RESOLUTION NO. 93-07

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN

FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

JONES ANNEXATION

LOCATED AT 2858 C ½ ROAD AND A PORTION OF

THE FLORIDA STREET RIGHT OF WAY

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 WHEREAS, on the 2^nd day of May, 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:

JONES ANNEXATION

A certain parcel of land located in the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 NE 1/4) of Section 19, 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 Lot 1 of Jensen Subdivision A Replat of A portion of Lots 4-6, Bevier Subdivision, as same is recorded in Book 4369, Page 169, Public Records of Mesa County Colorado, and assuming the South line of said Lot 1 bears S64°37’01”W with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence S64°37’01”W along said South line a distance of 350.78 feet to a point on the East line of White Willows, Filing Two as same is recorded in Book 3855, Pages 821-823, Public Records of Mesa County Colorado; thence N00°01’58”E along said East line a distance of 546.82 feet to a point on the North line of Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 NE 1/4) of said Section 19; thence S89°32’05”E along said North line a distance of 316.15 feet; thence S00°04’07”E along the East line of said Lot 1, a distance of 393.92 feet, more or less to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

Said parcel contains 3.42 acres (148,885 square feet), more or less, as described.

 WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 20^th day of June, 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 20^th day of June, 2007.

Attest:

           /s/: James J. Doody

           President of the Council

/s/: Stephanie Tuin

City Clerk