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F~ztion 8.~ <br /> <br /> Local Improvement Refers to any improvement to any publicly <br /> -owned facility, including but not limited to streets, alleys, <br /> .~ sidewalks, sanitary sewer lines, city water services, utilities, <br /> i parks, buildings or other public property, which improvement is <br /> i carried out, in whole or in part, under the authority of the City of <br /> ~ P~amsey. <br /> <br />f.) i Benefitted Property Owners Includes both abutting and non- <br />r ! abutting property owners who benefit from the improvement. <br /> <br /> ILS,,1 All improvements to be paid for by special assessments <br />against the b~nefitted property shall be irmtituted by either, <br /> (1) i the petition of at least thirty-five percent in number of the abutting <br /> i i property owners together with a resolution adopted by an <br /> ~ [affirmative vote of the majority of all of the council or, <br /> (2) ia resolution adopted by a four-fifths affirmative vote of all of the <br /> ~ i council. The council resolution shall state the nature and scope <br /> i i of the proposed improvement, and shall provide the means to <br /> [obtain a cost estimate which shall set forth the cost of the <br /> i l improvement both in unit price and in total thereof. Upon receipt <br /> ',of such estimate, the council shall by resolution identify all <br /> ibenefitted property owners and shall by resolution set a date for a <br /> Ipublic hearing on the proposed improvement, setting forth <br /> '~,therein the time, place and purpose of such hearing. Such <br /> iresolution shall be described in the city newsletter and published <br /> ~twice at least one week apart in the officia] newspaper of the city <br /> ino less than two weeks prior to the date of said hearing, and in <br /> laddition thereto, a copy of such resolution including the estimated <br /> (~total and annual assessment cost for each type of benefitted <br /> ',property, estimated unit prices and estimated total price of the <br /> ~mprovements shall be mailed to each benefitted property owner <br /> [at his/her last known address at least two weeks prior to the date <br /> !of said hearing. The council shall prescribe by ordinance, a <br /> method of verification of such mailing. Pailure to Klve mailed <br /> potice, or an), defect in the notice, shall not invalidate the <br /> proceedings; however, corrections shall be published at the <br /> earliest practical time. At such hearings the city council shall <br /> receive any written or oral statements, and hear any petitioners <br /> for or against the proposed improvement. A_ period of sixty days <br /> i ~hall elapse after the public hearing before any further action <br /> ~hall be taken by the council on the proposed improvement. If, <br /> Within such sixty day period, a petition against such <br /> i~mprovement be filed with the council, signed by a majority of the <br /> benefitted property owners proposed to be assessed for the <br /> [,mprovement, or, when the improvement has been petitioned for, <br /> a petition against such improvement signed by a number of <br /> <br />Printed 12/28/90 <br /> <br />Page 18 <br /> <br /> <br />