Resolution No. 82-01 (Word Version)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, held on the 15th day of August, 2001, the following Resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, on the 15th day of August, 2001, a petition was referred to the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, for annexation to said City of the following property situate in Mesa County, Colorado, and described as follows:

A certain parcel of land located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW ¼ NE ¼) of Section 16, Township 1 South, Range 1 East of the Ute Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado, being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at the Southeast corner of Austin Acres, as same is recorded in Plat Book 12, Page 248, Reception No. 1219400, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, and considering the South line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW ¼ NE ¼) of said Section 16 to bear S 89°55’02” W with all bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence N 00°00’20” W, along the East line of said Austin Acres, a distance of 276.50 feet; thence N 89°55’02” E along a line 276.50 feet North of and parallel with, the South line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW ¼ NE ¼) of said Section 16, a distance of 446.30 feet to a point on the West line of Sunridge Subdivision-First Addition, as same is recorded in Plat Book 12, Page 220, Reception No. 1209281, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence S 00°00’07” E, along the West line of said Sundridge Subdivision-First Addition, a distance of 276.50 feet to the Southwest corner of said Sunridge Subdivision-First Addition, said point lying on the South line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW ¼ NE ¼) of said Section 16; thence S 89°55’02” W, along said South line, also being a portion of the North line of Orchard View Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 13, Pages 90 and 91, Reception No. 1305750, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, a distance of 446.28 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

COMMENCING at the Southeast corner of Austin Acres, as same is recorded in Plat Book 12, Page 248, Reception No. 1219400, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, and considering the South line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW ¼ NE ¼) of said Section 16 to bear S 89°55’02” W with all bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence N 00°00’20” W, along the East line of said Austin Acres, a distance of 276.50 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; thence continue N 00°00’20” W along the East line of said Austin Acres, a distance of 276.50 feet: thence N 89°55’02” E along a line 553.00 feet North of and parallel with, the South line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW ¼ NE ¼) of said Section 16, a distance of 446.31 feet to a point on the West line of Sunridge Subdivision-First Addition, as same is recorded in Plat Book 12, Page 220, Reception No. 1209281, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence S 00°00’07” E, along the West line of said Sundridge Subdivision-First Addition, a distance of 276.50 feet; thence S 89°55’02” W along a line 276.50 feet North of and parallel with, the South line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW ¼ NE ¼) of said Section 16, a distance of 446.30 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

WHEREAS, the Council has found and determined that the petition complies substantially with the provisions of the Municipal Annexation Act and a hearing should be held to determine whether or not the lands should be annexed to the City by Ordinance;

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

1. That a hearing will be held on October 3, 2001, in the auditorium of the Grand Junction City Hall, located at 250 N. Fifth Street, Grand Junction, Colorado, at 7:30 p.m. to determine whether one-sixth of the perimeter of the area proposed to be annexed is contiguous with the City; whether a community of interest exists between the territory and the city; whether the territory proposed to be annexed is urban or will be urbanized in the near future; whether the territory is integrated or is capable of being integrated with said City; whether any land in single ownership has been divided by the proposed annexation without the consent of the landowner; whether any land held in identical ownership comprising more than twenty acres which, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, has an assessed valuation in excess of two hundred thousand dollars is included without the landowner's consent; whether any of the land is now subject to other annexation proceedings; and whether an election is required under the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965.

2. Pursuant to the State's Annexation Act, the City Council determines that the City may now, and hereby does, exercise jurisdiction over land use issues in the said territory. Requests for building permits, subdivision approvals and zoning approvals shall, as of this date, be submitted to the Community Development Department of the City.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a hearing will be held in accordance with the Resolution on the date and at the time and place set forth in the Resolution.

PUBLISHED

August 17, 2001

August 24, 2001

August 31, 2001

September 7, 2001