SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 61.572 acres to Newport Municipal Utility District.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 61.572 acres to Newport Municipal Utility District be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Newport Municipal Utility District (the “District”) was created through the TCEQ in 1998, and currently consists of 2,350.4050 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 vacant land totaling 61.572 acres, proposed to be developed as single family residential property, to the District. The proposed annexation tracts are located in the vicinity of North Diamondhead Boulevard, Golf Club Drive, Foley Road, and FM 2100. 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 Newport Municipal Utility District Wastewater Treatment Plant. This regional plant also provides wastewater treatment to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 578. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Newport Municipal Utility District is Gum Gully Creek, which flows into Jackson Bayou, then into the San Jacinto River, and finally into the Houston Ship Channel. Gum Gully Creek is within the Jackson Bayou watershed. The proposed annexation tracts are within the 100 year floodplain (9%) and the 500 year floodplain (5%).
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