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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL

Meeting Date: 11/4/2014
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Item Creation Date: 10/14/2014

20IPB144- creation of 386.04 acres as HC MUD No.536

Agenda Item#: 23.


 
                               
Summary:

ORDINANCE consenting to the creation of HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 536 

Background:

SUBJECT:  Petition for the City's consent to the creation of 386.04 acres of land as Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 536 (Key Map No. 445N,J,E) 

 

RECOMMENDATION:  (Summary) The petition for the creation of 386.04 acres of land as Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 536 be approved. 

 

SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The owners of 386.04 acres of land, located in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, have petitioned the City of Houston for consent to create a district.   

 

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 located in the vicinity of Morton Road, Clay Road, Katy-Hockley Cut-Off Road, and Porter Road.  The district will consist of 386.04 acres.  The district will be served by a district plant, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 536 Wastewater Treatment Plant.  The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 536 is Mason Creek which flows into Buffalo Bayou which flows into the Houston Ship Channel, and finally into the Galveston Bay.

 

Potable water will be provided by the district.  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.

 

   Attachments c:     Marta Crinejo                            Bill Zrioka          

                              Patrick Walsh, P.E.                  Gary Dzierlenga          

                         Jun Chang, P.E., D.WRE          Tim Lincoln, P.E.                                        

Contact Information:
Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E.      832-395-2686
ATTACHMENTS:
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RCASigned Cover sheet
MAPBackup Material
2014-978Ordinance/Resolution/Motion