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Chapter 8 — Goals of the original Charter Commission Members in relation to Public <br />Improvements and local government. <br />Desired to retain certain rights to the citizens including; <br />- to be exempted from an assessment, through a request process to the Council <br />- to have an extended payment plan to pay assessment <br />- to show Council that the improvement will have no benefit to property <br />- to require Council prove improvement to property before an assessment could be assigned <br />to the property and owner. <br />- that all public improvements require Council approval and citizen review before execution. <br />- challenge City decision for a public improvement, <br />- to a process to stop a proposed improvement. <br />- to present alternative solutions for public improvements, have them heard by the Council, <br />and reviewed for financial and benefits to meet need for improvement before Council <br />approved staff proposed solutions. <br />- to petition for or against a public improvement being considered by the City Council, the <br />petition having the power to stop the City implementing a public improvement. <br />- to initiate an ordinance. <br />- to initiate a public improvement with 25% of benefited properties being able to justify the <br />petition. <br />- affected residents by a proposed public improvement have right to challenge the <br />improvement and any assessments which may be levied at them from the proposal. <br />- to be notified of any and all public improvement projects. <br />- to require the proposed improvement be of a local character. <br />- that the improvement cost must not exceed financial benefit to individual property, and total <br />improvement won't exceed benefit to all properties. <br />- that improvement costs and expenses, including interest, will not exceed benefits to <br />property. <br />- create a differentiation between "public improvement" and "local improvement", based on <br />assessment to property. <br />- the Council would establish procedures to assure these citizen rights and all public <br />improvements would then follow those procedures. <br />- approval of a public improvement would require a majority vote of the Council if initiated by <br />citizens, but require a super -majority if initiated by City. <br />- the assessment formula pay also be challenged AND IF SUCCESSFULY CHALLENGED will <br />stop the improvement. <br />- the public improvement contacts, as a total, will not exceed the estimated cost by ten <br />percent. <br />- the public improvement must be completed within one year of the public hearing on the <br />subject. <br />- a denied improvement won't be reconsidered for one year. <br />- services to streets, sidewalks, or public and private property can be assessed and are not <br />