SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 1.2497 acres to Bridgestone Municipal Utility District.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 1.2497 acres to Bridgestone Municipal Utility District be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Bridgestone Municipal Utility District (the “District”) was created through the TCEQ in 1976, and currently consists of 2,314.8250 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 1.2497 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as commercial property, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Gosling Cedar Place, Gosling Road, Spring Stuebner, and Rhodes Road. 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 will have a wastewater collection system and treatment facility. The annexation tract will be provided with wastewater treatment by Bridgestone Municipal Utility District Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 2. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Bridgestone Municipal Utility District is Upper Seals Gully, which flows into Spring Creek, then into the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. Upper Seals Gully is within the Cypress Creek watershed. 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