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districts, public hearings, appeals from a collection of assessments, penalties for delinquency in making payments, financing of said assessments, and the cert- ifying of unpaid assessments for collection by the proper county officer. Said ordinance(s) shall also provide for installment payments and notices to be given thereof, appellate procedure, re-assessment, if necessary, and all other matters appropriate to the subject of local improvements and assessments. After the passage of such ordinance(s) providing for local improvements, all procedures in compliance therewith shall conform to the regulations as set forth in such ordinance(s) and as otherwise contained in this charter. Sec. 8.04. Procedure. Subdivision 1. All improvements to be paid for by special assessments against the benefited property shall be instituted by either, (1) the written request of not less than twenty-five percent in number of the benefited property owners together with a resolution adopted by an affirmative vote of the majority of all of the council, or, (2) a resolution adopted by a four-fifths affirmative vote of all of the council. The council resolution shall state the nature and scope of the proposed improvement, and shall provide means to obtain a cost estimate which shall set forth the cost of the improvement both in unit price and in total thereof. Upon receipt of such estimate, the council shall by resolution set a date for a public hearing on the proposed improvement, setting forth therein the time, place and purpose of such hearing. Such resolution shall be described in the city newsletter and published twice at least one week apart in the official newspaper of the city no less than two weeks prior to the date of said hearing, and in addition thereto, a copy of such resolution including unit prices and total price thereof shall be mailed to each benefited property owner at his/her last known address at least two weeks prior -25-