SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of 201.648 acres as Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 588.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of 201.648 acres as Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 588 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The owners of 201.648 acres of land, located within Harris County and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston (the “City”), have petitioned the City for consent to create a district. The name of the proposed district shall be Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 588 (the “District”). The proposed District consists of vacant land and is proposed to be developed as single family residential property. The proposed District is located in the vicinity north of Waller Spring Creek, south of Castle Road, east of Binford Road, and west of Kickapoo Road. The creation of 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 be provided with wastewater treatment by the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 588 Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potable water will be provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 588 is Kickapoo Creek, which flows into Spring Creek, then flows into the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. Kickapoo Creek is within the Spring Creek watershed. The proposed tract is partially within the 100 year floodplain (5%) and the 500 year floodplain (7%).
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