95DB IN MY YARD AROUND MY TREE.

IT'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

AND DO WE DO WE ACTUALLY ENFORCE THE THE AMPLIFIED NOISE ORDINANCE? BECAUSE IF WE CAN USE THAT, THEN MAYBE I CAN PUT A STOP TO SOME OF IT.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

SO HOW DO WE DO THAT AS A CITIZEN? BECAUSE SOME OF THE OFFICERS ARE CONFUSED AT WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO.

THAT'S ON ME BECAUSE I NEED TO EDUCATE THESE OFFICERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT WHAT THE LEVELS ARE AND WHAT THE ORDINANCES ARE.

SO WE JUST NEED TO EDUCATE OUR OFFICERS SO THEY'LL KNOW.

YEAH, THAT HOPEFULLY THAT'S A PRIORITY BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T DO ME ANY GOOD WHEN THEY COME AND, AND THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IT IS THEY'RE TRYING TO TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF. YES. OKAY.

MY NAME IS PAUL STROHM.

I LIVE AT 110 WEST BRONCHO BEND.

I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR PRESENTING THE CHANGES LIKE THIS.

I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT MY NEIGHBORS ON WEST BRONCO BEND AND LARIAT.

I'M AMAZED BECAUSE EVERYONE IS BUSY THESE DAYS.

THANK YOU, NEIGHBORS.

I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN.

INITIALLY, I LOOKED UP DECIBEL LEVELS FOR EXHAUST NOISE FROM DIFFERENT STATES, AND I FOUND MOST OF THEM WERE SET AT AROUND 95.

STATES WILL LOOK AT.

SOME STATES ACTUALLY MEASURE THAT AT STATE VEHICLE INSPECTION TIME.

I'VE GOT HERE SECTION 547.604 OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE OF TEXAS.

IN IT, IT JUST SAYS SOMETHING LIKE THIS MUFFLER AND GOOD WORKING CONDITION THAT CONTINUALLY OPERATES TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE OR UNUSUAL NOISE BE A PERSON MAY NOT USE A MUFFLER CUTOUT BYPASS OR SIMILAR DEVICE ON A MOTOR VEHICLE.

THAT'S IN THE STATE LAW.

WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION, THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BEING ON THE RACEWAY ON VELASCO WITH CODY PURSUIT, OUR REPRESENTATIVE, HE SHOWED ME THIS.

BASICALLY WHAT HE WAS SAYING IS WE HAVE A GENERAL STATE LAW AND IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS TO SET THE LIMITS AND THE ENFORCEMENT.

THERE'S NO POINT HAVING A STATUTE OR A CODE OF ORDINANCES OR A LAW UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY ENFORCE IT.

AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE REACHED THE STATE RIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE CREATING AN UNCIVIL SOCIETY.

AND WHAT I WANT US AS ANGLETONIANS TO DO IS SET SOME STANDARDS AND TO ENFORCE THOSE STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR.

NOW, I HAVE A THREE YEAR OLD GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.

WE GO OUT BICYCLE RIDING ON THIS STREET.

YOU KNOW, THERE HASN'T BEEN A DAY SINCE SHE'S MOVED IN WITH US IN 2020 THAT SOME MALE AND AND IT IS MALES 99% OF ALL CUT OUT BYPASSES MUFFLER MODIFICATIONS ARE DONE BY US NOT THE LADIES.

AND IF THE LADIES WEREN'T HERE, I WOULD TELL YOU WHY.

BUT SHE'S RIDING A BICYCLE, AND WHAT SHE HEARS IS THIS VROOM!.

NOW, IN MY DAY, WE WOULD START OUR CARS.

SLAM IT INTO NEUTRAL AND HIT THE ACCELERATOR.

OR WE WOULD PEEL OFF.

THAT WAS OUR MANLY STUFF.

TODAY, THEY CAN DO SOME OF THIS STUFF ELECTRONICALLY.

I HAVE TALKED TO GEARHEAD FRIENDS, LOUIS AT ADVANCED AUTO DOES A BYPASS OR A CUT OUT MUFFLER CUT OUT, ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE.

WHAT LOUIS' RESPONSE HAS BEEN AND MY OTHER GEARHEADS KNOW IT IS NOT DONE TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR AUTOMOBILES.

IT'S DONE TO IRRITATE YOU.

I'M HERE.

I'M BIGGER THAN YOU.

