SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of three (3) tracts of land totaling 71.793 acres to Northwest Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 5.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of three (3) tracts of land totaling 71.793 acres to Northwest Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 5 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Northwest Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 5 (the “District”) was created through TCEQ in 1974, and currently consists of 2,830.2073 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 mixed land totaling 71.793 acres. Tracts LXVII and LXVIII are developed with a single family dwelling and mainly pastured land respectively and will be redeveloped as single family residential property. Tract LXIX consists of a horse training facility with a barn and stables and will be redeveloped as single family residential property. The proposed annexation tracts are located in the vicinity of Spring Cypress Road, Telge Road, SH 99 Grand Parkway, and Eldridge Parkway. 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 Northwest Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 15. This regional plant also provides wastewater treatment to Northwest Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 15, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 273, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 280, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 281, and Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 282. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Northwest Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 5 is Little Cypress Creek, which flows into Cypress Creek, then to Spring Creek, then to the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. The proposed annexation 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