RESOLUTION NO. 56-07
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A
PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN
FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE
MORNING VIEW ANNEXATION
LOCATED AT 2961, 2967, AND 2973 D ROAD
IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION
WHEREAS, on the 7th day of March, 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:
MORNING VIEW ANNEXATION
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, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 18th day of April, 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 said 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 18th day of April, 2007.
Attest:
/s/: James J. Doody
President of the Council
/s/: Stephanie Tuin
City Clerk