SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 26.1628 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 404 (Key Map No. 573J).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 26.1628 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 404 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 404 (the ‘District”) was created through the TCEQ in 2005, and currently consists of 195.647 acres within Harris County. The District is within the corporate limits of the City of Houston and has petitioned the City for consent to add 26.1628 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as single family residential property (detached townhomes), to the District. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of West Orem Drive, Kirby Drive, Sims Bayou, and State Highway 288.
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 is provided with wastewater treatment by the City of Houston's Almeda-Sims Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potable water is provided by the City.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 404 is Sims Bayou, which flows into the Houston Ship Channel. The proposed annexation tract is not within the 100 year floodplain, but partially within the 500 year floodplain (60%).
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