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July 2, 1992
Honorable City Cou~cil
Palo Alto, california
.aBORJ!lLI~'HITHEA'l'RE SOUND TESTING -MOUNTAIN VIEW
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Me.mbers of the Council:
Attached is a copy of the recom.'t1end3tion made to the
~ountain View City Council by its staff regdrding
Shoreline Amphitheatre sound testing. The MOUntain View
City Council approved the plan unanimously at the.ir June
30, 1992 ~eeting.
You will note that Bill Graham Presents (BGP) has agreed
to share the cost with the city of Mountain Vie~. In
addition, BGP has agreed to "'ork with Mountain Vieil." and
the a!'"tists to carry out these tests. Both of these
actions demonstrate, I believe, a gCvd faith effort on
the part of BGP to bring this issue to a mutually
satisfactory conclusion~
We will keep Council advised as this program progresses~
Respectfully submitted,
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W:::LLIAM ZANER
City Manager
Attachment
CC: Re,rin Duggan
Danny Scher
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June 30, 1992
CATEGORY: New BusIn ....
Slloiellru> Amphllheme Concert SoW1 d
Reduction Tcsto and Meao=entJ
1. Transfer $20,000 from the l'lsaIl Yen 1991-92 Cant!ngency for Operating Expenoes to
the City MAnager's Offire budget to retaln • consultant to conduct concert 8<>W\d
red\1.ct!on teste &..~ zneasurementsj
2. AuthorizIo the ety Manoger to e><l!CIIre • contract with the """UJIical enginaeriag
finn of Smith. Pause " McDonald. Inc. (SFMJ), to perform concert """"d reduction
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As required in Sectio,! SJTl of aru. Amphllh<!atre Lease and ~I, the Shoreline
Amphitheatre Partners (Partnernhip) will rellnbur.e the CIty for one-half of the """Is
assodeted with retaInlng • consultant to ensure thai the concert 5OllI\d attenuation
objectives of the Leue are satisfied.
Approval of this Item will result In a net maxl:num reductlon 10 the Contingency for
Ope:allng E>cpen<IltunS of $] O)lOO. The Cantingmcy balat)<" available afeo this transfer
will be approximately $1.3 mll&n.
Stoff lime IBIOCIaI<!d with this project will be absorbed by existing stAff.
BACKGROUND AND ANAl.)'SIS
An Ad Hoc City Coundl Committee (Mayor Cochnut and Councilmember Takahara) and
City ,WI have beer; meeting with represenWiv .. from the City of Palo Alto.. Sho<e!ine
Amphitheab<!/BW Graham PresenIs (BGpj and ac:ousl!Q!l engineering consultanls in •
working group fwmat io explore potential concert sound mitigation _ur .. lor the
Shoreline Amphitheatre. Sped!lc acti<>r .. whlch have resulted from these meetinll'
Include:
• Agreement by 6GP 10 request !hal perfonnero bEgIn their weekday night COtI(e!'ts
artier during the Inversion·prone IT.ontllS of September &.'1d October 10 reduee the
potrntlal for la~n1ght ~ sound Impacts in ""tlying neighborhoods;
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AGENDA:
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• The dlscuasioo/evalualiCX'l 01 ..... ".1 <on=! oound measurement and ",unci
mltlg:ltion !eStilIg lItemAtiv~; •. :~
• Agroement II> caru1ud addlIl<mal concert sound reductlon tel", an.:! meaeuremenls
during the 1m <:<>n<leI't oeason.
Earlie Cong:i1 SIArIins TImes
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During the inverslon-prone months of September and 0Ck;ber, BGP w!Il ",,!ueot perfurm
.... sdledule<l to appear Sunday !htough ThU-....u.y DlglI .. to begin their perfonnance5
one-half hour earIler (7:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. Inotwl 01 8:00 p.m. 0< 8:30 p.m.).
Earlier oonoen .tart!ng times should resnJt in euller concert en~ times UId ohoulc!
help eIlmI.~te oome of the w-DlglIt """""'" sound lmpad$ being eoq>erienced Ir1 out
lying ~hooda on worlr./oclwol nIghta.
