SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 1.343 acres to Spring Creek Utility District.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 1.343 acres to Spring Creek Utility District be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Spring Creek Utility District (the “District”) was created through the TCEQ in 1971, and currently consists of 1,052.5729 acres within Montgomery County. The District is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston (the “City”) and has petitioned the City for consent to add 1.343 acres of developed commercial land, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Riley Fuzzel Road, Interstate 45, Northridge Forest Drive, and Birnham Woods Drive. 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 Spring Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Spring Creek Utility District is Spring Creek, which flows into the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. The proposed annexation tract is partially within the 100 year floodplain (70%), and within the 500 year floodplain (30%).
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