SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 2.6420 acres to Crosby Municipal Utility District.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 2.6420 acres to Crosby Municipal Utility District be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Crosby Municipal Utility District (the “District”) was created through an act of the Texas Legislature in 1965, and currently consists of 2,152.9662 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 2.6420 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as commercial property, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Beaumont Highway, McKinney Lane, Red Summit Drive, 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 tract will be provided with wastewater treatment by the Crosby MUD Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Crosby Municipal Utility District is Jackson Bayou, which flows into the San Jacinto River and finally to the Houston Ship Channel. Jackson Bayou is within the San Jacinto River 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