CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION

RESOLUTION NO. 146-07

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN

FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

UTE WATER ANNEXATION

LOCATED AT 825 22 ROAD, INCLUDING A

PORTION OF 22 ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

WHEREAS, on the 5th day of September, 2007, 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:

UTE WATER ANNEXATION

A certain parcel of land located in the North Half of the Southeast Quarter (N 1/2 SE 1/4) of Section 25, Township 1 North, Range 2 West, of the Ute Meridian and the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW 1/4 SW 1/4) of Section 30, Township 1 North, Range 1 West, of the Ute Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado, being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NE 1/4 SE 1/4) of said Section 25 and assuming the East line of said NE 1/4 SE 1/4 to bear S00°03’40”W with all bearings contained herein relative thereto; thence S89°54’23”E a distance of 30.00 feet to a point on the East line of 22 Road; thence S00°03’40”W along said East line a distance of 405.88 feet to a point on the North line of Rosewood Lane; thence S89°58’34”E along said North line a distance of 10.00 feet; thence S00°03’40”W along the East line of said 22 Road a distance of 916.60 feet; thence N89°52’11”W along the South line of said NE 1/4 SE 1/4 and it’s continuation a distance of 1363.98 feet to the Southwest corner of said NE 1/4 SE 1/4; thence N89°52’11”W along the South line of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW 1/4 SE 1/4) of said Section 25 a distance of 488.83 feet to a point on the East line of the Copeco Drain, as recorded in Book 229, Pages 20-21, Public Records, Mesa County, Colorado; thence N22°29’46”E along said East line a distance of 1429.14 feet to a point on the North line of said NE 1/4 SE 1/4; thence S89°54’23”E along said North line a distance of 1267.40 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.

Said parcel contains 47.86 acres (2,084,798 square feet), more or less, as described.

WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 17th day of October, 2007; 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 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 17^th day of October, 2007.

Attest:

/s/ James J. Doody    

President of the Council

/s/ Stephanie Tuin      

City Clerk