RESOLUTION NO. 168-05
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A
PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN
FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE
ANKARLO ANNEXATION
LOCATED AT 385 31 5/8 ROAD
IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION
WHEREAS, on the 21st day of September, 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:
ANKARLO ANNEXATION
A certain parcel of land located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW 1/4 NE 1/4) of Section 22, Township 1 South, Range 1 East, of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado, being more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest corner of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 22, and assuming the West line of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 22 to bear S00°28’30”W with all bearings contained herein relative thereto; thence S00°28’30”W along the West line of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 22 a distance of 656.91 feet to the Northwest corner of Parcel 1A, Ronnie Ankarlo Simple Land Division as recorded in Plat Book 17, Page 283, Mesa County, Colorado records, and the Point of Beginning; thence S89°53’08”E along the North line of said Parcel 1A, a distance of 634.55 feet to the Northeast corner of said Parcel 1A; thence N00°26’48”E along the East line of Parcel 2A of said Ronnie Ankarlo Simple Land Division a distance of 626.91 feet to the Northeast corner of said Parcel 2A, and the Southerly line of Snidow Annexation No. 2, Ordinance No. 3345, City of Grand Junction; thence S89°53’08”E along the Southerly line of said Snidow Annexation a distance of 22.00 feet to the Westerly line of said Snidow Annexation No. 2; thence S00°26’48”W along the Westerly line of said Snidow Annexation No. 2 and the Southerly extension thereof, a distance of 1289.83 feet to the South line of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 22; thence N89°53’21”W along the South line of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 22 a distance of 656.88 feet to the Southwest corner of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 22; thence N00°28’30”E along the West line of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 22 a distance of 662.96 feet to the Point of Beginning.
Said parcel contains 10.31 acres (449,147 square feet), more or less, as described.
WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 2nd day of November, 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 2nd day of November, 2005.
Attest:
/s/ Bruce Hill
President of the Council
/s/ Stephanie Tuin
City Clerk