Resolution No. 35-07 (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 7^th of March, 2007, the following Resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, on the 7th day of March, 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 lying in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW 1/4 NE 1/4) of Section 20, 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 Northeast corner of Parcel 2 of Wareham Simple Land Division, as same is recorded in Plat Book 16, Page 196, Public Records of Mesa County, and assuming the North line of said Parcel 2 bears N89°58’45”E with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence N89°58’45”E along the North line of that certain parcel of land as described in Book 4116, Page 539, Public Records, Mesa County, Colorado to a point on the East line of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of Section 20; thence S00°03’02”E along said East line a distance of 208.71 feet to the Southeast corner of said parcel; thence S89°58’45”W along the South line of said parcel a distance of 208.71 feet to the Southwest corner; thence N00°03’02”W along the West line of said parcel a distance of 208.71, more or less, to the Point of Beginning. TOGETHER with Parcels 1 and 2 of said Wareham Simple Land Division

Said parcel contains 34.37 acres (1,496,980 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 18th day of April, 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 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

March 9, 2007

March 16, 2007

March 23, 2007

March 30, 2007