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will have the signatures of at minimum least twenty-five percent of the benefited property owners in the proposed Local Improvement area. City Staff shall provide any benefited property owner the complete list of names of property owners for a proposed Local Improvement area. 4. City Staff shall qualify petition based on items 8.04.Subd B:Ph1,2, and 3 previous. City Staff shall report receipt of all petitions for Local Improvements. The report shall and include the primary petitioner, the proposed improvement and whether the petition was qualified or not for Council consideration. C. Council Resolution – for both a) and b) above City Staff will present all properly qualified petitions in the form of a resolution to the Council within 60 calendar days of receipt of the petition by the City Administrator or Assistant City Administrator. For all Local Improvement proposals the The Council resolution shall state the purpose and scope of the proposed improvement, the benefited properties, and the estimated average Special Assessment amount to be assigned per benefited property. The Council shall direct staffCity Staff to shall establish a list of the benefited addresses and property owners and a cost estimate both in common unit price and in total proposed project. D. Public Hearing and Notice Upon receipt of a qualified Local or Public Improvement Resolution such estimate, the Council shall by resolution set a date for a public hearing on the proposed improvement. The resolution will , setting forth therein the time, place and purpose of the publicsuch hearing 1. The Such resolution shall be published described in the City Newsletter and published twice and at least one week apart in the official newspaper of the City no less than two weeks prior to the date of stated said hearing. nd in addition thereto, a, aA copy of the such resolution, including estimated unit prices and estimated total price, thereof shall be mailed to each benefited property owner, at owner's last known address, at least two weeks prior to the date of statedsaid hearing. Failure to give mailed notice, or any defects in the notice, shall not invalidate the proceedings. 2. At thesuch proposed improvement hearing the City Council shall receive summarize to those in attendance the City Staff's any written and oral statements about the purpose of the proposed improvement and costs per benefited property. The City Council shall , and hear any resident’s agreement or disagreement with the proposed improvement. The Council or City Staff shall answer questions presented by the public where feasible or known answers exist. . for or against the proposed improvementpetitionersThe City Council will accept written petitions if presented at the meeting. E. Public Confirmation and Objection Period 1. A period of sixty days shall elapse after the public hearing before any further Council action or non-City staff expenses shall be expended by the Council taken on the proposed improvement. If within thissuch sixty day period, a petition signed by a majority of the owners proposed to be assessed for the improvement is filed against thesuch improvement the Council shall not make such improvement at the expense of the property benefited, unless in the same sixty day period a majority of the benefited properties owners file a petition requesting the improvement proceed as proposed. If the petition requests changesm but is not against the proposed improvement, the Council and City Staff will review the proposed changes and estimate the total project cost resulting from the requested changes, as if the alternative was part of the original proposal. The proposed changes shall not delay or change the sixty day waiting period. hen the improvement has been petitioned for, signed by a number of the owners proposed to be assessed for such improvement at least equal to the number of those who petitioned for the improvement, the Council shall not make such improvement at the expense of the property benefited, unless, in the meantime, there be filed with the Council a petition asking that the improvement be made, signed by property owners proposed to be assessed for such improvement at least equal in number to those who signed the petition against the improvement;in which event the Council may disregard the petition against the improvement. w , or, signed by a majority of the owners proposed to be assessed for the improvementbe filed with the Council, 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207