AND ONLY THING I ASK THE COUNCIL CONSIDER YOU ARE THE GUARANTORS OF OUR RIGHTS, BUT YOU ARE ALSO THE GUARDIANS OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS CITIZENS.

SET US SOME RESPONSIBILITIES.

THE ORDINANCES DO.

ENFORCEMENT IS IMPORTANT.

AND I JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND NEIGHBORS, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

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WE ARE NOT ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH EVERY PART OF THE ORDINANCE.

ANYBODY ELSE. HI, MY NAME IS MARTIN SORI AND I LIVE ON THE CORNER OF LARIAT LANE IN THE 208 BUSINESS.

AND I'D LIKE TO SECOND PAUL'S.

YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT'S THINGS ARE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS AND IT'S NOT THE 18 WHEELERS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH TOWN OR THE DUMP TRUCKS.

IT'S THE PICKUP TRUCKS, THE MUSTANGS.

AND AS I WAS TELLING THE CHIEF A SECOND AGO, THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 45 THROUGH THERE COMING INTO TOWN AND GOING OUT.

AND EVERY DAY I SIT OUTSIDE IN THE GARAGE AND YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE GOING IN THERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING 60, 65, 70.

AND I ALSO THINK SO, TOO.

IT'S AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE AND SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TO ENFORCE THOSE THOSE LAWS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS, I MEAN, THERE'S NO SENSE HAVING THEM.

SO I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD LOOK AT IT AND AND LOOK INTO THE AREA I'VE ALREADY PUT IN FOR THE BLACK CAT RADAR TO COME IN ON THAT AREA FOR US THROUGH SERGEANT VANDERGRIFT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, MAYBE YOU ALL CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SEE.

AND I KNOW HE TOLD ME THAT Y'ALL HAVE NO CONTROL OVER LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT THERE.

THAT'S THE STATE. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME ENFORCEMENT IN THAT AREA, SOME HEAVY DUTY ENFORCEMENT OR THE THE BIG SPEED LIMIT SIGN THAT SHOWS WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT IS COMING THROUGH TOWN.

AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT THE BIG TRUCKS.

IT'S THE SMALL CARS AND THE LITTLE PICKUP TRUCKS.

IT'S THE PICKUP TRUCKS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. COME ON.

IF YOU WANT ME TO BRING IT TO YOU.

I'VE ALREADY TAKEN A FRIEND.

IT'S BECKY BROWN. I'M AT 902 CEDAR, AND MY HUSBAND JUST SPOKE.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT I KNOW Y'ALL ARE SAYING 85DB IS ACCEPTABLE, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, IF YOU DON'T LIVE BY SOMEONE THAT PLAYS THEIR MUSIC EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND, FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, LOUD, LOUD, LOUD.

IT'S NOT 85DB.

DON'T GET ME WRONG. THEY'RE NOT EVEN AT THAT MAX YET.

AND IT IS SO LOUD THAT IT IS DRIVING US NUTS.

WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR 30 YEARS.

I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.

ANXIETY, MENTAL STRESS.

I CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I MEAN, 85DB IS A LOT.

IT'S LOUD AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN HITTING THAT.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE STAND.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE LOUD TRUCKS AND STUFF BECAUSE WE HEAR THEM COMING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD ALL THE TIME.

AND I DON'T LIKE THAT EITHER.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT TRUCK GOES DOWN THE ROAD AND I DON'T HEAR IT AGAIN FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO.

SPEAKERS]. I'M JOYCE PELTIER AND I'M ON 209 WEST BRONCO BEND.

MY PROBLEM IS NOT WITH THE VEHICLE.

I MEAN WITH THE CARS AND TRUCKS.

IT'S WITH A MOTORCYCLE EVERY NIGHT UP AND DOWN VELASCO.

JUST, I WOULD SAY BETWEEN WALMART AND HENDERSON ROAD TO JUST SEE HOW LOUD THAT THEY CAN BRING IT AND IT COMES STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HOUSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS, BUT I WISH Y'ALL WOULD WATCH.

IT'S RIDICULOUS.

THANK YOU.

I'LL GO BACK YOU RIGHT HERE.

ANYBODY ELSE? DO ONE THING.

MAKE SURE THIS WORKS. ALL RIGHT? CHIEF, ONE THING I'VE NOTICED IS THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME OUT TODAY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE.

BUT I'M ALSO SEEING THAT IT'S REALLY TWO MAJOR AREAS OF TOWN AND THERE'S NOBODY ELSE REPRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.

BUT IT JUST SHOWS THAT APPARENTLY WE HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.

