SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 2.948 acres to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 153 (Key Map No. 377G).
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the addition of two (2) tracts of land totaling 2.948 acres 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 2.948 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 Union Pacific Railroad, Will Clayton Parkway, Timber Forest Drive, and West Lake Houston Parkway. The district desires to add 2.948 acres, thus yielding a total of 1,131.811 acres. The district is served by a regional plant, Atascocita Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. The other districts served by this plant are Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 46, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 106, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 109, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 132, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 151, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 152, and Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 494. 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.
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Dale A. Rudick, P. E., Director
Department of Public Works and Engineering