SUBJECT: Petition for the City's consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 28.670 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 64 (Key Map No. 444-V & 445-S, T, W & X).
RECOMMENDATION: (Summary) The petition for the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 28.670 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 64 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION:
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 64 has petitioned the City of Houston for consent to add 28.670 acres of land, located in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction, to the district.
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 is located in the vicinity of Colonial Parkway, Katy-Fort Bend Road, Morton Road and Highway 99. The district desires to add 28.670 acres, thus yielding a total of 485.552 acres. The district is served by a regional plant, the Williamsburg Regional Sewage Authority Wastewater Treatment Plant. The other districts served by this plant are Harris County Municipal Utility District Nos. 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, West Harris County Municipal Utility District Nos. 2 and 5, and Westside Ventures. The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 64 is Buffalo Bayou which flows into the Houston Ship Channel.
Potable water is provided by the district. 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 of Houston prior to their construction.
The Utility District Review Committee recommends that the subject petition be approved.