SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 7.4186 acres to Crosby Municipal Utility District (Key Map No. 419K).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 7.4186 acres to Crosby Municipal Utility District be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Crosby Municipal Utility District (the “District”) was created through an act of Legislature in 1965, and currently consists of 1,839.7168 acres within Harris County. The District is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City and has petitioned the City for consent to add 7.4186 acres of land that is partially developed. The vacant portion is proposed to be a commercial development. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of US Highway 90, Union Pacific Railroad, and FM 2100. 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 Crosby Municipal Utility District Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for the District is Jackson Bayou, which flows into the San Jacinto River and finally to the Houston Ship Channel. The proposed annexation tract is partially within the 100 year floodplain (2%), and 500 year floodplain (3%).
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