SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 3.534 acres to Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No.1.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 3.534 acres to Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 1 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No.1 the (“District”) was created through the TCEQ in 1978 and currently consists of 504.297 acres within Harris and Fort Bend Counties. The District is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston (the “City”) and has petitioned the City for consent to add 3.534 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as commercial property, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is in the vicinity of Greenbusch Road, Roesner Road, Westheimer Parkway, and Grand Parkway. 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-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 5. Potable water is provided by Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No.5 Water Plant No. 1.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 1 is Willow Fork Drainage Ditch, which flows into the Barker Reservoir, then into the Buffalo Bayou, and finally into the Houston Ship Channel. Willow Fork Drainage Ditch is within the Barker Reservoir watershed. 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, JD
Director, Houston Public Works