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predominate appearance and use of an area. 53 54 Public Improvement: Work, which the City intends to capitalize and is greater than $100K 55 when completed that increases value, brings into a more valuable or desirable condition, or 56 betterment of property, or right-of-way owned by the City, County or State. 57 58 Public Improvement Project: A City Service project comprised of one or more public 59 improvement(s) defined or completed by segments or steps that span multiple years, approved 60 through a single resolution.(; which shall define or describe all improvements to be done for the 61 total project to be completed, its steps or segments, the set of engineering standards to be applied, 62 the benefit to properties involved, the local character to be maintained or modified, the 63 assessment process(es) and(or) the financing method(s) which will be used to pay for the project. 64 A Public Improvement Project, whether financed with assessments or not, shall have both a 65 public hearing and a public comment period of not less than sixty calendar days. A Public 66 Improvement Project or Resolution shall not prevent each annual segment from the citizen's 67 right to petition the engineering standards or the financing method being applied to work 68 scheduled for that calendar year, to be moved to process section.) 69 70 Requirements: A Public Improvement Project will be approved by resolution on a per build-out, 71 per segment process. 72 73 Service, (conflicts as used in current section 8.05): 74 75 Special Assessment: Any assessment levied made to an individual property or collection of 76 properties which abut or is identified as being improved by, or maintained by, a result of the local 77 or public improvement being completed. The Assessment will follow the process as stated in MN 78 Statute 429.061, as amended, and be controlled by MN Statute 429.051,as amended. 79 80 Section 8.03. Local Improvement Ordinances and Regulations. Within 90 days after this Charter goes 81 into effect, the Council shall enact suitable ordinance(s) governing Llocal Iimprovements and Sspecial 82 Aassessments. The ordinance(s) shall provide a complete working code covering the determination of 83 assessments and assessment Districts, public hearings, appeals from a collection of assessments, 84 penalties for delinquency in making payments, financing of said assessments, and the certifying of 85 unpaid assessments for collection by the proper county officer. Said ordinance(s) shall also provide for 86 installment payments and notices to be given thereof, appellate procedure, reassessment, if necessary, 87 and all other matters appropriate to the subject of Llocal Iimprovements and assessments. After the 88 adoption of such ordinance(s) providing for Llocal Iimprovements, all procedures in compliance 89 therewith shall conform to the regulations as set forth in such ordinance(s) and as otherwise contained 90 in this Charter. 91 92 Section 8.04. Procedure for Special Assessments. 93 94 Subdivision 1. All Local Iimprovements to be paid for by special assessments against the benefited 95 property shall be instituted by either: 96  the petition of at least twenty-five percent in number of the benefited property owners together 97 with a resolution adopted by an affirmative vote of the majority of all of the Council, or, 98  a resolution adopted by a four-fifths affirmative vote of all of the Council. 99 The Council resolution shall: 100  state the nature and scope of the proposed Local Iimprovement, 101  and shall provide means to obtain a cost estimate which shall set forth the cost of the Local 102 Iimprovement both in unit price and in total thereof. 103