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Session 1734, Minutes 7 November 2, 1998 POLICE REPORT: Mayor Adams acknowledged the receipt of the latest police report submitted by the Police Department. CITIZEN COMMENTS: Marnie Mills, 954 Briarwood Lane, said that she was here tonight with four other neighbors to follow up with the problem that they brought before Council during the summer, concerning the brick wall that fell down at the entrance to their street. A letter was sent to the City and somewhat of a response was returned. She brought a copy of the plat to give to Council that shows that the strip, where the wall is located, 'is dedicated to the City. Mayor Adams mentioned that this subdivision is having a neighborhood meeting next Sunday and that he and the City Council had been invited. The Mayor said that Ms. Mills was correct in that the main question with this issue was who owned the strip of land and who should maintain it. Richard Watson, 756 Harvard, lives in University Heights ¢¢1 subdivision and was concerned with the noise coming from behind his home. Precision Tool company is behind him and they are operating nearly all day and night long. They were assured, at the time the factory was being put in, that there would not be any noise. The new school has an enormous air conditioner that runs twenty-four hours a day. The compressor at the tool factory goes on about 4:30 a.m. each morning and stays on until 7 or 8 p.m. at night. A row of trees used to separate the homes from the industrial area, but they were removed. The homeowners on Harvard are prepared to get a petition together. The property values have gone down considerably as a result of these noises. He asked the Council to do something about it. Mr. Schoomer said that the County has a noise level set at 41 decibels. Mr. Schoomer suggested that it may be time for the Council to examine this standard and decide whether or not to enact different standards. He said that there has been several complaints against the school district involving the compressors and the noise immediately adjacent to residential districts. Mr. Schoomer asked Mr. Ollendorff to examine this issue to see if other restrictions to the noise level would be more appropriate, whether it be hours of operation or decibel level, in order that the well being of the citizens are attended to. He told Mr. Watson that a petition would not be particularly helpful. The zoning for that location had been in place for many years. As far as the trees go, Mr. Schoomer had met with neighbors several times during the tool factory's approval process and nothing was done that was not mutually agreed to by all.