RESOLUTION NO. 26-06

 

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN

FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

 

CHIPETA HEIGHTS ANNEXATION

 

LOCATED AT 203 AND 221 29 ROAD

 

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 

 

 WHEREAS, on the 15th day of February, 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:

 

CHIPETA HEIGHTS ANNEXATION

 

A certain parcel of land located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4 SE 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:

 

Commencing at the Northeast corner of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 30 and assuming the East line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 30 to bear S00°10’38”E with all bearings contained herein relative thereto, thence N89°58’28”W along the North line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 30 a distance of 30.00 feet to a point on the Westerly right of way of 29 Road as described in Book 3628, Page 471 of the Mesa County, Colorado public records, being the Point of Beginning; thence S00°10’38”E along said Westerly right of way of 29 Road a distance of 367.46 feet; thence S89°57’41”W a distance of 146.70 feet; thence S00°06’38”E a distance of 600.00 feet; thence N89°57’41”E a distance of 147.40 feet to a point on the Westerly right of way as described in Book 3580, Page 799 of the Mesa County, Colorado public records; thence S00°10’38”E along said Westerly right of way a distance of 313.50 feet to a point on the Easterly projection on the Northerly right of way of B Road as described in Book 894, Page 202, of the Mesa County, Colorado public records; thence S89°57’46”W along said right of way line of B Road a distance of 629.35 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 32, of The Grand Junction Orchard Mesa Land Company’s Orchard Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 26, of the Mesa County, Colorado public records; thence N00°06’25”W along the Westerly line of Lot 32 and Lot 25 of said Grand Junction Orchard Mesa Land Company’s Orchard Subdivision a distance of 1282.54 feet to the Northwest Corner of said Lot 25; thence S89°58’28”E along the Northerly line of said Lot 25 a distance of 627.81 feet to the Point of Beginning.

 

Said parcel contains 16.48 acres (717,739 square feet), more or less, as described.

 WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 5th day of February, 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 5th day of April, 2006.

 

 

Attest:

 

 

           /s/ Bruce Hill        

           President of the Council

 

 

/s/ Stephanie Tuin    

City Clerk