SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of three (3) tracts of land totaling 94.191 acres to Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 99.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of three (3) tracts of land totaling 94.191 acres to Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 99 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 99 (the “District”) was created through the TCEQ in 1966, and currently consists of 351.588 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 three (3) tracts of developed land totaling 94.191 acres, single family residential, multi- family residential, commercial, and institutional property, to the District. The proposed annexation tracts are located in the vicinity of Cypress Creek, I-45, East Louetta Road, and Hardy Toll Road. The addition of land to the District does not release it from the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. The 63.965 and 14.70 acre tracts are the locations of Spring High School and Spring Middle School respectfully. Both tracts are currently served by the District. The 15.526 acre tract is the Spring ISD Transportation Center, the District does not currently serve this tract.
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 Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 99 Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 99 is Cypress Creek, which flows into Spring Creek, then to the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. The proposed annexation tracts are not in 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