Resolution No. 07-07 (Word Version)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, held on the 17th of January, 2007, the following Resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, on the 17th day of January, 2007, a petition was referred 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:

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

Beginning at the Northeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4) of said Section 16 and assuming the East line of said SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 to bear S00°01’09”E with all bearings contained herein relative thereto, thence S00°01’09”E along said East line a distance of 658.82 feet to a point on the North line of the Fruitvale Meadows Annexation No. 2, City of Grand Junction Ordinance No. 3098, said line also being 1 foot North of and parallel with the South line of the SW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 16; thence S89°56’21”W along said Annexation line a distance of 396.00 feet to a point on the West line of that certain parcel of land as described in Book 4257, Page 747, Public Records, Mesa County, Colorado; thence N00°01’09”W along the West line of said parcel a distance of 658.75 feet to the Northwest corner of said parcel; thence N89°55’42”E along said North line and its continuation, a distance of 396.00 feet, more or less to the Point of Beginning.

Said parcel contains 5.99 acres (260,880 square feet), more or less, as described.

WHEREAS, the Council has found and determined that the petition complies substantially with the provisions of the Municipal Annexation Act and a hearing should be held to determine whether or not the lands should be annexed to the City by Ordinance;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION:

1. That a hearing will be held on the 21st day of February, 2007, in the City Hall auditorium, located at 250 North 5^th Street, City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at 7:00 PM to determine whether one-sixth of the perimeter of the area proposed to be annexed is contiguous with the City; whether a community of interest exists between the territory and the city; whether the territory proposed to be annexed is urban or will be urbanized in the near future; whether the territory is integrated or is capable of being integrated with said City; whether any land in single ownership has been divided by the proposed annexation without the consent of the landowner; whether any 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; whether any of the land is now subject to other annexation proceedings; and whether an election is required under the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965.

2. Pursuant to the State’s Annexation Act, the City Council determines that the City may now, and hereby does, exercise jurisdiction over land use issues in the said territory. Requests for building permits, subdivision approvals and zoning approvals shall, as of this date, be submitted to the Community Development Department of the City.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a hearing will be held in accordance with the Resolution on the date and at the time and place set forth in the Resolution.

DATES PUBLISHED

January 19, 2007

January 26, 2007

February 2, 2007

February 9, 2007