[Durham INC] Requesting Duke be courteous neighbor

[Joshua Allen]

Laura,

Phail Wynne is the VP for Duke Durham Affairs and would be a good
contact.  I have put him on copy. Phail and his staff meet quarterly
with the neighborhoods surrounding Duke, and in my opinion, have been
quite considerate, when they are able.  I don't know if they can
reduce the sound or not ... Living next to a football stadium
certainly is going to radiate noise in your vicinity.   I would
recommend starting with your neighborhood President and Phail.  Your
neighborhood President should already have a working relationship with
Phail's office.  Good luck.

On Friday, September 24, 2010, Laura Drey <lkdrey2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I find the sound coming from Duke’s 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.
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> 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.
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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
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> Dear Duke officials, Durham Police Department and Durham mayor and Durham city council members,
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> 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 Duke’s 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thank you for considering modifying the volume level of events on Duke’s campus and notifying the surrounding community of dates when partying will be occurring.
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> Laura Drey
> 2248 Cranford Rd
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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
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> Dear Duke officials, Durham Police Department and Durham mayor and Durham city council members,
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> 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.
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> Laura
> 2248 Cranford Rd
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--Joshua
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