SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of 177.5513 acres as Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 589.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of 177.5513 acres as Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 589 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The owners of 177.5513 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. 589 (the “District”). The proposed District consists of vacant land and is proposed to be developed as single-family residential and other property including, water distribution, wastewater collection, storm water drainage systems, detention storage, roadways, parks and recreational facilities, to the District. The proposed creation tract is located in the vicinity of Parker Road, Little York, Wayside Drive, and Mesa Drive.
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 have a wastewater collection system. The District will be provided with wastewater treatment by the City’s F.W.S.D. # 23 Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potable water will be provided by the City.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 589 is Greens Bayou, which flows into the into Houston Ship Channel. The proposed creation is within the 100 year floodplain (61%) and 500 year floodplain (10%).
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