Education and Schools
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THE MORGAN COUNTY CITIZEN
heading up higher ed Madison's Felton Jenkins named vice-chair of the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents When it comes to post-secondary education in the state, Madison resident Felton Jenkins has major say-so. He's the newly elected vice chairman of the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents, the body that governs Georgia's 35 public universities. Jenkins has been a part of the board of four years – regents serve seven-year terms – but isn't new to work in higher education. He earned his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Georgia, and after that served on the university's Foundation Board for about 10 years as well as the Law School Board of Visitors, which he also chaired. Working with Sonny Perdue both before and during his time as governor, Perdue was responto have one governor sible for appointing Jenkins, as appoint all 18, but that's well as all of the other board how it has worked out.” members, to the Board of Regents. The Citizen sat down with Jenkins to ask him about the inner-workings of the Board of Regents and to learn more about the state of higher education in Georgia. In question-and-answer format, the order of the questions and answers were altered to make them make more sense. Additionally, the answers to some questions aren't direct quotations, but are paraphrased; this is noted in the story.
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Compiled by Kathryn Schiliro l Photos by Angelina Bellebuono Tell me a little bit about your background. “I'm a lawyer; I practiced law in Atlanta for about 30 years. I'm from Madison, and after I retired from the law practice, my wife and I moved back to Madison, about 12 years ago now, and built a house and lived here... But I grew up here in Madison. My wife, Julie, moved here when she was in the 10th grade, so we've known each other for a long time.” Jenkins practiced "business, commercial, trial work litigation" with the firm King & Spalding in Atlanta. A "retired partner," he still maintains an office there but doesn't actively practice. What is the Board of Regents responsible for? “The Board of Regents consists of 18 board members appointed by the governor. There are 13, one from each of the 13 Congressional districts, and then five at-large [board members] for a total of 18. The governor appoints all 18, and I'm one of the atlarge members. The board is charged by the Georgia constitution with managing and governing the University System of Georgia, which consists of 35 schools, from the University of Georgia, which is the biggest, to Waycross College, which is the smallest. ... We meet generally once a month for two days and manage and direct the operations of the University System of Georgia: 302,000 students, 40,000 professors and staff, and a budget of, this year, $6.7 billion. “There's a full-time staff in Atlanta...and the chancellor, who is head of the University System of Georgia, he has a number of assistants, vice chancellors. In a nutshell, that's what the Board of Regents does.” The Board of Regents includes Georgians from all walks of life: businessmen, lawyers, professors, real estate executives, banking executives, a housewife, doctors, even a retired four-star general, Jenkins said. The board maintains an office in Atlanta, an IT office in Athens and a new "Shared Services Operations" (payroll, etc.) office in Sandersville. While expenses are reimbursed, members of the board aren't paid for their work; it's more like a public service.
How do you go about keeping up with 35 colleges? “Well, it's not easy. You have to rely a lot on the presidents of the colleges. We've got those 35 colleges divided into four different groups [and] there's a person in the system office, from the chancellor on down, that's responsible for each of those groups. Each of those regents in the Congressional district where they are try to look after those schools, go see those schools, keep up with those schools. Those of us who are at-large representatives try to get around to as many of the colleges as we can, but it's difficult; there's no easy way about it because this regents position is not a full-time position, it's not compensated, so you end up relying first on the president of the college and the staff that he has and then on the University System of Georgia staff in Atlanta. “There's no substitute for being there, talking with the president, administrative staff, the professors that teach at the school and the students. The students are a very important voice and sometimes I don't think we listen to them as much as perhaps we should. “So, knowledge of the schools as best you can acquire; we have a lot of factual information, from the number of students at the school to what their SAT average is to how many graduate within six years, all that sort of factual information... “And you know, from time to time you might see, based on your visits and other things you know, a president who's not doing a good job and he or she's been there long enough to think about retiring. So you might, from time to time, in an appropriate way, say, ‘You might think about retiring.’ You have to be delicate in those kinds of situations, but they certainly occur. By and large, though, I think we have a group of presidents who are highly qualified, highly interested in what they're doing and who, with very few exceptions, do not overstay their effective time.” What has happened on the Board of Regents in the past four years? “The biggest thing that has happened is the state economy, as well as the national economy, has gone down. As we've been dealing with budget
Felton Jenkins, Madison resident, is four years into a seven-year term on the Board of Regents, the University System of Georgia’s governing body.
