SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of two (2) tracts of land totaling 1,096.198 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 566 (Key Map No. 324V,Y& 325N).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of two (2) tracts of land totaling 1,096.198 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 566 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The owners of 1,096.198 acres of land, located within Harris County and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City, have petitioned the City for consent to create a district. The proposed district will consist of two (2) tracts of land totaling 1,096.198 acres. All of the land is vacant and proposed to be developed as single family residential, commercial, industrial, institutional properties, and detention, to the District. The proposed annexation tracts are located in the vicinity of Jack Road, Katy Hockley Road, U.S 290, and Becker Road. The creation of 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 will provide wastewater treatment. Potable water will be provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for the District is Cypress Creek, which flows into Spring Creek, then to the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. The proposed annexation tracts are partially within the 100 year floodplain (1%), and partially within the 500 year floodplain (1%).
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