CN-370000-PL263-T505.pdf

TASK ASSIGNMENT NOTIFICATION FORM

DEP CONTRACT NO. PL263

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Task Description (Use additional sheets if necessary): Conservation Easement Monitoring for FY 2016·2017

Final Deliverables and Due Dates: See allached Details in Exhibits A, B. and C. Monitoring reoorts can be submitted twice a year no later than December 31, 2016 and June 16, 2017. Invoices should be submitled along with the Monitoring reoorts.

Performance Measures: See attached Details in Exhibits A B and C

Financial Consequences: No payment will be made for unsatisfactory deliverab!es.

Term of Task Assignment: July 1, 2016 through June 16. 2017

TASK ASSIGNMENT TYPE AND NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNTS:

FEE SCHEDULE FIXED PRICE TOTAL TASK ASSIGNMENT VALUE

x x $47,282

TOTAL TASK ASSIGNMENT VALUE s 47,282

F d. I f I' un 1nq n orma ion:

Org Code EO Object Code Fund Category Project# Year

3710-1000·000 QM 139900 423001 101496 00

CONTRACTOR FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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Contractual Authority Date

Gary K. Ostrander Vice President For Research cc: Procurement Administrator (MS93) Bureau of Finance & Accounting (MS78) · 2 copies

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Amount $47,282

MONITORING OF

CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OR Land Protection Agreements

SCOPE OF SERVICES-EXHIBIT A

The Contractor will assist the Board of Trustees in monitoring its less-than-fee interests in the form of conservation easements or land protection agreements on private lands throughout the State that were acquired by the State to perpetuate existing land uses and conservation values on private lands while simultaneously allowing the landowner and his/her heirs and successors to continue to use the land.

Each conservation easement or land protection agreement enumerates certain rights retained by the landowner as grantor, prohibitions against certain activities, and rights granted to the State as grantee.

The conditions of the property at the time the easement or agreement is executed are typically documented in a Baseline Documentation Report. The Division is responsible for ensuring that the grantor complies with all terms and prohibitions of the easement or agreement.

The Contractor shall monitor grantor compliance with the terms and conditions of conservation easements and land protection agreements held by the Board and provide updated resource descriptions and photo-documentation of sites where and when appropriate. The services will include, but will not necessarily be limited to, the following:

• Examining agricultural and silvicultural practices for compliance with easement restrictions and best management practices

• Assessing extent and quality of wetlands

• Reporting on presence and abundance of invasive exotic plants

• Determining the extent of new development and its compliance with easement restrictions

• Reshooting GPS photopoints and comparing new photographs to previous ones

• Producing de facto baseline documentation for those easements and agreements for which it was not originally done

• Preparing monitoring reports for submission to the Department.

Invoice Schedule:

The CONTRACTOR shall submit invoices for work completed as follows:

Invoice for the Fall 2016 Conservation Easement Monitoring - Due no later than January 16, 2017 Invoice for the Spring 2017 Conservation Easement Monitoring - Due no later than June 16, 2017

All invoices shall include the reporting period covered for the invoice amount billed.

(For Example: Reporting Period: July 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016)

DEP Task Assignment- Monitoring of Conservation Easements/Land Protection Agreements Scope of Services-EXHIBIT A

Exhibit B

GENERAL EASEMENT INFORMATION

Has the inspection team received and reviewed the following documents which should be required to conduct this inspection:

1. Conservation easement. (YIN)

2. Easement Documentation Report (Y /N)

a. Attach a copy of all prohibited uses as specified in the Easement Documentation Report. Have you reviewed these before commencing inspection (Y /N)

b. Attach a copy of all reserved rights as specified in the Easement Documentation Report. Have you reviewed these before commencing inspection (Y /N)

3. Last inspection report (YIN)

4. Location of photopoints and copies of photos from last inspection or BDR.

Date(s) of Inspection:

Date(s) of Last Inspection:

Location:

Acreage:

Date Easement Acquired:

Name and Address of Owner at Acquisition:

Name and Address of present owner (if different):

Length of Time in Present Ownership:

Names of Members of Inspection Team:

Was Landowner or Agent present? If not, name and address of representative and identify permission given:

Ensure that you have several copies of the most recent aerial photo/ image of this site before commencing so you can record the location of changes.

(Note date and source of aerial images here)

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Resources and Infrastructure

Natural Communities Acreage (use FNAI natural community classification)

Estimate any changes in acreage of natural communities from those noted in BDR or in last Inspection Report. Mark approximate location of any significant changes in natural communities on aerial photo. Describe the nature (loss/conversion) of any changes in natural communities.

1.) BDR/Jast monitoring report acres current acres 2.) BDR/last monitoring report acres current acres 3.) BDR/last monitoring report acres current acres 4.) BDR/last monitoring report acres current acres

Please note any changes in the ruderal areas and associated acreages (if applicable) as listed in the BDR or last Inspection Report. Ruderal areas include: improved pasture, ditches, or man made reservoirs Use standard FLUCCS codes. Note any significant changes in the location of ruderal areas on the attached aerial photo.

Ruderal Areas

I.) BDR/last monitoring report acres current acres 2.) BDR/Iast monitoring report acres current acres 3.) BDR/Iast monitoring report acres current acres 4.) BDR/last monitoring report acres current acres

Please note any changes in existing structures on the property from those listed in the BDR or last Inspection Report including, but limited to, barns, corrals, culverts, feed tanks, etc. Note new structures on the aerial map.

