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Section 8.05. Initiative. A public improvement project may be proposed by petition. The 4 exact nature of the proposed project must be stated at the head of each page of the petition or attached thereto. - how do we define a project including engineering or financing— The petition shall be filed in the Clerk-Administrator's office prior to circulation and shall be valid for one hundred eighty (180) calendar days during which time a completed petition with signatures must be filed. - how do we define project area and required number of signatures— Within sixty (60) calendar days after final determination of the petition's sufficiency according to this Charter,the Council must either adopt a project plan according to Subdivisions 1 or 2 or pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot as provided in Subdivision 3. Any amendment to the proposed project must proceed according to Subdivision 2 of this section. If an project is adopted, it shall become effective thirty (30) calendar days after publication unless the project specifies a later effective date. If the vote for adoption fails, the project must be placed on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. If a ballot measure for a proposed project fails the same measure is prohibited from being brought forward again as an initiative within one hundred eighty (180) calendar days of the election certification. Failure of a ballot measure for a proposed project shall not prevent the Council from proposing a similar project. Subdivision 1. If the Council elects to adopt the project plan as provided by the petition without amendment,they shall proceed in accordance with the normal public improvement procedure. During this process,the project cannot be amended but, if adopted, is subject to the referendum process as defined in Section 5.07. - how does this address the need for engineering - Subdivision 2. If an amendment to the project is proposed by a majority vote of the Council, it must be presented to the Sponsoring Committee prior to the first reading of the proposed project. The Sponsoring Committee shall have fourteen (14) calendar days from the receipt of the amended proposed project to disapprove the amendment by majority vote, and file a statement with the Clerk-Administrator. Upon receipt of a statement of disapproval from the Sponsoring Committee,the Council must either adopt the proposed projects, according to Subdivision 1 of this section, or place the project, as presented by the Sponsoring Committee, on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. If the Sponsoring Committee does not submit a statement of disapproval, the project can proceed, as amended, according to Section 3.05 with no further amendments and, if adopted, is subject to the referendum process as defined in Section 5.07 of this Charter. If the vote for adoption fails, the project, as amended, must be placed on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. If an amended project is approved at a first reading,the Council may choose to submit the project, as amended, as a ballot measure. - how does the timing need to be adjusted to allow for the necessary investigations— Subdivision 3. If the project is required to be put on a ballot, or if the Council chooses to submit the project as presented as a ballot measure, they shall proceed as provided for in Section 5.05 of this Charter. If a majority of those voting on the project vote in its favor, it shall become effective thirty (30) calendar days after adoption certification of the election results 111 unless the project specifies a later effective date. If the majority does not vote in favor,the project shall not be enacted.