SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 5.047 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 530 (Key Map No. 290S).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 5.047 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 530 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 530 (the “District”) was created through an act of Legislature in 2013, and currently consists of 384.307 acres within Harris County. The District is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City and has petitioned the City for consent to add 5.047 acres of undeveloped land, proposed to be developed as commercial properties, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Spring Cypress Rd., Stuebner Airline Rd, FM 2920, and TC Jester. 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 Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 530 Wastewater Treatment Facility. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for the District is Theiss Gully which flows into Cypress Creek, then to Spring Creek, then into the San Jacinto River, and finally 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