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<br />) <br /> <br />,;, ) <br /> <br />~ <br />Lr') <br />l!"J <br /> <br />Figures 23 through 28 illustrate'the trends in <br /> <br />population, employment and school enrollment <br /> <br />predicted with arid without the plant for both <br /> <br />Craig and Moffat County as a whole. Prospective <br /> <br />large-scale oil-shale development has not been <br /> <br />included in the model; should such growth take <br /> <br />place concurrently, the effect of the Yampa <br /> <br />Project on the county as a whole could be <br /> <br />overshadowed. <br /> <br />Table 22 illustrates the comparison between the <br /> <br />estimated total increase in population, employ- <br /> <br />ment, school enrollment~ birth and death rates <br /> <br />for Craig and Moffat County. As the graphs show, <br /> <br />there will be a tendency for employment, popula- <br /> <br />tion and school enrollment to peak in ,1977, <br /> <br />followed by a decline to mid-1978 and slow re- <br /> <br />covery thereafter. This reflects the temporary <br />influx of construction workers and their families. <br /> <br />The increase in county assessed value resulting <br /> <br />from the 'Yampa Proj ect will have a substantial <br /> <br />impact on property tax revenue. Table 23 presents <br /> <br />estimates for this increased revenue through <br /> <br />1981, assuming an assessed valuation of 20 <br /> <br />percent of the original cost of construction <br /> <br />-178- <br />