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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 12,2018 Page 16 Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 8:20 p.m., and reconvened at approx- imately 8:25 p.m. d. Public Works Ordinance Updates City Engineer Freihammer briefly reviewed this request, which will update two different City ordinances: a noise ordinance and a right-of-way ordinance. Noise Ordinance The first proposal is to exempt City-led projects by eliminating the need for a public hearing for all City-lead projects. Instead of following an ordinance, the City would follow an established policy. Residents would be notified before the projects at minimum of one week prior to the project, along with the City Manag- er and the Mayor. In addition, mitigation techniques would continue to be used to ensure as minimal disruption as possible. Councilmember Etten thanked staff for responding to his questions earlier in the day. He also asked for clarification on the required notification for County-led projects. Mr. Freihammer confirmed that this expedited process would only apply to City- led projects. Projects led by MN-DOT, the County, or the Met Council would continue to have the same notification process; private developments also would not apply. Councilmember Etten noted he had previously asked that the ordinance language should more directly address the City policy. Consequently, staff came up with the following language for the Exemptions section: "Any exemptions for allowable working hours will follow the established Night Work Policy as adopted by the City Council including notification of the City Council and the impacted community. " Mr. Freihammer concurred that provides much clearer language. Councilmember Willmus expressed concern about ordaining and referencing pol- icy, which is something that can be changed easily and on a whim. He is unsure whether a change is necessary at all. He understands that sometimes there might be an issue with lead time,but he questioned whether that outweighed the public's enjoyment of their property or a conversation about the enjoyment of their proper- ty. In the current draft in the Council packet, new roofs could be put on at mid- night on a residential neighborhood. If a change is to be made, the type of work that needs to be accommodated should be referenced, rather than just referencing a policy. He is not sure that the existing method is so broken that it needs to be changed; it gives the public a chance to know what is going on.