SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 9.455 acres to Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 5 (Key Map No. 485N).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of 9.455 acres to Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 5 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 5 has petitioned the City of Houston for consent to add 9.455 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 Westheimer Parkway, Bay Hill Boulevard, Roesner Road, and Falcon Landing Boulevard. The district desires to add 9.455 acres, thus yielding a total of 468.237 acres. The district is served by a regional plant, the Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 5 Wastewater Treatment Plant. The other district served by this plant is Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 1. The nearest major drainage facility for Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 5 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.
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Dale A. Rudick, P. E., Director
Department of Public Works and Engineering