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Noise subcommittee flags incomplete contour work and urges enforceable construction noise and vibration policies

General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) · September 16, 2025
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Summary

The GPAC noise‑element subcommittee reported limits in the consultant's contour analysis (subset of roads tied to the Housing Element EIR), recommended new construction‑vibration protections and an 8‑hour averaged construction noise threshold (consultant suggested ~80 dB), and urged municipal‑code updates to make standards enforceable.

The GPAC received an update from the noise‑element subcommittee on Sept. 16 that identified gaps in the consultant's noise analysis and proposed new, enforceable policies for construction noise and vibration.

Subcommittee chair Jim Moer said the Dudek noise consultant limited new noise‑contour analysis to a subset of roadway segments used in the Housing Element EIR rather than producing a…

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