Comité State Properties de la Cámara de Representantes, 5 de febrero de 2026

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1. 0:05:52

   And call the meeting to... Is that- It may take a second to... There we go. There we go. I'm gonna go ahead and call the meeting to, uh, to order. Uh, and thank y'all. The State Properties, uh, Committee now is in session. And it really is in session now with, uh, uh, Chairman Sainz here. Good gracious. Uh, I'm gonna call on, uh, uh, Bill Werkheiser to, uh, offer up a word of prayer.

2. 0:06:24

   Okay. Father, we thank you for the opportunity to be here. Thank you for your goodness and everything we've been given, the country we live in, the state we live in. Father, we just pray that we would, uh, be wise, wise stewards of things you've given us in charge of. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.

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   Amen.

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   Amen.

5. 0:06:43

   Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate that. I'm gonna call on Marty Smith. And Marty is, uh, the head of our, uh, State Properties, and I'm gonna ask him to do a little introduction here. We have a new person on board.

6. 0:06:58

   Absolutely. Chairman, committee members, thank you very much for allowing us to be here today. And, uh, my name is Marty Smith for those who have not met. I've worked with most of you. But first I want to thank you and the committee, y'all. Always been a pleasure. Frank Smith usually handled the State Properties Commission. He's now with the Board of Regents. And we've got a, uh... It was temporary. He's been promoted now. He's taken over Frank's shoes, and this is, uh, Terry Jones. He's a Carroll County guy, too, as well. Got a big knowledge in, uh, what we do in properties at the state, too, so he is the new deputy executive director.

7. 0:07:30

   I've got the Georgia Building Authority, Georgia State Finance and Investment, and SPC, and Terry's taking over SPC for us. So I've challenged him that Frank never had issues. Chairman Green would always bring him up- ... within the committee, and I said, "I hope to never get phone calls in here the same way." But he's gonna walk us through today's committee. But we thank y'all for what you do in helping us get, you know, legislation through every, every year. But you're always a pleasure to work with. So if we need anything, please don't ever hesitate to call on us. But, uh, you know, I'm working with Representative Dunahoo on several things as well.

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   But we, we're always here to try to be efficient as we can to help as well. So please let us know what you need.

9. 0:08:08

   Thanks, Marty. Uh, you do a great job, and we really appreciate it. And we, we've certainly enjoyed already working with Terry, and, and thank you for that. Let me just two other, three other introductions. Uh, this is our legislative, uh, person, uh, over here. This is Kayla. Kayla. Kayla, you want to say anything? Nothing. Tell them to, tell them to come and see you. She needs a workload, y'all. Uh, let me introduce our intern, if you'll stand, and if you'll tell people who you are, where you're going to school.

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    Hi, everyone. My name is Birdia Somikamaran, and I'm a first-year student at Georgia Tech studying economics.

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    Go Jackets.

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    Go Jackets. Go Jackets. She's doing a great job for us, too. And Anna's back with us, and Anna has, uh, been with us several years now, huh? Yeah, a few years. Few years. Mm-hmm. Uh, and she moved from legislative council- Mm-hmm ... to research, so we're always glad to have her. And they are, they're available to you anytime. They, they are great to work with, and I know Marty's folks are, too, uh, to work with. And, um, uh, Marty and I are planning on having a walkthrough for the committee through the new, uh, legislative office building.

13. 0:09:28

    We're waiting for it to get a little warmer, and, uh, we'll put Don of, uh, Hard Hats, and he's gonna make, uh, cover that for us on, on that. So, uh, we'll do that, uh, one day and when y'all have a little quick time, which, uh, it's gonna be hard to do, but we're gonna find out whether we can do it or not. Terry, we're gonna have you to come up now and present, uh, House Resolution, uh, 1050.

14. 0:10:04

    Yes, sir. Well, first of all, uh, it's a pleasure to meet all of you.

15. 0:10:07

    Are you... We're gonna cut you on now. I think he's two. Two?

16. 0:10:13

    Nope.

17. 0:10:14

    Oh. Try that one. Are you two or one? Speak.

18. 0:10:19

    Hello? Hello?

19. 0:10:23

    Trying to...

20. 0:10:24

    Oh.

21. 0:10:25

    There we go.

22. 0:10:26

    There we are.

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    Okay.

24. 0:10:27

    Um, first of all, I'd like to say, uh, it's a pleasure to meet all of you. I'm looking forward to working with you, getting to know you. Um, this is an, an exciting opportunity for me. I appreciate the confidence that Marty Smith has in me in, uh, allowing me to serve as deputy, uh, uh, of the ex- uh, deputy executive director for the State Property Commission. So.

