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The First Colony Levee Improvement District No. 2 will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2025 tax rate on September 2, 2025, at 12:00 PM, located at 4330 Knightsbridge Boulevard, Sugar Land, TX 77479. The proposed rate reflects a 3.69% decrease from last year, with minimal impact on average homestead taxes.

For full details, including comparisons of tax rates and exemptions, please refer to the Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate.

Key Points:

• Proposed Rate: $0.154100/$100 (down from $0.160000/$100 in 2024).

• Deadline for Public Input: Hearing date above.

• Election Trigger: Rates increasing >3.5% require voter approval (not applicable here).

Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes for additional resources.

Residents of First Colony LID No. 2 may have noticed that the recent freezing weather has caused some non-native fish species to die. The species impacted most were Tilapia, which is a non-native tropical fish having a significantly lower tolerance of prolonged exposure to low water temperatures compared to native species of fish. As water temperatures drop, their metabolism slows, and immune system becomes weakened. Once this happens, the chances of these fish expiring increases significantly. Even as air temperatures rise into the 70s, water temperatures can remain in the 50s. This prolongs the stresses of cold temperatures on the fishery resulting in fish succumbing to the elements several days after the freezing weather has ended. This is referred to as delayed mortality. Because of this delay, observers are often confused by the timing of the deceased fish’s appearance at the surface.

To alleviate this nuisance, the District is working to remove as many deceased fish from the lake as possible, but unfortunately not all fish will surface at the same time and park goers will continue to see dead fish in the lake and along the lake shore until all fish of susceptible species have surfaced.