SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 7.2401 acres to Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 229.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 7.2401 acres to Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 229 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 229 (the “District”) was created through an act of the Texas Legislature in 2019 and currently consists of 567.39 acres within Fort Bend County. The District is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston (the “City”) and has petitioned the City for consent to add 7.2401 acres of vacant land, proposed to be developed as multi-family residential property, to the District. The proposed annexation tract is located in the vicinity of Settegast Ranch Road, Creekside Ranch Drive and FM 359. 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 Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 229 Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 2. Potable water is provided by the District.
The nearest major drainage facility for Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 229 is Andrus Creek, Jones Creek and Upper Oyster Creek, which flows into the Brazos River, and finally into the Gulf of Mexico. Oyster Creek, which flows into the Brazos Creek is within the Brazos River Basin watershed. The proposed annexation tract is not within the 100-year 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 of Houston Public Works