Chapter 3. Preliminary Report And Resolution Of Intention of California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 14. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3.

Before adopting a resolution of intention, the city council shall order the city engineer to prepare and file with it a report containing substantially the following matters:
  (a) A statement of the public ways or portions thereof to be lighted.
  (b) A general description of the lighting systems to be maintained and operated.
  (c) A statement of the general items of maintenance and operation proposed to be furnished the systems. Such items may include electric power, gas, repairs, replacements, and any other items necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of the systems.
  (d) A statement of the estimated cost of maintenance and operation for the first year and an estimate of the amount of electric power necessary for the operation of the system each year.

The city council shall order the engineer to prepare and file with the report a map or plat of the district to be benefited by the maintenance and operation and which is to be assessed to pay the expenses thereof. The map or plat shall also show the public ways to be lighted under the proceedings and the approximate location of the lights to be maintained and operated thereon.

The report and map shall be presented to the city council and examined by it and either the report or map, or both, may be modified by the city council at any time prior to the adoption of the resolution of intention. When the report and map are finally approved by the city council, they shall be filed with the clerk.

The resolution of intention shall contain:
  (a) A statement of the public ways to be lighted.
  (b) A general description of the lighting systems to be maintained and operated.
  (c) A statement of the general items of expense of maintenance and operation proposed to be furnished for the street lighting systems, the cost of which is to be assessed in whole or in part against the lands within the district. Those items may include electric power, gas, repairs, replacements, and any other items necessary for the proper maintenance of the street lighting systems.
  (d) A statement of the estimated cost of all other items of maintenance and operation to be furnished the systems in the district for the first year; in addition, a separate estimate of the amount of gas or electric power necessary for the systems each year.
  (e) A general description of the boundaries of the district to be benefited by and to be assessed to pay the costs of the maintenance and operation.
  (f) A statement of the length of time, which shall not exceed five years from the date of the formation of the district, that the maintenance and operation shall be furnished for the systems.
  (g) Notice of a public meeting and public hearing shall be given pursuant to Section 54954.6 of the Government Code. All persons having any interest in lands within the district liable to be assessed for the expenses of the maintenance and operation may be heard at the public meeting and the public hearing and any of these persons may present any objections that they may have by written protest filed with the clerk at or before the time set for the hearing.
  (h) If assessments are to be levied, the notice, protest, and hearing procedures shall comply with Section 53753 of the Government Code.

The city council may order in the resolution of intention that a certain percentage of the costs of such maintenance and operation shall be paid out of the treasury of the city from such fund as the city council may designate.

The resolution shall refer to the map or plat on file with the clerk for the boundaries of the district to be assessed, the public ways to be lighted and the approximate location of the lights thereon.

After the passage of the resolution of intention, the clerk shall publish it by at least two insertions in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation designated by the city council for that purpose. Copies of the resolution headed "Notice of formation of lighting maintenance district" in letters not less than one inch in height, and signed by the clerk shall be posted by the superintendent of streets not more than 300 feet apart, and not less than three in all, along all open streets within the district. The first posting of notice and the first publication of the resolution of intention shall each be at least 20 days before the date set for the hearing of protests.