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HOUSEL: Thank you, sir. LUM: First, I’ll tell you where I live before you ask me. I live right there, right on the boundary. HOUSEL: Please speak close to the microphone. LUM: Is this on? HOUSEL: Yes, right. LUM: That’s where I live, right on the boundary. I’m very opposed to this because I’ve had many years of experience having to call over. Fortunately, at that time I knew the manager of the property, and I’d say, “Wally, you’ve got to get those guys to turn the music down because it’s killing me.” What people don’t understand is low frequency bass travels and amplifies itself the further you get from the source. Fifty feet from a car, you don’t hear as much bass as you would at 100 feet, okay. And we listen to it all the time. So fortunately, I was able to work around it. But for something like this from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. at night, having bands out there – I’ve played in bands myself, the major bands – no way, you know. I can open my window and hear someone talking on a five-acre property down one street from me almost. And I’m going to be listening to this all the time? Uh-uh. This is agricultural. I went there because I don’t mind agricultural chainsaws, chippers, all during the day, but constant, bringing Hard Rock Café out there? No way. I’m sorry, but I’m very opposed to something like this for the noise pollution factor. HOUSEL: Commissioner Bowman. BOWMAN: I have a question. Bands, because you said you have played in a band, do all bands use – pardon my ignorance – amplified -? LUM: Yes. In today’s world, all bands use amplification. I don’t care whether you are playing a guitar, you are playing synthesizers or what, what really carries is not the medium frequencies and up, it’s the lower frequencies. You put a synthesizer on playing the same beat, it’ll drive you nuts. And I can do it to you, you know. BOWMAN: Thank you. HOUSEL: I had a question. One of the conditions that’s in the documentation states that there will be no loud music after 7:00 p.m. Would that be -? LUM: What’s “loud?” Are they going to put a decibel meter -? HOUSEL: No amplified music after 7:00 p.m. 7 EXHIBIT B