On September 18, the LID 15 Board of Directors lowered the District’s 2023 tax rate to $0.30 (per $100 of assessed value). This is a $0.04, or 12%, reduction compared to the 2022 tax rate, and it will lower the average homeowner’s tax bill by $41. Over the past nine years, LID 15 has reduced the total tax rate by more than 60%. During the same period of time, the District has continued to improve flood control infrastructure throughout the community, including a partnership with LID 19 to expand the Steep Bank Creek Pump Station. LID 15 also maintains a fully funded replacement reserve for major assets and a healthy 1-year operating reserve. These decisions by the LID 15 Board of Directors continue to reflect their commitment to the District’s Mission Statement:

“Our Mission, is a COMMITMENT to provide the HIGHEST quality flood plain reclamation, flood protection, detention and outfall drainage for the community in the most cost-effective manner.”

The Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 15 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2023 on September 18, 2023 at 4:00 pm at The Club at Riverstone, 18353 University Blvd, Sugar Land TX 77479. Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the tax rate that is adopted and on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property. The change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in the taxable value of all other property determines the distribution of the tax burden among all property owners.

Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property.

Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate (PDF)

Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 15 (LID 15) continues to actively monitor Tropical Storm Harold in the Gulf of Mexico. The probable path of Tropical Storm Harold does not include LID 15, and the District is currently forecasted to receive very little rain. The latest forecast and information from the National Weather Service is included below (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?start#contents ). The Brazos River is also at low levels that do not impact drainage inside the LID 15 levee.

The LID 15 pump stations and portable pumps are exercised monthly, and operators are always available to run the pumps, if needed. During any heavy rain event there may be street ponding or flooding if the storm drains are overwhelmed and back up.  As rainfall decreases, the storm sewers will catch up, and any water in the streets will recede.  Never drive into high water.