The board of directors shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to order that the cost and expenses of maintaining and operating an improvement acquired or constructed pursuant to this division shall be assessed against the property within the district benefited thereby. The resolution shall contain both of the following:

1. (a) A report prepared by an officer of the district which sets forth the yearly estimated budget, the proposed estimated assessments to be levied each year against each parcel of property, and a description of the method used in formulating the estimated assessments.
2. (b) The time, date, and place for the hearing of protests to the proposed assessments.