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3 8 Section 8.06. Procedure. <br />39 <br />40 Subdivision 1 All improvements to be paid for by special assessments against the benefited property <br />41 shall be instituted by either, (1) the petition of at least twenty five percent in number of the benefited property <br />42 owners together with a resolution adopted by an affirmative vote of the majority of all of the Council, or, (2) Cc <br />43 resolution adopted by a four -fifths affirmative vote of all of the Council. The Council resolution shall state <br />44 the nature and scope of the proposed improvement, and shall provide means to obtain a cost estimate which <br />45 shall set forth the cost of the improvement both in unit price and in total thereof. Upon receipt of such <br />46 estimate the Council shall by resolution set a date for a public hearing on the proposed improvement, setting <br />47 forth therein the time, place and purpose of such hearing. Such resolution shall be described in the City <br />48 Newsletter and published twice at least one week apart in the official newspaper of the City no less than two <br />49 weeks prior to the date of said hearing, and in addition thereto, a copy of such resolution including_ estimated <br />50 unit prices and estimated total price thereof shall be mailed to each benefited property owner at owner's last <br />51 known address at least two weeks prior to the date of said hearing. Failure to give mailed notice, or any <br />52 defects in the notice shall not invalidate the proceedings. At such hearing the City Council shall receive any <br />53 written and oral statements, and hear any petitioners for or against the proposed improvement. A period of <br />54 sixty days shall elapse after the public hearing before any further action shall be taken by the Council on the <br />55 proposed improvement If within such sixbday period, a petition against such improvement be filed with the <br />56 Council signed by a majority of the owners proposed to be assessed for the improvement, or, when the <br />57 improvement has been petitioned for, signed by a number of the owners proposed to be assessed for such <br />58 improvement at least equal to the number of those who petitioned for the improvement, the Council shall not <br />59 make such improvement at the expense of the property benefited, unless in the meantime, there be filed with <br />60 the Council a petition asking that the improvement be made, signed bypropertyowners proposed to be <br />61 assessed for such improvement at least equal in number to those who signed the petition against the <br />62 improvement, in which event the Council may disregard the petition against the improvement. Any person <br />63 whose name appears on a petition to the Council for a local improvement, or on a petition to the Council <br />64 against a local improvement, may withdraw their name by a statement in writing filed with the Council before <br />65 such petition is presented to the Council. <br />66 <br />67 Subdivision 2 Regardless of the provisions in Subdivision 1, when less than 100 percent of the <br />68 estimated cost of a proposed local improvement is to be paid for by special assessment, within the sixty dam <br />69 period after a public hearing has been held on the proposed llnprovement, a petition may be filed with the <br />70 Council, signed by a majority of the number of electors who voted for Mayor in the last regular municipal <br />71 election, protesting against either the improvement, or the assessment formula, or both. In this event, the <br />72 Council shall not proceed with the improvement, as proposed. <br />73 <br />74 Subdivision 3 When a proposed improvement is allowed Finder the foregoing subdivisions the <br />75 Council may proceed at any time between sixty days and one year after the public hearing on the <br />76 improvement However, no contract shall be let in the event that the current proposed contract exceeds the <br />77 estimated cost by more than ten percent. <br />78 <br />79 Subdivision 4 When a proposed improvement is disallowed under the foregoing subdivisions, the <br />80 Council shall not vote on the same improvement within a period of one year after the public hearing on said <br />81 improvement. <br />82 <br />83 Section 8.07. Assessments for Services. The Council may provide by ordinance that the cost of City services <br />84 to streets, sidewalks, or other public or private property may be assessed against property benefited and may_ <br />ji be collected in the same manner as special assessments. Such costs shall not be deemed to be "special <br />