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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.031, subd <br />3. <br />See Form 1: Petition for <br />Local Improvement (100% of <br />property owners). <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.021, subd. <br />2. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.356, subd. <br />2. <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.031, subd. <br />1(a). <br />See Form 6. <br />5. May omit improvement hearing <br />The council may omit the improvement hearing if 100 percent of the <br />affected landowners sign the petition requesting the improvement. Cities <br />should be aware that the law is not as clear on omitting a public hearing <br />where the city pays for any portion of the petitioned for local improvement. <br />In that case, where landowners do not pay all the costs of the local <br />improvement, cities may still want to hold both public hearings. <br />6. Two or more simultaneous local improvements <br />If a city proposes undertaking two or more local improvements <br />simultaneously the city does not need to issue separate notices and hold <br />separate improvement hearings on different dates. However, the notice <br />should describe each improvement separately, stating the estimated cost for <br />each one and noting that there will be a separate hearing, even if held one <br />after the other on each improvement. <br />7. Local planning agency review <br />If a city has a comprehensive plan, the council may not approve a capital <br />improvement project until the local planning agency reviews whether the <br />improvement complies with the comprehensive plan and reports its findings <br />to the council in writing. (Capital improvement simply means the basic <br />facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a city, <br />including transportation, water, storm water, wastewater plants and pipes, <br />and so on). The council may -- by resolution adopted by two-thirds vote -- <br />dispense with this requirement to send the capital improvement to the local <br />planning agency for review if, in the council's judgment, it finds that the <br />proposed capital improvement has no relationship to the comprehensive <br />plan. <br />D. Prepare for the improvement hearing <br />The purpose of the first hearing is for the council to discuss a specific local <br />improvement before ordering it done. The council considers all the <br />information in the feasibility report and any other information necessary for <br />council deliberation. <br />1. Publish notice of the improvement hearing <br />The city must publish notice of the initial public hearing (the improvement <br />hearing) on the proposed project twice in the official newspaper, stating the <br />time and place of the hearing, the general nature of the improvement, the <br />estimated cost, and the area proposed to be assessed. The notices must <br />appear at least one week apart. At least three days must elapse between the <br />last publication date and the date of the hearing. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 9/22/2011 <br />Special Assessment Guide Page 15 <br />