CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

RESOLUTION NO. 28-16

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

PIA ANNEXATION

LOCATED AT 2757 HIGHWAY 50

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

WHEREAS, on the 4th day of May, 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:

PIA ANNEXATION

A certain parcel of land lying in the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE 1/4 SW 1/4) and the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW 1/4 SE 1/4) of Section 25, Township 1 South, Range 1 West of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 25 and assuming the West line of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 25 bears N 00°01’48” W with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Beginning, N 00°01’48” W, along the West line of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 25, a distance of 21.35 feet to a point on the Southerly limits of the Wheeling Corrugated Annexation, Ordinance No. 3145, as same is recorded in Book 2597, Page 905, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence along the boundary of said Wheeling Corrugated Annexation, the following nine (9) courses:

1.   N 74°58’06” E, a distance of 83.25 feet;

2.  thence N 35°58’06” E, a distance of 59.68 feet;

3.  thence N 12°58’54” W, a distance of 514.89 feet;

4.  thence N 21°04’54” W, a distance of 15.97 feet;

5.  thence N 35°48’36” W, a distance of 111.20 feet;

6.  thence N 22°40’06” W, a distance of 70.16 feet;

7.  thence S 72°56’20” E, a distance of 123.03 feet;

8.  thence S 73°40’30” E, a distance of 110.41 feet;

9.  thence S 69°23’00” E, a distance of 294.90 feet, more or less, to a point on the Westerly boundary of the Mendez Annexation, Ordinance No. 3212, as same is recorded in Book 2663, Page 176, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado;

thence along said Westerly boundary the following three (3) courses:

1.   S 21°55’02” W, a distance of 547.03 feet;

2.  thence S 14°17’03” E, a distance of 74.46 feet;

3.  thence S 45°33’15” E, a distance of 17.44 feet to a point on the South line of the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 25;

Thence N 89°59’22” W, along said South line, a distance of 228.16 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.

CONTAINING 172,247 Square Feet or 3.954 Acres, more or less, as described.

WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 15th day of June, 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 15^th day of June, 2016.

Attest:

 /s/ Phyllis Norris      

 President of the Council

/s/ Stephanie Tuin    

City Clerk