SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 26.6199 acres to Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 119.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 26.6199 acres to Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 119 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 119 (the “District”) was created through the TCEQ in 1968, and currently consists of 905.82 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 two (2) tracts of vacant land totaling 26.6199 acres, proposed to be developed as multi-family residential, commercial property, and remaining acreage that cannot be developed, to the District. The proposed annexation tracts are located in the vicinity of Spring Cypress Road, Hufsmith-Kohrville Road, Indian Trail, and Old Louetta 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 tracts will be provided with wastewater treatment by the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 119 Wastewater Treatment Facility. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 119 is Pilot Gully, which flows into Cypress Creek, which then flows into Spring Creek, then to the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. Pilot Gully is within the Cypress Creek watershed. The proposed annexation tracts are within the 100-year floodplain (63.96%) and 500-year floodplain (7.39%).
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