Effects of Jordan Lake on Chatham County

State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor John N. Morris
S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary Director

February 5, 1986

Mr. Marvin K Hoffman
Chatham County Manager
P. O. Box 87
Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312

Dear Mr. Hoffman:

We will be looking forward to meeting with you at 9:00 a.m. on
February 12 in your office in Pittsboro. The other participants in
this meeting will include Dr. Phil McKnelly of the Division of Parks
and Recreation, Mr. Rich Shaw of the Division of Water Resources,
and one or two representatives from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources
Commission.

We have developed the attached outline of factual information that
we need to bring together for consideration by the County Commissioners
and by Secretary Rhodes on the effects of the Jordan Lake Project on
Chatham County. At this meeting on February 12, we would appreciate your
comments and suggestions on how to improve this outline We have begun
work on gathering information relative to State agency activities. We
would appreciate your help in planning with us on how the County can gather
certain information, particularly related to law enforcement and to County
tax revenues.

We will look forward to meeting with you next week and hope that we
can make rapid progress on our project.

Sincerely yours,

John N. Morris

cc: Dr. Phil McKnelly
Mr. Rich Shaw
Ms. Debbie Paul
Mr. Don Baker
Attachment

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JORDAN LAKE PROJECT
STUDY OF BENEFITS AND COSTS TO CHATHAM COUNTY

1 Summary of Recreation Sites Developed and to be Developed at Jordan Lake
- Type of facilities.
- Capacity of facilities.
- Scheduled date of completion.
- Projected visitation at site, including seasonal and weekly use patterns.

2. Projected Number of State Parks Employees at Jordan Lake Project
- Full time employees.
- Temporary -seasonal employees.

3 Solid Waste Disposal
- Estimated volume of solid waste generated per visitor day.
- Plan for collection and disposal of solid waste from State park sites
at Jordan Lake.
- Solid waste or litter problems at boat launch areas and along roadsides.

4. Wildlife Resources Commission
- Definition of law enforcement responsibilities and capabilities of the
Wildlife Resources Commission.
- WRC manpower available in the area of Jordan Lake.
- Estimated amount of time spent at Jordan Lake by WRC enforcement personnel.
- Summary of law enforcement calls and incidents handled by WRC enforcement
personnel.

5. State Highway Patrol
- Summary of the law enforcement authority and responsibility of the SHP
on public roads near the Jordan Lake Project.
- Summary of SHP authority and responsibility for law enforcement on project
lands.
- Summary of law enforcement calls and incidents handled by the SHP at Jordan
Lake.

6. Chatham County Sheriff's Department
- Explanation of authority and responsibility of the Sheriff forthe law

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enforcement at Jordan Lake.
- Summary of the type, location, and number of law enforcement calls and
incidents handled by the Sheriff at Jordan Lake.

7. Loss in Property Tax Revenue
- Determination of acreage purchased for the Jordan Lake Project in Chathan
County and its valuation and property tax revenue value at the time of
acquisition.
- Adjustment of acreage to correct for public lands, churches, rivers, and
streams, floodplains, roads and highways etc.
- Evaluation of the probable loss in property tax income due to the Jordan
Lake Project at present.

8. Economic Benefits Related to Businesses
- Inventory of businesses constructed or enlarged to serve visitors to
Jordan Lake and other businesses that benefit from project users.
- Estimate of additional sales volume and sales tax income that can be
attributed to Jordan Lake users
- Estimate of additional property tax valuation and property tax payments
related to increased business from Jordan Lake users.

9. Property Value Increases
- Estimation of increase in various types of property values attributed to
proximity to Jordan Lake.