cuts for the last couple of years, we'll resigning or retiring, so you have to deal with them for the next several fill all of those spots. Generally speakyears. ... Two years ago, the state proing we'll have two to three to four vided [about] $2.1 billion; this year searches ongoing to fill the spots of they're going to provide about $1.9 those who have retired or resigned. billion. So, while the student populaWe just have two vacancies right now, tion has gone up probably 30,000 stuthough we just filled one down at the dents, the state support has gone Medical College of Georgia. Generdown [about] $250 million. You have ally two to four presidential searches an increase in the students you have to are going on at any time and the look after and a decrease in the dollars Board of Regents is totally responsible provided for that education by the for selecting those replacement presistate. dents.” “The state portion of the budget is about a third of the total cost; the rest of it is made up in tuition, student fees, what they call ‘auxiliary expenses’ – dormitories, cafeterias, bookstores, things like that – but the state provides about one-third, 30 percent to 33 percent, of the total cost of operating the university Student Population at USG Schools system. People, I 1. University of Georgia: 34,885 (as of this past fall) think, generally are 2. Georgia State University surprised when they 3. Georgia Perimeter College: About 26,000 students hear that. They think of state-supported (includes all seven locations) schools, that the state 4. Kennesaw State University provides more than a 5. Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern University third, but for the last 35. Waycross College: 1,077 (as of this past fall) few years it has been Percentage-wise, however, Gainesville State College is the fastestin that range. It has growing. gone down; in years "I think, because of population growth and, in turn, student past, it has been growth, those traditional schools that you think of, like the much higher than University of Georgia or Georgia Tech, their limit on growth is that. ... such that you can't accomodate growth at those older schools. “When I came on You have to have some of the newer schools that add additional the board four years spots. UGA is just jammed full...Tech's the same way. The real ago, there were about growth is going to take place in the two-year schools." 250,000 students. This year there are 302,000 students and [that total] will The six-month to year-long recruitprobably go to between 315,000 and ment process for presidents, according 320,000 this fall semester. We won't to Jenkins, involves putting out a call to know that for several more months, various search firms; then, when bebut that's the expectation. tween 20 and 100 names are collected “Another issue that's very much at and interest is determined, the pool is the forefront now is the illegal alien culled to between 10 and 12. A commitsituation, [that of] so-called undocutee of regents as well as community mented students who are here in the members, faculty and administration U.S. without proper documentation. from the respective school narrows that There's a big issue as to what you number down to three candidates, and should charge those students, and those last three are interviewed by the some people even say they should not entire Board of Regents. be allowed to go to school at all. “Another thing that happens on a continuous basis...[is] in an given year, See REGENT Page 2D you'll have three, four, five presidents
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REGENT from Page 1D How is the Board of Regents handling the issue of undocumented students? “There are some people that would say that there are people who have been here 20 years, but aren't appropriately documented – they don't have a green card, don't have U.S. citizenship, don't have a student visa, whatever – who should not only sit in the back but [shouldn't be given] anything, including an education. “There's a [Board of Regents] committee that's in the process right now of hashing it out. The present policy – we could change it, but I don't think we will – is in accordance with what we think Georgia law and federal law is, an undocumented student can go to a public university if he or she pays out-of-state tuition, which is generally about four times higher than the in-state tuition, which we calculate to be more than full payment for the cost of education. So, that student is not receiving a state or federal benefit. There are a number of politicians who are running right now who disagree with that (the board's position on undocumented students) very strongly; they disagree with that from a philosophical standpoint and they disagree with our interpretation of the law. They say that going to college is a benefit...” The Board of Regents, Jenkins said, has directed all of its 35 schools to investigate all more than
