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SECTION III <br />SPECIFIC POLICIES <br />Project Initiation and Hearing Process <br />B. Neighborhood Meeting and Hearing Process <br />Neighborhood Meeting: After a petition is filed and its adequacy <br />determined, or the Council initiates the project, the City Engineer <br />will prepare a preliminary feasibility study. Staff will then hold a <br />neighborhood meeting with the owners of the properties that would be <br />benefited by the improvement. Once neighborhood input is obtained and <br />reported to the Council, the Council will decide whether or not to order a <br />Feasibility Report for the proposed project. <br />2. Improvement Hearing: After a petition is filed and its adequacy <br />If <br />after reviewing the results of the neighborhood meeting the Council feels <br />the project may be feasible, the City Engineer will be directed to study and <br />report as to the feasibility of the improvement. If after reviewing the <br />feasibility report, the Council feels the project is feasible, a public <br />improvement hearing will be is-scheduled, notice will be published, and <br />persons benefited by the project will be notified in writing in accordance <br />with applicable State Statutes. (At its discretion, the City Council may <br />choose to hold the assessment hearing simultaneous with the improvement <br />hearing.) <br />If after the improvement hearing, at which all persons are heard, the <br />Council feels that the project is feasible, then the Council may authorize <br />the preparation of necessary plans and specifications. Upon receipt and <br />acceptance of those plans, the Council will authorize the advertisement for <br />bids for the construction of the project. Following award of a contract, <br />construction of the improvement will commence. <br />3- <br />