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I have read the ordinance in your Email (Sightseeing Tours) and I am pleased to see that it says the term says Not More than 10 years. That I can live with, however:
-I think that this needs to require use of earphones instead of loudspeakers on vehicles.
- The ability to control the frequency of trips per hour down a street
- The ability to control the hours of trips (ie) 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

I am wondering what others think about the ordinance and what they are concerned about as it is currently written. All this is VERY important to us in the 600 block of Frances St. as for certain ALL the tours will want to go by the cemetery and are unable to turn until at least Southard Street. Recently between 10:00 and 1:00 we had 12 Trains go by our house, and this was only HTA!!

More important I think, is that there is also scheduled the First Reading of Ordinance A - Cityview Franchise. The time to act is on the 1st reading by acting now, not reacting as we are having to do with the ordinance. It can be printed out from the agenda. It is listed as First Reading Ordinance A (708 kb) and it calls for:
- A term of 20 years
- No ability to conform it to a revised ordinance in 2015 when HTA franchise expires and major adjustments can be made without problems from either HTA or
Cityview Tours.
- No requirement of earphones instead of loudspeakers on vehicles
- No control of the frequency of sightseeing tours down a street per hour or hours of operation.


I do not see anything about the Duck tours. What does anyone know about their status?

Phil Wheeler
623 Feances St.