Ordinance No.           16321               Council Bill No.           B 7-00A            

extending the corporate limits of the City of Columbia, Missouri, by annexing property located south of St. Charles Road at the southern terminus of Charlie Goff Drive; and fixing the time when this ordinance shall become effective.

    SECTION 1.  The City Council hereby finds that a verified petition was filed with the City on November 29, 1999, requesting the annexation of land which is contiguous and compact to the existing corporate limits of the City and which is described in Section 4 of this ordinance. This petition was signed by Troy and Shirley Miller, the owners of the fee interest of record in the land proposed to be annexed.  A public hearing was held concerning this matter on January 3, 2000.  Notice of this hearing was published more than seven days prior to the hearing in two newspapers of general circulation qualified to publish legal matters.  At the public hearing all interested persons, corporations and political subdivisions were permitted to present evidence regarding the proposed annexation.

    SECTION 2.  The Council determines that the annexation is reasonable and necessary to the proper development of the City and that the City has the ability to furnish normal municipal services to the area to be annexed within a reasonable time.

    SECTION 3.  The Council determines that no written objection to the proposed annexation has been filed within fourteen days after the public hearing.

    SECTION 4.  The City Council hereby extends the city limits by annexing the land described in Section 1-11.69 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Columbia, Missouri, which is hereby added to Chapter 1 of the City Code and which reads as follows:

    Section 1-11.69. January, 2000 Extension of Corporate Limits.

    The corporate limits of the City of Columbia shall include the following land:

A tract of land located in the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 16, Township 48 North, Range 12 West in Boone County, Missouri and being further described as follows:

Starting at the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 16, Township 48 North, Range 12 West; thence with the quarter quarter line S 88E37'10"W, 984.85 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence continuing with said quarter quarter line S 88E37'10"W, 368.78 feet to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 16; thence with the quarter quarter line N 0E00'00"E, 1318.41 feet to a stone, said stone being the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 16; thence with the section line N 88E43'20"E, 769.60 feet; thence leaving said section line S 0E02'10"W, 990.34 feet; thence S  88E37'10"W, 400.00 feet; thence S 0E02'10"W, 326.70 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 20.26 acres.

    SECTION 5.  The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause three certified copies of this ordinance to be filed with the Clerk of Boone County, Missouri.

    SECTION 6.  The property described in Section 4 is in the Third Ward.

    SECTION 7.  This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.