[Amended by the electors 11-5-2013]
The Commission shall have the power to determine that the whole
or any part of the cost of a public improvement shall be defrayed
by special assessment upon the property especially benefited in proportion
to the benefits derived or to be derived. The cost of surveys and
plans for a public improvement and all expenses incident to the proceedings
for the making of such improvement and a special assessment therefor
and for the issuance of bonds in anticipation of such special assessments,
shall be deemed to be a part of the cost of the improvements. The
cost of any improvement shall also include the cost of acquiring any
lands necessary therefore. The Commission shall by ordinance or any
amendment thereto, provide for the mechanism and procedure required
to effect the improvement by special assessment through such power
as reserved to the City by statute.