SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 1.0 acres to Malcomson Road Utility District (Key Map No. 329 S).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 1.0 acres to Malcomson Road Utility District be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Malcomson Road Utility District was created through an act of the Texas Legislature in 1971, and currently consists of 896.1754 acres within Harris County. The district is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City and has petitioned the City for consent to add 1.0 acres of vacant land, proposed be a commercial development for an office and retail space, to the district. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Louetta Road, N. Eldridge Parkway, Spring Cypress Road, and Jones 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 Faulkey Gully Wastewater Treatment Facility. This regional plant also provides wastewater treatment to Cypress Creek Utility District, Faulkey Gully Municipal Utility District, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 18, and the Lake Forest Plant Advisory Council. Potable water is provided by the district.
The nearest major drainage facility for Malcomson Road Utility District is Faulkey Gully, which flows to Cypress Creek, then to Spring Creek, then to the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. 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.
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Carol Ellinger Haddock, P. E.
Director
Houston Public Works