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Section 12 -28. Combination hearings; applicable proceedings. <br />(a) The council may combine the hearings provided for in sections 12 -10 and 12 -27. <br />If it does so, such determination shall be made in the resolution proposing to <br />make the improvement or improvements, and the following provisions shall then <br />be applicable to the proceedings: <br />(1) The resolution need not specify the maximum estimated amount to be <br />assessed on the unit of assessment nor fix the date of public hearing upon <br />the proposed improvement, but shall direct the preparation by the <br />responsible director [of public works,] or [the] manager [in the case of a <br />water system improvement district,] of the documents and data to be <br />prepared by such person as provided in sections 12 -18 and 12 -19 and in <br />section 12 -27 and if applicable shall include the request and direction <br />provided in section 12 -20. After the combined hearings, if the council <br />determines to proceed with the improvements, the resolution specified in <br />section 12 -20 need not again direct preparation by the responsible director <br />[of p" blic Nw orks] or manager of the documents and data as provided in <br />sections 12 -18 and 12 -19. The clerk shall not cause the notices to be given <br />as provided in section 12 -10 until the documents and data have been so <br />prepared by the responsible director [of public works] or manager, and if <br />applicable, by [the] each cooperating department [of water supply], and <br />preliminarily approved by the council, at which time the council shall by <br />resolution requiring not more than one reading for its adoption fix the date <br />of combined hearings. <br />(2) The matters to be contained in the notices provided for in sections 12 -10 <br />and 12 -27 shall be combined into single notices to be so published, posted <br />and mailed; for the purpose thereof the total amount of the cost of the <br />improvement shall be based on the estimated cost of the work to be <br />included in bids when received, not upon the bid of the lowest responsible <br />and reliable bidder as specified in section 12 -27. <br />(3) The council may request the responsible director [of public works or the <br />department of water supply] or manager, [as the case may be,] to call for <br />bids on all improvements to be constructed under contract to be received <br />on or before the date of the combined hearings pursuant to the provisions <br />of sections 12 -23,* 12 -24 and 12 -25.* <br />(4) The responsible director [of public works, or the] or manager [in the case <br />of a water system improvement district,] shall prepare an amended <br />preliminary assessment roll based on any revisions in the estimate of the <br />responsible director [of public works or the] or manager or on the results <br />of the bids received for improvements as the case may be and shall send <br />said amended assessment roll to the council on or before the public <br />hearing. <br />(A) If the amended preliminary assessment roll shows a proposed <br />amount of assessment for any of the assessment units to be <br />assessed which is more than that shown on the preliminary <br />assessment roll, then, unless the affected owner shall waive the <br />same, the council shall postpone the public hearing and readvertise <br />14 <br />