SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 2.2329 acres to White Oak Bend Municipal Utility District (Key Map No. 369X).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 2.2329 acres to White Oak Bend Municipal Utility District be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: White Oak Bend Municipal Utility District has petitioned the City of Houston for consent to add 2.2329 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 West Road, Jones Road, F.M. 1960, and W. Sam Houston Parkway N. The district desires to add 2.2329 acres, thus yielding a total of 124.8092 acres. The district is served by a district plant, the White Oak Bend Municipal Utility District Wastewater Treatment Plant. The nearest major drainage facility for White Oak Bend Municipal Utility District is White Oak Bayou, which flows to Buffalo Bayou, and finally 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