SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of three (3) tracts of land totaling 2.5320 acres to Dowdell Public Utility District (Key Map No. 290K; 290L).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of three (3) tracts of land totaling 2.5320 acres to Dowdell Public Utility District be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Dowdell Public Utility District has petitioned the City of Houston for consent to add three (3) tracts of land totaling 2.5320 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 2920, Stuebner Airline Road, Huffsmith Kuykendahl Road, and Gosling Road. The district desires to add three (3) tracts of land totaling 2.5320 acres, thus yielding a total of 1,195.7935 acres. The district is served by a district plant, the Dowdell Public Utility District Wastewater Treatment Plant. The nearest major drainage facility for Dowdell Public Utility District is Greens 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.
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Dale A. Rudick, P. E., Director
Department of Public Works and Engineering