300,000 students as best they can to determine the amount of undocumented students in University System schools. What do you see as the future for the University System? “I think Georgia and the Southeast are going to continue to grow. I think the student population in higher education is going to grow. I hope that our graduation rate from high school will increase; it's now pretty low, it's in the 60 percent range. ... I hope what they call the college-going rate will increase – that is the percentage of kids that graduate from high school – more and more will go to college, so I think the University System of Georgia is going to be a greater and greater aspect of Georgia life. ... I think a high school education is going to become less and less valuable and more and more important to move on to college, but I think you're not going to be able to get by on a high school education anymore and I think a college education, as well as an advanced degree after college, is going to be more and more important. I see the importance of higher education growing in the state of Georgia because of the population and because of the kind of economy we're trying to develop. “I also see that state support, percentage-wise, is going to continue to come down ... One way to look at that economic [situation] is in how much the state provides for a full-time student. That number has been going down over the last few years. It was somewhere in the range of $8,000 five years
ago; now it's down to about $6,000 per full-time equivalent [student]. I think the money situation is going to be a real factor in the years to come. The offset to that is that tuition is probably going to keep going up, hopefully at a reasonable rate...and individual schools are going to have to do a better job of private solicitation of funds – charitable giving – that's going to become more and more important. It's important now, but for some of the smaller schools, they rely on a combination of state and tuition fees and I think they're going to have to increase their charitable giving. The University of Georgia and Georgia Tech are very much involved in that and have been for a long time. I think it's going to become more and more important.” What is average tuition? University System schools are broken down into four or five categories, Jenkins said, from the research universities – the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, the Medical College of Georgia and Georgia State – to the two-year schools. At the research universities, tuition is about $7,000 for two semesters, not including fees. (At the University of Georgia, the fees alone – parking fee, student activity fee, athletic fee, among others – come to more than $1,600 for two semesters.) Comparatively, the tuition to a state two-year school is about $2,400 for two semesters and not including fees. (Using two-year Waycross College as the example, fees there come to $480 for two semesters.) —Not a direct quote
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How do we reconcile the goal of improving the number of students both graduating from high school and attending college with the fact that higher education is becoming less financially accessible? “You're going to have to have more and more need-based scholarships. The HOPE Scholarship, for example, is a very great program, but it's merit-based. You don't qualify for that because of your family income. You're going to have to have more and more need-based aid, which gets back to this private philanthropy that I'm talking about. Georgia Tech, for example, now has [The G. Wayne Clough Georgia Tech Promise Program, where] if you qualify at a [family] income level...Georgia Tech will guarantee you, if you get in, that you will get out with no debt. They will provide jobs for you, so you'll have to do some work, you'll have to stay in school, obviously have to keep up other scholarships you have, but they will provide that bridge from what you get to what it costs and guarantee you that if you stay eligible and pass all your courses, you'll get out with no debt at all. Those are the kinds of programs we'll have to increase. Georgia Tech is the only school in the state now that has such a program although, beginning in the fall, because of the rates and tuition that we have, the University of Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia College and Georgia Tech are going to provide some additional need-based scholarships. ... As the cost goes up, people are going to, hopefully,
make better salaries, be better educated for their jobs and the economy in general is going to have to improve, but that need-based aid, I think, is very important.”
The Georgia Tech Promise Program is applicable to residents of Georgia working toward their first undergraduate degree.The program – which consists of scholarships, grants and job opportunities – is designed for students whose family's income is no more than $33,300 and makes it possible to graduate from the school without student loan debt, according to the Web site, promise.gatech.edu. What is the graduation rate from the University System of Georgia? The Board of Regents has two figures when it comes to graduation rates: institution-specific, which means a student starts at College A and graduates from College A, and system-wide, which means a students starts at College A but ends at College B, both colleges being in the University System. In 2009, the institution-specific graduation rate averaged 52 percent. The system-wide rate was a slightly better 59 percent.These figures are based on the idea that students typically take six years to graduate and neither of these numbers includes two-year schools. Georgia ranks in the mid-30s among other states who prepare similar calculations. Georgia ranks in the mid-40s when it comes to high school graduation rates. With the seven-year and 10-year graduation rates, these percentages increase a bit. —Not a direct quote
