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• • • Lino Lakes City Charter associated assessment formula are opposed, the Council shall not proceed with the local improvement as proposed. (Amended) 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. (Amended) 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 private 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 8.07. Local Improvement; Special Provisions. Subdivision 1. Except as provided in Subdivision 3, in the geographic areas of the City described in Subdivision 2, the construction of local improvements, the levy of special assessment for the financing of those improvements must be conducted in accordance with procedures specified in state law. Subdivision 2. Subdivision 1 applies to land within three (3) geographic areas, each not exceeding 430 acres, legally described as follows: PAGE 22