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AMENDMENT OPTION TWO Subdivision 3. When a proposed improvement is allowed under the foregoing subdivision, and the public record of the proposed improvement contains all of the evidence on which the Council shall base their decision, the Council may by resolution, at any time between sixty (60) days and one (1) year after the conclusion of the public hearing, proceed on the improvement. If after bids are received on the project the proposed contract exceeds the estimated cost of the engineer stated at the public hearing held under Subdivision 1 by more than ten (10%) percent, the City Council may not award the contract for the proposed improvement, but may rebid the project for one (1) time only. Subdivision 4. When a proposed improvement is disallowed under the foregoing subdivisions, the Council shall not vote on the same improvement within a period of one (1) year after the public hearing on said improvement. Section 8.05. Assessments for Services. The Council may provide by ordinance that the cost of City services to streets, sidewalks, or other public or priva te property may be assessed against property benefitted and may be collected in the same manner as special assessments. Such costs shall not be deemed to be "special assessments" for the purposes set forth in Section 8.03 of this chapter. Section 8.06. When under the provisions of section 8.04, Subdivision 1, an improvement is petitioned for by one hundred (100%) percent of the benefitted property owners, such property owners may after the mailing of notice of a public hearing, petition to waive fifty (50 ) of the sixty (60) days waiting period. After such petition, the City Council may immediately order the proposed project. (Amended) Section 2. That Chapter 8 of the Lino Lakes City Charter be amended by adding thereto a new Section 8.01 to read as follows: Section 8.01. Local Improvements Defined; Charter Provisions Effective. Subdivision 1. For the purposes of this Chapter, the term “local improvements” means any public improvements financed in whole or in part from special assessments. Subdivision 2. For the purposes of any objection or petition under this Chapter, (a) only one person or entity may sign an objection or petition on behalf of all owners of a parcel; and (b) if the same person or entity owns more than one parcel affected by a local improvement, that person or entity may sign an objection or petition only once; and (c) for the purpose of identifying recipients of any notice under this Chapter, owners are determined in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 429.031, subdivision 1. Subdivision 3. The City may undertake any local improvements not forbidden by law and levy special assessments to pay all or any part of the cost of such local improvements. The principal amount of special assessments for any local improvements shall not exceed the cost of the local improvement, including all design, financing and related costs, and shall not exceed the benefit to the property determined in accordance with state law.