CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

 

RESOLUTION NO. 35-15

 

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A PETITION

FOR THE ANNEXATION OF LANDS

TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO,

MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS,

AND DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE

 

HUTTO-PANORAMA ANNEXATION

 

LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 676 PEONY DRIVE

 

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 

WHEREAS, on the 20th day of May, 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:

 

HUTTO-PANORAMA ANNEXATION

 

A certain parcel of land lying in the North-half (N 1/2) of Section 15, Township 11 South, Range 101 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

 

ALL of Parcel 1, Hutto Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 18, Page 134, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado.

 

CONTAINS 345,051 Square Feet or 7.921 Acres, more or less, as described.

 

WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 1st day of July 2015; 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:

 

The said territory is eligible for annexation to the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, and should be so annexed by Ordinance.

 

ADOPTED the 1st day of July, 2015.

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 /s/ Phyllis Norris      

 President of the Council

 

 

 

/s/ Stephanie Tuin      

City Clerk