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SECTION 3. INITIATION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. <br />Public improvement projects can be initiated in the following ways. <br />1. Public improvement projects maybe initiated by petition of owners of not less than 50% in <br />frontage of the property abutting the proposed improvement in accordance with the provisions <br />of Section 8.4.2 of the City Charter. <br />2. Public improvements also maybe initiated by the City Council when, in its judgment, such <br />action is required and is in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8 of the City Charter. <br />3. A resolution ordering any improvements initiated by the Council requires a four -fifths majority <br />vote of all members of the Council. A resolution ordering any improvements petitioned for by <br />owners of not less than 50% of abutting property owners requires a majority vote of all <br />members of the Council. A resolution ordering any improvements initiated by all owners of <br />abutting property, and assessing the entire cost against their property, may be adopted without <br />a public hearing. The Council may consider the request of a Developer to construct the <br />improvements and assess them. <br />SECTION 4. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROCEDURE. <br />The following is the general procedure followed by the City Council for all public improvement <br />projects from initiation of such a project through certification of the assessment roll to the County <br />Auditor. Formats for the various reports and resolutions referenced in this section are made a part <br />of the policies and procedures of the City. Applicable state law and City Charter provisions <br />take precedence over the following general procedure. <br />1. Staff reviews the petition or Developer's request for submission to Council. <br />2. Council accepts or rejects the petition or request. If based upon a petition, the Council adopts a <br />resolution declaring whether the required percentage of property owners signed the petition. If <br />the petition or request is accepted, Council orders the preparation of a feasibility report. <br />3. Staff prepares the feasibility report. The report shall preliminarily evaluate whether the <br />proposed improvement is necessary, cost-effective, and feasible and whether it should be made <br />as proposed or in conjunction with another project. The report shall include an estimate of the <br />cost of the improvement as proposed. Council may refer the report to the Planning and Zoning <br />Commission. <br />4. Council accepts or rejects the feasibility report. If accepted, Council orders a public hearing on <br />the improvements. <br />5. Staff posts and publishes the hearing notice and mails notices to affected property owners as <br />provided in Minn. Stat. § 429.031(a). <br />6. Council conducts a public hearing. <br />7. Within six (6) months of the hearing date, but no sooner than sixty (60) days after per City <br />Charter § 8.4.1, Council adopts or rejects a resolution ordering the improvement to be <br />constructed and advertisement of bids. If adopted, staff prepares final plans, advertises for and <br />opens bids as provided in Minn. Stat. § 429.041, prepares a_bid tabulation, makes a <br />recommendation to City Council for award, and prepares a proposed assessment roll. Bonds to <br />finance project costs maybe issued at any time after the improvements are ordered. <br />3 <br />