[Durham INC] Requesting Duke be courteous neighbor

[Josie McNeil]

you might also copy Michael Schoenfeld, the VP for public relations,
michael.schoenfeld at duke.edu.

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Joshua Allen <allen.joshua at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > 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 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.
> >
> > What I would like is
> >
> > 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 Duke’s
> campus and notifying the surrounding community of dates when partying will
> be occurring.
> >
> > Laura Drey
> > 2248 Cranford Rd
> > 403-2248
> >
> > ----------
> >
> > 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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> --
> --Joshua
> allen.joshua at gmail.com
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