RESOLUTION NO. 105-03

 

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN

FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

 

GOWHARI ANNEXATION

 

LOCATED AT 563 20 ½ RD, 573 20 ½ RD, 2026 S. BROADWAY AND INCLUDING A PORTION OF THE 20 ½ ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY.

 

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 

 

 WHEREAS, on the 1st day of October, 2003, a petition was submitted 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:

 

GOWHARI ANNEXATION

 

A certain parcel of land lying in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SE 1/4 NW 1/4) and the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 NE 1/4) of Section 22, Township 11 South, Range 101 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado, being more particularly described as follows:

 

COMMENCING at the Southwest corner of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 22, and assuming the South line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 22 bears N 89°40’40” E with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Commencement, N 00°56’27” W along the West line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 22 a distance of 20.00 feet to a point on the North right of way for South Broadway and the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence from said Point of Beginning, continue N 00°56’27” W along the West line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 22, a distance of 1310.96 feet, more or less, to a point being the Northwest corner of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 22 and being the Northwest corner of Gowhari Minor Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 18, Page 129 of the Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence N 89°35’06” E along the North line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 22, and the North line of said Gowhari Minor Subdivision, a distance of 1306.37 feet, more or less, to a point being the Northeast corner of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 22; thence N 89°35’28” E along the North line of the SW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 22, a distance of 20.00 feet; thence S 00°53’16” E along a line 20.00 feet East of and parallel to the West line of the SW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 22, being the East right of way for 20-1/2 Road, a distance of 686.71 feet, more or less, to a point on the Easterly extension of the North line of Saddleback Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 14, Page 140, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence S 89°59’40” W along the North line of said Saddleback Subdivision, a distance of 1026.57 feet, more or less, to a point being the Northwest corner of said Saddleback Subdivision; thence S 00°53’16” E along the West line of said Saddleback Subdivision, a distance of 632.08 feet, more or less, to a point on the North right of way for South Broadway; thence S 89°40’40” W along the said North right of way, being a line 20.00 feet North of and parallel to, the South line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 22, a distance of 298.67 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.

 

CONTAINS 25.103 Acres (1,093,505 Sq. Ft.) more or less, as described.

 

 

 WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 5th day of November, 2003; and

 

 WHEREAS, the Council has found and determined and does hereby find and determine that said petition is in substantial compliance with statutory requirements therefore, that one-sixth of the perimeter of the area proposed to be annexed is contiguous with the City; that a community of interest exists between the territory and the City; that the territory proposed to be annexed is urban or will be urbanized in the near future; that the said territory is integrated or is capable of being integrated with said City; that no land held in identical ownership has been divided without the consent of the landowner; that no 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; and that no election is required under the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965.

 

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

 

 The said territory is eligible for annexation to the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, and should be so annexed by Ordinance.

 

 ADOPTED this 5th day of November, 2003.

 

 

Attest:

 

 

           /s/: Jim Spehar

           President of the Council

 

 

/s/: Stephanie Tuin

City Clerk