SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 5.828 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 552.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 5.828 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 552 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 552 (the “District”) was created through an act of the Texas Legislature in 2017, and currently consists of 150.92 acres within Harris County. The District is within the corporate limits of the City of Houston (the “City”) and has petitioned the City for consent to add 5.828 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as single family residential property, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Park Row Drive, Barker Cypress, Addicks Reservoir, and South Mayde Creek.
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 is provided with wastewater treatment by the City of Houston Park Ten Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potable water is provided by the City.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 552 is Buffalo Bayou, which flows into the Houston Ship Channel. 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