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because the whole ground shakes. She hoped that if the Board did <br />not stop the whistles, they at least would make the railroad tone <br />them down. <br />James Sullivan, 110 Springway Court, spoke in favor ofthe <br />ban. He felt that the train whistles are a'health problem also, <br />because he works everyday and getting a good night's sleep is <br />hard to do. <br />John McKirchy, Assistant City Attorney for Vero Beach, <br />advised that the City of Vero Beach passed a resolution last <br />night stating their intention in the event the proposed County <br />ordinance is passed, to pass a City ordinance excepting the City <br />and its territory from the provisions of the ordinance. The City <br />Council considered the competing considerations of safety and <br />noise and came down in the favor of safety. Although the City <br />would not intrude on the County's jurisdiction in the <br />unincorporated areas, the City's passing of this resolution <br />should be interpreted as a vote against the whistle bap. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Lyons, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Bowman, the Board unanimously closed - <br />the Public Hearing. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Lyons, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Wodtke, that the Board adopt Ordinance <br />86-45 prohibiting the sounding of railroad train horns <br />and whistles between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 <br />A.M. in the unincorporated areas of Indian River <br />County. <br />Under discussion, Commissioner Wodtke recalled that he was <br />against the train whistles the last time the ban was considered. <br />He pointed out that the people of Vista Royale feel that the <br />railroad should make use of the high technology available for <br />alerting their engineers to a crossing gate malfunction instead <br />55 <br />JL 2 1986 <br />BOOK 64 PnIIE885 <br />