Resolution No. 02-11 (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 5^th day of January, 2011, the following Resolution was adopted:

LOCATED AT 2910 BUNTING AVENUE AND INCLUDES A PORTION OF THE 29 ROAD AND BUNTING AVENUE RIGHTS-OF-WAY

WHEREAS, on the 5^th day of January, 2011, 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 lying in the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4 SW 1/4) of Section 8, Township 1 South, Range 1 East of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 8 and assuming the West line of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 8 bears N 00°03’58” W with all other bearings mentioned herein being relative thereto; thence, from said Point of Beginning, N 89°57’49” E along the North line of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 8, a distance of 4.00 feet; thence S 00°03’58” E along a line 4.00 feet East of and parallel with the West line of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 8, a distance of 655.25 feet; thence S 89°59’48” E, a distance of 326.98 feet; thence N 00°03’30” W, a distance of 310.73 feet to a point on the South line of Kennedy Avenue, per Book 1368, Page 467, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence N 89°58’58” E along the South line of said Kennedy Avenue, a distance of 198.00 feet; thence S 00°03’30” E, a distance of 314.80 feet; thence N 89°59’48” W along a line 20.00 feet South of and parallel with, the North line of Bunting Avenue, per Book 1368, Page 467, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, a distance of 528.98 feet to a point on the West line of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 8; thence N 00°03’58” W along the West line of the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 8, also being the East line of the Central Fruitvale Annexation, per City of Grand Junction Ordinance No. 1133, a distance of 659.25 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.

WHEREAS, the City 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 14^th day of February, 2011, 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

January 7, 2011

January 14, 2011

January 21, 2011

January 28, 2011