SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 159.20 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 490.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 159.20 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 490 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 490 (the “District”) was created through the TCEQ in 2007 and currently consists of 1,265.27 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 159.20 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as single family residential, commercial and other property, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is in the vicinity of House-Hahl Road, Cypress Creek, Katy - Hockley Road and Grand Parkway (SH-99). 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 will have a wastewater collection system. The annexation tract will be provided with wastewater treatment by the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 418 Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 2. Potable water is provided by Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 418’s Water Treatment Plants No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 490 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 (98.2%) and is not within the 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