(West Lake Park)

ORDINANCE NO. 1063

AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY

 WHEREAS, a Petition to annex the property hereinafter described to the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, was filed with the City Clerk and considered by the City Council on August 20, 1958; and,

 WHEREAS, the said City Council at that time found the said territory to be eligible for annexation, the Petition to be signed by the required number of landowners, and all other requirements of Section 2 of Chapter 314; Session Laws of Colorado, 1947, to be satisfactorily complied with; and,

 WHEREAS, the City Council did accept and approve the said Petition for annexation by its Resolution dated August 20, 1958; and,

 WHEREAS, Notice of the filing of said Petition has been published once each week for four publications in the Morning Sun, the first publication being on November 8, 1958, and the last publication being on November 29, 1958; and,

 WHEREAS, thirty days have elapsed after the first publication of said Notice and no Counter-Petition or written objection to the said annexation has been filed with the City Clerk of the City of Grand Junction; and,

 WHEREAS, the sanitation conditions existing in the hereinafter-described area are such as to require immediate efforts toward the solution of the problems giving rise to such conditions; and,

 WHEREAS, annexation of such area to the City of Grand Junction offers the only apparent feasible approach to such solution; and,

 WHEREAS, such annexed area will, upon annexation, require certain services immediately, which services are sustained, in part, by tax revenues which should be provided in some measure by taxes derived from the described area at the earliest possible time;

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

 1. That the said annexation is approved and that the following-described property shall be, and it is hereby declared to be, annexed to the City of Grand Junction, Colorado:

The Southeast quarter Section 10, Township 1 South, Range 1 West, Ute Meridian, Mesa County, Colorado

 2. It is hereby declared that a special emergency exists; that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; and that this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.

 PASSED AND ADOPTED this tenth day of December, 1958.

/s/ Harold H. Shults

President of the City Council

ATTEST:

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing emergency ordinance, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY," was introduced, read, passed and adopted as an emergency ordinance, numbered 1063 and ordered published by the unanimous vote of the members of the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, at a regular adjourned meeting of said Council held on the 10th day of December, 1958.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City, this 11th day of December, 1958.

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

Published Dec. 13, 1958