L EGAL A DVERTISING # 280 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MORGAN COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA Condemnor v. STEPHEN FEINBERG, KIMBERLY ANN FEINBERG, ANDREW JASON FEINBERG, EMERALD L. FEINBERG, and Any and all persons claiming an interest in .0.997 acres of real property located in Morgan County, Georgia, on Ponder Pines Road, and the same being a portion of those tracts of land identified as Map and Parcel Number: 062 018F, located in Land Lots 125 & 126, 4th Land District, 285 GMD. Condemnees CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. CITATION The above-named persons and any and all other persons known and unknown claiming any right, title, power, interest, ownership, equity, claim or demand in and to the lands hereinafter described, and all occupants, tenants, lessees, licensees and all holders, owners and users of ways and easements in, across, over and under said land are hereby notified, under the provisions of O.C.G.A. §§ 32-3-4 through 323-20 providing for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by Morgan County, Georgia (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Act”) as follows: That the abovestated case, being a condemnation in rem against the property hereinafter described, was filed in said court on June 23, 2010; that in accordance with the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly, a Declaration of Taking, duly authorized and properly executed as provided by said statute, has been made and filed in said case, declaring the necessity for and exercising the public purposes, thereby vesting the title to same in Morgan County, Georgia; and, in pursuance of such authority, Morgan County, Georgia, has deposited with the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county $9,450.00 as the just compensation for the said land described; and all persons claiming such fund or any interest thereon, are hereby required to make known their claims to the Court. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Condemnor has prayed to the Court for immediate possession of said property, and all persons having any interest in or claim against such property, as above set forth, are required by the Order of the Judge of said Court, made and filed in said case to surrender possession of the property to Morgan County, Georgia no later than five (5) days from the filing of the Declaration of Taking. That, in accordance with O.C.G.A. §§ 32-3-4 through 323-20, if the owner, or any of the owners, or any person having a claim against or interest in said property, shall be dissatisfied with the compensation, as estimated in the Declaration of Taking and deposited in Court, such person or persons, or any of
them, shall have the right, at any time subsequent to the filing of the Declaration and the deposit of the fund into court but not later than thirty (30) days following the date of service as provided for in O.C.G.A. §§ 32-3-8 through 323-20, to file with the court a notice of appeal, the same to be in writing and made a part of the record in the proceedings. The said property, as thus affected, is described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land, lying and being in and a part of Land Lots 125 and 126 of the 4th Land District, 285th GMD, Morgan County, Georgia, fronting along the eastern side of the existing centerline of a Rural Post Road known as Ponder Pines Road which begins at its intersection with U.S. Highway 441/129 and ends at the Putnam County line of sufficient width for a right-of-way of eighty (80) feet in width from the construction centerline of the realigned Ponder Pines Road, together with sufficient land on either side thereof for slopes, fills and drainage necessary for the construction and maintenance of said road, and being the proposed .997 acres more or less of right-of-way. Said parcel is more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a nail and cap set at the centerline intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and the existing Ponder Pines Road proceed S 35º02ʼ34” E 108.45ʼ to 1/2” rebar on the southeasterly right-of-way intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and right-of-way of the proposed realigned Ponder Pines Road, which is the point of beginning; thence S 31º48ʼ12” W 24.40ʼ to a 1/2” rebar; thence S 19º46ʼ26” W 129.22ʼʼ along a radius of 310.00” to the left (Arc 130.17ʼ) to a 1/2” rebar; thence S 07º44ʼ39” W 337.78ʼʼ to a 1/2” rebar; thence N 68º07ʼ05” W 87.39ʼ to a point; thence N 07º28ʼ33” E 323.03ʼ to a point; thence N 12º44ʼ46” E 88.46ʼ to a point; thence N 24º25ʼ56” E 99.51ʼ to a point; thence S 56º47ʼ07” E 96.20ʼ along a radius of 1528.34ʼ to the left (Arc 96.21ʼ) to close on the point of beginning. Said parcel is .997 acres, more or less, and is more particularly described in that certain plat of survey prepared by Dennis Huff, RLS, dated August 21, 2009, and recorded in plat book 41, page 109 Clerkʼs Office, Morgan County Superior Court. Respectfully submitted, this 23rd day of June, 2010. Jody M. Moss, Clerk Superior Court of Morgan County July 1, 8 # 281 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MORGAN COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA Condemnor v. ELIZABETH B. LAWSON, and Any and all persons claiming an interest in .0.27 acres of real property located in Morgan County, Georgia, on Ponder Pines Road, and the same being a portion of those tracts of land identified as Map and Parcel Numbers: 062 018B and 062 018D, located in Land Lot 112, 4th Land District, 285
