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CHAPTER 8 <br />PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS <br />Subdivision 2. (Brian proposes that this subdivision be withdrawn totally from the Charter as the <br />condition is addressed in Subdivision 1 above remaining subdivision would be renumberd). <br />Subdivision 3. When a proposed improvement is allowed under the foregoing subdivisions the Council <br />may proceed at any time between sixty days and one year after the public hearing on the improvement. <br />However, no contract shall be let in the event that the current proposed contract exceeds the estimated <br />cost by more than ten percent. <br />Subdivision 4. When a proposed improvement is disallowed under the foregoing subdivisions, the <br />Council shall not vote on the same improvement within a period of one year after the public hearing on <br />said improvement. <br />Section 8.05. Procedure for Public Improvements not funded by Special Assessment <br /> The Council may pay all the cost of Local or Public Improvements without Special Assessment to <br />the Benefited Property. The Council may utilize fund balances of dedicated funds previously collected for <br />the purpose of Local or Public improvement, may allocate a combination of dedicated funds with the <br />General funds to fund the Local or Public improvement, however may not use the General fund for the <br />Local or Public Improvement if the dedicated fund is not fully utilized before General funds are allocated. <br />This section prescribes the procedures that shall be followed and applied when Special <br />Assessments are not used for any of the financing of Local or Public Improvement in the City of Mounds <br />View. <br />Subdivision 1. Local Improvements with Dedicated Fund Financing <br />A. Initiation: All improvements to be paid for by Dedicated fund shall be initiated by one of the <br />following: a.) a petition (see “8.05 Sub1,B” below) together with a resolution adopted by an <br />affirmative vote of three of the five members of the Council, or; <br />b.) a resolution adopted by a affirmative vote of four of the five members of the Council. <br />B. Qualified Petition and Petitioner. <br />1. Petitions from citizens regarding a proposed Local Improvement project must meet certain <br />criteria. Any petition failing to meet these criteria will receive no consideration by City. <br />First, the Public Improvement petition must be for and include on the petition cover page a <br />specific proposal for a defined geographic area, a specific real property impact, a quantifiable <br />benefit to the City and properties affected, and propose the Dedicated Funds account to be <br />allocated for the financing. <br />Second, the petition must be of interest to and impact more than a single property, <br />Third, the petition may not request any action which would be a violation of MN Statutes or <br />local ordinances. <br />Fourth, the completed petition consists of one or more pages, gathered together and numbered <br />as a whole into a single document. Each signature page will contain the title of the proposal, the <br />geographic scope, the general change, the proposed financing method and costs to individual <br />property owners, the sponsors name, the dated signature and printed name and address of those <br />signing. <br />Fifth, the completed petition will be submitted for qualification review to the City <br />Administrator, or Assistant City Administrator, no later than 180 days from the date of the first <br />signature on the signature pages. <br />December 12, 2013 Page 5 of 8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />188 <br />189 <br />190 <br />191 <br />192 <br />193 <br />194 <br />195 <br />196 <br />197 <br />198 <br />199 <br />200 <br />201 <br />202 <br />203 <br />204 <br />205 <br />206 <br />207 <br />208 <br />209 <br />210 <br />211 <br />212 <br />213 <br />214 <br />215 <br />216 <br />217 <br />218 <br />219 <br />220 <br />221 <br />222 <br />223 <br />224 <br />225 <br />226 <br />227 <br />228 <br />229 <br />230 <br />231 <br />232 <br />233