THE ACRES AND CEDAR AREA AND THE BRONCO BEND LARIAT SIDE.

I THINK AT MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN TAKE ACTION FROM OUR SIDE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN ENFORCE AND WHAT WE CAN ENFORCE IN THOSE AREAS.

MAYBE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPONSIVE IN THOSE THOSE AREAS.

AND LET'S UNDERSTAND A BETTER SOLUTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I DID. COME OVER TO YOUR HOUSE THAT NIGHT WHENEVER YOU COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NOISE FROM THE THE CITY

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CONCERT. AND WHAT I NOTICED WAS I DROVE UP TO VALADARES AND CEDAR.

ROLL THE WINDOWS DOWN. GOT OUT.

REALLY COULDN'T HEAR THE CONCERT TOO MUCH AT ALL.

I REALLY HAD TO FOCUS TO HEAR IT.

THEN I TOOK A LEFT ON CEDAR.

DROVE DOWN. STOPPED BY THE SCHOOL.

BEHIND THE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY.

STILL COULDN'T HEAR IT.

DROVE UP ACROSS FROM THEIR HOUSE.

AND I COULD HEAR IT. AND THE WAY IT SOUNDED TO ME WAS LIKE THE NEIGHBOR WAS PLAYING MUSIC.

BECAUSE AT FIRST, THAT'S WHAT MY WIFE AND I BOTH THOUGHT WAS NEIGHBORS PLAYING MUSIC NEXT DOOR.

NO, THAT'S THE CONCERT.

NOW, I WILL TELL YOU THIS.

I LIVE BEHIND BATES PARK.

AND EVERY WEEKEND THAT THERE'S A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, IT'S WAY LOUDER THAN THAT.

BUT I MEAN, I JUST GREW UP IN THAT AREA AND I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN AND AND I DO SYMPATHIZE WITH THOSE THAT HAVE THE TRUCK ISSUE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMING FROM COUNTY ROAD TO 90 COMING AROUND THAT CORNER DOWN SOUTH WALKER.

THERE ARE, I THINK AT LOWER SPEEDS IT'S LOUDER BECAUSE THEY'RE DOWNSHIFTING.

RIGHT. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET BACK UP TO SPEED OR THEY HAD TO BRAKE AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH THE GAS AGAIN.

I THINK SOMETIMES THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LOUDER AND IT COMES TO THE HOUSE, BUT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT THAT ONE AREA COMING TO YOUR HOUSE.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE LOUDEST I'VE EVER HEARD IN TOWN BECAUSE IT'S NOT MUCH LOUDER AREAS. BUT IT'S TRUE WHERE I CAN'T HEAR IT.

I CAN SUDDENLY HEAR IT AT YOUR HOUSE.

AND I DROVE BACK THROUGH DOWN CINCINNATI STREET AND SOME OF THE OTHER ONES, AND IT WOULD ECHO OFF OF CERTAIN HOUSES.

IT'S JUST THE WAY IT WAS SET UP IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE.

I CAN'T EXPLAIN THE HOW IT'S MOVING, BUT IT WAS INTERESTING TO KIND OF STUDY THAT NIGHT.

BUT I DO THINK AT MINIMUM WE CAN TAKE SOME ACTION TO TRY TO RECTIFY THESE TWO AREAS BECAUSE IT SEEMS THEY'RE THE TWO MOST PASSIONATE AREAS.

YOU HAVE TO GET UP TO THE MICROPHONE, THOUGH.

YEAH. SORRY. MY VOICE CARRIES, BUT NOT THAT GOOD.

JUST A COUPLE OF REAL BASICS ON THE SOUND.

OKAY. DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES YOU PERCEIVE AT DIFFERENT VOLUME LEVELS.

HIGH FREQUENCIES TEND TO GET ABSORBED BY STUFF, AND LOW FREQUENCIES TEND TO TRAVEL FOREVER.

THAT'S WHY I LIKE THE EXHAUST ON A TRUCK.

SOUNDS LIKE IT'S RIGHT THERE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM.

IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A LOWER FREQUENCY.

THAT'S WHY WHEN THE GUY'S GOT HIS CAR STEREO AND ALL YOU HEAR IS BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.

THAT BASS ISN'T ANY LOUDER TO HIM INSIDE THAT CAR THAN THE TREBLE FOR THE HIGHER FREQUENCIES ARE OKAY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE OF THE SOUND WAVE, IT ESCAPES THE CAR AND GOES.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT.