GMD. Condemnees CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. CITATION The above-named persons and any and all other persons known and unknown claiming any right, title, power, interest, ownership, equity, claim or demand in and to the lands hereinafter described, and all occupants, tenants, lessees, licensees and all holders, owners and users of ways and easements in, across, over and under said land are hereby notified, under the provisions of O.C.G.A. §§ 32-3-4 through 323-20 providing for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by Morgan County, Georgia (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Act”) as follows: That the abovestated case, being a condemnation in rem against the property hereinafter described, was filed in said court on June 23, 2010; that in accordance with the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly, a Declaration of Taking, duly authorized and properly executed as provided by said statute, has been made and filed in said case, declaring the necessity for and exercising the public purposes, thereby vesting the title to same in Morgan County, Georgia; and, in pursuance of such authority, Morgan County, Georgia, has deposited with the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county $2,600.00 as the just compensation for the said land described; and all persons claiming such fund or any interest thereon, are hereby required to make known their claims to the Court. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Condemnor has prayed to the Court for immediate possession of said property, and all persons having any interest in or claim against such property, as above set forth, are required by the Order of the Judge of said Court, made and filed in said case to surrender possession of the property to Morgan County, Georgia no later than five (5) days from the filing of the Declaration of Taking. That, in accordance with O.C.G.A. §§ 32-3-4 through 32-3-20, if the owner, or any of the owners, or any person having a claim against or interest in said property, shall be dissatisfied with the compensation, as estimated in the Declaration of Taking and deposited in Court, such person or persons, or any of them, shall have the right, at any time subsequent to the filing of the Declaration and the deposit of the fund into court but not later than thirty (30) days following the date of service as provided for in O.C.G.A. §§ 32-3-8 through 32-3-20, to file with the court a notice of appeal, the same to be in writing and made a part of the record in the proceedings. The said property, as thus affected, is described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land, lying and being in and a part of Land Lot 112 of the 4th Land District, 285th GMD, Morgan County, Georgia, fronting along the eastern side of the existing centerline of a Rural Post Road
known as Ponder Pines Road which begins at its intersection with U.S. Highway 441/129 and ends at the Putnam County line of sufficient width for a right-ofway of eighty (80) feet in width from the construction centerline of the realigned Ponder Pines Road, together with sufficient land on either side thereof for slopes, fills and drainage necessary for the construction and maintenance of said road, and being the proposed .27 acres more or less of right-of-way. Said parcel is more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a nail and cap set at the centerline intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and the existing Ponder Pines Road proceed S 01º11ʼ52” W 2,742.81ʼ to 1/2” rebar on the easterly proposed 80ʼ right-ofway of Ponder Pines Road, which is the point of beginning; thence S 17º 08ʼ39” E 131.39ʼ to a point; thence S 16º15ʼ43” E 20.24ʼʼ along a radius of 655.00ʼ to the right (Arc 20.24ʼ) to a 1/2” rebar; thence S 63º16ʼ07” W 42.07ʼʼ to a point; thence N 14º10ʼ49” W 6.67ʼ to a point; thence N 16º24ʼ14” W 141.58ʼ to a point; thence N 58º08ʼ45” E 40.96ʼ to close on the point of beginning. Said parcel is .139 acres, more or less, and is more particularly described in that certain plat of survey prepared by Dennis Huff, RLS, dated August 21, 2009, and recorded in plat book 41, page 106 Clerkʼs Office, Morgan County Superior Court. AND Beginning at a nail and cap set at the centerline intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and the existing Ponder Pines Road proceed S 00º15ʼ24” W 2,887.23ʼ to a 1/2” rebar on the easterly proposed 80ʼ right-of-way of Ponder Pines Road, which is the point of beginning; thence S 08º29ʼ37” E 156.99ʼ along a radius of 655.00ʼ to the right (Arc 157.37ʼ) to a 1/2” rebar; thence S 83º30ʼ05” W 36.98ʼ to a point; thence N 00º04ʼ58” W 21.07ʼ to a point; thence N 06º59ʼ20” W 48.00ʼ to a point; thence N 14º10ʼ49” W 74.08ʼ to a point; thence N 63º16ʼ07” E 42.07ʼ to close on the point of beginning. Said parcel is .133 acres, more or less, and is more particularly described in that certain plat of survey prepared by Dennis Huff, RLS, dated August 21, 2009, and recorded in plat book 41, page 108 Clerkʼs Office, Morgan County Superior Court. Respectfully submitted, this 23rd day of June, 2010. Jody M. Moss, Clerk Superior Court of Morgan County July 1, 8 # 282 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MORGAN COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA Condemnor v. WILLIAM B. MITCHELL, JOHNNY C. HILL, and Any and all persons claiming an interest in 0.59 acres of real property located in Morgan County, Georgia, on Ponder Pines Road, and the same being a portion of those tracts of land
