SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 1.7917 acres to Timber Lane Utility District (Key Map No. 333F).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 1.7917 acres to Timber Lane Utility District be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Timber Lane Utility District has petitioned the City of Houston for consent to add 1.7917 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 FM 1960, Hardy Toll Road, Cypress Creek, and Aldine Westfield Road. The district desires to add 1.7917 acres, thus yielding a total of 2,108.6053 acres. The district is served by a district plant, the Timber Lane Utility District Wastewater Treatment Plant. The nearest major drainage facility for Timber Lane Utility District is Spring Creek, which flows into the San Jacinto River, and finally into 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.
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Dale A. Rudick, P. E., Director
Department of Public Works and Engineering