SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two tracts of land totaling 174.9900 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 495 (Key Map No. 404 Y & Z).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two tracts of land totaling 174.9900 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 495 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 495 was created through an act of the Texas Legislature in 2009, and currently consists of 603.28 acres within Harris County. The district is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City and has petitioned the City for consent to add two tracts of vacant land totaling 174.9900 acres, proposed be developed as single-family residences, to the district. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Stockdick School Road, Katy Hockley Road, Beckendorf Road, and Katy Hockley Cut Off Road. The addition of land to the district will not release it from the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
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 has a wastewater collection system and treatment facility. The annexation tract will be provided with wastewater treatment by the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 495 Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1. This regional plant also provides wastewater treatment to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 538. Potable water is provided by the district.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 495 is South Mayde Creek, which flows into Buffalo Bayou, and finally into the Houston Ship Channel. The proposed annexation tract is within the 100 and 500 year floodplain.
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.
Director
Houston Public Works