RESOLUTION NO. 132-05

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN

FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

KOCH/FISHER ANNEXATION

LOCATED AT 2041 AND 2043 CONESTOGA DRIVE AND INCLUDING

A PORTION OF CONESTOGA DRIVE

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 WHEREAS, on the 15th day of June, 2005, 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:

KOCH/FISHER ANNEXATION

A parcel of land located in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SE 1/4 NW 1/4 ) of Section 15, Township 11 South, Range 101 West of the 6^th Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the Southeast corner of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 15 and assuming the East line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 15 to bear N00°58’57”E with all bearings contained herein relative thereto; thence N89°27’34”W along the South line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 15 a distance of 284.30 feet to the intersection of the Southerly projection of the East line of Lot 4, Block 1, The Homestead Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 16, Page 369 Mesa County, Colorado records; thence N00°59’16”E along said Southerly projected line of said Lot 4 a distance of 16.33 feet to the Southeast corner of said Lot 4 also being the Point of Beginning; thence N89°00’44”W along the South line of Lots 4 and 5, Block 1 of said Homestead Subdivision a distance of 362.30 to the Southwest corner of said Lot 5, also being the South line of The Zambrano Annexation, Ordinance No. 3427, City of Grand Junction; thence N63°27’57”E along the South line of said Zambrano Annexation a distance of 411.17 feet to a point on the North right of way of Conestoga Drive; thence S04°02’03”W a distance of 44.08 feet to the Northeast corner of said Lot 4; thence S00°59’16”W along the East line of said Lot 4 a distance of 145.98 feet to Point of Beginning.

Said parcel contains 0.79 acres (34,247 sq. ft.) more or less as described.

 WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 20th day of July, 2005; 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 20th day of July, 2005.

Attest:

           /s/: Bruce Hill

           President of the Council

/s/: Stephanie Tuin

City Clerk