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single i~stal~ment, or by up to ten equal annual installments as the Coum~i~ m~y provide. With the exception of this subdivision, Sectionsi2~0.~l.10, 210.01.11 and 210.01.12 of this code shall apply to~a~se~sments made under this Section. Subdivison. 3.I Issuance of ObliEations. After a contract for any of the!~wo=k enumerated in Subdivision 1 has been let, or the work commemced, the Council may issue obligations to defray the expenses o~ a~y such work financed in whole or in part by special charges an~ a~sessments imposed upon benefited property under this SectiOn. Section Ri0.01.13 apply to such obligations with the following modifications: (1) Such obligations shall be payable not more than two years from.~th~ date of issuance; (2) The iamount of such obligations issued at one time shall not exceed the~ cost of such work during the ensuing six months as estimated ~y the Council; (3) A separate improvement fund shall be set up for each of the enumer~ted~services referred to in Subdivision 1 and financed under thin.Section. Proceeds of special charges as well as special aSSessments and taxes shall be credited to such improvemen~ fu~d. Any balance of the proceeds of any obligations remaining ~her~in may be used to pay the cost, in whole or in part, or a~y o~her improvement instituted pursuant to this code or may be transferred to the City's public improvement revolving fund. i CHARTER PROVISIONS, EFFECT Local improVements shall be carried out exclusively under the provisions ~'of khe Charter. sP .ci Subdivisio~il., Authority ~o Assess. The City may levy special assessmentsi ag.ainst the property of a governmental unit benefited by an imprq~em~ent to the same extent as if such property were privately ~ne~, but no such assessments, except for storm sewers and drain s~yste, ms, shall be levied against a governmental unit for properties iused or to be used for highway rights of way. A "governmental ~nit" means a county, city, public corporation or a school district. If the amount of any such assessment, except one againStilpr~perty of the state, is not paid when due, it may be recovere,d in. a civil action brought by the City against the governmen~a~ u~it owning the property so assessed. Subdivis£oU2. , Determination. In the case of property owned by the stat~ o~ any instrumentality thereof, the Council may determine t.be ~mount that would have been assessed had the land been privately ~.owned. Such determination shall be made only after the COunc~l has held a hearing on the proposed assessment