SUBJECT: Petition for the City's consent to the addition of 4.490 acres of land to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 153 (Key Map No.377-G).
RECOMMENDATION: (Summary) The petition for the addition of 4.490 acres of land to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 153 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION:
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 153 has petitioned the City of Houston for consent to add 4.490 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 Union Pacific Railroad, Will Clayton Parkway, West Lake Houston Parkway and Union Pacific Railroad. The district desires to add 4.490 acres, thus yielding a total of 1,099.009 acres. The district is served by the Atascocita Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility. The other districts served by this board are Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 46, 106, 109, 132, 151 and 152. The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 153 is Lake Houston.
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.