SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two tracts of land totaling 5.6967 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 287 (Key Map No. 445 R).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two tracts of land totaling 5.6967 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 287 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 287 has petitioned the City of Houston for consent to add two tracts of land totaling 5.6967 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 Franz Road, Grand Parkway (Highway 99), Morton Road, and Elrod Road. The district desires to add two tracts of land totaling 5.6967 acres, thus yielding a total of 712.2299 acres. The district is served by a district plant, the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 287 Wastewater Treatment Plant . The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 287 is South Mayde Creek, which flows to Buffalo Bayou, and finally into the Houston Ship Channel.
Potable water is provided by the district via Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 71. 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