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The City's Policy is intended to serve as a guide for as consistent as possible assessment process. There may be exceptions to the process, unique circumstances, special situations, or interpretations on a project-by-project basis which may require special consideration and discretion by City Staff and the City Council. Any project to be specially assessed needs to conform with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, Local Improvements, Special Assessments. Following, in underlines, is a summary of the steps in Chapter 429. 1. Initiation of proceedin�. The possible improvement may be initiated by the Council or by a petition of affected property owners. 2. Preparation of a Feasibilitv Report. The City Engineer or other competent person must prepare a Report on the proposed improvement; such Report must include the estimated cost of the proposed improvement. A City Assessment Committee consisting of at least one City Council Member, the City Administrator, the City Public Works Director, the City Engineer, and other necessary staff inembers as determined by the City Administrator shall review the Feasibility Report before it is presented to the City Council. Benefiting properties are specially assessed. Generally, the benefiting properties are the abutting properties to the improvement, but the City Council can determine otherwise. The costs for new projects will be 100% assessed to the benefitting properties. Different methods (front footage of a lot, per sanitary sewer or water service connection) are used depending on the improvement. The costs for reconstruction projects will be assessed to the benefitting properties at an amount corresponding to the benefit as determined by the City Council with input of the City's appraiser for the project. The City's Policy indicates the standard or typical sizes of improvements — using the City's Guidelines for Road Standards / Specifications and Road Ratings as guides. The Feasibility Report includes estimated project costs —not only for construction, but for contingencies, engineering, financing costs, land acquisition if needed, and legal and administrative costs. Remember, the preference is to be a little high on