[RP TownTalk] EXT :Re: Calvert House?

Thu May 3 13:37:29 UTC 2012

The Calvert House in on of the few businesses that are trying  survive in Riverdale Park.
It's not my favorite place, but the owners are just trying to survive.
If the evening music is too loud, why cant our ward one representative, who is supose to represent the business district,  and our mayor, who knows the owners of the Calvert House, do something constructive and have a conversation with the  owners and work the problem out?
Instead, we are seeing a replete of the type of tactics  used when MUTC demanded twenty -five thousand dollars from Wachovia Bank to allow them add a third drive in window, on the premise that
they were trying to promote pedestrian traffic  to that busy RT 1 and 410 location at night.

It seems like there is another agenda going on here once again.

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 From: Jackson325 <jackson325 at verizon.net>
To: Bruce Wernek <bruce.wernek at verizon.net> 
Cc: "austintula at yahoo.com" <austintula at yahoo.com>; "tazimax at verizon.net" <tazimax at verizon.net>; "towntalk at riverdale-park.org" <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>; "m.avery at rocketmail.com" <m.avery at rocketmail.com>; "Sherene.McDougall at ngc.com" <Sherene.McDougall at ngc.com>; "bruce.wernek at verizon.net" <bruce.wernek at verizon.net> 
Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 7:26 AM
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] EXT :Re:  Calvert House?

Bruce, have you had a meal at the Calvert House at 2:00 am ?  

We all want to see the business succeed, but loud music in the wee hours is obviously not working in their best interest.   

On May 3, 2012, at 6:47 AM, Bruce Wernek <bruce.wernek at verizon.net> wrote:

