Glendale Investigates Railroad Quiet Zones

December 31st Summary

December 31st Options

January 7th Council Report

The following is a Microsoft Word document survey. Please open the survey, save it to your computer, fill it out, and then email it to Ralph Hoop at rmhoop@fuse.net. Alternatively, you may print out the survey and mail it to:

Village of Glendale
Attn: QZ Committee
30 Village Square
Glendale, Ohio 45246

THE SURVEY

Now that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has approved Quiet Zone regulations, the Village of Glendale will continue to investigate the elimination or reduction of train horn noise at the three railroad crossings; Sharon, Albion and Oak Avenues. It is possible that safety measures can be installed to either prevent the sounding of horns or reduce the intensity of the horn soundings at these three different crossings.

Glendale hired a consulting engineer that specialized in these matters; Railroad Controls Limited of Benbrook, Texas. This engineer worked in conjunction with our local engineer, CDS Associates, in analyzing each crossing and provided recommendations; Final Quiet Zones Evaluation

Obviously there is much to do and study concerning this matter. Councilperson Debbie Grueninger, Chairman of the Police Committee and Councilman Ephriam Swafford, Chairman of the Streets Committee, conducted joint Committee meetings to keep the public informed and to make recommendations to the Council and Mayor. During these meetings, much was discussed and a final Council Committee PowerPoint presentation was developed. You may access this presentation by clicking here; PowerPoint Update Presentation Original Presentation

Citizen Quiet Zone Committee Established Mayor Joe Hubbard, Councilperson Grueninger and Swafford then determined that further study, via a citizen Quiet Zone Committee, was needed. The Mayor appointed Ralph Hoop, Carl Stritzel, Dave Schmid, Becky Love, Dan Raabe, Jack Buescher, John Earls, Jack Murray, Oliver Debikey, Tom Breidenstein and Allen Zobay to this new ad hoc Committee. They established their charter, membership and will post their minutes on this web page when available.

Quiet Zone
Committee Charter Quiet Zone
Committee Members Committee Minutes
June 20, 2007

Committee Minutes
July 25, 2007 Committee Minutes
August 8, 2007 Committee Minutes
August 22, 2007

Committee Minutes
September 5, 2007 Committee Minutes
October 3, 2007 Committee Minutes
October 17, 2007

Assumptions & Issues
October 3, 2007 Diagnostic Team Review
Agenda - October 23, 2007 Diagnostic Team Review
October 23, 2007

Quiet Zone Options
Discussion Draft
October 5, 2007 Quiet Zone Options
Discussion Draft
November 7, 2007 Committee Minutes
November 12, 2007

Results of QZ Surveys Committee Minutes
November 28, 2007

If you have an opinion on the matter and you would like to share it with the Mayor, your Council or the Committee, please do so by emailing Walter Cordes at wcordes@glendaleohio.org and he will forward it to the appropriate persons.