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Sarasota News Leader September 6, 2013 According to a Sound Enforcement report that Konstantopoulos and DiPino summarized at Tuesday's meeting, on May 18, at 12:35 a.m., the two undercover officers waited outside Smokin' Joe's and Tequila Cantina. Page 32 "Within seconds, the bouncer of Smokin' Joe's opened both the front door and the partition," the report reads. "The music volume at the Tequila Cantina increased. The officers conducted a reading that measured 80 decibels." Both bars were playing music at a level that Konstantopoulos agreed with Chapman's asmade them "potential sound ordinance viola- sessment: "There is a little cat and mouse game sometimes." tors," according to the report. As Konstantopoulos, in uniform and driving a marked police car, arrived and walked up to the bar, the bouncer at Smokin' Joe's immediately closed the front door and pulled down a partition. A PROBLEM DiPino said the Police Department will continue to carry out "very strict and proactive and standardized enforcement." In addition to Tequila Cantina and Smokin' By doing so, the bouncer silenced all noise Joe's, noise issues have been reported at Club coming from the interior. The music volume Ivory. at Tequila Cantina also appeared to decrease A total of 11 different bars or restaurants at the same time. throughout the city have been issued warnAfter speaking with management at both bars, ings, she told the commission, while two others received notices to appear in court. Konstantopoulos left. Mattison's City Grille has a special exception that allows it to present music later into the night. Photo by Norman Schimmel