Judy
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>Calvert House is not a dance hall.  It's a restaurant.  Maybe you should go there sometime and see for yourself.
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>Bruce
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> On 05/02/12, Judy Stone<austintula at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Hi, I live one and a half blocks away from the Calvert House. We have called the police many times to ask them to get Calvert House to turn down their music. The bass from the Calvert House rocks the windows in our house. Many communities around the country are struggling with how to contain this type of low level bass noise. Once when our windows were rattling at 2 am, the police said they drove by there and the it "wasn't that loud."
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>Have you ever been in traffic next to a car that has the bass turned up so loud that all the cars in the vicinity are shaking? yet, the driver of the car with the amped up stereo only hears the loud stereo, they do not experience the low level bass vibrations. This is what is happening at the Calvert House.
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>And honestly, Bruce, residents DO come before businesses. Businesses aren't people, PEOPLE are people. And whether or not The Calvert House is a dance hall...they play music like its a dance hall. I want the music OFF by 11pm.
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>Judy Stone
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>To: Carol DePrato <tazimax at verizon.net>; Towntalk <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>; Melissa Avery <m.avery at rocketmail.com>; "McDougall, Sherene (Law)" <Sherene.McDougall at ngc.com>; Bruce Wernek <bruce.wernek at verizon.net> 
>Cc: TownTalk <towntalk at riverdale-park.org> 
>Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 8:22 PM
>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] EXT :Re: Calvert House?
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>We hear it two blocks over from the Calvert House's front door.  We have neighbors with babies and young children and they are often woken up by the bass and loud music.  Our bedroom faces Hyattsville and we still hear it.
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>We used to go to the Calvert House when DJ Bobby was spinning his dance parties and had a great time.   
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>We certainly know how to have a good time and have turned down our own house party music at 11:00 pm, we are not trying to rain on anyone's party or stop anyone from turning a dollar... But it is loud and most unneighborly.
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>Janice Byrum-Jackson
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>On May 2, 2012, at 7:16 PM, "Carol DePrato" <tazimax at verizon.net> wrote:
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>Unfortunately, I do live right next to Rt 1 and EW Highway so I do get my share of glass pack mufflers, late night partiers etc.  As for not being supportive of business in Riverdale, I am very supportive of local business..I have eaten at Calvert House hundreds of times, supported the local animal hospitals, shopped at local pet stores (when they were open) etc.  The only thing I said was that Calvert House had been playing music very loud and quite a few times way after the local noise ordinance.  They would often put speakers outside on the Rt 1 side for their patrons.  This happens to face my house and yes, it was them.  My neighbors on 44th ave heard the music as well.  I have never officially complained about them, only thing I did is ask RPD to have them turn down the music at 4 am so that my family and I could get a good nights sleep.  I have no problem with them being a restaurant or a club or whatever, just keep the music to a normal
 level at the wee hours of the night.  
>>Carol DePrato
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: Melissa Avery 
>>>To: McDougall, Sherene (Law) ; Carol DePrato ; Bruce Wernek ; 'Vernon Archer' ; 'TownTalk' 
>>>Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 10:55 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] EXT :Re: Calvert House?
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>>>You should try living next to a two bedroom residential house with 12 adults and 4 children, 9 cars, some  with glass pack mufflers coming and going at all hours of the day and night,  loud late night parting in the parking lot, including  drinking, smoking, a marching band under our kitchen window, which the police did break up, gun shots, loud talking, soccer games blocking the street, using neighbors cars a goal posts, drug deals in front of their house, in front of the children on the street and that was just in the last month.
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>>>From: "McDougall, Sherene (Law)" <Sherene.McDougall at ngc.com>
>>>To: Carol DePrato <tazimax at verizon.net>; Bruce Wernek <bruce.wernek at verizon.net>; 'Vernon Archer' <varcher at gmail.com>; 'TownTalk' <towntalk at riverdale-park.org> 
>>>Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 9:10 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] EXT :Re: Calvert House?
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>>>I live within earshot of Calvert House and don’t hear the music.  I know they were having karaoke on Thursday nights and on Friday nights they would have happy hour.  Are we trying to keep businesses in Riverdale or not?
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>>>Sherene
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>>>From:towntalk-bounces at riverdale-park.org [mailto:towntalk-bounces at riverdale-park.org] On Behalf Of Carol DePrato
>>>Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 6:59 AM
>>>To: Bruce Wernek; 'Vernon Archer'; 'TownTalk'
>>>Subject: EXT :Re: [RP TownTalk] Calvert House?
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>>>Hi,
>>>As anyone who lives within earshot of the Calvert House knows, they play VERY LOUD dance music till all hours of the night.  Yes, the place used to be a very nice restaurant, but recently they have been trying to switch it to a more club like atmosphere.  I live across Route 1 from them and several times have had to call RPD at 330 am or later to get them to turn down their music so my sons and I can sleep.  I'm not sure what the town sign means, but for those of us kept up all night by their "restaurant", maybe it will help.
>>>Carol DePrato
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>From:Bruce Wernek 
>>>>To:'Vernon Archer' ; 'TownTalk' 
>>>>Sent:Tuesday, May 01, 2012 10:31 PM
>>>>Subject:[RP TownTalk] Calvert House?
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>>>>Hi Vern
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>>>>I just got back from the Calvert House and there’s a sign on the entrance indicating that I should not enter the premises without permission from the Town.  Rumor has it that the Town considers the Calvert House a dance hall.  I’ve probably been there ~50 times and I’ve never seen anyone dancing there, just eating.  After all it is a restaurant.  What’s going on?
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>>>>Honestly Vern, I’m incensed that this sort of thing is going on in Riverdale.  Is this what the Town calls economic development?  Freydoun (spelling) has been there for 30+ years.  A typical day for him is 10am to 4am.  Does anyone on distribution work this hard?  Is this how we take care of longtime business owners in this town?  If there’s an issue with karaoke or whatever, I’m sure Freydoun would be happy to stop that activity until the issue is resolved without the need for signs which state and I quote “No person is to enter the premises without permission of the Town”.
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>>>>Has anyone at the Town Hall considered the impact of this sign on Freydoun’s business.  How about his family or all of the people that work there.  The revenue from his business is their lively hood.  Is it the Town’s intent to put him out of business and all of those people out of work?  What about their families and their well being?  I just talked to Susan (Fredoun’s wife) and she told me the place has been dead since the sign was posted.  He has a valid license to operate a restaurant.  So what is the problem with him operating the restaurant?
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>>>>I talked to one of the vet’s at Lynn Animal Hospital and he told me that trash has been a problem behind their building recently.  Freydoun told me a few days ago that he’s been cleaning up the parking lot after he closes.  I’m guessing that maybe some of the trash behind the building is from McDonald’s patrons parking there after hours.  I believe McDonalds is now open for 24 hours.  It would be easy to determine if this is the case.  Just check to see how much McDonald’s trash is in the back of the Calvert House on a Saturday or Sunday morning.
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>>>>I feel that the Town should be working with Freydoun to resolve this problem as if he were a college not an enemy.  He’s been here a lot longer than many of us.  Doesn’t this mean anything to the Town?  He as his wife are good people and their business is an asset to Riverdale Park.
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>>>>Bruce  
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>>>>P.S.  You’ve read my posts long enough to know I don’t mince words.  Bear with me if I don’t have all of the facts straight.  I did do some research on the issue.  Please make the necessary corrections to anything I’ve written if applicable.
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