SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of six (6) tracts of land totaling 519.354 acres to Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 24 (Key Map No. 611E,F,J,K,N & P).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of six (6) tracts of land totaling 519.354 acres to Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 24 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 24 (the “District”) was created through the TCEQ in 1978, and currently consists of 254.633 acres within Fort Bend County. The District is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City and has petitioned the City for consent to add 519.354 acres of undeveloped land, proposed to be developed as single family residential, and commercial property, to the district. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Trammel Fresno Road, Fort Bend Tollway Road, McHard Road, and FM 521. 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 Fort Bend Municipal Utility District No. 23 Wastewater Treatment Facility. This regional plant also provides wastewater treatment to Fort Bend Municipal Utility District No. 23. Potable water is provided by the district.
The nearest major drainage facility for the District is Mustang Bayou, which flows toward Clear Creek, then into Clear Lake, and finally into Galveston Bay. The proposed annexation tract is within the 100-year floodplain (4.9%), and the 500 year floodplain (8.9%).
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