Resolution No. 140-07 (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 15^th of October, 2007, the following Resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, on the 15th day of October, 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 certain parcel of land located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4 SE 1/4) of Section 16, Township One South, Range One West of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 16 and assuming the East line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 16 to bear N00°11’28”E with all bearings contained herein relative thereto, thence N00°11’28”E along the East line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 16 distance of 193.00 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence N89°48’32”W a distance of 340.50 feet; thence N00°11’ 28”E a distance of 137.00 feet; thence S89°48’32”E a distance of 328.00 feet to a point on the Westerly right of way of 25 Road as described in Book 980, Page 88 of the Mesa County, Colorado public records; thence N00°11’28”E along said Westerly right of way of 25 Road and the northerly projection thereof a distance of 566.23 feet; thence S69°14’28”W a distance of 207.00 feet; thence S65°38’58”W a distance of 368.76 feet; thence N24°21’02 ”W a distance of 2.00 feet to a point on the Southerly line of High Pointe Estates Annexation, Ordinance No. 3221, City of Grand Junction; thence N65°38’58”E along the Southerly line of said High Pointe Estates Annexation the following three courses: (1) N65°38’58”E a distance of 368.82 feet; (2) N69°14’28”E a distance of 180.64 feet; (3) N02°15’02”W a distance of 10.55 feet; thence N69°14’28”E a distance of 41.06 feet returning to the East line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 16; thence S00°11’28”W along the East line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 16 a distance of 55.32 feet; thence S55°58’32”E a distance of 14.45 feet to a point on the Easterly right of way of 25 Road as shown on the Plat of Franchini Subdivision, recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 25 of the Mesa County, Colorado public records; thence S00°11’28”W along a line being 12.00 feet East of and parallel with the East line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 16 and also being the Easterly right of way of 25 Road a distance of 657.00; thence N89°48’32”W a distance of 12.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.

Said parcel contains 1.45 acres (63,282 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 19^th day of November, 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, are submitted to the Public Works and Planning 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

October 17, 2007

October 24, 2007

October 31, 2007

November 7, 2007