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-4 - <br /> <br />with a resolution adopted by an affirmative vote of the majority <br />of all of the Council, or (2) a resolution adopted by a four- <br />ftfth's affirmative vote of all of the Council. The Council <br />resolution shall state the nature and scope of the proposed <br />improvement, and shall provide the means to obtain a cost <br />estimate which shall set forth the cost of the improvement both <br />in unit price and in total thereof. Upon receipt of such <br />estimate, the Council shall by resolution identify all benefited <br />property owners and shall by resolution set a date for a public <br />hearing on the proposed improvement, setting forth therein the <br />time, place and purpose of such hearing. Such resolution shall <br />be described in the City newsletter and published twice at least <br />one week apart in the official newspaper of the City no less than <br />two weeks prior to the date of said hearing, and in addition <br />thereto a copy of such resolution including the estimated total <br />and annual assessment cost for each type of benefited property, <br />estimated unit prices and estimated total price of the <br />improvements shall be mailed to each benefited property owner at <br />his/her last known address at least two weeks prior to the date <br />of said hearing. Failure to give mailed notice or any defect in <br />the notice, shall not invalidate the proceedings; however, <br />corrections shall be published at the earliest practical time. <br />At such hearings the City Council shall receive any written and <br />oral statements, and hear any petitioners for or against the <br />proposed improvement. A period of sixty days shall elapse after <br />the public hearing before any further action shall be taken by <br />the Council on the proposed improvement. If within such sixty- <br />day period, a petition against such improvement be filed with the <br />Council, signed by a majority of the benefited property owners <br />proposed to be assessed for the improvement, or, when the <br />improvement has been petitioned for, a petition against such <br />improvement signed by a number of the benefited property owners <br />proposed to be assessed for such improvement at least equal to <br />the number of those who petitioned for the improvement, the <br />Council shall not make such improvement at the expense of the <br />property benefited, unless, in the meantime, there be filed with <br />the Council a petition asking that the improvement be made, <br />signed by benefited property owners proposed to be assessed for <br />such improvement at least equal in number to those who signed the <br />petition against the improvement; in such event the Council may <br />disregard the petition against the improvement. Any person whose <br />name appears on a petition to the Council for a local <br />improvement, or on a petition to the Council against a local <br />improvement, may withdraw his/her name by a statement in writing <br />filed with the Council before such petition is presented to the <br />Council or in person at a public hearing. <br /> <br /> Subdivision 2. Protest Petition. Regardless of the <br />provisions in Subdt~tsion 1, of this Section, when less than 80 <br />per cent of the estimated cost of a proposed local improvement <br />is to be paid for by special assessment, excluding minor ordinary <br />expenses incurred in the course of City affairs, within the <br /> <br /> <br />