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unit prices and total price thereof shall be mailed to each benefited property owner at his/her last known address at least one week prior to the date of said hearing. At such hearing the city council shall receive any written and oral statements, and hear any petitioners for or against the proposed improvement. A period of sixty days shall elapse after the public hearing before any further action shall be taken by the council on the proposed improvement. If within such sixty day period, a remonstrance against such improvement be filed with the council, signed by not less than twenty-five percent of the owners proposed to be assessed for such improvement, protesting the making of the improvement, the council shall not make such improvement at the expense of the property bene- fited, unless, in the meantime; there be filed with the council a petition asking that the improvement be made, signed by other property owners proposed to be assessed for such improvement at least equal in number to those signing the remonstrance; in which event the council may disregard the remonstrance. Subd. 2. When less than 100 percent of the estimated cost of a proposed local improvement is to be paid for by special assessment, within the sixty day period after a public hearing has been held on the proposed improvement, a remonstrance may be filed with the council, signed by a majority of the electors who voted for mayor in the last regular municipal election, protesting against either the improve- ment, or the assessment formula, or both. In this event, the council shall not proceed with the improvement,as proposed. Subd. 3. When allowed under the foregoing subdivisions, the council may proceed with the proposed improvement at anytime between sixty days and one year after the public hearing on the improvement. However, no contract shall be let in the event that the current contract exceeds the estimated cost by more than ten percent. -26-