Existing Infrastructure

I.)

2.)

3.)

MONITORING TOPICS

When conducting interviews with owner, employees or adjacent property owners, and monitoring the Property please use the following topics to assist you in the determining the compliance status of the easement. Please note any new development or site alterations that have occurred since the date of the easement or the last monitoring visit and determine whether any observed changes are consistent with the conditions of the easement.

Describe any significant qualitative changes in the condition of existing natural terrestrial and wetland communities that have occurred since the BDR or the last inspection report. Note any recent burns (prescribed or otherwise), overgrowth from fire suppression, changes in exotic plant infestation, changes in topography, Page 2of6 significant harvesting of trees, or other changes. Document significant changes with photography.

Comments:

Existing status of exotic or non-native plant species and any changes in distribution of species observed.

Comments:

Note any observations of endangered and/or threatened species and any relevant observations of changes in their habitat on the easement property.

Comments:

Existing mining and/or excavation activities and any changes in these activities observed since BDR or since last inspection report Comments:

Existing hydrologic alterations or disturbances (ditches, culverts, water holes, etc.)

and any changes observed since BDR or since last inspection report Comments:

Existing location, size and number of wells and any additional wells observed since BDR or since last inspection report Comments:

Note and changes in the condition of historical, archeological, or cultural resources and the location of sites discovered since the last inspection report or Baseline Documentation Report.

Comments:

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Existing recreational or motorized vehicle use patterns and any changes observed since BDR or since last inspection report Comments:

Restoration or removal of existing dwellings or structures, and any additional structures observed since BDR or since last inspection report Comments:

Existing agricultural uses and any changes in agricultural uses observed since BDR or since last inspection report Comments:

Condition of existing roads and any additional road construction observed since BDR or since last inspection report Comments:

Describe any new Incompatible adjacent property uses or practices observed or noted by owner or owner representative since BDR or since last inspection report.

Indicate locations on aerial photos.

Comments:

General recommendations for improving management; need for prescribed fire, exotic plant control, etc Comments:

Other significant observations relating to protection of the state's interest in the property

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Other comments by inspectors

Comments by owner or representative. Include any plans for impending changes in management, land use or ownership.

Comments:

Collect photopoints. Repeat photopoint locations and orientation from previous inspection report or BDR and add new points as appropriate. (It is helpful to have the last set collected so you can repeat orientation exactly).

Record location of photopoints on aerial photo and provide GPS points if collected.

Note orientation (compass direction).

Provide hard copy prints as well as digital images. Label each photo with a photopoint number and date. Note the number of photo points retaken and relevant observations from photographs.

Comments:

Has an updated aerial photograph been obtained? If so, any relevant observations from the aerial.

Comments:

Any additional Photographs attached?

Annotate photos with name, date, location on site, and description

Signature of Monitor:

Date:

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PROHIBITED USES

Please list all prohibited uses as specified in the Easement Documentation Report

RESERVERED RIGHTS

Please list all reserved rights as specified in the Easement Documentation Report

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Exibit C:

Easements scheduled for monitoring for fiscal year 2016-2017 and costs.

Project Site Monitoring Period COST

Babcock Ranch Babcock Ranch Fall 2016 $ 1,563

Bailey's Mill Bailey's Mill Fall 2016 $ 1,205

Apalachicola River Corbin-Tucker Fall 2016 $ 1,293

Cypress Gardens Cypress Gardens Fall 2016 $ 1,480

Apalachicola River Hatcher Fall 2016 $ 1,386

Pineland Site Complex Kurgis Property Fall 2016 $ 1,563

Letchworth Mounds Letchworth Mounds Fall 2016 $ 1,303

Pinhook Swamp Pinhook Espenship Fall 2016 $ 1,044

Pinhook Swamp Pinhook Espenship and Espenship Fall 2016 $ 1,044

Pinhook Swamp Pinhook Griffin Fall 2016 $ 1,044

Pinhook Swamp Pinhook John Michael Carter Fall 2016 $ 1,044

Pinhook Swamp Pinhook Keen Fall 2016 $ 1,044

Pinhook Swamp Pinhook Levings Fall 2016 $ 1,329

Pinhook Swamp Pinhook Nowicki Carter Fall 2016 $ 1,044

Green Swamp Bass Fall 2016 $ 1,320

Green Swamp Cross/Chai Fall 2016 $ 1,320 Green Swamp Clyde Fussell Fall 2016 $ 1,480

Fall 2016 Total $ 21,506

Panther Glades BR Bar Ranch Spring 2017 $ 1,447

Bombing Range Ridge Bombing Range Ridge/TNC Fall 2016 $ 3,811

Bombing Range Ridge Brahma Island Spring 2017 $ 2,002

Osceola Pine Savannas Broussard Spring 2017 $ 2,235

Caloosahatchee Ecoscape LaBelle Ranch Spring 2017 $ 3,626

Wekiva-Ocala Greenway Maxwell Spring 2017 $ 1,869

Promise Ranch Promise Ranch Spring 2017 $ 2,007

Fisheating Creek Smoak Groves/Venus Ranch Spring 2017 $ 3,941

Big Bend Swamp/Holopaw Ranch Whaley Spring 2017 $ 2,210

Millstone Plantation M illstone Plantation Spring 2017 $ 908 Lake Wales Ridge Ecosystem Morgan Spring 2017 $ 1,720

Spring 2017 Total $ 25,776

Conservation Easement Monitoring Task Total $ 47,282

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