Resolution No. 70-03 (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 6^th day of August, 2003, the following Resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, on the 6th day of August, 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 Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE 1/4 SW 1/4) and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SE 1/4 NW 1/4) of Section 26, Township 1 South, Range 1 West of the Ute Principal Meridian, State of Colorado, County of Mesa, being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of Section 26, Township 1 South, Range 1 West of the Ute Principal Meridian and assuming the West line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 26 bears N 00°00’00” E with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Beginning, N 00°00’00” E along the West line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 26, being the East line of the Western Cemetery Annexation, Ordinance Number 1371, City of Grand Junction, Colorado, a distance of 127.35 feet; thence S 56°32’14” E, along the South line of that certain parcel of land described in a Quit Claim Deed recorded in Book 2403, Page 937, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, a distance of 36.53 feet; thence continuing along said South line, S 87°55’00” E a distance of 234.00 feet; thence N 02°50’00” E a distance of 103.50 feet; thence N 81°00’00” W along the North line of that said parcel of land, a distance of 272.80 feet to a point on the West line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 26; thence N 00°00’00” E along the West line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 26, a distance of 82.97 feet; thence S 89°41’17” E, along the South line of the Floral Annexation, Ordinance Number 2948, City of Grand Junction, Colorado, a distance of 357.93 feet; thence N 00°04’48” W, along the East line, and the Northerly projection thereof of said Floral Annexation, a distance of 659.76 feet to a point on the South line of the Easter Cemetery Annexation, Ordinance Number 1373, City of Grand Junction, Colorado; thence S 89°53’20” E along said South line, a distance of 302.00 feet to a point on the East line of the West Half (W 1/2) of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 26; thence S 00°04’48” E along the East line of the W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 26, also being the West line of Lot 2, Miles Craig Minor Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 16, Page 38, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, a distance of 989.48 feet to a point being the Southwest corner of said Lot 2; thence N 89°36’24” W along the South line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4, a distance of 236.42 feet; thence S 00°00’00” E a distance of 80.00 feet; thence N 89°36’24” W a distance of 174.34 feet to a point on the East line of the Reservoir Hill Annexation, Ordinance Number 1445, City of Grand Junction, Colorado; thence N 00°00’00” E a distance of 80.00 feet to a point on the South line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 26; thence N 89°36’24” W along the South line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 26, a distance of 249.64 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 17^th day of September, 2003, in the City Hall auditorium, located at 250 North 5^th Street, City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at 7:30 PM 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.

DATES PUBLISHED

August 8, 2003

August 15, 2003

August 22, 2003

August 29, 2003