About the Open House
Community members are encouraged to stop by and learn about the flood protection system.
Property owners who are protected by the system can also find out more about the "readjustment of the appraisal of benefits" – on which assessments are based – to make sure that people who are protected by the flood protection system pay an assessment that is fair and equitable. An assessment is a charge included on a property owner’s tax bill.
The open house will be held from 4 to 6PM at Hobart Arena.
People and businesses whose properties flooded in the 1913 flood, including Hamilton and Middletown, are now protected by the Miami Conservancy District’s integrated flood protection system. Those property owners pay for the operations, maintenance, and capital improvement to the system. Property owners may see an increase or decrease in their assessment because of the readjustment. Cities and counties also pay an assessment.
"Flood protection assessments are based partly on property values provided by the county auditor," says Ken Moyer, Treasurer of the Miami Conservancy District. "And property values change over time. Other factors that determine the assessment include the 1913 depth and extent of flooding on the property, and the current location of buildings or improvements on the site. To accurately determine these factors, the methodology is developed by a Board of Appraisers and implemented by a team of engineers and professionals using historic data and computer mapping technology. With the readjustment, we assure equitable distribution of the costs."
This is the seventh readjustment of benefits since the completion of the flood protection system in 1922. The most recent readjustment was done in 2012.
Individual property owners and businesses received a postcard in the mail in late March. The postcard will direct them to the Miami Conservancy District’s website where they can view new assessment amounts and see how the assessment is calculated.
“Many cities or regions across the U.S. are not equipped to protect against devastating flood waters,” says MaryLynn Lodor, General Manager of the Miami Conservancy District. “Along the Great Miami River, a world-class system was built to ensure our region doesn’t experience devastation again.”
An additional open houses will be held on April 4 in Dayton at the Dayton Main Library.
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