25. 0:10:48

    We're glad to have you.

26. 0:10:49

    Thank you, sir.

27. 0:10:50

    All right. Um, and I want to tell the committee if, if there's an issue, uh, with any of those as he's going through, and you can follow him on your synopsis there. You can stop him in, at that point instead of us waiting till we have to go back completely through, uh, the whole, uh, nine yards. So if you will just follow along, and any time that you have a question, he'll be glad to stop, and we can take that question. All right?

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    Terry, the floor is yours.

29. 0:11:21

    Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I'm, I'm gonna run through these, so as he said, feel free to stop me if you've got a question. Um, we have 11 conveyances in this Resolution h- uh, 1050, starting with Clayton County, had a, a request to convey one acre, uh, being a portion of the Atlanta State Farmer's Market to the Georgia Department of Transportation, uh, for a turn lane to benefit the farmer's market there. In Dawson County, we have a lease, uh, request for .3 of an acre being a portion of the Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area to Dawson County, uh, for the construction and operation of a telecommunication tower.

30. 0:12:02

    And this would be a 25-year lease with an op- opportunity to renew for an, an additional 25 years, uh, at a cost of $10 annually. DeKalb County have request to convey 2.84 acres of the Metro Express Bus Park & Ride to the Georgia Department of Transportation at a cost of $369,829. This is a, um, a interchange project widen of, widening of the road.

31. 0:12:34

    In Dougherty County, we have a lease of one acre or request for one acre, uh, known as the Easterseals Building, uh, to the Easterseals Southern Georgia, uh, Incorporated, uh, for a five-year lease, uh, at a cost of $650 annually. This is actually a, a lease renewal. Um, in Effingham County, we have a request to amend the existing ground lease with Effingham County Board of Education to add two, right at three acres, uh, being a portion of the Savannah Technical College and Career Academy at $10, uh, annually.

32. 0:13:13

    This is to expand their parking there on the site.

33. 0:13:16

    Is this the speaker's, is this the speaker's portion there?

34. 0:13:21

    That's ... You want me to ... That is Bill Hitchens?

35. 0:13:28

    Bill.

36. 0:13:29

    Yes, sir.

37. 0:13:29

    Okay.

38. 0:13:30

    Yes, sir.

39. 0:13:30

    Um, while I've stopped him for just a moment, we have contacted every legislator that is affected by any of these.

40. 0:13:41

    Mm-hmm.

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    And we have not heard back from any of them-

42. 0:13:44

    No

43. 0:13:44

    ... uh, that there's a problem or anything. But we con- contacted every legislator that was affected by any of these, uh, conveyances or easements. Not the whole delegation.

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    Right.

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    It is in that particular district.

46. 0:14:00

    Right.

47. 0:14:00

    And that's, uh, we've done that every year to make sure that they, they, there's no, uh, issues with them. Thank you.

48. 0:14:10

    Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, we'll pick up with Floyd County. We have a request for a lease of 16,000 square feet, uh, of what's known as the Dillard Building on the campus of the Georgia School for the Deaf. Um, this is, uh, for the, uh, North Georgia Charter Academy, and it's a five-year lease, uh, consideration for $650 annually, uh, as well as reimbursement of expenses. In McDuffie County, we have a request to convey 1.5 acres, uh, to McDuffie County in exchange for the county's conveyance of six acres, along with a payment of $19,000, and that is for the construction of a fire station.

49. 0:14:56

    In McIntosh County, request to lease 231 square feet, um, to the federal government with a five-year lease at a consideration of $10 per year, plus $2,240 per year for expenses with the opportunity to renew one five-year option. Um, this is actually a, a, a lease renewal as well. Then in Polk County, we have a request to convey three acres, uh, of the Cedartown Adult Learning Center at a cost of $10 to the City of Cedartown for a fire station.

50. 0:15:37

    In Richmond County, we have a lease request for 7,500 square feet of, uh, on Hillcrest Circle and Hillcrest Drive to the Anthony Wayne Rehabilitation Center for the Handicapped and Blind. Um, this would be a term of one year with a, uh, two one-year renewals at a consideration of $10 annually, and this is to operate a transitional community residential homes for people with developmental disabilities.

51. 0:16:07

    And then we have, uh, a lease request in Troup County for 50,000 square feet of, uh, a p- being a portion of Building G located on the West Georgia Technical College LaGrange campus to the Troup County School System, um, for a five-year lease with one five-year renewal option at a cost of $1 annually, and this is a, a renewal of a lease for their career academy. Mr. Chairman, that does it for the conveyances.

52. 0:16:37

    Good. Good. Um, do I have any questions from the committee on any of these conveyances?

53. 0:16:48

    Yes, sir.

