RESOLUTION NO. 88-03
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A
PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN
FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE
ELLIOTT ANNEXATION
LOCATED at 3082 D ½ ROAD
IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION
WHEREAS, on the 6th day of August, 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:
ELLIOTT ANNEXATION
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.
CONTAINING 1.1551 Acres (50,317.0 sq. ft.)
WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 17th day of September 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 17th day of September, 2003.
Attest:
/s/ Harry Butler
President of the Council Pro Tem
/s/ Stephanie Tuin
City Clerk