Background:
SUBJECT: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of five (5) tracts of land totaling 105.1803 acres as Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 580.
RECOMMENDATION: Petition for the City’s consent to the creation of five (5) tracts of land totaling 105.1803 acres as Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 580 be approved.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The owners of 105.1803 acres of land, located within the corporate limits of the City of Houston (the "City), has petitioned the City for consent to create a District. The proposed district will consist of five (5) tracts of land totaling 105.1803 acres. All of the land is mixed: vacant and developed, proposed to be developed as single-family residential property. The proposed tracts are located in the vicinity of Sam Houston Parkway East, Cullen Boulevard/ FM 865, Almeda- Genoa Road, and Mykawa Road.
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 will be provided with wastewater treatment by the City of Houston Chocolate Bayou Wastewater Treatment Plant. Potable water is provided by the City.
The nearest major drainage facility for Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 580 is Sims Bayou, which flows into the Houston Ship Channel. The proposed tracts are not within the 100 or 500 year floodplain.
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 prior to their construction.
The Utility District Review Committee recommends that the subject petition be approved.
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Carol Ellinger Haddock, P. E.
Director
Houston Public Works