54. 0:16:49

    Just a very general background question, um, 'cause I would rather not save dumb questions till later. Um, but what are, what, uh, and just out of curiosity, what's the difference of, uh, where we put $1 versus 600 versus $10 for consideration?

55. 0:17:05

    Um-

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    Or is it just ...

57. 0:17:06

    Typically, if, if it is, uh, a, a lease or a conveyance to, uh, another, another government agency, that's when we can, uh, work out the, the, a nominal deal of a dollar or a $10 fee. Um, if it's, uh, a non-government entity, then we have to do it at fair market value.

58. 0:17:25

    Thank you.

59. 0:17:26

    Yes, sir.

60. 0:17:26

    Yeah, we, we always take care of the, uh, in regard to, uh, the idea that it must be used for the public good when it comes to, uh, those-

61. 0:17:39

    Yes, sir

62. 0:17:39

    ... things. That was a good question, and I should've, uh, explained that before we started, but that's why we have good members like you.

63. 0:17:49

    You are the best, aren't they? Yes, uh, representative.

64. 0:17:55

    At the appropriate time, I'll move to pass.

65. 0:17:57

    Second.

66. 0:18:00

    I think it's the appropriate time.

67. 0:18:04

    Good job, guys.

68. 0:18:07

    All right. Uh, do we have any further discussion or anyone from the audience that would like to speak to, uh, 1050? Okay. Hearing none, we have a motion for House Resolution 1050 to, uh, with a due pass, and it's been second, duly second. Any further questions? Okay. All in favor then I'll call for the vote. All those in favor say aye.

69. 0:18:34

    Aye.

70. 0:18:35

    Those opposed. You have that one.

71. 0:18:38

    Thank you, sir.

72. 0:18:39

    Very good job on that one.

73. 0:18:40

    Thank you, sir.

74. 0:18:40

    That was 1050. Thank y'all. Now we'll go to House Resolution 1051, and you have, all of you have, uh, the synopsis in your, all of you have your synopsis in the, uh, and you can follow along on the easements on that. Once again, Terry, if you, uh, proceed.

75. 0:19:00

    Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, we do have 22 easements. Uh, I'm gonna run through these, and again, if you have any questions, feel free to stop me as I go. Uh, we'll start with Baldwin County, have a, a request to grant an easement to the Southern Natural Gas Company for 3.1 acres for underground natural gas distribution lines at a fair market value, no less than $650. In Bartow County, we have a, a request to grant an easement to the Georgia Department of Transportation, um, over the Western and Atlantic Railroad for .6 of an acre, uh, for a road improvement project at a cost of $23,700.

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    In Bullock County, grant an easement to Excelsior Electric Membership Corporation, uh, for .2 of an acre at the O- Ogeechee Technical College, uh, for underground electrical distribution lines to serve the ISR training center at a cost of $10. In Camden County, uh, request to grant an easement to the City of Kingsland, uh, for .15 of an acre at the Coastal Pines Technical College for a road improvement project at a cost of $4,000.

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    In Catoosa County, uh, request to grant an easement to Marathon Realty Corporation for, oh, .46 of an acre at the Georgia Northwestern Technical College for the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of a slope, uh, at the fair market value, no less than $650. In Chattooga County, request to grant an easement to the City of Summerville, Georgia, uh, for one acre at Hayes State Prison for underground natural gas line and associated equipment to serve the MotCor addition for $10.

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    In Clayton County, request to grant an easement to the Georgia Power Company for 1.6 acres at the Atlanta Farmers Market for a utility upgrade and repair project at $10. In Colquitt County, grant an easement to the City of Moultrie for-

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    Colquitt.

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    Colquitt. Okay. I- I'm sorry. I stand corrected. Uh, for 4.6, uh, acres at the Southern Regional Technical College for underground electrical and gas distribution lines and associated equipment to serve the, uh, campus expansion for a cost of $10. In DeKalb County, grant an easement to the Georgia Power Company for 1.4 acres at the Georgia, uh, Piedmont Technical College for underground and overhead electrical distribution lines to serve a new commercial truck driving facility at a cost of $10.

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    In Manuel County, grant an easement to the Excelsior Electric Membership Corporation for .5 of an acre at the George L. Smith State Park for the maintenance of an underground distribution line to serve the new campground for $10. Um, Glenn County, grant an easement to HIC Altamaha, um, o- for 2.5 acres at the Altamaha Plantation Wildlife Management Area for maintenance of a storm water conveyance and infrastructure and outfalls for $10.

