RESOLUTION NO. 174-05
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A
PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN
FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE
RUCKMAN ANNEXATION
LOCATED AT 2903 AND 2909 B ½ ROAD
IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION
WHEREAS, on the 5th day of October, 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:
RUCKMAN ANNEXATION
A certain parcel of land located in the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW 1/4 SW 1/4) of Section 29, 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 SW 1/4 of said Section 29 and assuming the North line of the NW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 29 to bear N89°49’53”E with all bearings contained herein relative thereto; thence N89°49’53”E along the North line of the NW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 29 a distance of 165.00 feet; thence S00°11’14”E a distance of 30.00 feet to a point on the Southerly right of way of B 1/2 Road and the Point of Beginning; thence along the Southerly right of way of said B 1/2 Road the following three courses: (1) N89°49’53”E a distance of 213.34 feet; (2) S00°11’14”E a distance of 10.00 feet; (3) N89°49’53”E a distance of 291.36 feet; thence
S00°11’14”E leaving the Southerly right of way of said B 1/2 Road a distance of 294.85 feet to the Northeast corner of Lot 7, Block One of Four Corners Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 12, Page 53, Mesa County, Colorado public records; thence S89°49’55”W along the Northerly line of said Four Corners Subdivision a distance of 504.70 feet to the Northwest corner of Lot 3, Block One of said Four Corners Subdivision; thence N00°11’14”W a distance of 304.85 feet more or less to the Point of Beginning.
Said parcel contains 3.47 acres (150,943 square feet) more or less as described.
WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 16th 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 16th day of November, 2005.
Attest:
/s/ Bruce Hill
President of the Council
/s/ Stephanie Tuin
City Clerk