[Durham INC] Requesting Duke be courteous neighbor

[Laura Drey]

I find the sound coming from Duke¹s campus to be too loud. I have made four
requests of Duke (see below) to turn the volume down on their PA system and
to give me, and perhaps the nearby neighborhood listserves, advance warning
when events on its campus are expected to be noisy.  At this point I have
not received a response from the university or the Durham Police Department.

Have you had on a personal level, or does your neighborhood association have
experience dealing with Duke that might help me with this situation in my
communicating with and dealing with Duke? I will have to work with the
university soon on their wanting to naturalize a stream on their property
that runs behind my house so that I would like to have good working
relations with the university. Your suggestions that created acceptable
relations with other influential businesses and organizations might also be
useful.

Laura Drey

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From: Laura Drey <lkdrey2 at yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:53:20 -0400
To: Christine Pesetski <christine.pesetski at duke.edu>, Bob Weiseman
<rweiseman at duaa.duke.edu>, Captain Anthony Marsh
<Anthony.Marsh at durhamnc.gov>
Cc: <Council at DurhamNC.Gov>
Conversation: Level of noise from Duke
Subject: Level of noise from Duke

Dear Duke officials, Durham Police Department and Durham mayor and Durham
city council members,

One of the characteristics I was looking for in choosing a house was peace
and quiet. I had no idea when I moved into the Duke Forest neighborhood,
about one month ago, that that the level of noise from Duke¹s football
stadium would carry inside my house and impact my life. I find the noise
coming form Duke to be discourteous to myself, my neighbors and completely
unnecessary.

What I would like is
  
1. that the announcement system to be turned down during the 7 home games
every year and
    2.   that I and my neighbors be notified of all pep rallies and outdoor
concerts since the noise problem occurs during pep rallies the night prior
to games and concerts as well. All of sudden the announcers voice occurs and
I find it disconcerting. I think the entire neighborhood would appreciate
learning of pep rallies and concerts.

I do not believe having the PA system be turned down is that is not quite so
loud is too much to ask for. Representatives of Duke, the Durham police
department and city council members are welcome to come over to my house to
experience what I have to put up with.

I see the noise as a quality of life issue. As it stands now the sound is so
unpleasant that I am forced to leave my home during the games because the
volume of the announcer is so loud.

Thank you for considering modifying the volume level of events on Duke¹s
campus and notifying the surrounding community of dates when partying will
be occurring. 

Laura Drey
2248 Cranford Rd 
403-2248

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From: Laura Drey <lkdrey2 at yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:02:18 -0400
To: Christine Pesetski <christine.pesetski at duke.edu>, Bob Weiseman
<rweiseman at duaa.duke.edu>, Captain Anthony Marsh
<Anthony.Marsh at durhamnc.gov>
Cc: <Council at DurhamNC.Gov>
Subject: Third request dealing with sound at Duke

Dear Duke officials, Durham Police Department and Durham mayor and Durham
city council members,

I am not happy at all about the level of noise that is coming from Duke
prior to 10 p.m. It is not only the football games, pep rallies and music
that I can hear at my home. The sound is loud during other athletic events
as well. There was something going on last night on campus that reminded me
that I would like to know about all sports events that occur near Duke
University Rd. and 751 prior to there occurring. So my third is that I, and
also the Cranford Rd list serve, know about all outdoor athletic games in
advance and that the level of the microphone be turned down.  If microphones
are being used during rehearsals than I would like to know abut them as
well. If noise level does not decrease voluntarily than I will make the
request of people that have higher authority at Duke and see about getting
the noise ordinance changed to include noise levels earlier during the day
so what is happening now will apply to Duke games, concerts and pep rallies.

Thank you.

Laura
2248 Cranford Rd
403-2248    




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