RESOLUTION NO. 101-06

 

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN

FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

 

MERKEL ANNEXATION

 

LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF I-70 AND 24 ½ ROAD INCLUDING A

PORTION OF THE 24 ½ ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY

 

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 

   

 WHEREAS, on the 19th day of June, 2006, 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:

 

MERKEL ANNEXATION

 

A certain parcel of land located in the Southeast corner of the Northwest corner (SE 1/4 NW 1/4) of section 33, Township 1 South, Range 1 West of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

 

BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said section 33 and assuming the North line of said SE 1/4 NW 1/4 bears S89°50’39”E with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence S89°50’39”E a distance of 772.10 feet to a point on the centerline of the Grand Valley Canal; thence S75°15’49”E along said centerline a distance of 228.75 feet; thence 160.38 feet along said centerline and the arc of a 301.19 foot radius curve concave Southwest, having a central angle of 30°30’32” and a chord bearing S62°19’02”E a distance of 158.49 feet; thence S46°24’53E a distance of 108.84 feet; thence S40°18’58”E a distance of 123.59 feet to a point on the Westerly right of way of 24 1/4 Road; thence N89°56’21”E a distance of 25.00 to a point on the East line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said section 33; thence S00°03’39”E along said East line a distance of 211.12; thence N89°55’06”W a distance of 298.55 feet to the Northwest corner of that certain parcel of land as described in Book 1283, Page 226, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence S00°05’10”E a distance of 390.53 feet; thence S60°59’15”W a distance of 437.48 feet; thence N89°40’33”W a distance of 637.08 feet to a point on the West line of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said section 33; thence along said West line N00°00’20”W a distance of 1112.96 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.

 

Said parcel contains 27.11 acres (1,181,225 square feet), more or less, as described.

 

 

 

 WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 2nd day of August, 2006; 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 August, 2006.

 

 

Attest:

 

 

           /s/: James J. Doody

           President of the Council

 

 

/s/: Stephanie Tuin

City Clerk