SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 104.5488 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 43.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 104.5488 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 43 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 43 (the “District”) was created through TCEQ in 1972, and currently consists of 458.4843 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 two (2) tracts of vacant land totaling 104.5488 acres, proposed to be developed as single family residential and commercial property, to the District. The proposed annexation tracts are located in the vicinity of Hickorygate Dr., Cypresswood Dr., Maurita Dr., and Wintergate Dr. 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 tracts will be provided with wastewater treatment by Treaschwig Central Wastewater Treatment Facility. This regional plant also provides wastewater treatment to Tattor Road Municipal Utility District. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 43 is Wild Cow Gulch which flows into Cypress Creek then to Spring Creek, then to the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. Wild Cow Gulch is within the Cypress Creek watershed. The proposed annexation tracts are within the 100 year floodplain (7%), and within the 500 year floodplain (10%).
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