for Tuesday April 5th

Monday morning. This truck started early. At first he was parked behind another truck with his tail blocking 1/2 of Mercy's driveway. The first truck moved on and now the produce truck is just using the red zone for loading and his hand cart.

This type of truck makes a lot of noise with his tail gate flap hitting the street. It is easily heard in side our home.

I measured this noise with a sound meter device. The bang is 14 decibels louder than the street when the street is quiet. (Worst condition) What are the allowable noises permitted? Mercy should take responsibility for their noise.

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I visited these hospitals to see how they are handling smoking problems that we have with Mercy.

UCD has had some complaints from the houses across V St. about smoking on the UCD's side.

Sutter Memorial has a sign from 2007 (?) -this hospital is smoke free. There are "No Smoking" signs posted everywhere. They have a central covered area for smokers, which works very well.

None of the below facilities has patients (with IV carts, hospital gowns), visitors, and workers smoking along busy streets like Mercy. None has smokers next to residential property like Mercy. Kaiser has a "secret" spot where employees go. (Told to me by a guard.)

The eight hospital listed below seem to be proactive about the smoking situation. Does Mercy have a solution? I do.

Kaiser on Morse

Methodist in the South Area

UCD

Shriner's

Mercy San Juan

Mercy Folsom

Sutter General

Sutter Memorial