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7.166 Local lm rovements - Hearin on Im rovement. ~1} Before formation of a local improvement district, the council or its designee shall hold a public hearing on the improvement. At the hear- ing the city engineer shall provide: ~a} An estimate of the unit cost to be assessed to properties in the improvement district. .fib} An estimate of the city casts that the improvement would entail. ~c} An estimate of the improvement costs to be borne by others. ~d} A recommendation on whether the improvement should be made. When the hearing is conducted by the council's designee, the designee shall prepare a written summary of the hearing and submit it to the council. t2} When the hearing required by subsection 7,1661} is conducted by the council's designee, if the owners of property that would bear more than half the amount estimated to be assessed to finance the improvement or repair of a street or alley remonstrate, the council's designee shall con- tinue the hearing.to a council meeting and direct the city engineer to send by first-class mail a notice to the owners of the affected property stating the date, time and place of the council meeting when the proposed improve- ment and the remonstrance wi11 be considered. ~3} ,After considering evidence and argument presented at the hear- ~ng, the caunc~l may: ~a} Subject to city charter limitations, approve by resolu- tion the local improvement with or without minor modifications and order it to be made. The resolution shall generally describe the improvement to be constructed and the contemplated boundaries of the district in which property is to be assessed to pay for the improvement. fib} Delay the approval not more than 15 days. ~c} Substantially modify the improvement and call for a re- vised notice to be sent to the owners of the affected property as provided in subsection 1.1652} and a revised city engineer's report as required by subsection 1.1661} and then conduct the hearings as required in this section on the modified improvement. ~d} Abandon the improvement. ~4} If the council orders a local improvement to be made and does not concurrently levy the assessments therefor, notice of the prospective assessments to finance the improvement shall be given to each title company known to the finance officer to be conducting business in the city. Each company that receives the notice shall record the prospective assessment in all title searches far property in the assessment district contemplated for the improvement. ~5} After formation of a local improvement district the city manager may award a contract far the construction of the improvement as pro- vided in section 2.1200 et seq. of this code. Section 18. Subsections (1), (2)(b)5. and (2)(b)6. of Section 7.175 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended to provide: Ordinance - 8