Resolution No. 46-03 (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 21^st day of May, 2003, the following Resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, on the 21^st day of May, 2003, 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 lying in the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4 SW 1/4) of Section 9, Township 1 South, Range 1 East of the Ute Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado, being more particularly described as follows:

COMMENCING at the Northwest corner of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 9 and assuming the West line of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 9 bears S 00°07’39” E with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Commencement, S 89°57’58” E along the North line of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 9 a distance of 40.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence from said Point of Beginning, continue S 89°57’58” E along the North line of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 9, being the South line of the Francis Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 92, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, a distance of 247.10 feet; thence S 00°07’29” E a distance of 141.00 feet; thence N 89°57’58” W a distance of 247.10 feet to a point on the East right of way for 30 Road as same is described in Book 1425, Pages 784 and 785, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence N 00°07’39” W along said East right of way, being a line 40.00 feet East of and parallel to, the West line of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 141.00 feet, more or less, 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 the 2^nd day of July, 2003, 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

May 23, 2003

May 30, 2003

June 6, 2003

June 13, 2003