CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

 

RESOLUTION NO. 06-16

 

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

 

FOX MEADOWS ANNEXATION NO. 1 AND NO. 2

 

LOCATED AT 3175 D ½ ROAD

 

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 

WHEREAS, on the 6th day of January, 2016, 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:

 

FOX MEADOWS ANNEXATION NO. 1

 

A certain parcel of land lying in the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW 1/4 SE 1/4) of Section 15, Township 1 South, Range 1 East of the Ute Principal Meridian and being more particularly described as follows:

 

The North 5.00 feet of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of Section 15, Township 1 South, Range 1 East of the Ute Principal Meridian.

 

CONTAINING 6,551 Square Feet or 0.150 Acres, more or less, as described hereon.

 

FOX MEADOWS ANNEXATION NO. 2

 

A certain parcel of land lying in the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW 1/4 SE 1/4) of Section 15, Township 1 South, Range 1 East of the Ute Principal Meridian and being more particularly described as follows:

 

COMMENCING at the Northeast corner of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 15 and assuming the North line of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 15 bears S 89°54’16” E with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Commencement, S 00°07’43” E along the East line of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 15, a distance of 5.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence from said Point of Beginning, continue S 00°07’43” E along the East line of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 15, a distance of 1,315.21 feet, more or less, to a point being the Southeast corner of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 15; thence N 89°52’41” W, along the South line of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 15, a distance of 280.44 feet, more or less, to a point being the Southeast corner of Dove Creek Subdivision, as same is recorded in Book 3925, Pages 704 and 705, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence N 00°07’50” W, along the East line and the Northerly projection thereof, of the East line of said Dove Creek Subdivision, a distance of 1,310.08 feet; thence N 89°54’16” W, along a line 10.00 feet South of and parallel with, the North line of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 15, a distance of 234.24 feet; thence S 00°07’50” E along the Northerly projection of the East line of Lot 4, Block 1 of said Dove Creek Subdivision, a distance of 20.00 feet to a point being the Northeast corner of said Dove Creek Subdivision; thence N 89°54’16” W, along the North line of said Dove Creek Subdivision, a distance of 547.96 feet, more or less, to a point being the Northwest corner of said Dove Creek Subdivision; thence N 00°04’29” E, along a line being the Northerly projection of the West line of said Dove Creek Subdivision, a distance of 25.00 feet; thence S 89°54’16” E, along a line 5.00 feet South of and parallel with, the North line of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 15, a distance of 1,062.62 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.

 

LESS HOWEVER, any portion of the Chatfield Subdivision, as same is recorded in Plat Book 12, page 75, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado that may exist within the limits of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 15 due to a conflict with the Easterly boundary of said Chatfield Subdivision.

 

CONTAINING 383,707 Square Feet or 8.809 Acres, more or less, as described hereon.

 

WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 17th day of February, 2016; 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 17th day of February, 2016.

 

Attest:

 

 

 /s/ Phyllis Norris      

 President of the Council

 

 

 

/s/ Stephanie Tuin    

City Clerk