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SECTION III SPECIFIC POLICIES Project Initiation and Hearing Process This section describes the initiation of improvement projects and the administration required to receive final City Council action, pursuant to the requirements of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429. A. Project Initiation 1. By Petition: Citizen petitions for initiating a street improvement will be prepared by City staff upon request. Such petitions circulated by the affected property owners shall bear the signatures of property owners of not less than 35 %, of the affected frontage as measured on a lineal footage basis. When projects are initiated through this process, the costs of doing engineering feasibility studies and associated project consideration costs may be borne by the property owner(s) so petitioning. A deposit may be required of the petitioner's prior to commencement of the study to cover the costs of same should construction not proceed. If the project proceeds through construction and assessment, those costs will be considered project costs under Section II.1 above and any deposit made would be credited accordingly to the depositors. 2. By Council Action: If the Council determines that an improvement is in the best interests of the City, it can, without petition, initiate the improvement with a four /fifths vote of the Council. Generally, initiation will be based upon an inspection of City street conditions conducted by staff with an assessment rating of the condition. This rating shall then be used to determine the priority of street improvements in the City's Five Year Street Improvement Plan. The City will typically improve streets that have the highest priority first. However, circumstances may exist which would require deviation from this objective. B. Hearing Process 1. Improvement Hearing: After a petition is filed and its adequacy determined, or the Council initiates the project, the City Engineer is directed to study and report as to the feasibility of the improvement. If after reviewing the feasibility report, the Council feels the project has merit, a public improvement hearing is scheduled, notice published, and persons benefitted by -4- Page 17