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 1^st day of April, 2015, the following Resolution was adopted:

CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

RESOLUTION NO. 19-15

A RESOLUTION

REFERRING A PETITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL

FOR THE ANNEXATION OF LANDS

TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO,

SETTING A HEARING ON SUCH ANNEXATION,

AND EXERCISING LAND USE CONTROL

BOOKENDS ANNEXATION

LOCATED AT 2395 MONUMENT ROAD

WHEREAS, on the 1^st day of April, 2015, 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:

BOOKENDS ANNEXATION

A certain parcel of land lying in the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section 29, Township 1 South, Range 1 West of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

ALL of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4 NE 1/4) of Section 29, Township 1 South, Range 1 West of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado, TOGETHER WITH the following described portion of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW 1/4 NE 1/4) of said Section 29; BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 29 and assuming the East line of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 29 bears S 00°04’21” E with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Beginning, S 00°04’21” E, along the East line of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 29 , a distance of 1310.96 feet to a point being the Southeast corner of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 29; thence N 89°50’56” W, along the South line of the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 29, a distance of 330.41 feet; thence N 00°04’58” W, along the East line of that certain parcel of land as described in Book 2410, Page 975, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, a distance of 1311.71 feet; thence S 89°44’23” E, along the North line of NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 29, a distance of 234.84 feet to a point being the Southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4 SE 1/4) of Section 20, Township 1 South, Range 1 West, Ute Principal Meridian; thence S 89°38’26” E, along the South line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4 SE 1/4) of said Section 20, a distance of 95.72 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.

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 6^th day of May, 2015, 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 Community Development Department of the City.

ADOPTED the 1^st day of April, 2015.

Attest:

 /s/ Phyllis Norris      

 President of the Council

/s/ Stephanie Tuin      

City Clerk

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.

/s/ Stephanie Tuin  

City Clerk