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SECTION 8, cont. SIDEWALKS, cont. IMPROVEMENT Polciy: Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes DISTRICT 435.44, the City Council by ordinance may establish a sidewalk improvement dis- trict. The purpose of such district is to provide an area with safe pedestrian walkways to and from schools, school bus stops, public transportation facilities, and other neighborhood and community facilities. Improvements may include both construction and repair. Assessable Cost: The Council may elect to make all or part of the project costs assessable costs. Distribution of Assessments: The assessable cost may be apportioned to all property in the district on a uniform basis as to each classification of property. An indirect benefit assessment may involve all property in the district without regard to location of sidewalks; a direct benefit may be assessed to abutting property for the additional cost of an extra sidewalk width. Assessments may be spread over a five- year period. SECTION 9 POSTPONED ASSESSMENTS 1. If the city advances its own funds to pay for improve- ment costs relating to property abutting on but not initially assessed for the improvement, the City may reimburse itself for all or any portion of this cost by levying assessments against such property upon notice and hearings provided for the assessments at a later date. 2. If the City advances its own funds to pay for improve- ment costs that benefit non - abutting property not initially assessed for it, but able to use it when extensions or other improvements are made, the City may include all or any por- tion of the costs originally advanced into assessments for later improvements if notice to that effect is included in the notice of hearing on the matter of undertaking the later extension or improvement. 13