EXECUTIVE ORDER

 

BY THE GOVERNOR:

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS :

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

ORDERED:

The State of Georgia holds title to certain real property by virtue of a March 30, 1955
quitclaim deed from United States of America, through and by E.L. Peterson, Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture, for approximately 35,879.03 acres recorded in Ware County
Clerk of Superior Court in Deed Book 8—H, Pages 469-471 and Brantley County Clerk of
Superior Court in Deed Book 17, pages 430—432 (the “Property”); and

Said Pr0perty is in the custody of the Department of Natural Resources (the “Department”)
and is operated as Laura S. Walker State Park; and

The Property improvements include an approximate 3,491 square foot pool bathhouse,
as shown in that aerial photograph attached hereto as Exhibit A, and incorporated herein by
reference (the “Structure”); and '

Said Structure is identified by the Department to no longer be essential for park operations
and unsafe in its current condition, is declared to have no value, and staff of the
Department recommended the removal of the Structure; and

The Board of Natural Resources on Februaiy 6, 2015, resolved to recommend the removal
of the Structure and requested that the State Properties Commission seek an Executive
Order from the Governor to allow for the razing, demolition, and disposal of the Structure
as in the best interest of the State of Georgia; and '

The Department of Natural Resources has funding available to raze, demolish, and dispose
of said Structure.

NOW, THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS GOVERNOR OF
THE STATE OF GEORGIA, IT IS HEREBY

The Department of Natural Resources is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the
razing, demolition and disposal of said Structure under the terms and conditions which are
deemed to be in the best interests of the State of Georgia.

This L3 day oprril, 2015.

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GOVERNOR

 

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EXECUTIVE SECRETARY