SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 155.0263 acres to Greens Parkway Municipal Utility District (Key Map No. 373B,E & F).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 155.0263 acres to Greens Parkway Municipal Utility District be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Greens Parkway Municipal Utility District (the “District”) was created through the TCEQ in 1984, and currently consists of 555.5769 acres within Harris County. The District is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City and has petitioned the City for consent to add 155.0263 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as commercial property, to the District. The proposed annexation tracts are located in the vicinity of Rankin Road, East Hardy Road, Ferrell Road, and Aldine Westfield Road. 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 tracts will be provided with wastewater treatment by Greens Parkway Municipal Utility District Wastewater Treatment Facility. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Greens Parkway Municipal Utility District is Greens Bayou, which flows into the Houston Ship Channel. The proposed annexation tracts are within both the 100 year floodplain (20%) and 500 year floodplain (10%).
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