RESOLUTION NO. 169-05

 

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN

FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

 

EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH ANNEXATION

 

LOCATED AT 395 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:

 

EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH ANNEXATION

 

A certain parcel of land located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW1/4 NE1/4) 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 NW1/4 NE1/4 of said Section 22 and assuming the North line of the NW1/4 NE1/4 of said Section 22 to bear S89°53’08”E with all bearings contained herein relative thereto; thence S00°28’30”W along the West line of the NW1/4 NE1/4 of said Section 22 a distance of 30.00 feet to a point on the Southerly right of way of D Road; thence S89°53’08”E along said Southerly right of way of D Road a distance of 331.57 feet to the Northwest corner of Parcel 2A, Ronnie Ankarlo Simple Land Division as recorded in Plat Book 17, Page 283, Mesa County, Colorado records and the Point of Beginning; thence continuing S89°53’08”E along said Southerly right of way of D Road a distance of 302.67 feet to the Northeast corner of said Parcel 2A also being the Westerly right of way of 31 5/8 Court as recorded in Book 2390, Page 867; thence S00°26’48”W along the Westerly right of way of said 31 5/8 Court, a distance of 626.91 feet to the Southeast corner of said Parcel 2A; thence N89°53’08”W a distance of 302.98 feet to the Southwest corner of said Parcel 2A; thence N00°28’30”E along the West line of said Parcel 2A a distance of 626.91 feet to the Point of Beginning.

 

Said parcel contains 4.36 acres (189,841 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