RESOLUTION NO. 167-06
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A
PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN
FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE
MAHAN MANOR ANNEXATION
LOCATED AT 2855 UNAWEEP AVENUE INCLUDING
A PORTION OF THE UNAWEEP AVENUE RIGHT-OF-WAY
IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION
WHEREAS, on the 15th day of November, 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:
MAHAN MANOR ANNEXATION
2943-301-00-274
A certain parcel of land lying in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW 1/4 NE 1/4) of Section 30, Township 1 South, Range 1 East of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of Lot 3 of Kirby Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 28, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, and assuming the North line of said Lot 3 bears N89°57’12”W with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence N89°57’12”W along the North line of said Kirby Subdivision a distance of 493.20 feet to the Southwest corner of that certain parcel of land as described in Book 3268, Pages 258-259, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence N00°02’43”W along the West line of said parcel a distance of 910.00 feet to the North line of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 30; thence S89°57’28”E along said North line a distance of 492.16 feet to the Northwest corner of the Unaweep Heights Annexation No. 3, City of Grand Junction, Ordinance No. 3549; thence S00°01’12”E along the West line of said Unaweep Heights Annexation No. 3 a distance of 910.09 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.
Said parcel contains 10.34 acres (450,475 square feet), more or less, as described
WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 20th day of December, 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 20th day of December, 2006.
Attest:
/s/ James J. Doody
President of the Council
/s/ Stephanie Tuin
City Clerk