Benicia City Council may start the two-step process Tuesday that would trim the hours of construction in residential areas.

The change, affecting residential zones and downtown mixed-use districts as well as properties within 500 feet of those zones, would reduce construction hours to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekends.

The matter was aired Oct. 28, 2014, during a zoning administrator hearing of a subdivision request for 1035 West K St., wrote Community Development Director Christina Ratcliffe in a report to the Council.

At that time, neighbors told of their worries about noise during the city’s current legal construction hours, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

When the Council heard an appeal of the case Jan. 20, it heard the same concerns, and Council members asked city employees March 3 to draft an amendment to city construction regulations.

Should the Council pursue the change, which takes votes at two separate meetings, the modification would not affect construction in other city zones.

Also Tuesday, the Council will consider modifying its laws to allow urban beekeeping within city limits. This is another matter that will take two votes to accomplish.

The panel asked staff on April 29 to draft an ordinance allowing residents to keep bees after receiving a $50 over-the-counter permit.

In other matters, the Council also will take public comment on its annual Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District improvements and levy assessments in the district’s five zones.

The panel will decide whether to amend any assessments after taking testimony from residents, but would not give its final approval until July 21, Public Works Director Graham Wadsworth wrote in a June 23 report. The city’s action must be finished Aug. 1 to meet Solano County’s filing deadline, he wrote.

Total budget for the five zones in the district is $608,426, of which some are in reserve fund credits and interest earnings. The balance to levy is $427,622, Wadsworth wrote.

Though none of the five generates enough money to cover annual costs, the four smaller zones are expected to end the year in the black if nothing changes, he wrote. The largest district, made up of residential property owners, will need an additional $110,108 from the city General Fund, he added.

But Wadsworth didn’t recommend any changes, explaining that city employees are evaluating options for a comprehensive funding strategy for the city. Therefore, he wrote, the residential zone assessment rate would remain at $136.56 unless the Council decides to make a change.

The Council also will consider multiple items on its consent calendar, which could be decided all at once without comment by a single vote unless a member of the panel or the public requests differently.

Among the items on its consent calendar are purchase of $56,000 worth of crushed aggregate rock from Syar Industries, Vallejo; spending $75,000 on water distribution pipeline fittings and hardware from Roberts and Brune Company, Oakley; setting the bonded indebtedness secured tax rates at 1.3 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, a slight reduction, for $639,445 in revenue to pay for principal and interest on the 2012 Refunding General Obligation Bonds; and a $29,635 amendment of the city’s agreement with Siemens Industry for additional street light repairs.

Also on the consent calendar is a $60,000 agreement with Wolf Communications for tourism marketing, and authorization of Assistant City Manager Anne Cardwell’s response to the Solano County grand jury’s recommendations about city acceptance and use of credit cards. According to Cardwell’s response, Benicia already is in compliance with the grand jury’s recommendations and has been since 2009.

The Council also will hear a report on the transfer of most of the city’s electricity customers from Pacific Gas and Electric to Marin Clean Energy.

Mayor Elizabeth Patterson will read proclamations recognizing the 10th anniversary of Benicia’s Open Government ordinance and July as Parks Make Life Better Month. The Council also may concur with Patterson’s appointment of Councilmember Christina Strawbridge to a Council appointment subcommittee.

The Council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in a closed session on legal matters. The regular meeting starts at 7 Tuesday night in the Council Chamber of City Hall, 250 East L St.