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Commissioner Bird noted that apparently Attorney Paull was saying that we would not be increasing our liability, and Attorney Paull stated that the county would have the same exposure we have today. Fred Cicala was appalled that there could be over 100 signatures on a petition against the proposed ordinance and wondered where those people live. He was very much in favor of the ordinance and wished to know if it required a certain number of signatures to get it passed. Chairman Scurlock informed Mr. Cicala that the Board has received petitions both for and against the proposed ordinance and neither is required. Don Shifflet of 42nd Avenue stated that he signed one of the petitions submitted by Mr. Scent opposing the proposed ordinance. Mr. Shifflet noted that for 25 years he lived by a railroad and also near an air force base. He believed there are necessary noises in our life which are for a real purpose and that we have to become accustomed to them. If we are going to address noise, Mr. Shifflet felt we must also consider things such as noisy mufflers, loud radios, etc., before we limit train whistles. He felt strongly that if just one life can be saved, it is worth it to blow the whistles at any and every crossing at all hours. Lewis Brine of 3045 10th Parkway stated that the train whistles are very annoying, and he did not see why it is necessary for some of the engineers to toot as many as four times at one crossing. If this blowing is necessary, he felt it should be possible to have some consistency in the way it is done. Mr. Brine further emphasized that it is possible to get past the crossing barriers and asked why we can't have double arm barriers and completely block the crossing. Administrator Wright reported that when we rebuilt 16th Street and went to a double lane crossing, we did go to a 77 S E P 5 1984 ao® 5 8 FA ,F 183