Before determining to proceed with any project to be paid for in
whole or in part by special benefit assessments, the council shall
hold a public hearing. The clerk-treasurer shall cause notice to be
given stating the nature and extent of the proposed project, the estimated
cost of the project, the portion of the cost to be assessed, the number
of installments in which the assessment may be paid, the method to
be used in apportioning the cost, and the limits of the proposed area
of assessment. The notice shall also state the time and place at which
all persons interested, or their agents or attorneys, may appear before
the council and be heard concerning the proposed project and special
assessment. Such notice shall be given by sending a copy thereof by
mail to the owner of record of each parcel of property proposed to
be assessed and to the person in whose name the property is assessed
for taxation and by publication of a copy of the notice at least once
as provided in section 83-87 of this Charter. The clerk-treasurer
shall present at the hearing a certificate of publication and mailing
of copies of the notice, which certificate shall be deemed proof of
notice, but failure of any owner to receive the mailed copy shall
not invalidate the proceedings. The date of hearing shall be set at
least ten or not more than thirty days after the clerk-treasurer shall
have completed publication and service of notice as provided in this
section. Following the hearing the council, in its discretion, may
by ordinance authorize the carrying out of the project.