NOTICE OF HEARING

ON PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF LANDS

TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, held on the 6^th day of September, 2017, the following Resolution was adopted:

CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

RESOLUTION NO. 50-17

A RESOLUTION

REFERRING A PETITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL

FOR THE ANNEXATION OF LANDS

TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO,

SETTING A HEARING ON SUCH ANNEXATION,

AND EXERCISING LAND USE CONTROL

HOLDER ANNEXATION

APPROXIMATELY 2.833 ACRES LOCATED AT 3040 E ROAD

WHEREAS, on the 6^th day of September, 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:

HOLDER ANNEXATION

A certain parcel of land lying in the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE 1/4 SW 1/4) of Section 9, 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 Southeast corner of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 9 and assuming the South line of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 9 bears S 89°54’32” W with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Commencement, N 00°05’46” W along the East line of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 2.00 feet; thence S 89°54’32” W, along the North line of Timm Annexation No. 2, Ordinance No. 3186 as recorded in Book 2646, Page 308, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, being a line 2.00 feet North of and parallel with the South line of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 201.67 feet; thence N 00°05’37” W along the East line Timm Annexation No. 1, Ordinance No. 3185 as recorded in Book 2646, Page 305, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, a distance of 2.00 feet; thence S 89°54’32” W, along the North line of said Timm Annexation No. 1, being a line 4.00 feet North of and parallel with the South line of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 100.34 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence from said Point of Beginning, continue N 89°54’32” E, a distance of 302.00 feet; thence N 00°05’27” W, along the West line of that certain parcel of land described in Book 2150, Page 734, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, a distance of 362.71 feet, more or less, to the South line of Southern Pacific Railroad Annexation No. 2, Ordinance No. 3159 as recorded in Book 2616, Page 715, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence N 72°58’00” E, along the South line of said annexation, a distance of 315.70 feet; thence S 00°05’24” E, along the East line of said parcel of land recorded in Book 2616, Page 715 and the West line of Pine E Road Commercial Annexation, Ordinance No. 3186 as recorded in Book 4253, Page 720, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado, a distance of 454.71 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.

CONTAINING 123,430 Square Feet or 2.833 Acres, as described above.

WHEREAS, the Council has found and determined that the petition complies substantially with the provisions of the Municipal Annexation Act and a hearing should be held to determine whether or not the lands should be annexed to the City by Ordinance;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION:

1.  That a hearing will be held on the 1^st day of November, 2017, in the City Hall auditorium, located at 250 North 5^th Street, City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at 6:00 PM to determine whether one-sixth of the perimeter of the area proposed to be annexed is contiguous with the City; whether a community of interest exists between the territory and the city; whether the territory proposed to be annexed is urban or will be urbanized in the near future; whether the territory is integrated or is capable of being integrated with said City; whether any land in single ownership has been divided by the proposed annexation without the consent of the landowner; whether any 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; whether any of the land is now subject to other annexation proceedings; and whether an election is required under the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965.

2.  Pursuant to the State’s Annexation Act, the City Council determines that the City may now, and hereby does, exercise jurisdiction over land use issues in the said territory. Requests for building permits, subdivision approvals and zoning approvals shall, as of this date, be submitted to the Community Development Department of the City.

ADOPTED the 6^th day of September, 2017.

             /s/ J. Merrick Taggart  

   President of the Council

Attest:

/s/ W. Winkelmann    

City Clerk

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a hearing will be held in accordance with the Resolution on the date and at the time and place set forth in the Resolution.

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City Clerk