RESOLUTION NO. 74-03

 

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN

FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

 

CARVILLE ANNEXATION

 

LOCATED AT 2675 HWY 50

 

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 

 

 WHEREAS, on the 16th day of June, 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:

 

CARVILLE ANNEXATION

 

A certain parcel of land lying in the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 NE 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, County of Mesa, State of Colorado, being more particularly described as follows:

 

That portion of the SW1/4NE1/4 of said Section 26 and the East Half (E 1/2) of the SE1/4NW1/4 of said Section 26 lying North of the following described line and South U.S. Highway 50: COMMENCING at the Southeast corner of the SW1/4NE1/4 of said Section 26 and assuming the East line of the SW1/4NE1/4 of said Section 26 bears N00°11’27”E and all other bearings contained herein are relative thereto; thence N00°11’27”E along the East line of the SW1/4NE1/4 of said Section 26 a distance of 793.08’ to the True Point of Beginning; thence N89°36’24”W a distance of 1978.08’ to a point on the West line of the E1/2SE1/4NW1/4 of said Section 26; EXCEPT that part of the NE1/4NW1/4 of said Section 26 lying North of the Orchard Mesa District Drain.

 

CONTAINING 19.93 Acres, more or less, as described.

 

 

 WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 6th day of August, 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 6th day of August, 2003.

 

 

Attest:

 

 

           /s/ Jim Spehar        

           President of the Council

 

 

/s/ Stephanie Tuin      

City Clerk