RESOLUTION NO. 92-05

 

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN

FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

 

BURKEY PARK ANNEXATION

 

LOCATED at 2980 F Road

 

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 

 

 WHEREAS, on the 6th day of April, 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:

 

BURKEY PARK ANNEXATION

 

A parcel of land located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4 SE 1/4) of Section 5, Township 1 South, Range 1 East of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado being more particularly described as follows:

 

Beginning at the Southeast corner of Ox-Bow Subdivision Filing No. Three, as recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 264, public records of Mesa County, Colorado, and assuming the West line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 5 bears N00°10’24”W with all bearings contained herein relative thereto; thence from said Point of Beginning N00°10’24”W along the West line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said section 5 a distance of 1265.81 feet to the Northwest corner of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said section 5; thence S89°53’33”E along the North line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said section 5 a distance of 660.94 feet to the intersection of the Northerly projected West line of Trading Post Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 212, public records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence S00°09’50”E along said West line of Trading Post Subdivision a distance of 1264.30 feet to the Southwest corner of said Trading Post Subdivision and being the North Right of Way of ‘F’ Road; thence S89°58’34”W along the North Right of Way line of ‘F’ Road a distance of 660.73 feet to the Point of Beginning.

 

Said parcel contains 19.19 acres (835,988 sq. ft.) more or less as described.

 

 WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 18th day of May, 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 18th day of May, 2005.

 

 

Attest:

 

 

           /s/: Bruce Hill

           President of the Council

 

 

/s/: Stephanie Tuin

City Clerk