All puties adcnowledge that perfoz:meI3' COInpli"""" with this request isllrktly volun
lary and thai IOII\e pettonnen; w!li ~.ot ogre<! '" an euller ~ time !or their pcrlu
manoe. ~,otaff -.lewo this approach .. an 1mportL'l/ IIep on BGP'J part to addn!s&
previously expr .... d """""",,".
Sound MeyurernentlSound Mltigatlon Teatina.Mlm!attm
Based on dlKuasiO!\S regarding varlg"" """"" IJOImd meaoutelN!l11 and mitigation
teoting 1Illermtlves, the IJI'OUF hal A8feed to pursue .. hybrid coo"",t sound Ieoting and
measurement """";0 which wm II>!t the impfo<:t that reQucing amcert sound levels
dulil13 an event (or via a simulated ""em> will bave on ..,W\d levels within the
Amphith_ and effected neighborhoods Ir1 Polo Alto and Mountaln Vi .....
Although a>ncert sound IeYeIs haw been lImuJtaneously "", .. ured at the Ampbltheatre
facility and !n Palo All<! nei$hborhooda during am_ on ",venJ, oc<asloN, no \e5lO
have been :or.dl><ted maounng I."" lJnp.Ict that tedud!Ji' qmwt !!OU!!d Icye!s during &!\
~...flI11w on sound levels withlr1 the Amphltheatre and outlying nelghbcJdloocls..
Consequently, .ep.OKlitalives from the City of Mountain View and BGP I'.a"" ~ to
ror.d.uct c:once-r _ redualon \eBbs 100 ~ts on OM or 1l\OI'II "'_d
evenings durine the 1 m ctlI\cert Mason.
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The purp"'" of the _ and 1I1HISlileIl1er\1O w!ll be ttJ deIennin. wh4~ If ony, Imp&ct
red .. ctioru In concert BOUnd levels have on ""ncert ""und ImpOlds experienced In Palo
All" and Mountain View ne.ghborhooc!a.
These tests and ~ts will be conducted depending on the foIlowmg /acItJD;
• Agreement l>y J""'f<>nnln8 &I'I!'!s 10 participate In andlo' allow their oqwpment to be
used !or the tutIng and 1m'Uuring.;
• The high ~i1i1y of in ..... lon (Ond/tlons developing during the course <Ji an
....erung; &rid
• The availability of pezform1ng artists', Shon:Iine Amphltheat1'e ond SFMI staff 10
conduct the _ and measurements on • spec:iJic evening.
_ on !he lnformatlon that these tests and ""","""",.ento will provide, we will h0pe
fully be ablE to better evaluate the effecti_ of thls COII<2rt sound mitigatlon approa&.
MAyor CochrIU\ and COW1dImember TaI<&hara, as well .. sta.!!, recommend thls testing
program.
In addition to the concert sound Jnltlgatlon JNS$Iln!O previo>uoly noh>d, lIGP ol5O lOOk the
lnilioti ve to instaIJ • new $85 • .000 state-of-the-vt lawn 50und SJ'l'1em at !he Amphlthee ....
fadlify.
nu. new sound oytll!m will Improv. the AlnphithuW. abUily to:
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Aim roncert sound, thus reducing Ihe amount of U/1wanted sound esraping the
Amphitheatre; and
Control SOImd frequencies, which may contribure to the concert sound impor.ts beJr1g
experienced b. ouUying ne!ghborhooc!J.
CONq.t15!ON
The Ad Hoc CoWlci1 Subcommittee and .WI rea>mJIIendB that the City Council aulhoriu
Iw,,:1i1l8 for """""'"' ooWld reductlon _ and mt!UuremenIs to be conducted on sdected
evenIng(sl during the """linder 01 the 15192 concert -.on and authorize the City
Manager to exerure • rontract with 5FMI to perform the sound reduction tests and
m('!uu.rementa .
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PACE:
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The _ bell ...... that the jolnt II1£etingI 1I& ... !>eet> productive &nd the jjme ""d cooJ'6f8-
lion 01 Polo Alt:> and BGP ~_ IIIould be adcr.owledgod. In oddltlon. the
um"", .. of CJI)' Coundl Subcollunltt.!e membero lwo been wry vllWlb1e.
p' .... edby:
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Unda Portberg
Asslstant 10 the City Manager
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