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Section 8.04 Procedure. Subdivision 1. Initiation of Improvement All improvements to be paid for by special assessments, in whole or in part, against benefitted properties may be initiated by either: A) The petition of at least fifty-one percent of the benefitted property owners together with a resolution adopted by a three-fifths affirmative vote of the council; or, B) A resolution adopted by a four-fifths affirmative vote of the council. The resolution must state the nature and scope of the proposed improvement. Subdivision 2. Public Notice Upon receipt of cost estimates, the council must by resolution set a date for a public hearing on the proposed improvement. the hearing must follow a publication in the city newsletter and two publications in the official newspaper of a notice stating the time and place of the hearing, the general nature of the improvement, the estimated unit and total costs, and the area proposed to be assessed. The two publications in the official must be a week apart and the hearing must be at least three days after the last publication. Subdivision 3. Notice to Property Owners At least two weeks prior to the public hearing, notice of the hearing as described in Subdivision 2 must also be mailed to the owner of each property in the area proposed to be assessed. Failure to give mailed notice, or any defects in the notice, will not invalidate the proceedings. Subdivision 4. Public Hearing At the public hearing the council receives 1110 any written and oral statements for or against the proposed improvement. A period of sixty days must elapse after the public hearing before any further action may be taken by the council on the proposed improvement. However, prior to and following the public hearing, the council may initiate the preparation of plans and specifications and the advertisement for bids on the improvement, in addition to other actions which in its judgement may provide helpful information in determining the desirability and feasibility of the improvement. Section 8.05 Council Action. Subdivision 1. The approval of at least fifty-one percent of benefitted property owners together with a resolution adopted by a four-fifths affirmative vote of the council are required to act on a local improvement. Subdivision 2. Whenever all owners of benefitted property petition the council for an improvement and to assess the entire cost against their properties, the council may adopt a resolution determining such fact and order the improvement without a public hearing. Subdivision 3. When a proposed improvement is disallowed under the forgoing subdivisions, the council may not vote on the same improvement within 111/1 a period of one year after the public hearing on said improvement.