Resolution No. 71-03 (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 of August, 2003, the following Resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, on the 6^th 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 Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE 1/4 NE 1/4) of Section 16, Township 1 South, Range 1 East of the Ute Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

COMMENCING at the Southwest Corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE 1/4 NE 1/4) of said Section 16, and considering the South line of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE 1/4 NE 1/4) of said Section 16 to bear N 89°51'59" E with all bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Commencement, N 89°51'59" E along the South line of the SE 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 16, a distance of 190.00 feet; thence N 00°22'49" E a distance of 30.00 feet to a point being the Southeast Corner of Fruitvale Meadows Amended, as same is recorded in Plat Book 18, Page 132, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence N 89°51'59" E along the North right of way for D 1/2 Road, being a line 30.00 feet North of and parallel to, the South line of the SE 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 16, a distance of 155.89 feet to a point being the Southeast corner of the Iles Annexation, City of Grand Junction Ordinance No. 3461 and the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence from said Point of Beginning, N 00°10'50" E along the East line of said Iles Annexation, a distance of 178.00 feet; thence N 89°51'59" E along a Southerly line of said Iles Annexation, a distance of 37.00 feet; thence N 00°10'50" E along the Easterly line of said Iles Annexation, a distance of 209.00 feet; thence N 89°51'59" E along the Southerly line of said Iles Annexation, a distance of 113.00 feet; thence S 00°10'50" W a distance of 387.00 feet; thence S 89°51'59" W, along the North line of said D 1/2 Road, a distance of 150.00 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 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