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Bidding Project Hearing Assessment Hearing 30 Day Appeal Period Ordering in the Project Project Construction Alternatives to this are: A. Project hearing - This could be held either prior to plans and specifications and bids being sought or afterwards. The advantage of waiting until afterwards is that the cost would be known for the project more firmly than the initial estimate. The advantage to holding before the plans and specifications are that depending on the input at the public hearing, the Council may or may not proceed with plans and specifications and the associated cost. B. Holding the assessme^ hear ing prior to the project being adopted. - The assessment hearing can either be held prior to the project or it can be held after the project completion. The advantage of hoxding before the project is ordered, but after the bids are received are that the assessment would be fairly accurate as to costs and the City does have the option of a supplemental assessment later, if project construction costs radically exceed that. The advantage of waiting until afterwards are that the full project costs would be incurred and known. (The City could do a supplemental assessment should project costs exceed the original assessment.) C. Combination of Project and Assessment Hearings. The process would allow for the project and the assessment hearings to be combined with the Council adopting the assessment first and then after the 30 days appeal period determine whether they desire to order the project. (It would be appropriate to continue the pujlic hearing on the project until the project is ord':ed.) As a reminder the 35% petition is needed for the Council to be able to order the project on a 3/5's vote. If it does not have a 35% petition it would require a 4/5's vote. D. Signature of waivers - As the City is currently doing tor iituobs BayTHFTounci 1 may desire to require waivers signed by a specified percentage prior to