SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 64.383 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 576.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 64.383 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 576 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 576 (the “District”) was created through an act of the Texas Legislature in 2021, and currently consists of 376.6 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 land totaling 64.383 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as single family residential, commercial, and other property including drainage and detention, to the District. The proposed annexation tracts are located in the vicinity of Mound Road, Mathis Road, Betka Road, and Warren Ranch 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 Grand Prairie Wastewater Treatment Plant. This regional plant also provides wastewater treatment to Harris County Municipal Utility District 570A, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 570C, and Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 570D. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 576 is Rock Hollow Creek, which flows into Cypress Creek, then flows into Spring Creek, then into the San Jacinto River, and finally into Lake Houston. Rock Hollow Creek is within the Cypress Creek watershed. The proposed annexation tracts are 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
Director, Houston Public Works