SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of four (4) tracts of land totaling 24.1582 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 460.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of four (4) tracts of land totaling 24.1582 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 460 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 460 (the “District”) was created through an act of Texas Legislature in 2005, and currently consists of 628.2753 acres within Harris County. The District is within the corporate limits of the City of Houston (the “City”) and has petitioned the City for consent to add four (4) tracts of vacant land, totaling 24.1582 acres, to the District. The tracts are proposed to be developed as single family residential property. The proposed annexation tracts are located in the vicinity of Sam Houston Parkway East, Cullen Boulevard, Airport Boulevard, and Mykawa Road.
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 provided with wastewater treatment by the City's Chocolate Bayou Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potable water is provided by the City.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 460 is Sims Bayou, which flows into the Houston Ship Channel. The proposed tracts are not within the 100 year floodplain. One of the proposed tracts (tract 2) is within the 500 year floodplain (100%).
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