SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 2.690 acres to Northampton Municipal Utility District (Key Map No. 250 Z).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 2.690 acres to Northampton Municipal Utility District be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Northampton Municipal Utility District was created through an act of the Texas Legislature in 1967, and currently consists of 1,585.9743 acres within Harris County. The district is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City and has petitioned the City for consent to add 2.690 acres of vacant land, proposed be a commercial development, to the district. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Dovershire Drive, Northcrest Drive, West Rayford Road, and Gosling Road. The addition of land to the district does 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 Northampton Municipal Utility District Wastewater Treatment Facility. This regional plant also provides wastewater treatment to Oakmont Public Utility District. Potable water is provided by the district.
The nearest major drainage facility for Northampton Municipal Utility District is Willow Creek, which flows to Cypress Creek, then into Spring Creek, then into the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. The proposed annexation tract is within the 100 or 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