REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on a Report on the Noise Monitoring Equipment at Levi's Stadium
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing and Transportation Development
BACKGROUND
The City has contracted with an acoustic engineer, Wilson Ihrig Inc., (Consultant) to maintain four noise monitoring equipment stations located within the neighborhoods to the south and east of Levi's Stadium. This contract was recently renewed at the October 13, 2020 City Council meeting. At that meeting, the City Council, per a request from Councilmember Chahal, directed staff to explore the possibility of providing a summary report for data collected at the noise monitoring stations to make it readily possible to identify instances where recorded noise levels exceed the City's noise standards.
DISCUSSION
Per Council direction, staff contacted the Consultant to discuss the requested report. While the report was not included within the specified deliverables of the current contract, the Consultant agreed that it could be provided utilizing the contingency amount in the contract. Summary tables have been provided for the four locations for each month in 2020 for Council reference (Attachments 1-8).
Consistent with the methodology used by the City to determine if noise levels are exceeding the City's standards, the summary tables present the average noise levels for each hour throughout the day. One table is provided for each month at each location, with a horizontal row for each day of the month and a vertical column for each hour of the day. The data presented in the table is the average noise level (dBA) for the indicated day and hour.
There are two sets of tables for each of the four locations, with one highlighting times when noise levels exceeded 60dBA, the standard applicable to activities conducted within Levi's(c) Stadium, and one table highlighting instances where noise levels exceed 50dBA at night or 55dBA during the daytime, which corresponds...
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