A. Whenever the city council provides for making local improvements and for paying by levying and collecting special assessments on property specially benefited, the proceedings therefor shall be in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance codified in this section and in Sections 3.04.030 through 3.04.080 and the provisions of an act of the legislature of the state of Washington entitled “An act relating to local improvements in cities and towns repealing certain acts and parts of acts,” approved March 17, 1911, so far as applicable, and acts and ordinances amendatory thereof, and the improvements may be initiated by petition of the property Owners, or by resolution.

B. The city engineer is named as the officer to ascertain the truth of any petition filed for any local improvement and all resolutions and petitions initiating any local improvements shall be referred to the city engineer and it shall be his duty to make all estimates, diagrams, plans, and specifications, and other data, and submit the same to the city council prior to the hearing of any resolution, and at such other times as may be required, and to supervise the work of all local improvements, and as soon as possible after the taking of effect of any ordinance ordering any local improvement, and after the cost and expense thereof can be determined, the city engineer shall make out an assessment roll and certify the same to the city council, which assessment roll shall contain the description of each lot, tract or parcel of land or other property to be assessed, the amount to be charged, levied or assessed against the same, and the name of the owner of the same if known. The city council shall, after the notice by the city clerk-treasurer, equalize by ordinance, confirm and levy such assessment. (Ord. 1337, §2, 1980).