SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 350.75 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 418.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 350.75 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 418 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 418 (the “District”) was created through the TCEQ in 2005, and currently consists of 344.625 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 350.75 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as industrial property, ponds, roads, parking, and open space, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is in the vicinity of Cypress Creek, US – 290, Grand Parkway, and Fry Road. 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 Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 418 Wastewater Treatment Plant. This regional plant also provides wastewater treatment to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 419, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 489, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 490, and Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 493. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 418 is Cypress Creek, which flows into Spring Creek, then to the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. The proposed annexation tract is within the 100-year floodplain (6.2%) and 500-year floodplain (1.9%).
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