SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 150.590 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 423 (Key Map No. 376R, 377N).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 150.590 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 423 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 423 was created through the TCEQ in 2006, and currently consists of 248.049 acres within Harris County. The district is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City and has petitioned the City for consent to add two (2) tracts of vacant land totaling 150.590 acres, proposed be developed as single family and commercial property, to the district. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Beltway 8, Williams Gully, Atascocita Road, and Union Pacific Railroad. 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 is provided with wastewater treatment by Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 400. The annexation tract will be provided with wastewater treatment by Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 400. This regional plant also provides wastewater treatment to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 400, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 422, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 499, and Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 48.
The District proposes to receive potable water from the City via Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 400. In order to receive that water, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 400 must enter into a Groundwater Reduction Plan Water Supply Supplement Agreement with the City. Negotiation of that agreement is pending.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 423 is 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