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J U L 2 1986 <br />BOOK 64 FADE 882 <br />Assistant County Attorney Jim Wilson explained that the <br />proposed ordinance was prepared at the direction of the Board and <br />noted that the City of Vero Beach yesterday passed a Resolution <br />to retain the blowing of train whistles and horns within the city' <br />limits.• He advised that Mike Orr of Engineering has estimated <br />the cost of the warning signs which will be needed at crossings <br />throughout the county. The signs will caution people that train <br />whistles and horns will not be blown during the hours of 10:00 <br />o'clock P.M, to 6:00 o'clock A.M. We have not heard as yet <br />whether the City of Sebastian prefers the prohibition of train <br />whistles during the night. <br />Commissioner Wodtke asked if we have the ability to pass an <br />ordinance and make it effective in just the unincorporated areas <br />of the county, and Attorney Wilson confirmed it is within the <br />Board's discretion to decide if the ordinance should apply to <br />just the unincorporated areas or the entire county. He advised <br />that the only liability would be in the placing and maintenance <br />of warning signs, not the actual passing of the ordinance. <br />Chairman Scurlock pointed out that the last time we <br />considered this ordinance, the Board wrote the FEC railroad <br />requesting them to cooperate with the community by not blowing <br />their whistles unless necessary, but they were totally <br />uncooperative. <br />The Chairman opened the Public Hearing and asked if anyone <br />wished to be heard in this matter. <br />Ray Scent, 1605 71st Court, which is approximately 6 miles <br />from the railroad tracks, began his arguments in favor of <br />retaining the train whistles by blowing a wooden whistle and <br />pointing out that the railroad used horns and whistles long <br />before there were crossing gates. Mr. Scent noted that the last <br />time this whistle ban was considered, many people signed , <br />petitions against the ban, and he read excerpts from several <br />"letters to the editor" in opposition to the ban. He did not <br />understand why people settle next to railroads if they do not <br />52 <br />