Section 43.052 of the Texas Local Government Code requires that a municipality identify areas the municipality intends to annex during the following three years in an annexation plan. Through adoption of the plan, the City makes public its intent regarding annexation of property within the next three years. This proposed plan makes the following declarations:
1. The City of Houston proposes to annex for general purposes three areas made up of certain territory located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) of the City of Houston.
a)1 through 2200 blocks of Fellows Road and the area immediately to the south to the point where it meets the City of Pearland’s ETJ at Beltway 8. Because of the City of Pearland’s continued expansion, this area is expected to grow at an accelerated rate in the next few years. There is planning underway for several projects. This annexation will be in Council District K and has the support of Council Member Green, the Hiram Clarke/Fort Bend Houston TIRZ and the Five Corners Management District.
The TIRZ and the Management District have both expressed interest in adding the territory to their respective districts upon annexation. Both the Management District and the TIRZ are fully within the city limit and the annexation of this area into the City will expedite the development of infrastructure there. At present, the site has limited access to water and waste water facilities. This area to the north of Beltway-8 will require utility and roadway infrastructure in order to support expected development which will not be possible at a reasonable cost if it remains outside the city limit of Houston.
b)The right-of-way along the 600 through 2100 blocks of Northpark Dr. The purpose of this annexation is to assist with the widening of Northpark Drive from 2 lanes in each direction to 3 lanes in each direction. This annexed right-of-way will also connect the full purpose city limits from Loop 494 to Northpark Circle, making for uninterrupted jurisdiction along that section of Northpark Dr. The expansion of the right-of-way of Northpark Drive is being funded by Lake Houston TIRZ (TIRZ 10) and once expanded, the Northpark Drive right-of-way will serve as the second major thoroughfare access to the Kingwood area from the Eastex Freeway, also known as Interstate 69. Once annexed, the territory will be in Council District E and this annexation has the full support of Council Member Martin as well as TIRZ 10.
c)The exclave in our city limits that includes the 10300 through 10600 blocks of Tanner Road, immediately east of Beltway 8. This territory was excluded from the 1994 annexation of the surrounding area because it was included in the paper-only Pecan Park Municipal Utility District and including it in the annexation portion then would have required the city spend money to activate the MUD, only to close it down after annexation. The area has no utility service and up to this point, there has been no cost-effective way to provide it. With the annexation, the City will be able to partner with Harris County to reconstruct Tanner Road to provide water services and the associated drainage services. Upon annexation, the area will be assigned to Council District A and the proposed annexation has the support of Council Member Stardig.
The City will also consider the full purpose annexation of private property adjacent to the city limits, if requested by the property owners.
2. The City will continue to consider limited purpose annexations as part of Strategic Partnership Agreements (SPAs) with utility districts within the City's ETJ.
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Patrick Walsh P.E.
Director
Planning and Development Department