CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION

RESOLUTION NO. 73-09

A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE IMPROVEMENTS CONNECTED WITH ALLEY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. ST-09, PHASE A, AND ALLEY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. ST-09, PHASE B

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, has reported the completion of Alley Improvement District No. ST-09, Phase A and Alley Improvement District No. ST-09, Phase B; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has caused to be prepared a statement showing the assessable cost of the improvements of Alley Improvement District No. ST-09, Phase A and Alley Improvement District No. ST-09, Phase B and apportioning the same upon each lot or tract of land to be assessed for the same;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

1.  That the improvements connected therewith in said District be, and the same are hereby approved and accepted; that said statement be, and the same is hereby approved and accepted as the statement of the assessable cost of the improvements of said Alley Improvement District No. ST-09, Phase A and Alley Improvement District No. ST-09, Phase B;

2.  That the same be apportioned on each lot or tract of land to be assessed for the same;

3.  That the City Clerk shall immediately advertise for three (3) days in the Daily Sentinel, a newspaper of general circulation published in said City, a Notice to the owners of the real estate to be assessed, and all persons interested generally without naming such owner or owners, which Notice shall be in substantially the form set forth in the attached "NOTICE", that said improvements have been completed and accepted, specifying the assessable cost of the improvements and the share so apportioned to each lot or tract of land; that any complaints or objections that may be made in writing by such owners or persons shall be made to the Council and filed with the City Clerk within thirty (30) days from the first publication of said Notice; that any objections may be heard and determined by the City Council at its first regular meeting after said thirty (30) days and before the passage of the ordinance assessing the cost of the improvements, all being in accordance with the terms and provisions of Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, being Ordinance No. 178, as amended.

PASSED and ADOPTED this 31^st day of August, 2009.

   /s/: Bruce Hill

President of the Council

Attest:      

/s/: Stephanie Tuin

City Clerk

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing is scheduled for October 5, 2009, at 7:00 p.m., to hear complaints or objections of the owners of the real estate hereinafter described, said real estate comprising the Districts of lands known as Alley Improvement District No. ST-09, Phase A and Alley Improvement District No. ST-09, Phase B, and all persons interested therein as follows:

Lots 1 through 4, inclusive, Block 12, Sherwood Addition Subdivision Plat of Blocks 8,9,11,12 & 13, City of Grand Junction; and also,

The South 40 feet of Lots 1 through 3, inclusive, and Lots 4 through 32, inclusive, Block 108, City of Grand Junction; and also,

Lots 1 through 8, inclusive, and Lots 13 through 15, inclusive, Block 7, Elmwood Plaza Refiling, except the West 5 feet of said Lot 15; and also, Lot 1, Mitchell Replat; and also Lots 5 & 6, Block 4, Parkplace Heights, including that portion of the vacated alley, described in Book 1111, Page 739 in the Mesa County records, between said Lots 5 and 6, except the alley right of way through said Lot 5 as described in Book 1133, Page 903 in said records; and also,

Lots 1 through 34, inclusive, Block 23, City of Grand Junction.

All in the City of Grand Junction, and Mesa County, Colorado.

That the improvements in and for said Alley Improvement District No. ST-09, Phase A, which are authorized by and in accordance with the terms and provisions of Resolution No. 145-08, passed and adopted on the 3rd day of December, 2008, declaring the intention of the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, to create a local Alley improvement District to be known as Alley Improvement District No. ST-09, Phase A with the terms and provisions of Resolution No. 07-09, passed and adopted on the 7th day of January, 2009, creating and establishing said District, and for said Alley Improvement District No. ST-09, Phase B which are authorized by and in accordance with the terms and provisions of Resolution No. 09-09, passed and adopted on the 21st day of January, 2009, declaring the intention of the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, to create a local Alley improvement District to be known as Alley Improvement District No. ST-09, Phase B with the terms and provisions of Resolution No. 26-09, passed and adopted on the 4th day of March, 2009, creating and establishing said District, all being in accordance with the terms and provisions of Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, being Ordinance No. 178, as amended, have been completed and have been accepted by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado;

The City has inspected and accepted the condition of the improvements installed. The amount to be assessed from those properties benefiting from the improvements is $103,957.32. Said amount including six percent (6%) for cost of collection and other incidentals; that the part apportioned to and upon each lot or tract of land within said District and assessable for said improvements is hereinafter set forth; that payment may be made to the Finance Director of the City of Grand Junction at any time within thirty (30) days after the final publication of the assessing ordinance assessing the real estate in said District for the cost of said improvements, and that the owner(s) so paying should be entitled to an allowance of six percent (6%) for cost of collection and other incidentals;

That any complaints or objections that may be made in writing by the said owner or owners of land within the said District and assessable for said improvements, or by any person interested, may be made to the City Council and filed in the office of the City Clerk of said City within thirty (30) days from the first publication of this Notice will be heard and determined by the said City Council at a public hearing on Monday, October 5th, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Auditorium, 250 N. 5th Street, Grand Junction, Colorado, before the passage of any ordinance assessing the cost of said improvements against the real estate in said District, and against said owners respectively as by law provided;

That the sum of $103,957.32 for improvements is to be apportioned against the real estate in said District and against the owners respectively as by law provided in the following proportions and amounts severally as follows, to wit:

Dated at Grand Junction, Colorado, this 31^st day of August, 2009.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL,

CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

By:______________________________

   City Clerk