Most Holiday Island individual Unit Maps are now available for online viewing, click here.

HISID Welcomes New District Manager
John Kennedy from Topeka, Kansas began as the Holiday Island District Manager on March 12th. Mr. Kennedy has a strong background in parks and recreation administration with a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska in this field. Please welcome him to our community and plan to attend the Meet and Greet, April 19th; 4-6pm at the Clubhouse.

AMENITIES

Golfing - Click here for golf course information. Call the 18-hole Pro Shop 479-253-9511 or the 9-hole Pro Shop 479-253-9890 for tee times and more detailed information.

Driving Range - The region's most unique and beautiful driving range is ready to help you improve your game. Click here for more detailed information.

Recreation Center - The 9-hole executive course, miniature golf courses, tennis/pickleball courts, playground, and pavilion are popular even during the cooler months, weather permitting. Call 479-253-9890 for more information. To access the current activity calendar, click here. To access more detailed information, click here.

Campground - The Holiday Island Campground is a short-term recreational camping facility provided for Holiday Island property owners and their guests. The Campground is open the 1st weekend in April - October 31. For more detailed information, click here.

Walking Trail - The Leatherwood Walking Trail was dedicated in the Spring of 2008. This much needed nature and walking trail was funded partially by a grant through the Arkansas Department of Highway and Transportation. Located off Woodsdale Drive on Blue Water Drive, along the Leatherwood arm of Table Rock Lake, you are invited to come and check it out!

VIEW HOLIDAY ISLAND NEWS ONLINE @ http://www.carrollconews.com then scroll down to "Special Publications" to view current Holiday Island News.

The current HISID E-Newsletter is available @ http://hisid.info/news/CurrentNewsletter.htm.

View current events/activities and subscribe to the monthly HISID E-Newsletter @ http://www.hisid.info.

The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration have a wonderful resource of information
on "Moving to Arkansas" available @ http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/policyAndLegal/Documents/moving_2_arkansas.pdf.

To view the 2011 Holiday Island Assessed Benefits Study, click here.

Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District

2011 Reassessment of Benefits

Unlike municipalities, which predominantly rely on sales and ad valorem real property taxes to fund necessary public improvements and operations, the primary source of income for suburban improvement districts is the collection of an annual assessment levy from the owners of all properties located within the district’s boundaries. This assessment levy is adopted annually by the district’s board of commissioners in the course of adopting each year’s annual operating budget, and is based on the establishment of an “assessment of benefits and damages” report for all properties within the district.

Suburban improvement districts are charged with appointing an assessor who shall “assess the benefits which will accrue to the real property within the district” against the value of those same properties prior to any public improvement (A.C.A. § 14-92-225). Essentially, the district assessor is charged with determining the prorated value of all public improvements provided to each property owner within the defined boundaries of the district based on location, usage and property zoning classification. The assessor determines the value of each property with all public improvements in place compared to the value of that property if the improvements did not exist; the difference between these two values is known as “assessed benefits.” The annual assessment levy is established each year, in an amount not to exceed ten percent (10%) for any one (1) year of the assessed benefits outlined in the report (A.C.A. § 14-92-228).

The last reassessment of benefits commissioned by the district was in 1993; Mr. Tom Hopper with Crafton Tull Engineering was appointed at that time as assessor for the district. Since the completion of the 1993 reassessment, significant capital improvements have been completed, including a $360,000 reconstruction of the 18-hole golf course maintenance facility, a $290,000 golf course irrigation well installation, $450,000 in miscellaneous recreation center improvements, a $250,000 district administrative office purchase and a $5.6 million wastewater treatment plant expansion and upgrade. With the addition of these and numerous other public improvements, along with increases in other costs to the district, the board of commissioners has determined that public benefits have changed substantially, and that a new reassessment is required.

At its Regular meeting on February 28, 2011, the board of commissioners approved resolution no. 208, appointing Mr. Thomas E. Reed of Reed & Associates, Inc. of Fayetteville, Arkansas as District Assessor, and ordered the completion of a reassessment of benefits report. Mr. Reed has completed his report, and presented the document to the board in early-September. Below is a summary of property classifications and assessed benefits:

All Holiday Island property owners wishing to be heard on their assessed benefits will be heard at an equalization hearing between the hours of 9:00 a.m. through noon, and 5:00 p.m. through 8:00 p.m. at the Holiday Island Clubhouse Ballroom, 1 Country Club Drive, Holiday Island, Arkansas on Tuesday, November 1, 2011.