Residents living on Campestre street across from the Towne Centre bars have already started a no parking petition to get drivers to park in the Towne Centre and away from their homes.

"They've tried to break into our homes. We've caught them having sexual relations in our front yards. We've had people drinking in our front yards," said Yvette Renteria, East El Paso.

Renteria, who lives in a duplex across the street from the Towne Centre bars, said bar patrons keep her and her neighbors up at night especially on Thursday night, which Renteria said is the biggest going out night. She said drivers also speed through her neighborhood and she has witnessed several accidents.

"They speed out here and run into the Chase bank. We've even gone out there and had to resuscitate people," Renteria said.

Thursday Renteria held a meeting with eastside representative Steve Ortega and bar owners to discuss these problems.

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"It's important to sit there and try to work things out with them and try to be a good neighbor," said Anthony Duncan, owner of Ale House Bar.

At the meeting, residents told bar owners and Ortega that they want to stop bar patrons from parking around their homes.

Ortega said he is willing to look into putting no parking signs up, but bar owners are concerned this could hurt business.

"If the places fill-up and the people can't park here then there's a chance they will go some place else," Duncan said.

Ortega said he will look into putting up signs in the neighborhoods that won't allow parking from 9 p.m.- 3 a.m. Ortega said he will also look into getting speed bumps installed on neighborhood streets and he wants to put a flashing pedestrian sign up on Lee Trevino to slow down traffic.