identified as Map and Parcel Numbers: 062 025A and 062 025B, located in Land Lot 93, 4th Land District, 285 GMD. Condemnees CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. CITATION The above-named persons and any and all other persons known and unknown claiming any right, title, power, interest, ownership, equity, claim or demand in and to the lands hereinafter described, and all occupants, tenants, lessees, licensees and all holders, owners and users of ways and easements in, across, over and under said land are hereby notified, under the provisions of O.C.G.A. §§ 32-3-4 through 323-20 providing for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by Morgan County, Georgia (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Act”) as follows: That the abovestated case, being a condemnation in rem against the property hereinafter described, was filed in said court on June 23, 2010; that in accordance with the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly, a Declaration of Taking, duly authorized and properly executed as provided by said statute, has been made and filed in said case, declaring the necessity for and exercising the public purposes, thereby vesting the title to same in Morgan County, Georgia; and, in pursuance of such authority, Morgan County, Georgia, has deposited with the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county $3,900.00 as the just compensation for the said land described; and all persons claiming such fund or any interest thereon, are hereby required to make known their claims to the Court. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Condemnor has prayed to the Court for immediate possession of said property, and all persons having any interest in or claim against such property, as above set forth, are required by the Order of the Judge of said Court, made and filed in said case to surrender possession of the property to Morgan County, Georgia no later than five (5) days from the filing of the Declaration of Taking. That, in accordance with O.C.G.A. §§ 32-3-4 through 32-3-20, if the owner, or any of the owners, or any person having a claim against or interest in said property, shall be dissatisfied with the compensation, as estimated in the Declaration of Taking and deposited in Court, such person or persons, or any of them, shall have the right, at any time subsequent to the filing of the Declaration and the deposit of the fund into court but not later than thirty (30) days following the date of service as provided for in O.C.G.A. §§ 32-3-8 through 32-3-20, to file with the court a notice of appeal, the same to be in writing and made a part of the record in the proceedings. The said property, as thus affected, is described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land, lying and being in and a part of Land Lot 93 of the 4th Land Dis-
trict, 285th GMD, Morgan County, Georgia, fronting along the western side of the existing centerline of a Rural Post Road known as Ponder Pines Road which begins at its intersection with U.S. Highway 441/129 and ends at the Putnam County line of sufficient width for a right-ofway of eighty (80) feet in width from the construction centerline of the realigned Ponder Pines Road, together with sufficient land on either side thereof for slopes, fills and drainage necessary for the construction and maintenance of said road, and being the proposed .59 acres more or less of right-of-way. Said parcel is more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a nail and cap set at the centerline intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and the existing Ponder Pines Road proceed S 05º34ʼ56” W 4,509.75ʼ to 1/2” rebar on the westerly proposed 80ʼ right-ofway of Ponder Pines Road, which is the point of beginning; thence S 43º 26ʼ21” E 53.30ʼ to a point; thence S 07º06ʼ17” W 18.82ʼʼ to a point; thence S 03º50ʼ02” W 117.58ʼʼ to a point; thence S 01º20ʼ52” W 42.09ʼ to a point; thence S 84º51ʼ06” W 37.14ʼ to 1/2” rebar; thence N 02º28ʼ41” E 164.29ʼ to a point; thence N 04º30ʼ52” E 56.14ʼ along a radius of 790.00ʼ to the right (Arc 56.16ʼ) to close on the point of beginning. Said parcel is .172 acres, more or less, and is more particularly described in that certain plat of survey prepared by Dennis Huff, RLS, dated August 21, 2009, and recorded in plat book 41, page 105 Clerkʼs Office, Morgan County Superior Court. AND Beginning at a nail and cap set at the centerline intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and the existing Ponder Pines Road proceed S 05º22ʼ09” W 4,881.19ʼ to a 1/2” rebar on the westerly proposed 80ʼ right-of-way of Ponder Pines Road, which is the point of beginning; thence N 84º51ʼ06” E 40.15ʼ to a point; thence S 01º20ʼ52” W 43.65ʼ to a point; thence S 02º29ʼ42” W 90.41ʼ to a point; thence S 05º12ʼ23” W 96.67ʼ to a point; thence S 09º05ʼ09” W 82.90ʼ to a point; thence S 12º32ʼ14” W 84.69ʼ to a point; thence S 18º05ʼ59” W 28.87ʼ to a point; thence S 45º06ʼ51” W 96.54ʼ to 1/2” rebar; thence N 19º09ʼ44” E 110.01ʼ to a point; thence N 10º49ʼ13” E 206.01ʼ along a radius of 710.00ʼʼ to the left (Arc 206.74ʼ) to a point; thence N 02º28ʼ41” E 180.63ʼ to close on the point of beginning. Said parcel is .418 acres, more or less, and is more particularly described in that certain plat of survey prepared by Dennis Huff, RLS, dated August 21, 2009, and recorded in plat book 41, page 107 Clerkʼs Office, Morgan County Superior Court. Respectfully submitted, this 23rd day of June, 2010. Jody M. Moss, Clerk Superior Court of Morgan County July 1, 8