Residents and Property Owners – please review this information regarding the proposed tax rate for 2025. You are welcome to discuss any questions you may have with your Directors prior to the Board Meeting to be held on October 2, 2025, at 11:30 am at the Hitchcock Library.
Your feedback by the end of September is critical.
Flamingo Isles Municipal Utility District (the “District”) is the owner of certain exclusive easements for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the bulkhead facilities.
Specifically, there is a five (5) foot easement from the edge of bulkhead within each lot/parcel.
The District continues to perform maintenance to such facilities, and it has come to the District’s attention that there are landscaping improvements, irrigation lines, lighting, Palm trees, flower beds, pavers, walkways, fencing, and other items (“Encroaching Improvements”) located in the District’s exclusive easement area. Placement of any items, including the Encroaching Improvements, in the exclusive easement area is at the sole risk of the property owner.
Additionally, it has become apparent that most homeowners have run irrigation lines adjacent to the bulkhead structures and within the easement. The District is noticing significant erosion due to leaking and broken lines. In turn, the erosion accelerates stress on the bulkhead system, resulting in unnecessary and costly bulkhead maintenance. To prevent further maintenance concern, as the
District performs maintenance to bulkhead and encounters irrigation lines within the right of way, the District will cap and/or remove them, or notify the homeowner that the lines must be moved out of the right of way.
The Board encourages each homeowner to review their irrigation systems and begin to proactively move them out of the easement. Please remember that no structures should be attached to the bulkhead or caps (boat cleats, docks, floating docks, boats, floatation devices, crab pots, etc.). Working together, we can help maintain the integrity of the bulkhead system.
During the maintenance process, the Board will try to coordinate with homeowners so that residents might properly remove Encroaching Improvements; however, due to the intricacy of coordinating contractors, weather issues, etc., sometimes this may not be possible. As such, this letter serves as notice to you that during the District’s maintenance to its facilities, it is likely, if not unavoidable, that the Encroaching Improvements will be damaged or destroyed. Please be aware that the District is not liable for damage to, or removal of, any of the Encroaching Improvements remaining in the easement area, and replacement of any of the Encroaching Improvements is at the property owner’s responsibility and cost.
If you should have any questions, please contact the District’s attorney, Laura Davis with SKLaw, at 713-850-9000. We appreciate your attention to this matter
The Board of Directors of Flamingo Isles Municipal Utility District has set a public hearing on its proposed 2023 tax rate for 5:00 pm on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at the Hitchcock Public Library, 8005 Barry Ave., Hitchcock, Texas.
The Board has proposed a 2023 tax rate of $0.566 per $100 of assessed valuation. The Board believes that this tax rate is necessary to fund the District’s debt service and operating expenses.
The public is welcome to comment on the proposed tax rate by attending the hearing in person or by sending a comment through the website.
Are you building a new home or thinking of making improvements to your current home? Be certain to complete the Notice of Intent below before you start any building or improvements.
The Board of Directors of Directors of Flamingo Isles Municipal Utility District has set a public hearing on its proposed 2021 tax rate for 6:30 p.m. on September 2, 2021 at the Harborwalk Marina 2nd floor, 1301 Harborwalk Boulevard, Hitchcock, Texas.
The Board has proposed a 2021 tax rate of $0.60 per $100 assessed valuation, which is a two cent ($0.02) increase from the 2020 tax rate. The Board believes this tax rate is necessary to fund the District’s debt service and operating expenses.
The public is welcome to comment on the proposed tax rate by attending the hearing in person or by teleconference or by sending a comment through the website.
Flamingo Isle MUD residents, it is time to prepare for colder temperatures! There is a Freeze Watch in effect for Sunday night through Tuesday morning, February 14th – February 16, 2021. Temperatures are expected to drop to freezing levels overnight.
How can District residents prepare? Practice the “Four P’s” as the cold fronts set in:
Additionally, there are a few vehicle-safety tips to observe during winter weather:
Lastly, Fire Departments have provided some safety tips surrounding space heaters and other supplemental heating sources during the colder days:
The Board of Directors of Flamingo Isles Municipal Utility District of Galveston County, Texas (the “District”) has a vacancy on its board. Persons interested in serving on the Board should reply through this website by no later than 5 p.m. January 29, 2021.
To be eligible to be on the Board, a person must be:
A U.S. citizen
Resident of Texas for one year
Registered voter in the District OR owner of property in the District (in the person’s name, not through a corporate entity)
Residents and Property Owners – please review this information regarding the proposed tax rate for 2025. You are welcome to discuss any questions you may have with your Directors prior to the Board Meeting to be held on October 2, 2025, at 11:30 am at the Hitchcock Library.
Your feedback by the end of September is critical.