RESOLUTION NO. 17-06

 

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN

FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

 

MIMS ANNEXATION

 

LOCATED AT 492 30 ROAD

 

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 

 

 WHEREAS, on the 18th day of January, 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:

 

MIMS ANNEXATION

 

A certain parcel of land located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4 NW1/4) of Section 16, Township 1 South, Range 1 East, Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

 

Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section 16 and assuming the West line of said Section 16 to bear S00°00’43”E with all bearings contained herein relative thereto; thence S00°00’43”E along the West line of said Section 16 a distance of 241.80 feet; thence N89°59’17”E a distance of 40.00 feet to a point on the East right of way of 30 Road as recorded in book 1524, page 9, Mesa County, Colorado public records being the Point of Beginning; thence N73°00’00”E along the Southerly right of way of the Union Pacific Railroad a distance of 649.20 feet; thence S00°00’56”E a distance of 349.54 feet to a point on the Northerly right of way of E Road as recorded in book 1524, page 10, of the Mesa County, Colorado public records; thence along the Northerly right of way of said E Road the following seven (7) courses: (1) S43°07’55”W a distance of 115.38 feet; (2) thence S49°34’49”W a distance of 68.11 feet; (3) thence 132.92 feet along the arc of a 325.10 foot radius curve, concave Northwest having a central angle of 23°25’36” and a chord bearing S66°11’51”W a distance of 132.00 feet; (4) thence S82°48’51”W a distance of 68.11 feet; (5) thence S88°54’43”W a distance of 74.90 feet; (6) thence S89°54’37”W a distance of 196.77 feet; (7) thence N45°09’52”W a distance of 42.48 feet to a point on the East right of way of said 30 Road; thence N00°00’43”W along the East right of way of said 30 Road a distance of 321.66 feet to the Point of Beginning.

 

Said parcel contains 5.88 acres (256,163 square feet), more or less, as described.

 

 WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 1st day of March, 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 1st day of March, 2006.

 

 

Attest:

 

 

           /s/: Bruce Hill

           President of the Council

 

 

/s/: Stephanie Tuin

City Clerk