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predominate appearance and use of an area. Public Improvement: Work, which the City intends to capitalize and is greater than $100K when completed that increases value, brings into a more valuable or desirable condition, or betterment of property, or right-of-way owned by the City, County or State. Public Improvement Project: A City Service project comprised of one or more public improvement(s) defined or completed by segments or steps that span multiple years, approved through a single resolution.(; which shall define or describe all improvements to be done for the total project to be completed, its steps or segments, the set of engineering standards to be applied, the benefit to properties involved, the local character to be maintained or modified, the assessment process(es) and(or) the financing method(s) which will be used to pay for the project. A Public Improvement Project, whether financed with assessments or not, shall have both a public hearing and a public comment period of not less than sixty calendar days. A Public Improvement Project or Resolution shall not prevent each annual segment from the citizen's right to petition the engineering standards or the financing method being applied to work scheduled for that calendar year, to be moved to process section.) Requirements: A Public Improvement Project will be approved by resolution on a per build-out, per segment process. Service, (conflicts as used in current section 8.05): Special Assessment: Any assessment levied made to an individual property or collection of properties which abut or is identified as being improved by, or maintained by, a result of the local or public improvement being completed. The Assessment will follow the process as stated in MN Statute 429.061, as amended, and be controlled by MN Statute 429.051,as amended. Section 8.03. Local Improvement Ordinances and Regulations. Within 90 days after this Charter goes into effect, the Council shall enact suitable ordinance(s) governing Llocal Iimprovements and Sspecial Aassessments. The ordinance(s) shall provide a complete working code covering the determination of assessments and assessment Districts, public hearings, appeals from a collection of assessments, penalties for delinquency in making payments, financing of said assessments, and the certifying 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, reassessment, if necessary, and all other matters appropriate to the subject of Llocal Iimprovements and assessments. After the adoption of such ordinance(s) providing for Llocal Iimprovements, all procedures in compliance therewith shall conform to the regulations as set forth in such ordinance(s) and as otherwise contained in this Charter. Section 8.04. Procedure for Special Assessments. Subdivision 1. All improvements to be paid for by special assessments Dedicated Revenue against the benefited property shall be instituted by either:,  the petition of at least 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,  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.