General

During the monthly Levee Improvement District 15 (LID 15) meeting, the directors approved periodic mosquito spraying to begin in October. The vote was unanimous.

While this is not a required activity of the LID, the board believed that it was an action within their purview due to mosquito development from LID 15’s drainage and water detention facilities.

The board opted for a monthly relationship with BUGCO Pest Control (Richmond, TX). This is the same company that sprayed after Hurricane Harvey. The spraying will take place weekly in October; then the board will decide each month as to the need. As the weather cools, mosquitos are less frequent.

Additional resources for LID activities can be found of the official LID 15 website (www.FBLID15.com).

Do you want to find out more about flood risks and flood insurance? Would you like to learn more about how flood forecasts and warnings are formulated? Do you want to understand our watershed better?

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in its effort to improve public education surrounding flooding, has developed a FloodWarn Seminar to improve residents’ education. Joining NOAA will be representatives from the National Weather Service (NWS), Fort Bend County Drainage, Harris County Flood Control, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The event will cover a wide range of topics, including home ownership issues that address risk and flood insurance. Participants will also discuss the forecasts and warnings that come from the NWS, and they will explain how water flows through our watershed.

This event is free and open to the public.

FloodWarn Seminar
Wednesday, October 17
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

University of Houston – Sugar Land
Brazos Hall, Room 103
1400 University Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77479

For more information, please contact the Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management at (281) 238-3413 or email charity.dominguez@fortbendcountytx.gov. Or you can contact the National Weather Service at (281) 337-5084 ext. 228 or email katie.landry@noaa.gov.

Register: http://fbcoem.org/registration/community-floodwarn-seminar-hosted-by-the-national-weather-service/

The Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 15 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2018 on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. at the offices of The Muller Law Group, PLLC, 202 Century Square Boulevard, Sugar Land, Texas 77478. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value on all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

FOR the proposal: D. Groves, R. Sankholkar, G. Misra
AGAINST the proposal: (none)
PRESENT and not voting: (none)
ABSENT: (none)

The following table compares taxes on the average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year.

Notice of TaxPayers’ Right to Rollback Election

If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code.

Questions or comments regarding this notice can be directed to Esther Buentello Flores at the tax office at (281) 499-1223.