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3. IMPROVEMENTS INITIATED BY 100% PETITION. Chapter 429: Existing Charter: Petition must be signed by owners of "all real property abutting upon any street named as the location of any improvement," requesting assessment of the "entire cost against their property. Section 429.031, Subdivision 3. No hearing needed, and council may approve by majority vote. Petition must be signed by 100% of the "benefited owners." The improvement may not be approved until after a public hearing (described below). After hearing, another 60 -day waiting period is required before council action unless all petitioners file a second petition to waive 50 of the 60 days. Task Force Proposal: Same as Chapter 429. Charter Commission Proposal: Substantially the same as Chapter 429. Petition must be signed by 100% of the "property proposed to be specially assessed," and must be accompanied by an agreement to pay 100% of the cost of the improvements. No hearing needed, and council may approve by majority vote. Citizen Proposal: Same as Charter Commission Proposal. 4. IMPROVEMENTS INITIATED BY LESS THAN 100% PETITION. Chapter 429: Existing Charter: Petition must be signed by owners of at least 35% in frontage of the real property abutting streets named in the petition. Public hearing is required (described below), and council may approve by majority vote. If the petition is signed by less than 35%, or the council itself initiates the improvement, the council must approve by 4/5 vote (after the same hearing process as for a 35% petitioned project). Petition must be signed by 25% "in number of the "benefited owners." Section 8.04, subd. 1. The council may initiate the petitioned improvement by a majority vote. Or, the council may initiate an improvement by a 4/5 vote. In either case, improvements may not be finally approved until after the hearing and petition process described below. 3