CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 42-11
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A
PETITION FOR ANNEXATION,
MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS,
DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE
ASHLEY ANNEXATION
LOCATED AT 2808 C ¾ ROAD AND
INCLUDING A PORTION OF THE C ¾ ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY
IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION
WHEREAS, on the 6th day of July, 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:
ASHLEY ANNEXATION
A certain parcel of land lying in the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4 NW 1/4) of Section 19, 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 Southwest corner of the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19 and assuming the South line of the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19 bears S 89°41’26” E with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Commencement, S 89°41’26” E along the South line of the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19, a distance of 250.19 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence from said Point of Beginning, N 00°25’06” W a distance of 239.00 feet to a point on the South line of the Western Slop[e Warehouse Annexation No. 4, City of Grand Junction Ordinance No. 3122, as same is recorded in Book 2575, Page 352, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence S 89°41’38” E along the South line of said Annexation, a distance of 208.52 feet; thence S 00°25’06” E a distance of 239.00 feet to a point on the South line of the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19; thence N 89°41’26” W along the South line of the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19, a distance of 208.52 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.
CONTAINING 49,836.3 Square feet or 1.144 Acres, more or less, as described.
WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 15th day of August 2011; and
WHEREAS, the Council has found and determined and does hereby find and determine that said petition is in substantial compliance with statutory requirements therefore, that one-sixth of the perimeter of the area proposed to be annexed is contiguous with the City; that a community of interest exists between the territory and the City; that the territory proposed to be annexed is urban or will be urbanized in the near future; that the said territory is integrated or is capable of being integrated with said City; that no land held in identical ownership has been divided without the consent of the landowner; that no 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; and that no election is required under the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION THAT;
The said territory is eligible for annexation to the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, and should be so annexed by Ordinance.
ADOPTED the 15th day of August, 2011.
Attest:
/s/: Tom Kenyon
President of the Council
/s/: Stephanie Tuin
City Clerk