SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of three (3) tracts of land totaling 133.7858 acres to Sunbelt Fresh Water Supply District - Woodland Oaks Subdivision (Key Map No. 410H,M & 433E,J).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of three (3) tracts of land totaling 133.7858 acres to Sunbelt Fresh Water Supply District - Woodland Oaks Subdivision be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Sunbelt Fresh Water Supply District - Woodland Oaks Subdivision (the “District”) was created through the Harris County Commissioners Court in 1996, and currently consists of 2,224.161 acres within Harris County. The District is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City and has petitioned the City for consent to add 133.7858 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as commercial property, to the District. The proposed annexation tracts are located in the vicinity of West Little York Drive, HCFCD Ditch Unit No. P122-00-00, Breen Road, and BNSF Railway Company 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 treatment facility. The annexation tracts will be provided with wastewater treatment by the Woodland Oaks Wastewater Treatment Facility. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Sunbelt Fresh Water Supply District - Woodland Oaks Subdivision is White Oak Bayou, which flows to Buffalo Bayou, and finally into the Houston Ship Channel. The proposed annexation tracts are partially within the 100 year floodplain (21%), and partially within the 500 year floodplain (44%).
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