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SECTION TI <br />6FNERAI, POIICTFS AND PROCEDURES <br />The following are general principles, policies and procedures applicable to all types of <br />improvement: <br />1. Project costs shall include the cost of all necessary construction work required to <br />accomplish the improvement, plus engineering, legal, financing, easement acquisition and <br />contingency costs. <br />2. Assessable costs are project costs minus the City and County share and other credits. <br />MSA funds will not be credited to offset assessments as they will be utilized in a revenue <br />pool fund to offset total reconstruction program costs. . <br />Special assessments will be levied as soon as practical. Normally this will be within one <br />year after completion of the project. <br />4. Publicly owned properties, including butnot limited to municipal building sites, schools, <br />parks, County, State and Federal building sites, but not including public strects and <br />alleys, an regarded as being assessable on the same basis as if such property were <br />privately owned. <br />5. Revenue sources for these types of improvements will be many, including, but not <br />limited to assessments, itiISA Funds, infrastructure replacement funds and general tax <br />le-v7cs. <br />SECTION TH <br />SPECIFIC POLICIES <br />Proiect Initiation and ITearine Process <br />11is section describes the initiation of improvement projects and the administration <br />required to receive final City Council action, pursuant to the requirements of Iviinnesota Statutes <br />Chapter 429. <br />A. Project Initiation <br />1. By Petition: Citizen petitions for initiating improvement will be prepared <br />by City staff upon request. Such petitions circulated by the affected <br />property owners should bear the signatures of the property owners of 51 1 <br />or more, of the benefitted pmperty,(ies). <br />20 <br />