SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 1.0338 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 278 (Key Map No. 376F).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 1.0338 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 278 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 278 has petitioned the City of Houston for consent to add 1.0338 acres, located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City, to the district.
The Utility District Review Committee has evaluated the application with respect to wastewater collection and treatment, potable water distribution, storm water conveyance, and other public services.
The district is located in the vicinity of P130-02-02, Wilson Road, Atascocita Road, and Timber Forest Drive. The district desires to add 1.0338 acres, thus yielding a total of 1,230.1986 acres. The district is served by a district plant, the Woodland Pines Wastewater Treatment Facility. The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 278 is Garners Bayou, which flows into Greens Bayou, and then into the Houston Ship Channel.
Potable water is provided by the district. By executing the Petition for Consent, the district has acknowledged that all plans for the construction of water conveyance, wastewater collection, and storm water collection systems within the district must be approved by the City of Houston prior to their construction.
The Utility District Review Committee recommends that the subject petition be approved.
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Carol Ellinger Haddock, P. E.
Acting Director
Department of Public Works and Engineering