Graham City Council tables purchase proposal for Lake Eddleman RV park

A proposal from RKJ Adventures, LLC, to purchase Lake Eddleman RV park was postponed by the Graham City Council last Thursday due to community concerns raised during the meeting regarding the project. The project was initially tabled to the meeting last Thursday after being reviewed by a committee established after the June 10 council meeting.

RKJ Adventures submitted the proposal after the city ran a public notice seeking sealed bids by June 7, for the purchase or lease of the city property at Lake Eddleman Park to be used for RV and “enhance the quality of recreation surrounding Lake Eddleman.”

According to the proposal, Robert and Ramsey Jackson, of RKJ Adventures, have been looking to purchase an RV park and build a small business for their future in a growing community. The two have family ties to Graham and submitted detailed plans regarding the 15 acres located at the park which were presented to the council members Thursday.

The proposal states the initial plan is to have two sides to the business which will be the RV Park and Beach Park. The RV Park is proposed to have 40-50 RV sites with room to expand to 65-70 sites. Each site will have concrete and/or gravel pads, 30 and 50-amp electric, water and sewer hookups. Ramsey Jackson said the electrical lines for the RV park will be run underground and the earliest they could see the bar and grill will be three years down the line. The concern about the condition of Boat Ramp Road was also addressed by Jackson.

“The roads are definitely something, it is just like everything else, all the infrastructure will have to be put in place. We also know that we’ve seen lots of rain over the last couple of months so we know there is drainage issues out there. It’s a sloppy mess. So those are all the things that we will be fixing out there along with the roads,” she said. “(...) My husband here has worked and negotiated a lot of contracts with a lot of county commissioners in his lifetime so we know the things that need to be fixed. (...) We don’t want to make this an eyesore or bigger burden, especially with the roads and things like that.”

Editor’s Note: This is part two of a story which was featured in the Saturday, June 26 edition of The Graham Leader.

For the rest of the story, see the June 30 edition of The Graham Leader.