NOTICE OF INTENT

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. 20-15

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION

GIVING NOTICE THAT A TRACT OF LAND KNOWN AS THE

GRAND AVENUE ENCLAVE ANNEXATION

APPROXIMATELY 0.984 ACRES OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR GRAND AVENUE

LOCATED BETWEEN NORTH 23^RD STREET AND 28 ROAD

WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR ANNEXATION

TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

AND EXERCISING LAND USE CONTROL

WHEREAS, on the 1^st day of April, 2015, the Community Development Division filed with the City Clerk of the City of Grand Junction 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 Grand Avenue Enclave and more particularly described as follows:

GRAND AVENUE ENCLAVE ANNEXATION

A certain enclaved parcel of land lying in the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section 13, Township 1 South, Range 1 East of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

ALL of that portion of Grand Avenue right of way bounded as follows: Bounded on the North by the South line of the Mesa Gardens Annexation, City of Grand Junction Ordinance No. 924, Reception No. 737698, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; bounded on the West by the East line of the District 51 Annexation, City of Grand Junction Ordinance No. 1040, Reception No. 716119, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; bounded on the South by the North line of the East Grand Avenue Annexation, City of Grand Junction Ordinance No. 1326, Book 937, Page 606, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado and bounded on the East by the West line of the R.E.A. Annexation, City of Grand Junction Ordinance No. 1857, Reception No. 1212989, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado.

CONTAINING 42,884 Square Feet or 0.984 Acres, more or less, as described hereon.

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 1^st day of April, 2015, with a second reading and public hearing on the proposed annexation ordinance to 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.

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 Community Development Division 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