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Eugene Charter Section 36. Nomination. Nomination of a candidate for an elective city office shall be by petition, in a manner prescribed by ordinance. Chapter IX Public Improvements Section 37. Procedure. The procedure for making, altering, vacating, or abandoning a public improvement shall be governed by general ordinance or, to the extent not so governed, by the applicable general laws of the state, except that if a remonstrance is filed against improvement or repair of a street or alley and is signed by the owners of a majority of the parcels that would be assessed for the repair or improvement, no contract for the improvement or repairs may be let until the city council reconsiders the necessity of the improvement or repair. If, after the reconsideration, two-thirds of all councilors vote for the improvement or repair, contracts for the improvement or repair may be let as if no remonstrance had been filed. Section 38. Assessments. The procedure for levying, collecting, and enforcing the payment of special assessments for public improvements or other services to be charged against real property shall be governed by general ordinance. Section 39. Amendments. The general ordinances mentioned in Sections 37 and 38 of this charter may be amended only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the city council. Such an amendment may not take effect for six months after the council adopts it and may not apply to an improvement authorized by the council before the effective date of the amendment. Section 40. Liens. The docket of city liens is a public writing, and the original or a certified copy of any matter authorized to be entered in the docket shall have the force and effect of a judgment. When the council has authorized an improvement, and an assessment for it is entered in the city’s lien docket, the assessment becomes a lien against the property so assessed. The lien has priority over all other liens and encumbrances upon the property and may be enforced in the manner authorized by the city council. Section 41. Freeways. (1) No freeway or throughway, as defined by ORS 374.010 or 377.710(12), may be constructed by the city, nor may the city enter into any agreement approving or facilitating construction of such a freeway or throughway, unless the route of the freeway or throughway is first approved by a majority of the voting electors of the city in a city election conducted in accordance with law and unless the agreement is entered into within a time specified by the measure submitted to the voters for their approval. (2) The city may, however, without such prior approval, prepare preliminary -11- 11/28/2005