NOTICE OF HEARING

ON PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF LANDS

TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

 

 

 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, held on the 2nd of November, 2009, the following Resolution was adopted:

 

CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

 

RESOLUTION NO. 84-09

 

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION

GIVING NOTICE THAT A TRACT OF LAND KNOWN AS

 

MATTHEWS ENCLAVE

 

LOCATED ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER

WEST OF 25 ROAD AND SOUTH OF THE RIVERSIDE PARKWAY

 

CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 10.53 ACRES

 

WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR ANNEXATION

TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

 

AND EXERCISING LAND USE CONTROL

 

WHEREAS, on the 2nd day of November, 2009, the Public Works and Planning Director filed with the City Clerk of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, a request that the City Council of the City of Grand Junction commence proceedings to annex to the City of Grand Junction a certain tract of land in the County of Mesa, State of Colorado, commonly known as the Matthews Enclave and more particularly described as follows:

 

MATTHEWS ENCLAVE ANNEXATION

 

A certain parcel of land lying in the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section 9, Township 1 South, Range 1 West of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado, being an enclave bounded by the Reece Ice Skating Inc Annexation, Ordinance No. 3698, The Blue Heron Annexation, Ordinance No. 2549, the Hytech Hydronic Systems Inc Annexation, Ordinance No. 2985 and the Blue Heron II Annexation, Ordinance No. 2685, lying entirely within the plat of Riverside Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 28, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

 

BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4 SE 1/4) of said Section 9 and assuming the North line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 9 bears N 89°54’28” W with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Beginning, S 00°07’10” E along the West line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 545.55 feet; thence N 52°16’39” W, a distance of 893.52 feet to a point on the North line of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SW 1/4 SE 1/4) of said Section 9; thence N 89°54’28” W along said North line, a distance of 476.11 feet; thence N 78°15’24” East, a distance of 1232.77 feet; thence N 00°03’11” E, a distance of 140.00 feet; thence South 71°27’59” E, a distance of 289.49 feet; thence S 84°33’06” E, a distance of 55.68 feet; thence S 00°03’11” W, a distance of 271.07 feet; thence S 89°54’28” E, a distance of 70.00 feet; thence S 00°03’11” W, a distance of 25.00 feet to a point on the North line of the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 9; thence N 89°54’28” W, a distance of 425.00 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.

 

CONTAINING 458,629 Square Feet or 10.53 Acres, more or less, as described.

 

WHEREAS, the area proposed to be annexed is entirely contained within the boundaries of the City of Grand Junction and said area has been so surrounded for a period of not less than three (3) years, pursuant to C.R.S. 31-12-106(1);

 

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

 

1.  That the City Clerk of the City of Grand Junction is hereby directed to give notice of the City Council’s intent to annex the aforementioned area, pursuant to the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965.

 

2.  That the ordinance annexing the subject area was introduced and given first reading on this 2nd day of November, 2009, with a second reading of the proposed annexation ordinance to be held on the 14th day of December, 2009, in the City Hall auditorium, located at 250 North 5th Street, City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at 7:00 PM.

 

3.  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.

 

ADOPTED the 2nd day of November, 2009.

 

Attest:

 

 

             /s/: Teresa Coons

             President of the Council Pro Tem

 

 

/s/: Stephanie Tuin

City Clerk

 

Publication dates: Nov. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2009