SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 68.7700 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 449 (Key Map No. 445A).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 68.7700 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 449 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 449 has petitioned the City of Houston for consent to add 68.7700 acres, located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City, 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 Clay Road, Katy Hockley Cut Off Road, Stockdick School Road, and Porter Road. The district desires to add 68.7700 acres, thus yielding a total of 710.4200 acres. The district is served by a district plant, the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 449 Wastewater Treatment Plant. The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 449 is Mason Creek, which flows into Buffalo Bayou, and finally 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.
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Dale A. Rudick, P. E., Director
Department of Public Works and Engineering