Resolution No. 60-09 (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 13^th of July, 2009, the following Resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, on the 13th day of July, 2009, 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 Southwest Quarter of Southeast Quarter (SW 1/4 SE 1/4) of Section 4, Township 1 South, Range 1 East of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the Southeast corner of the SW 1/4 SE 1/4 said Section 4 and assuming the South line of SW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 4 to bear N89°55’16”W with all bearings contained herein relative thereto; thence N89°55’16”W a distance of 412.55 feet along the South line of SW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 4; thence N00°04’44”E a distance of 50.00 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence N89°55’16”W a distance of 118.40 feet along a line being 50.00 feet North of and parallel to the South line of the SW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 4, said line also being the Northerly line of Sonrise Acres Annexation No. 3, Ordinance No. 3544, City of Grand Junction; thence N00°10’55”W a distance of 202.56 feet; thence N48°22’27”W a distance of 56.09 feet; thence N00°10’55”W a distance of 844.08 feet to the centerline of Price Ditch, as same is recorded in Book 1959, Pages 973 through 979 inclusive, said point also being on the Southerly line of Thunderbrook Estates Annexation, Ordinance No. 3986, City of Grand Junction; thence 108.09 feet along the arc of a 5729.58 foot radius curve, concave Southwest, having a central angle of 01°02’42” and a chord bearing S77°43’38”E a distance of 108.09 feet along the centerline of said Price Ditch, said line also being the Southerly line of said Thunderbrook Estates Annexation; thence S77°11’12”E a distance of 56.73 feet along the centerline of said Price Ditch, said line also being the Southerly line of said Thunderbrook Estates Annexation to a point on the West line of Sonrise Acres Annexation No. 4, Ordinance No. 3545, City of Grand Junction; thence S00°08’54”E a distance of 1048.50 feet along the West line of line of Orange Grove Subdivision, as same is recorded in Book 3839, Pages 435 through 436 inclusive of the Mesa County, Colorado public records, said line also being the West line of said Sonrise Acres Annexation No. 4 to the Point of Beginning.

Said parcel contains 3.72 acres (161,943.49 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 17^th day of August, 2009, 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

July 15, 2009

July 22, 2009

July 29, 2009

August 5, 2009