SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 10.27 acres to Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 159.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 10.27 acres to Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 159 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 159 (the “District”) was created through the TCEQ in 2007, and currently consists of 3,135.78 acres within Harris County. The District is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston (the “City”) and has petitioned the City for consent to add 10.27 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as institutional property, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of House-Hahl Road, Katy-Hockley Road, Cypress Creek, and Grand Parkway (SH-99). 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 annexation tract will be provided with wastewater treatment by the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 418 Wastewater Treatment Plant. This regional plant also provides wastewater treatment to Harris County Municipal Utility District 419, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 489, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 490, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 491, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 492, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 493, Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 157, Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 158, and Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 159. Potable water is provided by the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 418 Water Plant No. 1.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 159 is Langham Creek, which flows to South Mayde Creek, then to Buffalo Bayou, and finally into the Houston Ship Channel. Langham Creek is within the Addicks Reservoir watershed. The proposed annexation tract is within the 100 year floodplain (100%), but not within the 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