Management Districts are special districts created by the Texas Legislature. Generally, these districts are empowered to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, water and sewerage improvements, housing, tourism, recreation, arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and public welfare. Typically, management districts are given the power to finance their operations by issuing bonds or other obligations, payable in whole or in part as valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees or other funds of the district to provide improvements and services.

 

Harris County Improvement District No. 15 was authorized by the 81st Legislature in 2009, with the original creation area being in Houston’s ETJ.  This was followed by the City of Houston consent to add 161 acres of land into the District in 2012. The District then decided to exclude a 1.2452-acre tract of land and add another 1.2452-acre tract of land into the District in 2021. At that time, the District overlaid a non-contiguous parcel of land (1.2542 acres), which is raw or undeveloped land with no facilities associated with such area. This District is located entirely in Harris County and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston. None of it falls within Houston’s corporate limits.

 

The Board of Directors of Harris County Improvement District No. 15 has now submitted a Petition requesting the City of Houston’s consent to the addition of approximately of 64.9273 acres of land to the District. The addition of land is necessary to preserve, maintain and enhance the economic health of the District, and will be developed into an industrial development.

 

A management district is intended to supplement, not supplant, existing public services. The addition of land to this district would not release Harris County of the City of Houston from its obligations to provide services to the area, nor does it require additional services from the City. The City assumes no liability for the debt’s obligations or liabilities of the district.

 

The Planning and Development Department recommends City Council consent to the addition of the of 64.9273 acres of land to Harris County Improvement District No. 15.

 

 

 

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Margaret Wallace Brown, AICP, CNU-A

Director

Planning and Development Department