Staff has received a request from residents in the Antelope Place area of Summerhill Subdivision to install street lighting.  Staff worked with Northwestern Energy Company to design a lighting layout using lights similar to those used in the area east of Summerhill Drive.  The lighting would be owned and maintained by Northwestern Energy.

Passage of a Resolution of Intent is the first step in creating a new lighting district.  Following passage of the Resolution of Intent, notices will be mailed to all property owners in the proposed district and a legal notice will be published in the Billings Times in accordance with State law.

City Council may:

• Approve the Resolution of Intent and set a public hearing for August 10th, or;
• Disapprove the resolution.  If the resolution is not approved, the process for getting street lighting installed will not be able to continue.

All costs of installing, operating, and maintaining the lighting will be paid by assessments against the properties within the district.  There are no City owned properties within the proposed district.

Staff recommends that the City Council approve the Resolution of Intent to create the Antelope Place light district and set a public hearing for August 10th.