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proposed or in connection with some other improvement and the estimated cos'~ of the improvement as recommended and the proposed allocation of costs between members. The Commission shall have authority to separate the watershed into subtrunks or subdistricts if the capital improvement project and costs only benefit a subtrunk or subdistrict area. If the Commission determines that a capital improvement and capital cost benefits only a subtrunk or subdistrict area it may so designate that said area shall be responsible for said costs and may allocate the costs to said area or areas rather than to the entire watershed. The Board shall then bold a public hearing on the proposed improvement after mailed notice to the clerk of each member governmental unit within the Watershed. The Commission shall not be required to mail or publish notice except by said notice to the clerk. Said notice shall be mailed not less than 45 days before the hearing, shall state the time and place of the hearing, the general nature of the improvement, the estimated total cost and the estimated cost to each member governmental unit. The Board may adjourn said hearing to obtain further information, may continue said hearing pending action of the member governmental units or may take such other action as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Commission. To order the improvement, in accordance with the powers and duties established in Article VI, Subdivisions 7, 8 and 9, a resolution setting forth the order for a capital improvement project shall require a favorable vote by two-thirds of all eligible votes of the then existing Board of the Commission. (In all cases other than for a capital improvement project, a majority vote of all eligible members of the Board shall be sufficient to -18-