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'"~''i'",~ ',-.',<,:- "':;' 'T'-'"7.~~'_:_ 'f/" ~',~~;:~~ ".'r"~'~~'-'~,.- .:~4~~ /:'~:;~'~7' "', :;~/,..r:f~4;*,;,:-".~.~t";, . ."" ~O . here. The procedure followed here and permitted by the local improvement code is that the Council has initiated this. hearing on its own and that, of course, requires four-fifths approvaL by the Cou.:1L before the improvement is put ;into effect._ Thue hu been no petition submitted here. SAME PERSON: Here it says 35%. Does it mean that or not? t.R. COt.RTNEV: It says that the Statute also provides that improvements may be initiated by 35% of the affected property owners. In otherwcrds, to get the machinery of the locaL improvement code into operation, 35% of the property owners in any partie~lar area that want this sewer can prepare a petition and submit it to the Council. The Council then can call a hearing on it and consider whether or not they will go ahead and order that imp:&Dfellt8n'l;. . Other areas desiring imediate connection service and not included in this plan can proceed by the petition method. SAME PERSON: If I go cut and get a petition from 35% of the people that the Council would order that sewer in? Ml. COURTNEY: Are you included in thia southwest area? SAME PERSON: I'm northerly. Ml.. COt.RTNEY: Then the 35% doesn't apply to you at all because the Council is already condder1ng the improvement as it affects this sector. In other words, the proceeding has been started. It isn't necessary for anyone tc file a petition and the Council will come to a determination as to whether they will order the improvement on the basis of the response here tonight. SAME PERSON: If 35% of them are 1n favor of it here tonight. . then the Council will go ahead? m. COtRTNEY: The 35% applies only to comr.encing a local improvement procedure. It haa no bearing on whether the Council