82. 0:22:35

    In Habersham County, uh, request to grant an easement to the Georgia Power Company for .24 of an acre at the North Georgia Technical College for underground electrical distribution lines to serve the Dr. Mark A. Ivester Center for Living and Learning at a cost of $10. Hall County, grant an easement to the Georgia Power Company for 1.6 acres at the Lanier Technical College for electrical distribution lines to serve a new roundabout project for the fair market value of no less than $650.

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    In Lawrence County, grant an easement to the Little Ocmulgee Electric Membership Cooperative. Hopefully I didn't-

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    You got that one

85. 0:23:19

    ... butcher that. Um, for 4.36 acres at Oconee Fall Line Technical College to serve the renovation of the Stewart Building and, uh, maintenance and underground distribution lines. In McDuff- McDuffie County, grant an easement to Jefferson Energy Cooperative for .52 of an acre at McDuffie Public Fishing Area for maintenance of underground electrical distribution lines to serve the maintenance facility at a cost of $10.

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    In Morgan and Walton Counties- Request to grant an easement to AT&T Enterprises for three acres at the Rivian project site. Uh, this is for relocation of communication lines to serve the project site for a cost of $10. In Oconee County, grant an easement to the Walton Electric Membership Cooperative, uh, for .5 of an acre at the new Department of Driver Services Community Service Center, uh, for the maintenance of underground electrical distribution lines to serve the new customer service center facility for a cost of $10.

87. 0:24:34

    In Paulding County, grant an easement to the Georgia Department of Transportation for .283 of an acre at the Chattahoochee Technical College for a road widening and reconstruction of State Route 60 Ro- 61 from County Road 467 to US 278 at a cost of $83,700. This is a, a road widening project. Then in Peach County, grant an easement to the Flint Electric Membership Corporation for .2 of an acre at Camp John Hope for the maintenance of overhead electrical distribution lines, uh, and infrastructure improvements to maintain reliability at the camp for a cost of $10.

88. 0:25:21

    In Talbot County, grant an easement to Timberlands II for two acres at Eupatoy Ravines for ingress and egress access at a cost of $650. In Tift County, grant an easement to the Georgia Power Company for .17 of an acre at the Tifton Agricultural, uh, Laboratory for electrical distribution lines to ensure consistent reliable power supply to the laboratory for a cost of $10.

89. 0:25:53

    And then in Hamilton County, Tennessee, uh, request to grant an easement to the Tennessee Department of Transportation for 116 acres being a part of the Western & Atlantic Railroad for various road improvement and safety projects over the railroad there at a cost of $10. And Mr. Chairman, that does it for the, uh, easements.

90. 0:26:16

    Motion to do pass.

91. 0:26:18

    Second.

92. 0:26:21

    Maybe I'll ask for it in a minute. Thank, thank you, Terry. I appreciate it.

93. 0:26:27

    Yes.

94. 0:26:28

    Um, you've heard the, uh, for the easements, the, uh, under House Resolution 1051. We do have a, um, a motion to do pass. Do we have a second?

95. 0:26:41

    Second.

96. 0:26:41

    We have a second. Uh, do we have any discussion? Anyone from the audience, uh, that wishes to speak to this? We do... You'll notice that, uh, um, that some money is coming in to the state properties there. That will go into the state treasury, uh, there. We don't get to keep that and, uh, have a nice dinner on that one. But I am going to give y'all a dinner, uh, a little bit later on. I'll send out a request, 'cause y'all are so good about coming today and everything.

97. 0:27:15

    But, uh, we have on the, um, um, on the floor a do pass for House Resolution 1051. Uh, all those in favor of passage of 1051, please signify by saying I.

98. 0:27:31

    I.

99. 0:27:32

    Any, uh, any no's? None. Very good. You have both of these. We're gonna send them over to, uh, Rules, and we'll go from there. And then you can, uh, we'll have at it at the Senate there. And they do have some more already, I understand, that they want to add from the Senate. So we will, uh, when it comes back, it will be a substitute, uh, in that respect. Um, any further, um, business before this committee?

100. 0:28:04

     Thank y'all for coming. Y'all, y'all really... I'm, I apologize that we, uh, started an hour later, but, uh, that was not my decision on that. Uh, we are going to... We're not gonna take up the, uh, resolution till, um, till we have some further discussion, uh, on that. Uh, and of course, that resolution that's in there deals with the, um, the new legislative office building, and we'll, we'll take it up, uh, at a, uh, later date.

101. 0:28:38

     Any further discussions?

102. 0:28:40

     I make a motion to name it the Gerald Greene Weather Service Office.

103. 0:28:42

     No, I, I, I want the optometry school.

104. 0:28:49

     Oh. Thank y'all so much for coming. Meeting adjourned.

105. 0:28:53

     Thank you.