SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of 514.99 acres as Richfield Ranch Water Control and Improvement District.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of 514.99 acres as Richfield Ranch Water Control and Improvement District be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The owners of 514.99 acres of land, located within Harris County and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston (the “City”), have petitioned the City for consent to create a district. The proposed district will consist of 514.99 acres. All of the land is vacant and proposed to be developed as single family residential, commercial, institutional, drainage and, detention property. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Cypress Creek, Becker Road, HWY 290, and Mason 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 have a wastewater collection system and will be provided with wastewater treatment by Richfield Ranch Water Control and Improvement District. This proposed regional plant will also provide wastewater treatment to proposed Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 375, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 376, Harris County Utility District No. 377, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 378, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 379, and Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 380. Potable water will be provided by Richfield Ranch Management District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Richfield Ranch Water Control and Improvement District is Cypress Creek which flows into Spring Creek, then to the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. The proposed annexation tract is partially within the 100 year floodplain (5%), and partially within the 500 year floodplain (8%).
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 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