Resolution No. 85-08 (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 18^th of June, 2008, the following Resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, on the 18th day of June, 2008, 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 located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE 1/4 SW 1/4) of Section 22, Township One South, Range One West of the Ute Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the Southwest corner of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 22 and assuming the West line of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 22 to bear N00°22’37”E with all bearings contained herein relative thereto; thence N00°22’37”E a distance of 659.59 feet to the Southwest corner of Leah Marie’s Minor Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 17, Page 286, public records of Mesa County, Colorado, said point also being the Southwest corner of Hill Annexation, Ordinance No. 3215, City of Grand Junction; thence S89°15’28”E a distance of 1310.69 feet along the south line of said Leah Marie’s Minor Subdivision, said line also being the South line of said Hill Annexation to a point on the East line of Right of Way, as same as recorded in Book 2678, Page 597 of the Mesa County, Colorado public records; thence S00°25’56”W a distance of 182.17 feet along the East line of said Right of Way; thence along the Southeasterly line of Right of Way for Little Park Road, as same as recorded in Book 906, Page 193 of the Mesa County, Colorado public records the following three (3) courses: (1) N89°34’44”W a distance of 266.89 feet; (2) 445.50 feet along the arc of a 352.00 foot radius curve, concave Southeast, having a central angle of 72°30’57” and a chord bearing S54°09’46”W a distance of 416.36 feet; (3) S17°54’16”W a distance of 238.32 feet to a point on the South line of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 22; thence N89°15’53”W a distance of 635.91 feet along the South line of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 22, said line also being the North line of Bonnie Brae Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 10, Page 12, public records of Mesa County, Colorado to the Point of Beginning

Said parcel contains 13.58 acres (591,461.89 sq. ft.), 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 20^th day of August, 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, 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

June 20, 2008

June 27, 2008

July 4, 2008

July 11, 2008