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,I I I I I I ,9. 210.01.9 Apportionment of Cost. The cost of any improvement, or any part thereof, may be assessed upon property benefited by the improvement, based upon the benefits received, whether or not the property abuts on the ~mprovement is paid from the county-state aid highway fund, the municipal-state aid street fund or the trunk highway fund. The area assessed may be less than but may not exceed the area proposed to be assessed as stated in the notice of hearing on the improvement, except as provided below. The city may pay such portion of the cost of the Lmprovement as the Council may determine from general ad valorem tax levies or from other revenues or funds of the city available for the purpose, subject to the provisions of Chapter 8.04, Subdivision 2, of the Charter. The City may subsequently reimburse itself for all or any of the portion of the cost of a water, storm sewer, or sanitary sewer improvement so paid by levying additional assessments upon any properties abutting on but not previously assessed for the improvement, on notice and hearinng as provided for the assessments initially made. To the extent that such an improvement benefits non-abutting properties which may be served by the improvement when one or more later extensions or improvements are made but which are not initially assessed therefore, the City may also reimburse itself by adding all or any of the portion of the cost so paid to the assessments levied for any of such later extensions or ~xnprovements, provided that notice that such additional amount will be assessed is included in the notice of hearing on the making of such extensions or improvements. The additional assessments herein authorized may be made whether or not the properties assessed were included in the area described in the notice of hearing on the making of the original ~mprovement. 210.01.10 Aaaeasnent Procedure. I Subdivision 1. Calculation, Notice. At any time after a contract is let or the work ordered by day labor, the expense incurred or to be incurred in its making shall be calculated i under the direction of the Council. The Council shall then determine by resolution the amount of the total expense the City will pay, other than the amount, if any, which it will pay as a property owner, and the amount to be assessed. Thereupon, the I with the assistance of the engineer other Clerk, or qualified person selected by the Council, shall calculate the proper amount to .be specially assessed for the improvement against I every assessable lot, piece or parcel of land, without regard to cash valuation, in accordance with the provisions of Section 210.01.9. The proposed assessment roll shall be filed with the I Clerk and be open to public inspection. The Clerk shall thereupon, under the Council's direction, publish notice that the Council will meet to consider the proposed assessment. Such i notice shall be published in the newspaper at least once and shall be mailed to the owner of each parcel described in the assessment roll. For the purpose of giving mailed notice, owners