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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 2, 1996 4 Karin Schubert, 5222 Keats Avenue N., said she was stunned that the City would even consider the changes proposed to the ordinance. She said now the ordinance permits construction work 11 hours a day, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., The new ordinance the City is proposing would allow 13 hours a work day. After listening to the beep of construction equipment for hours on the Arabian Hills Subdivision, she had to run away from home to get peace and quiet. She lost three summers because of the annoying noises from construction. Special permission should be granted individually for emergency work and not adopt a blanket ordinance such as this. She does not believe it is an emergency for a developer to have equipment working longer hours, weekends, and holidays. Dick Johnson, 8896 Lake Jane Trail, pointed out the ordinance now allows for emergency situations as long as they follow the procedure. With the new ordinance, the City is going to allow anyone to work seven days a week and holidays. He objects to this ordinance for the same reasons Karin Schubert had stated. Noise is damaging to the residents. We live here, we're taxpayers, and don't have to put up with it and objects to us bending over backwards for contractors. You are my elected Council and we deserve better treatment. Rose Armstrong, 8281 15th St., stated on Monday at 5:30 a.m. she was awakened by gunshots in her neighborhood The neighbor told her the ordinance allows him to fire a gun at 5:30 a.m. This is noise pollution. Sue Dunn stated she had never seen anything as broad as this. She did not get the mailing, but picked it up tonight. It must have been extremely expensive to mail the public hearing notice to the entire City. The hours the ordinance allows now are adequate and the Council should think about the people that live here. The Council received letters opposing the amendment to Section 1607.030 by Daniel Rude, 3250 Kraft Circle N., Roger & Gayle Pawlus, 8699 Lake Jane Trail; Patricia Ganley, 8975 N. 15th St.; Joan Hjelmgren and a phone call from Mr. Jenings. Mayor John closed the public hearing at 8:18 p.m. Steve DeLapp felt the one thing that we owe the voters that put them here is the best possible living environment. This doesn't mean having a developer making money on a development or somebody with an understaffed crew work longer hours and weekdays. A copy of our ordinances should be given to the contractors when they start to work in our City. Emergency situations can be dealt with. Attorney Filla was confident an ordinance could be drafted which incorporates a due process procedure and redefine definition for economic loss which would deal with concerns. The ordinance does not give any direction how to go about applying standards to determine there is an emergency or economic loss. M/S/P Johnston/DeLapp - to direct the staff and City Attorney to revise the existing ordinance to include such items as definition for "emergency situation" , "determination of substantial economic loss to a person...", standards by which applications for permits can be judged and specific language as to who can authorize a special permit and any other language added in order to make this ordinance understandable. (Motion passed 3-0). 5. FINANCE DEPARTMENT: A. Resolution authorizing issuance and sale of $650,000 General Obligation Temporary Improvement Bonds, Series 1996A The Council received a copy of (1) a Certification of Minutes Relating to $650,000 General Obligation Temporary Improvement Bonds, Series 1996A; (2) Resolution authorizing Issuance and Sale of $650,000 General Obligation Temporary Improvement Bonds, Series 1996A; and (3) the terms of Proposals. This GO Bond is for the new sewer installation in the portion of Section 33 now in the.MUSA.