NOTICE OF HEARING

ON PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF LANDS

TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, held on the 19^h of November, 2007, the following Resolution was adopted:

CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

RESOLUTION NO. 164-07

A RESOLUTION

REFERRING A PETITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL

FOR THE ANNEXATION OF LANDS

TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO,

SETTING A HEARING ON SUCH ANNEXATION,

AND EXERCISING LAND USE CONTROL

SIPES ANNEXATION

LOCATED AT 416 ½ 30 ROAD, 413, AND 415 30 ¼ ROAD AND INCLUDING PARTS OF THE 30 ¼ RIGHT-OF-WAY

WHEREAS, on the 19th day of November, 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:

SIPES ANNEXATION

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

BEGINNING at the Southeast corner of the plat of Ironwood, as same is recorded in Plat Book 12, Page 454, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado and assuming the East line of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 16 bears S 00°02’08” W with all other bearings shown hereon being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Beginning, N 89°55’08” E along the Easterly extension of the South line of said Ironwood, a distance of 33.00 feet to a point on the East line of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 16; thence S 00°02’ 08” W along the East line of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 16, also being the West line of Humphrey Annexation No. 2, City Ordinance No. 4003, a distance of 178.20 feet; thence N 89°57’52” W a distance of 218.00 feet; thence S 00°02’08” W a distance of 200.00 feet; thence S 89°55’08” W a distance of 49.59 feet, more or less, to the centerline of the Grand Valley Canal; thence along said centerline the following four (4) courses:

N 41°58’56” W a distance of 59.40 feet to the beginning of a 556.27 foot radius curve, concave Southwest, whose long chord bears N 58°13’06” W with a long chord length of 243.96 feet; thence

245.96 feet Northwesterly along the arc of said curve, through a central angle of 25°20’01”; thence

N 72°27’39” W a distance of 114.93 feet; thence

N 75°39’07” W a distance of 52.54 feet; thence

N 00°03’08” E along a portion of the East line of Autumn Glenn II Annexation, City Ordinance No. 3877, a distance of 156.88 feet; thence N 89°55’08” E along the South line o f said Ironwood subdivision plat, a distance of 642.28 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.

CONTAINING 3.54 Acres or 154,158 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 14^th day of January 2008, 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.

ADOPTED the 19^th day of November, 2007.

Attest:

/s/ James J. Doody      

President of the Council

/s/ Stephanie Tuin    

City Clerk

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.

               /s/ Stephanie Tuin                      City Clerk