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Citizen Proposal: (ii) The feasibility study must include (for each alternative) five listed items in addition to any requirements under Chapter 429. (See Section 8.05, subd. 1) (iii) A public hearing must be held with (apparently) the same notice requirements as Chapter 429, except that the mailed notice must include detailed information about each alternative from the feasibility study. (The notice under Chapter 429 requires a description of the general nature of the improvement, the estimated cost, and the proposed area to be assessed). (iv) After the hearing, owners have 60 days to indicate their preferences for all the proposed improvements, a specific alternative combination, or none of the improvements. (v) The Council must approve the alternative approved by the largest number of owners, and shall not approve any of them if the largest number of owners indicated a preference for none. (vi) If owners indicate a preference for a street improvement without utilities that were recommended by staff, such utilities may not be installed using any City general revenue within five years after completion of the street. (vii) If the owners preferred some alternative (rather than "none"), there is a second 60 -day waiting period for final council action on the improvements. [This period seems to be relevant only for projects funded in part with general revenues, discussed below, but the proposal literally imposes this waiting period on all improvements] The Citizen Proposal calls for a public hearing that generally follows the rules of Chapter 429, but with a more detailed feasibility study and hearing notice (incorporating most of the language on these topics in the Charter Commission Proposal). However, instead of the "owner preference for alternatives" system in the Charter Commission Proposal, the Citizen Proposal provides a two-step opportunity for petitions against the improvements: 6