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assessmentreassessment, if necessary, and all other matters appropriate to the subject of local 101 improvementsLocal Improvements and assessments. After the adoption of such ordinance(s) providing 102 for local improvementsLocal Improvements, all procedures in compliance therewith shall conform to 103 the regulations as set forth in such ordinance(s) and as otherwise contained in this Charter. 104 105 Section 8.04. Procedure for Local Improvements funded by Special Assessments. 106 The Council may levy Special Assessments to pay all or any part of the cost of such improvements, 107 as allowed under MN Statute 429.111, as amended. The total assessments for any Public Improvement 108 may not exceed the cost of the improvement, including all costs and expenses, with interest. No individual 109 property assessment shall exceed the benefits to the property. 110 This section prescribes the procedures that shall be followed and applied when Special 111 Assessments will be used for any or all of the financing of any and all Local Improvement in the City of 112 Mounds View. 113 114 Subdivision 1. Local Improvements with Special Assessment Financing 115 A. Initiation: All improvements to be paid for by special assessments shall be initiated by one of the 116 following: a.) a petition (see “8.04 Sub1, B” below) together with a resolution adopted by an 117 affirmative vote of three of the five members of the Council, or; 118 b.) a resolution adopted by an affirmative vote of four of the five members of the Council. 119 B. Qualified Petition and Petitioner. 120 1. Petitions from citizens regarding a proposed Local Improvement project must meet certain 121 criteria. Any petition failing to meet these criteria will receive no consideration by City. 122  First, the Public Improvement petition must be for and include on the petition cover page a 123 specific proposal for a defined geographic area, a specific real property impact, a quantifiable 124 benefit to the City and properties affected, and propose a means of financing which would result in 125 the City capitalizing the improvement. 126  Second, the petition must be of interest to and impact more than a single property, 127  Third, the petition may not request any action which would be a violation of MN Statutes or 128 local ordinances. 129  Fourth, the completed petition consists of one or more pages, gathered together and numbered 130 as a whole into a single document. Each signature page will contain the title of the proposal, the 131 geographic scope, the general change, the proposed financing method and costs to individual 132 property owners, the sponsor’s name, the dated signature and printed name and address of those 133 signing. 134  Fifth, the completed petition will be submitted for qualification review to the City 135 Administrator, or Assistant City Administrator, no later than 180 days from the date of the first 136 signature on the signature pages. 137 Sample petition will be made up by City Staff and available for any property owner or citizen 138 interested in sponsoring a petition. 139 2. Petitioners are: 140  Any person whose name is listed as owner of the property with the Ramsey County Property 141 Records Office is to be recognized by the City as the property owner. 142  Any person who is the owner of a benefited property in a proposed Local Improvement, is a 143 qualified person to propose, circulate, and sign a petition. 144  Any person whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name by a statement in 145 writing filed with the Council before such petition is presented to the Council. 146 3. Petitions must be submitted and conducted by a benefited property owner(s).A qualified petition 147 will have the signatures of at minimum twenty-five percent of the benefited property owners in the 148 proposed Local Improvement area. City Staff shall provide any benefited property owner the 149