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making it like a weekend night, was concerning to these families who cannot speak for themselves, who would not attend Commission meetings, would not call the police, and would probably just deal with it. Ms. Bourg also expressed concern about enforcement and how it will perhaps require a lot of citizen complaints before being enforced. She stated that she has heard of things like this from residents in the Barone's neighborhood and how difficult it would be in terms of Police enforcement. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Acting Chair Blank commented that there is an old saying that if you have one clock in your house you always know what time it is, but as soon as you bring two clocks to the house, there is always a dispute. He expressed concern about having more than one arbiter of what the sound levels are. Commissioner Pearce inquired if, during the Task Force meetings, there were discussions about requirements for businesses to periodically or on a regular basis self- monitor their noise levels. Ms. Ott said no; that was generally not part of the Task Force discussions. She noted that the Task Force did not talk about monitoring and self- monitoring in any extent. Ms. Giffin stated that during one of the meetings, Alan Rosen, the noise consultant, did present it in a case study for a business in Colorado. She added that the consultant is present and can speak about it. Mr. Rosen stated that the project in question was in Golden, Colorado and similarly in a Downtown area. He indicated that the City had adopted some standards and worked with the club owner to install a system that actually allowed the band as they were playing to see a light display with red, yellow, and green colors, similar to a stop light. He explained that a microphone sound level meter was connected to this light array: when the light was green, they were fine; the yellow light was set a few levels below the standard or the threshold level, and as they played louder and the yellow light came on, they knew they had to be cautious; and as soon as the red light turned on, they knew they were violating the standard. He added that he did not believe that was the actual device used to state whether or not they violated the standard, but it was pretty helpful as a kind of way to keep them under control and help the Police, who could actually drive by and take a quick look and see what color was displayed. Commissioner Pearce inquired if this has been effective in that community. Mr. Rosen replied that he believed it was. Ms. Ott noted that any Task Force conversations about whether or not to include monitoring in the Guidelines were done in the context of Mr. Rosen's presentation. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, November 14, 2012 Page 11 of 31