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cyb-vvi, rwe/o 53-4--?& c3 /67 <br />SUMMARY OF COMPARISON <br />BETWEEN CHAPTER 8 OF CITY CHARTER <br />AND MINNESOTA STATUTES, CHAPTER 429 <br />Stephen J. Bubul <br />Kennedy & Graven, Chartered <br />Citizen's Charter Review Task Force <br />May 15, 2007 <br />1. Initiation of a project and hearing process. <br />Charter: Can be initiated by: <br />Petition signed by 25% of benefited owners, in which case Council <br />must pass resolution (majority vote) to schedule public hearing <br />with two weeks published and mailed notice. <br />City Council, by resolution approved by 4/5 vote to schedule <br />public hearing (same notice requirements as above). <br />Statute: Can be initiated by: <br />Petition from 100% of abutting owners, requesting that 100% of <br />cost be assessed, in which case no hearing is required and the <br />council can order the project by majority vote. <br />Petition from 35% of the abutting owners, in which case council <br />must hold public hearing (two publications) and ten days mailed <br />notice. Council may order the project by majority vote. <br />Petition from less than 35% of owners, or by council with no <br />petition, in which case council must hold public hearing (same <br />notice requirements as above). Council must approve the project <br />by 4/5 vote. <br />2. Conditions to ordering project. <br />Charter: Waiting Period. <br />60 -day waiting period after public hearing. Project may not be <br />ordered if petition against the project is filed in that time period. If <br />initiated by petition, the objecting petition requires signatures by at <br />least the same number who initiated; if initiated by Council, <br />requires majority of owners to be assessed. However, in each case <br />