384.42 - PROCEDURE ON PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT.

        384.42  PROCEDURE ON PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT.         To construct or repair a public improvement to be paid for in      whole or in part by special assessments, the council shall proceed as      follows:         1.  Arrange for engineering services to prepare the plats,      schedules, estimates of cost, plans, and specifications and to      supervise construction of the proposed improvement.         2.  Adopt a preliminary resolution by the vote of a majority of      all the members of the council.  The preliminary resolution shall      contain the following:         a.  A description of the types or alternate types of      improvement proposed.         b.  The beginning and terminal points or general location of      the proposed improvement.         c.  An order to the engineer to prepare preliminary plans and      specifications, estimated total cost of the work, and a plat and      schedule, and to file them with the clerk.         d.  A general description of the property or a designation of      the lots which the council believes will be specially benefited by      the improvement.         3.  The preliminary resolution may also contain the following:         a.  A statement of the proportion of the total cost which the      council proposes to assess against specially benefited property.         b.  A short and convenient designation for the public      improvement by which it may be referred to in all subsequent      proceedings.         4.  A preliminary resolution may include more than one improvement      or class of improvement.         5.  A single improvement may be in more than one locality or      street, and that portion of the street which has been improved by any      railway, or which the city may require the railway to improve under      franchise or contract, may be excluded.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C50, § 391A.4; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 391A.5; C75, 77, 79,      81, § 384.42]