SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 14.2614 acres to Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 14.2614 acres to Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61 (the “District”) was created through the Harris County Commissioner’s Court in 1967, and currently consists of 1,825.3606 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 14.2614 acres of developed industrial property, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Cypress North Houston Road, Knigge Cemetery Road, Bertani Lane, and Old Huffmeister 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 Fresh Water Supply District No. 61 Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1. This regional plant also provides wastewater treatment to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 69, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 222, and Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 248. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facilities for Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61 are Cypress Creek and White Oak Bayou. The Cypress Creek portion will flow into Spring Creek, then to the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. The White Oak Bayou portion will flow into Buffalo Bayou, and finally 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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Randall V. Macchi
Chief Operating Officer
Houston Public Works