CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

 

RESOLUTION NO. 40-17

 

A RESOLUTION

ACCEPTING A PETITION

FOR THE ANNEXATION OF LANDS

TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO,

MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS, DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY KNOW AS THE

 

HILL BUSINESS COMPLEX ANNEXATION

 

APPROXIMATELY 2.734 ACRES

LOCATED AT 2905 HILL AVENUE

 

IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION

 

WHEREAS, on the 7th day of June, 2017, 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:

 

HILL BUSINESS COMPLEX ANNEXATION

 

A certain parcel of land lying in the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4) of Section 17, 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 Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW 1/4 NW 1/4) of said Section 17 and assuming the West line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4 NW 1/4) of said Section 17 bears N 00°12’02” W with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Commencement, S 89°55’25” E, along the North line of the SW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 17, a distance of 330.52 feet to a point on the Westerly right of way for Teller Avenue, as same is defined and described in Book 4835, Page 205, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado and being the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence, from said Point of Beginning, traversing along and across said right of way the following ten (10) courses:

 

1.  N 00°11’53” W a distance of 131.84 feet; thence…

2.  S 89°55’25” E a distance of 63.28 feet; thence…

3.  N 16°16’19” W a distance of 65.93 feet; thence…

4.  N 61°52’30” W a distance of 67.18 feet; thence…

5.  N 16°16’19” W a distance of 34.00 feet; thence…

6.  N 29°19’52” E a distance of 67.18 feet; thence…

7.  N 73°53’05” E a distance of 74.00 feet; thence…

8.  S 58°54’40” E a distance of 63.51 feet to a point on the North right of way for Hill Avenue, being the beginning of a 519.00 foot radius curve, concave South, whose long chord bears N 84°04’03” E with a long chord length of 98.18 feet, non-tangent to the previously described line; thence…

9.  Easterly along the arc of said curve, thru a central angle of 10°51’18”, an arc distance of 98.33 feet; thence…

10.  N 89°29’41” E, along said North right of way, a distance of 97.73 feet to a point on the West line of Freeway Commercial Subdivision Amended, as same is recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 122, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado;

 

thence departing said right of way, S 00°11’49” E, along said West line, a distance of 43.61 feet; thence S 89°48’49” W, a distance of 1.99 feet, to a point on the North end of two Boundary Line Agreements recorded with Reception Numbers 2800336 and 2800337, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence S 00°01’10” E, along said Boundary Line Agreement, a distance of 277.52 feet, more or less, to a point on the North right of way for Interstate 70 Business Loop, as same is recorded in Book 605, Page 241, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence S 73°41’04” W, along said Northerly right of way and being the North line of the Overpass Annexation, Ordinance No. 4319, as same is recorded in Book 4782, Page 921, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, a distance of 361.19 feet; thence N 36°43’00” E, along right of way described in Book 4742, Page 133, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, a distance of 32.33 feet; thence N 00°11’53” W, along the Westerly right of way for said Teller Avenue, a distance of 80.02 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.

 

CONTAINING 119,107 Square Feet or 2.734 Acres, more or less, as described.

 

WHEREAS, a hearing on the petition was duly held after proper notice on the 19th day of July, 2017; 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 19th day of July, 2017.

 

 

             /s/: J. Merrick Taggart

   President of the Council

Attest:

 

 

 

/s/: Debra M. Kemp

Interim City Clerk