SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 2.2 acres to West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 21 (Key Map No. 370 U).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 2.2 acres to West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 21 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 21 was created through the Texas Water Rights Commision, predecessor to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in 1990, and currently consists of 813.24 acres within Harris County. The district is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City and has petitioned the City for consent to add 2.2 acres of developed land, an office/warehouse facility and parking lot, to the district. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Fallbrook Drive, Fairbanks North Houston Road, North Sam Houston Parkway West, and SH 249 (Tomball Parkway). 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 West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 21. Potable water is provided by the district.
The nearest major drainage facility for West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 21 is White Oak Bayou, which flows to Buffalo Bayou, and finally into the Houston Ship Channel. The proposed annexation tract is not 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.
_______________________________
Carol Ellinger Haddock, P. E.
Director
Houston Public Works