Before adopting any resolution or ordinance of intention, under or pursuant to any improvement procedure act of the state, a resolution of preliminary determination shall be adopted describing the proposed improvement or acquisition and setting a time and place when and where any persons interested may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the City Council should not find and determine that the public convenience and necessity require the proposed improvement without compliance to the Special Assessment Investigation Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931.