SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 6.7715 acres to Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 110.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 6.7715 acres to Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 110 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 110 (the “District”) was created through the TCEQ in 1968, and currently consists of 1,293.7006 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 mixed land totaling 6.7715 acres, proposed to be developed as commercial property, to the District. The 6.443-acre tract has requested water and wastewater service from the District. The proposed annexation tracts are located in the vicinity of Cypresswood Drive, Holzwarth Road, Enchanted Oaks Drive, Louetta Road, and Interstate Highway 45. 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 the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 110 Wastewater Treatment Facility. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 110 is Senger Gully, which flows into Cypress Creek, then into Spring Creek, then to the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. Senger Gully is within the Cypress Creek watershed. The proposed annexation tracts are not within the 100 year floodplain 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