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Houston Public Works recommends dropping conceptual drainage-plan requirement for MUD consent to reduce cost and delay
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Houston Public Works proposed removing the pre-consent conceptual drainage-plan requirement for municipal utility district (MUD) formation and territory additions, saying the current step adds months and thousands of dollars to applicants and that final drainage and detention plans will still be required before construction.
Houston Public Works on Monday recommended that the city remove a requirement that applicants for municipal utility district consent submit conceptual drainage plans at the time they seek council approval to form a MUD or add territory.
"Houston Public Works reviews approximately 50 district applications per year" for council consent, Carly Stelzer, water contracts manager with Houston Public Works (Houston Water's Regulatory Compliance and Utility Development), told the committee. Stelzer said the conceptual-plan requirement was added after Hurricane Harvey and has added an estimated six to nine months and thousands of dollars to the consent process.
Stelzer and Kim Mickelson of the city legal department said the conceptual plans are preliminary, often change during later…
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