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CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS consideration. C. Council Resolution – 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 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 City Staff 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 , the Council shall by resolution set a date for a public hearing on the proposed improvement. The resolution will set the time, place and purpose of the public hearing 1.The resolution shall be published in the City Newsletter twice and at least one week apart no less than two weeks prior to the date of stated hearing. A copy of the resolution, including estimated unit prices and total price, shall be mailed to each benefited property owner, at owner's last known address, at least two weeks prior to the date of stated hearing. Failure to give mailed notice, or any defects in the notice, shall not invalidate the proceedings. 2.At the proposed improvement hearing the City Council shall summarize to those in attendance the City Staff's written and oral statements about the purpose of the proposed improvement and costs per benefited property. The City Council shall 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. The 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 on the proposed improvement. If within this sixty day period, a petition signed by a majority of the owners proposed to be assessed for the improvement is filed against the 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. 2.At the end of the sixty day period the Council shall pass a resolution: 1.Approving the proposed improvement, as originally proposed, if no properly qualified petition against it is received, 2.Approve the proposed improvement as modified by a properly qualified petition request, if a modifying petition request is received and agreeable to the Council, or 3.Shall cancel the proposed improvement if a properly qualified petition against such proposed improvement is received and no majority signed petition is received requesting the Council proceed as originally proposed or modified. December 12, 2013 Page 4 of 8 7 8 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187