CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

RESOLUTION NO. 54-16

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

CONNOR ANNEXATION, LOCATED AT 2839 RIVERSIDE PARKWAY,

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

WHEREAS, on the 19^th day of October, 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:

CONNOR ANNEXATION

A certain parcel of land lying in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE 1/4 NW 1/4) of Section 19, Township 1 South, Range 1 East of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:

COMMENCING at the Northeast corner of the NE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19 and assuming the North line of the NE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19 bears N 89°39’18” W with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Commencement, N 89°39’18” W, along the North line of the NE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19, a distance of 630.40 feet to a point on the Northerly projection of the West line of Pine Estates Filing No. Two, as same is recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 155, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence S 00°07’23” E, along said line, a distance of 30.00 feet to a point on the South right of way for Riverside Parkway and the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence from said Point of Beginning, continue S 00°07’23” E along said line, a distance of 631.92 feet; thence N 89°52’58” W, a distance of 33.21 feet; thence S 00°07’10” E, along the West line of said Pine Estates Filing No. Two, a distance of 662.01 feet to a point on the South line of the NE 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19; thence N 89°38’55” W, along said South line, a distance of 192.34 feet, more or less, to a point being the Southeast corner of Summer Glen Subdivision, as same is recorded in Book 4055, Page 547, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence N 00°36’18” W, along the East line of said Summer Glen Subdivision, a distance of 1294.18 feet, more or less, to a point on the South right of way for Riverside Parkway; thence S 89°39’18” E, along said South right of way, a distance of 236.48 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.

CONTAINING 6.358 Acres or 276,964 Square Feet, more or less, as described.

WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 7^th day of December, 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 7^th day of December, 2016.

 /s/ Phyllis Norris      

 President of the Council

Attest:

/s/ Stephanie Tuin      

City Clerk