SUBJECT: Utility Functions and Services Allocation Agreement between the City of Houston and Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 518
RECOMMENDATION: Approve an ordinance authorizing the Mayor to execute a Utility Functions and Services Allocation Agreement between the City of Houston and Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 518.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Request the City Council authorize the execution of a Utility Functions and Services Allocation Agreement (the “Agreement”) between the City of Houston (the "City") and Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 518 (the “District”). The District consists of 450.372 acres of land located in the vicinity of East Lake Houston Parkway and Smith Road and is entirely within the corporate limits of the City of Houston. Development of the District will require storm drainage and water and wastewater service, including collection, distribution, treatment and water supply facilities.
The Agreement establishes the terms and conditions which govern services provided. The District will construct improvements in accordance with City standards and specifications and the District will convey facilities to the City as they are constructed.
In addition to acquiring the infrastructure of the District, the City will collect taxes and water and wastewater revenues from residents of the District on the same basis as all other City customers. Projected build out of the District will result in an estimated taxable value of $500,000,000 and an estimated 2,000 connections to the Combined Utility System to serve the property within the District at full development, which the City will endeavor to provide.
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