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Umatilla council approves behind-stage sound barrier and monitoring after Rock the Locks complaints
Summary
After months of neighborhood outreach and an acoustic review, Umatilla city council voted to implement a behind-stage sound barrier, continue in-event acoustic monitoring, and spend from an existing $225,000 mitigation line to reduce impacts from the Rock the Locks festival.
Umatilla’s city council voted to adopt staff and consultant recommendations to reduce noise impacts from the Rock the Locks festival, directing procurement of a behind-stage sound curtain and continued acoustic monitoring during the event.
The council’s decision follows a multi-month engagement process led by Jensen Strategies and a technical review by ABD (acoustic engineering), with facilitation and modeling from JB Engineers. Staff told the council the city set aside a $225,000 mitigation line in the adopted Rock the Locks budget to pay for materials and installation; one rental estimate for a behind-stage curtain plus delivery, installation and tear-down was described to council as about $120,000.
“Staff’s recommendation is to adopt the top preference and preference of the neighbors, which is the sound…
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