SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 5.304 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 558.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 5.304 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 558 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 558 (the “District”) was created through the TCEQ in 2019, and currently consists of 371.81 acres within Harris County. The District is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston (the “City”). This district shares a boundary south of Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 542 that cuts through existing single family residential lots. In order to shift the shared boundary of the districts to follow major roadways, the district has petitioned the City for consent to add 5.304 acres of vacant land, proposed be developed as single family residential property, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of SH 99, Mueschke Road, FM 2920, and Rosehill Church Road. The addition of land to 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 has a wastewater collection system and treatment facility. The annexation tract will be provided with wastewater treatment by the Rosehill Reserve-Harris County MUD No. 542 Wastewater Treatment Facility 1. This regional plant also provides wastewater treatment to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 542. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 558 is Willow Creek, which flows to Cypress Creek, then into Spring Creek, then into San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. The proposed annexation tract is not within the 100 or 500 year floodplain.
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