Whenever the Common Council shall make any local improvement
at the expense of the owners of the lands benefited thereby, or partly
at the expense of such owners and partly at the expense of the city
at large, the Common Council, before making any such local improvements,
shall give notice to all persons interested by publishing a notice
in the official newspaper that a hearing will be held, not less than
ten (10) days after the first publication of such notice, to consider
the same. After such hearing, the Common Council may make such improvements,
either by contract or by city employees, and determine the portion
of the cost to be assessed upon the lands benefited thereby and the
portion, if any, to be borne by the city at large, and also determine
what lands will be benefited by such local improvements, and shall
prepare and file in the office of the City Clerk a map plan or list
of the proposed assessment area, or properties, showing the lands
so determined to be benefited.