SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of three (3) tracts of land totaling 145.09 acres as Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 24.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of three (3) tracts of land totaling 145.09 acres as Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 24 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The owners of 145.09 acres of land, located within Waller County and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston (the “City”) have petitioned the City for consent to create a district. The proposed district will consist of three (3) tracts of land totaling 145.09 acres. All of the land is mixed, and proposed to be developed as commercial and industrial property to provide water, sewer, drainage, and road facilities to serve the land. The proposed tracts are located in the vicinity of Twinwood Parkway, Woods Road, U.S Highway 90, and Igloo Road. The creation of 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 will have a wastewater collection system and treatment facility. The tracts will be provided with wastewater treatment by the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 24 Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potable water will be provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 24 is Cane Island Branch (T100-00-00), which flows into the Barker Reservoir, which flows into Buffalo Bayou, then eventually flows into the Houston Ship Channel. Cane Island Branch is within the Barker Reservoir watershed. The proposed tracts are 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