At the public hearing on the proposed improvement, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard, after which the Council may modify the scope of the local public improvement in such a manner as they shall deem to be in the best interest of the city as a whole, provided that if the amount of work is increased or additions are made to the district, then another hearing shall be held pursuant to notice prescribed in § 54-5. If the determination of the Council shall be to proceed with the improvement, a resolution shall be passed approving the necessary profiles, plans, specifications, assessment district and detailed estimates of cost, determining the probable useful life of the improvement, and directing the Assessor to prepare a special assessment roll in accordance with the Council's determination and to report the special assessment roll to the Council for confirmation. If, prior to the adoption of the resolution to proceed with the making of the public improvement, written objections thereto have been filed by the owners of property in the district which, according to the City Manager's report, will be required to bear more than 50% of the cost thereof or by a majority of the owners of property to be assessed, no resolution determining to proceed with the improvement shall be adopted while such objections remain, except by the affirmative vote of 5 members of the Council.
(1993 Code, § 54-6)