Assessment
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Levees Must Be Maintained, Now and in the Future
The Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency is responsible for maintaining 24 miles of levees, 12 miles of channels, 15 pump stations, and 85 culverts. Levee maintenance activities include – among other things – minor erosion repairs (rock and rip rap), vegetation management, rodent control, soil compaction, environmental and federal permitting, reporting, and compliance, and patrolling the levees when water levels are high.
Why an assessment for levee operations & maintenance?
To adequately fund levee operations and maintenance. Currently the levees only provide an 8-year level of flood protection, among the lowest in the state. Without additional maintenance, the levees will continue to degrade and increase flood risk in Watsonville, Pajaro and the surrounding agricultural areas. Adequate funding for levee maintenance is also a requirement for state and federal levee improvement project funding..
How much is the assessment for my property?
Each property’s assessment differs based on property characteristics, like land use type, and relative flood risk. The following factors are used to calculate assessments for individual properties. Annual assessment amounts can be found on your property tax bill.
A more detailed description of the assessment methodology can be found in the Engineer’s Report. Questions? Please contact us at (831) 204-3769, or info@prfma.org.
