SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 3.741 acres to Dowdell Public Utility District.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 3.741 acres to Dowdell Public Utility District be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Dowdell Public Utility District (the “District”) was created through an act of the Texas Legislature in 1971, and currently consists of 1,401.7011 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 3.741 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as commercial property, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Kuykendahl Road, SH 99 (Grand Parkway), Kuykendahl Huffsmith Road, and Dowdell 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 has a wastewater collection system and treatment facility. The annexation tract will be provided with wastewater treatment by Dowdell Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Dowdell Public Utility District is Willow Creek, which flows to Cypress Creek, then into Spring Creek, then into the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. Willow Creek is within the Spring 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