a. At the date fixed for the hearing of protests if none have been made or made and overruled, the City Council shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to order the proposed planting, care and maintenance.

b. Having acquired jurisdiction, the City Council shall, by resolution, order that the planting, care and maintenance described in the resolution of intention, be assumed. It shall be sufficient in such resolution to refer to the resolution of intention for a description of the planting, care and maintenance to be assumed, and the time when and the period for which it shall commence and continue. (Code 1962, § 35-26)