CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION

RESOLUTION NO. 66-01

VACATING AN IRRIGATION EASEMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH INDEPENDENCE RANCH SUBDIVISION FILING 7

LOCATED AT 20½ AND F¾ ROADS

Recitals.

 In conjunction with approval of Independence Ranch Filing 7, the applicant is proposing to vacate and relocate a private irrigation easement that was dedicated to the Independence Ranch homeowner’s association in Filing 6. The easement and irrigation facilities, if any, will be relocated with Filing 7 development. Since the irrigation is private, the City may only vacate any interest it has in the easement. Vacation by private means is also required before the easement is extinguished.

 At its June 19, 2001 hearing the City Planning Commission found that the request to vacate the easement conforms to the review criteria as set forth in Section 2.11C and recommended approval with the condition that the vacation not become effective until the final plat for the Independence Ranch Filing 7 is recorded.

 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

 City Council finds that the vacation meets the criteria set forth in Section 2-11C of the Grand Junction Zoning and Development Code and in accordance therewith the following described irrigation easement is hereby vacated with the condition that the vacation not become effective until the final plat for the Independence Ranch Filing 7 is recorded:

A portion of a ten-foot wide irrigation easement situated in Lot 1 Block 4, Independence Ranch Subdivision Filing 6, as shown on the plat recorded in the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder's office at Reception No. 1969569; County of Mesa, State of Colorado, lying five feet each side of the following described centerline:

Beginning at a point on South line of said Lot 1, whence the Southwest corner of said Lot 1 bears South 85°16'22" West, a distance of 5.01 feet;

Thence North 00°54'17" West, a distance of 209.74 feet;

Thence South 89°02'03" East, a distance of 132.84 feet;

Thence South 63°11'35" East, a distance of 52.66 feet to the Northwest corner of Lot 1 Block 3 of Independence Ranch Subdivision Filing 6, the Point of Termination.

PASSED and ADOPTED this 20th day of June, 2001.

ATTEST:

Theresa F. Martinez          /s/ Cindy Enos-Martinez      

Deputy City Clerk          President of City Council