SO. PERCEPTION OF LOUDNESS IS A WEIRD THING SOMETIMES AND THE HOUSE WHERE YOU CAN HEAR IT ALL AND THEN YOU GO FIVE HOUSES DOWN AND YOU CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING.

THAT'S JUST A PHENOMENON WITH THE REFLECTION OF THE SOUND WAVES.

I DON'T KNOW.

I COULD MAKE A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK LATER.

I AM THE ONE WITH THE LOUD CAR.

CORRECT. AND LOUD LAWNMOWER.

AND I HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT HAS A MOTORCYCLE, IT WAS REALLY LOUD.

I'M CAREY COBB.

I LIVE ON 102 WEST BRONCO BEND STREET.

I BELIEVE THAT FROM HEARING EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR ORDINANCE AND THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVE AREAS.

I KNOW IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WITH LARIAT LANE AND ON BRONCO BEND, WE DEAL WITH THE SAME THINGS, RIGHT? THE ORDINANCE, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO CATER TO THAT BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY.

RIGHT. AND LIKE THE MAYOR WAS SAYING, IT'S PRETTY MUCH 2, OR 2, YOU KNOW, AREAS OF TOWN THAT'S HERE RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE NEIGHBORS AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOES.

I FEEL LIKE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WORK WELL TOGETHER.

I KNOW THAT MR.

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DARRELL'S MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.

AND IF THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH US DOING STUFF, THEY WOULD LET US KNOW AND VICE VERSA.

WE'VE HAD, WE'VE WATCHED THE WORLD SERIES IN MY DRIVEWAY ON PROJECTOR.

RIGHT. SAME THING.

I'VE HAD CALLS BEFORE WITH MY DOGS BEING TOO LOUD.

SOMETIMES WE'RE OUT OF TOWN PLAYING BASEBALL GAMES, WHICH YOU KNOW HOW THAT IS, RIGHT? SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO COME HOME AT 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON OR 12:00 AT NIGHT.

SO I FEEL LIKE WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS NEIGHBORS, AS CITIZENS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT TO HELP OUT WITH THE ORDINANCE? SO, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

NOW, I DO GET THE 3:00 IN THE MORNING MOTORCYCLES.

BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS THAT STREETLIGHT THAT'S BY SHELL STATION AND LARIAT, WHICH WE CANNOT TAKE THAT OUT, THAT'S A SAFETY THING, RIGHT? SO WHEN PEOPLE DO SLOW DOWN FOR THOSE OR PEOPLE SLOW DOWN FOR OTHER PEOPLE TURNING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THEY PUNCH IT AND GO.

I'VE BEEN GUILTY OF THAT.

RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT WHAT CAN WE DO AS LIKE AS OUR PART INTO HELPING EACH OTHER OUT? UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS TOO, IF I MAY, MAY WE ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES AS WELL.

SAY AGAIN.

AROUND NOISE? NO.

OH. NO, IT'S JUST NOISE.

OKAY. BUT IF YOU STICK AROUND TILL 6:00, YOU CAN.

CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL CAN FOR THREE MINUTES ANY MATTER THEY WANT TO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE ? I'LL JUST SAY AT SOME POINT WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO BRING THIS FORWARD FOR COUNCIL ACTION AND IF YOU LIKE, WHAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE AND WE VOTE TO APPROVE IT.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE CHANGES AND WE CAN GO BACK AND RELOOK AT SECTIONS OF IT THAT MAY NEED FURTHER CLARIFICATION.

OR YOU WANT TO.

THINK ABOUT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PATH FORWARD OR NOT.

SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY.

DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE IT OR YOU WANT ME TO CLOSE IT? EITHER WAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY, I HEAR YOU FOLKS AND IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE EDUCATED.

YOU KNOW, I CALL.

PLEASE CALL IF YOU DON'T GET THE SATISFACTION THAT YOU WANT.

ASK FOR A SUPERVISOR.

IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, GET.

GET WITH ME.

AND WE'LL SEE WHAT KIND OF RESOLUTION WE CAN COME TO, BECAUSE I'M HERE FOR YOU.

SO. WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, LET US KNOW.

PLEASE LET US KNOW. CALL AND I WILL MAKE SURE OUR OFFICERS ARE EDUCATED ON WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT. THANK YOU, LIBBY.

THANK YOU ALL. YEAH.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. FOR COMING.

THE COUNCIL MEETING DOES START AT 6:00, SO IF YOU DO WANT TO HANG AROUND.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.