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County deserve this money in as
much so as others would.
As for the responsibility of
replacing the dam to ensure the lake
is a permanent fixture in our
county, please allow me to expand
on the following. The Houston
Lake Country Club is ultimately
responsible for the lake itself. Both
the owners of the country club and
the property owners were devastated
by the loss of the dam. Since that
date, every option has been explored
to secure funding and commit to the
rebuilding of the dam. The vast
majority of the landowners which
are adjacent to the lake also made
personal commitments if need to be
to ensure that the lake would again
be in place. At the same time, the
owners of the club were exploring
every single option as to finding
satisfactory financing or funding to
take care of this massive project.
Currently, there are approximately
fifty (50) homes and a private
business which employs over fifty
employees that are adjacent to the
lake. Although both the homes and
the business are private in nature,
the combined tax revenue received
from the citizens and the country
club are a tremendous asset to
Houston County. The property
surrounding Houston Lake has been
assessed as being lakefront
property. In as much as the
assessment, value of this property is
higher than other rural areas
throughout the county, the
landowners have to pay the assessed
value based on the fact that it is
lakefront property. This represents
a tremendous tax receivable for
Houston County. Without a lake,
which is the single reason most
landowners purchase property in the
area, the tax assessment will surely
have to be reduced. Therefore, it is
important that county officials
participate in the rebuilding of this
dam.
As for making Houston Lake a
public lake for public access, one
must consider the very nature of the
lake itself. The lake, which is a
large body of water for Houston
County, is indeed a small lake in
terms of total acreage. The lake
itself is approximately 160 acres of
open water. If there was public
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access, there would surely be a
tremendous liability due to the
increased boating and traffic which
would be conducted on the lake.
Who accepts the responsibility and
the liability? Certainly, neither the
state nor Houston County could
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Georgia. If there was complete
open public access to such a small
lake, then surely we are waiting for
an accident to happen.
As a landowner, homeowner, and
citizen of Houston County, I
purchased the property on the lake
many years ago for the reason that
it was waterfront. It is indeed a
beautiful part of our growing
community. The citizens of
Houston County must realize that
not a single increase in property
taxes or county assessment will be
passed on to the overall county.
The funding, if available, is both
Federal and State and is going to be
paid by each and every citizen
regardless of whether die money is
spent in Houston County or not. If
required for matching funds, I am
sure that the vast majority of the
residents surrounding the lake will
make the financial contribution to
ensure that our facility is put back
in place.
Jeff Shelton, Perry
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Dear Editor:
Thank you very much Bob
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West Point Yale football game I
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Dixie as it entered the Yale
Stadium, and the crowd stood up
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Maybe in time your staff will
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