RESOLUTION NO. 139-04
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A
PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN
FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE
REECE / ICE SKATING INC. ANNEXATION
LOCATED ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER AT 2499 RIVER ROAD
IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION
WHEREAS, on the 3rd day of November, 2004, 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:
PERIMETER BOUNDARY LEGAL DESCRIPTION
REECE / ICE SKATING INC. ANNEXATION
A certain parcel of land lying in the South-half (S 1/2) of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) and the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE 1/4 SW 1/4) of Section 9, Township 1 South, Range 1 West of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the Southeast corner of said Section 9 and assuming the East line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4 SE 1/4) of said Section 9 bears N 00°08’47” W with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Beginning, N 00°08’47” W along the East line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 9, a portion of said line being the West line of Redco Industrial Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 13, Page 16, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado and being the West line of the C & K Annexation, City of Grand Junction Ordinance No. 3352, a distance of 550.47 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 11, Riverside Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 28, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence N 70°25’29” W along the South line of said Lot 11 and the South line of Blue Heron II Annexation, City of Grand Junction Ordinance No. 2685, a distance of 532.89 feet to a point being the Southeast corner of Lot 12 of said Riverside Subdivision; thence N 87°45’37” W along the South line of said Lot 12 and the South line of said Blue Heron II Annexation, a distance of 400.29 feet to a point being the Southwest corner of said Lot 12; thence N 00°03’11” E along the West line of said Lot 12 and the West line of said Blue Heron II Annexation, a distance of 550.00 feet to a point on the North line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 9; thence N 89°54’28” W along said North line, a distance of 425.00 feet to a point being the Northwest corner of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 9; thence S 00°07’10” E along the West line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 545.55 feet; thence N 52°16’39” W, along the Southerly line of Lot 14 of said Riverside Subdivision, a distance of 893.52 feet to its intersection with the North line of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SW 1/4 SE 1/4) of said Section 9; thence N 89°54’28” W along said North line , a distance of 476.11 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the South line of the Blue Heron Annexation, City of Grand Junction Ordinance No. 2549; thence S 78°15’24” W along the South line of said Blue Heron Annexation, a distance of 1482.36 feet, more or less, to a point on the West line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 9; thence S 00°03’42” E along said West line, a distance of 357.54 feet to a point on the North line of the Grand Valley Audubon Annexation No. 1, City of Grand Junction Ordinance No. 3630; thence S 87°58’03” E along said North line , a distance of 67.90 feet; thence N 83°03’38” E a distance of 156.08 feet; thence N 89°50’12” E a distance of 1087.53 feet to a point on the East line of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 9; thence S 00°00’55” W along said East line, a distance of 670.00 feet to a point being the Southeast corner of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 9; thence N 89°43’50” E along the South line of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of said Section 9, a distance of 676.00 feet; thence N 00°16’10” W a distance of 200.00 feet; thence S 67°15’43” E a distance of 511.70 feet to a point on the South line of the SE 1/4 of said Section 9; thence N 89°43’50” E along the South line of the SE 1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 1503.55 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.
CONTAINING 75.3433 Acres (3,281,952 Sq. Ft.), more or less, as described.
WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 15th day of December, 2004; 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 15th day of December, 2004.
Attest:
/s/ Bruce Hill
President of the Council
/s/ Stephanie Tuin
City Clerk