SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 19.48 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 518.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 19.48 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 518 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 518 (the “District”) was created through the TCEQ in 2008, and currently consists of 450.40 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 19.48 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as single family residential property, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Barrys Way, East Lake Houston Parkway, Smith Road, and Strong Pine.
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 of Houston Cedar Bayou Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potable water is provided by the City.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 518 is Luce Bayou, which flows into San Jacinto River, then 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