RESOLUTION NO. 63-06

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN

FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

CHARLESWORTH ANNEXATION

LOCATED AT 248 28 ROAD

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 WHEREAS, on the 19^th day of April, 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:

CHARLESWORTH ANNEXATION

A certain parcel of land located in the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW 1/4 SW 1/4) of Section 30, Township One South, Range One East of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the Southwest Corner of the NW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 30 and assuming the West line of the NW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 30 to bear N00°03’02”W with all bearings contained herein relative thereto; thence N00°03’02”W along the West line of the NW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 30 a distance of 555.63 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence N00°03’02”W continuing along the West line of the NW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 30 a distance of 359.30 feet; thence S89°54’15”E along the Southerly line and the Westerly extension of Durango Acres Filing One, recorded in Plat Book 19, Pages 105 and 106, and Durango Acres Filing Two, recorded in Plat Book 20, Page 49 of the Mesa County, Colorado public records a distance of 733.78 feet; thence S00°03’45”W a distance of 580.99 feet; thence S89°54”15”E a distance of 509.96 feet to a point on the West line of Arrowhead Acres II Filing No. 3, recorded in Plat Book 18, Page 329 and 330 of the Mesa County, Colorado public records; thence S00°04’39”W along the West line of said Arrowhead Acres II Filing No. 3 a distance of 296.71 feet; thence N67°16’10”W a distance of 1347.01 feet to the Point of Beginning.

Said parcel contains 10.85 acres (472,670 square feet), more or less, as described.

 WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 7^th day of June, 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 7^th day of June, 2006.

Attest:

           /s/ James J. Doody      

           President of the Council

/s/ Stephanie Tuin    

City Clerk