RESOLUTION NO. 37-05

 

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN

FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

 

PINNACLE RIDGE ANNEXATION

 

LOCATED NORTHEAST OF MONUMENT ROAD AND MARIPOSA DRIVE

 

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 

 

 WHEREAS, on the 5TH day of January, 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:

 

PINNACLE RIDGE ANNEXATION

 

A certain parcel of land lying in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW 1/4 NW 1/4) and the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4 NW 1/4) of Section 21, Township 1 South, Range 1 West of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

 

ALL of the SW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 21, LESS HOWEVER, Block Three and all of Spur Drive lying within said Block Three lying North of the North right of way for Rawhide Drive, as shown on Energy Center Subdivision, Phase 1, as same is recorded in Plat Book 8, Page 55, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, TOGETHER WITH, all of the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 21 lying South of and adjacent to, the South line of The Ridges Filing No. Three, as same is recorded in Plat Book 12, Page 373, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado.

 

CONTAINS 45.4667 Acres (1,980,529.8 Sq. Ft.), more or less, as described

 

 

 WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 16th day of February, 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 February, 2005.

 

 

 

           /s/ Bruce Hill          

           President of the Council

Attest:

 

 

/s/ Stephanie Tuin      

City Clerk