SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of three (3) tracts of land totaling 190.595 acres as Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 585.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of three (3) tracts of land totaling 190.595 acres as Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 585 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The owners of 190.595 acres of land, located within Harris County and in the corporate limits 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. 585 (the “District”). The proposed District will consist of three (3) tracts of land totaling 190.595 acres. All of the land is vacant and is proposed to be developed as single family residential property. The proposed District is located in the vicinity of Sims Bayou, Vasser Road, Martin Luther King Boulevard, and Saltwater Ditch.
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 Chocolate Bayou Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potable water will be provided by the City.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 585 is Salt Water Ditch which flows into the Sims Bayou, then flows into the Houston Ship Channel. Salt Water Ditch is within the Sims Bayou watershed. The proposed tracts are within the 100 year floodplain (3.59%) and 500 year floodplain (28.63%).
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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Randall V. Macchi
Chief Operating Officer
Houston Public Works