RESOLUTION NO. 40-11
A RESOLUTION
ACCEPTING A PETITION FOR THE ANNEXATION, MAKING CERTAIN
FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE
CROSSROADS UNITED METHODIST ANNEXATION
LOCATED AT 599 30 ROAD
IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION
WHEREAS, on the 1st day of June, 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:
CROSSROADS UNITED METHODIST ANNEXATION
A certain parcel of land lying in the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section 8 and the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4) of Section 9, 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 Northeast corner of said Section 8 and assuming the North line of the NE 1/4 of said Section 8 bears N 89°58’34” E with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence S 00°06’07” E along the East line of the NE 1/4 of said Section 8, a distance of 50.00 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence from said Point of Beginning, S 89°55’10” E along a line 50.00 feet South of and parallel with the North line of the NW 1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 65.00 feet; thence S 44°59’20” W a distance of 35.30 feet; thence S 00°06’07” E along the East right of way for 30 Road, being a line 40.00 feet East of and parallel with, the West line of the NW 1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 222.93 feet; thence S 89°58’34” W along the South line of the North 298.0 feet of said Section 8, a distance of 700.71 feet to a point on the East line of Sunny Meadows Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 13, Page 50, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence N 00°06’19” W along the East line of said Sunny Meadows Subdivision, a distance of 168.00 feet; thence N 89°58’36” E, along the South line of that certain parcel of land described in Book 1284, Page 168, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, a distance of 50.00 feet; thence N 00°06’20” W along the East line of said parcel, a distance of 80.00 feet to a point on the South line of Patterson Road (F Road); thence N 89°58’34” E along the South line of said Patterson Road, being a line 50.00 feet South of and parallel with the North line of the NE 1/4 of said Section 8, a distance of 610.72 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.
CONTAINING 170,089 Square Feet or 3.90 Acres, 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 20th day of July, 2011, in the City Hall auditorium, located at 250 North 5th 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.
ADOPTED the 20th day of July, 2011.
Attest:
/s/: Tom Kenyon
President of the Council
/s/: Stephanie Tuin
City Clerk