SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 3.4279 acres to Spring Creek Utility District (Grand Oaks Partners L.L.C) (Key Map No. 252Z, 253B).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 3.4279 acres to Spring Creek Utility District (Grand Oaks Partners L.L.C) be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Spring Creek Utility District (Grand Oaks Partners L.L.C) (the “District”) was created through an act of Texas Legislature in 1971, and currently consists of 1,049.145 acres within Montgomery County. The District is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City and has petitioned the City for consent to add 3.4279 acres of developed land, a car wash and a grocery store, to the District. The proposed annexation tracts are located in the vicinity of Riley Fuzzel Road, Hardy Toll Road, Elan Boulevard, and Birnham Woods 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 the Spring Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Spring Creek Utility District (Grand Oaks Partners L.LC) is the San Jacinto River, which flows into the Houston Ship Channel. The proposed annexation tracts are not within the 100 year floodplain. A portion of Tract 1 is within the 500 year floodplain (25%).
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