I forgot to mention - I feel like this should be shared on the main listserv. I think there are people on there that maybe don't care to take the time to sign up for this specific bpw action thread but would maybe be interested in sharing their experience with the City Council. Let me know if that makes sense or maybe we have enough members here that we don't need to bother the others. 

Thanks,

Eric

On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 2:38 PM Eric Hill <erh0613@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello everybody,

I just got off the phone with Christina Jones with City Council. She was very helpful and informative. 

She was able to confirm that the issues we are currently experiencing have to do with the new noise ordinance that was recently passed. The city council was lobbied by business owners to make this change for outdoor amplified entertainment and the communities near these businesses are experiencing the blow back of that change. There are neighborhoods all over Raleigh that are having this issue due to the explosion of outdoor amplified stages created by this new noise ordinance. Bowstring does have a permit for outdoor amplified music, in case anyone is curious. That was one of my questions for council - how is it possible that a bar/restaurant can just become an outdoor music venue in the middle of a residential neighborhood? This new noise ordinance is the answer. 

She told me that we need to be emailing the city council about this non-stop. Everyone on this listserv that has an experience with the noise from bowstring needs to tell their story to city council either via email or going to their meetings to share their experiences. 

The email address for all city council members is citycouncilmembers@raleighnc.gov - please send them an email. They need to hear how many people this is affecting and how far away we are from this nuisance. 

Christina mentioned being willing to visit the neighborhood to experience the noise and invited us to record the noise and email that to the city council as well. Any documentation is very helpful. 

Continue calling 911 to report noise violations

Feel free to message me if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer what I can. 

Best,

Eric 

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 12:02 PM Eddie Wilson via BPW-Action <bpw-action@eastraleigh.org> wrote:

I’d be curious to know why they shifted the stage not facing five points any longer

Eddie Wilson

Realtor/Broker/ Owner

919.600.4959

@raleighisgrowing

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 11:23 AM Julie Eldridge via BPW-Action <bpw-action@eastraleigh.org> wrote:

Of he’s willing to hear us out, I think we should be willing to hear him out. I’d like to hear his perspective.

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 10:30 AM Lauren Markley <antigenre_arts@yahoo.com> wrote:

Julie, with all due respect, I don’t feel like there is anything to compromise on. What is being asked of us here? That we collectively decide how often and by how much the bar is allowed to encroach on our neighborhood with the loud music? 

Also, it seems disingenuous of him to ask us to meet. It allows him to say that we are the unreasonable ones if we don’t want to have a sit-down with him. The bar has a long history of noise complaint issues - the owners are fully aware that they are the problem. I don’t want this turned back around on us.

I wouldn’t tell anyone who wants to meet the owner not to, but I’m not interested.

Lauren

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 21, 2024, at 9:34 AM, Ashlyn Bradshaw via BPW-Action <bpw-action@eastraleigh.org> wrote:



Talk about what? I'm out.

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 8:57 AM Julie Eldridge via BPW-Action <bpw-action@eastraleigh.org> wrote:

I think that an in-person meeting with the manager of the music would be a good idea, especially since we have been invited to do so. A face to face encounter creates a more human relationship and I believe could help him understand our point better. Bringing in the law as a first step puts them on the defensive and makes it easy to be perceived as antagonistic, putting them on the defensive. 

Let’s go talk. He invited us. I think it’s the best method of understanding each other’s perspective, making a compromise more likely.

Julie on Plainview

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 8:42 AM Mark Turner via BPW-Action <bpw-action@eastraleigh.org> wrote:

Hi folks. Here's what I suggest in getting attention regarding Bowstring's:

1. Calls to the police's non-emergency number are not formally logged
and will likely not be counted in any enforcement action. Calls to 911
WILL be logged and an officer is obligated to investigate each call. Do
not worry about calling 911 for anything - it's the dispatcher's job to
sort priority and this is what she or he will do. The officer will show
up if nothing else is a higher priority at the moment.

2. Reach out to our Five Points neighbors across Wake Forest Road and
team up with them. As bad as it is for us it is almost certainly worse
for them, speaker direction notwithstanding.

3. Sign up EN MASSE to speak at an upcoming City Council session. For
the topic, put "Bowstring noise" or something similar. I suggest the
topic be identical for each speaker, BUT make sure each speaker offers a
unique speech. Mention how it's affecting your quality of life. You
might want to motion to your fellow audience members and have them stand
if the noise is affecting them.

It is hard to ignore this type of display of dissatisfaction and it's
sure to gain Council's and staff's attention. Tip off the media a few
days in advance to that they are there to witness it.

Perhaps ask that the noise ordinance be enforced or, if not, adjusted to
where everyone knows what to expect from it.

If you want to go nuclear, you could request the city consider Bowstring
a public nuisance. Here's the info on that from the city:

https://raleighnc.gov/housing/services/public-nuisances

Good luck!

Mark




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