RESOLUTION NO. 96-07

 

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN

FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

 

YOUNGER ANNEXATION

 

LOCATED AT 2172 AND 2176 H ROAD INCLUDING A PORTION OF THE H ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY

 

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 

 

 WHEREAS, on the 18th day of April, 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:

 

YOUNGER ANNEXATION

 

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

 

COMMENCING at the Southwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter SW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 25 and assuming the South line of said SW 1/4 SE 1/4 to bear S89°53’09”E with all bearings contained herein relative thereto; thence S89°53’09”E along said South line a distance of 284.00 feet to the Southwest corner of that certain parcel of land as described in Book 1815, Page 513, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, and also being the POINT OF BEGINNING ; thence N22°18’06”E along the West line of said parcel a distance of 991.40 feet; thence N00°00’21”E along said West line a distance of 402.66’ to the Northwest corner of said parcel; thence S89°52’11”E along the North line of said parcel a distance of 1311.38 feet to the Northeast corner of that certain parcel of land as described in Book 1816, Page 747, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, thence S00°03’11”W along the East line and its continuation of said parcel a distance of 1350.28 feet to a point on the Persigo Annexation No. 2, City of Grand Junction, Ordinance No. 2556; thence N89°53’09”W along said Annexation line a distance of 1686.44 feet; thence N00°06’51”E a distance of 30.00 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.

 

Said parcel contains 44.87 acres (1,954,345 square feet), more or less, as described.

 

 

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

 

 

Attest:

 

 

           /s/: James J. Doody

           President of the Council

 

 

/s/: Stephanie Tuin

City Clerk