CN-370000-PL263-T805.pdf

TASK ASSIGNMENT NOTIFICATION FORM

DEP CONTRACT NO. PL263

Task Assignment Number: �805 ______________ _ Date: 05/30/2019

Contractor: ..... F--'-'NA"----1/F---'S=U _________________________ _

Contractor Contract Manager: Dan-Hlpes

DEP Contract Manager: _Raymond Spauklln;i __ _ -------

Phone Number: 850-224-8207

Phone Number: 850-245-2n3

Task Description (Use additional sheets if necessary): ConservaUon Easement Monitoring for FY 2019-2020

Final Deliverables and Due Dates: See allached Details and Exhibit A. Moniloring reports should be submitted twice a year. no later than December 31. 2019 and June 15. 2020.

Invoices should be submitted no later than Janua'.Y 16. 2020 and June 16. 2020.

Performance Measures: See attached Details and Exhibit A

Financial Consequences: No payment will be made for unsalisfact<>r\' deliverables.

Term of Task Assignment: _July 1. 2019 through June 15, 2020

TASK ASSIGNMENT TYPE AND NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNTS:

FEE SCHEDULE FIXED PRICE

X X

TOTAL TASK ASSIGNMENT VALUE

FundinQ Information:

0rQ Code EO �ectCode Fund

3710-1000-000 QM 139900 423001

TOTAL TASKASSIGNMENTVALUE

$58,241.00

$58,241.00

Calego1y Project# Year Amount 101496 00

$58,241.00

CONTRACTOR

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PL263 - Task Assignment 805 - Details

Monitoring of Conservation Easements and Land Protection Agreements

The Contractor will conduct site assessments to monitor Board of Trustees less-than-fee interests in the form of conservation easements or land protection agreements on private lands throughout the State. These conservation easements 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

• Revisiting GPS photopoints and documenting any change with new photographs and descriptions of activities.

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

• Preparing monitoring reports using the template form (Exhibit A) developed by the

Department.

Invoice Schedule:

The CONTRACTOR shall submit invoices for work completed as follows:

Invoice for the Fall 2019 Conservation Easement Monitoring is due no later than January 16, 2020 Invoice for the Spring 2020 Conservation Easement Monitoring is due no later than June 16, 2020

Invoices should be sent to the DEP CONTRACT MANAGER, Ray Spaulding (Raymond.V.Spaulding@dep.state.fl.us) and to Sheryl Boutin (sheryl.boutin@dep.state.fl.us).

Work done under this Task is subject to the negotiated overhead rate of 5% as specified in the master agreement PL263.

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

(For Example: Reporting Period: July 1, 2019- December 31, 2019)

PL263 - Details for Task Assigmnent #805 ( continued)

Easement Monitoring Schedule for fiscal year 2019-2020 and costs.

Monitoring Project Easement/LPA Site Period COST

Babcock Ranch Babcock Ranch Fall $1,657

Bailey's Mill Bailey's Mill Fall $1,277

Apalachicola River Corbin-Tucker Fall $1,371

Cypress Gardens Cypress Gardens Fall $1,569

Apalachicola River Hatcher Fall $1,469

Pineland Site Complex Kurgis Property Fall $1,657

Letchworth Mounds Letchworth Mounds Fall $1,381

Pinhook Swamp Pinhook Espenship Fall $1,107 Pinhook Espenship and

Pinhook Swamp Espenship Fall $1,107

Pinhook Swamp Pinhook Griffin Fall $1,107

Pinhook Swamp Pinhook John Michael Carter Fall $1,107

Pinhook Swamp Pinhook Keen Fall $1,107

Pinhook Swamp Pinhook Levings Fall $1,409

Pinhook Swamp Pinhook Nowicki Carter Fall $1,107

Green Swamp Bass Fall $1,399

Green Swamp Cross/Chai Fall $1,399

Green Swamp Clyde Fussell Fall $1,569

Wekiva-Ocala Greenway Maxwell Fall $1,981

Cross Florida Greenway Alford Fall $1,240

Peace River Refuge Reynolds Fall $1,280

Fall Monitoring Total $27,300

Panther Glades BR Bar Ranch Spring $1,534

Bombing Range Ridge Brahma Island Spring $2,122

Osceola Pine Savannas Broussard Spring $2,369

Caloosahatchee Ecoscape LaBelle Ranch Spring $3,844

Promise Ranch Promise Ranch Spring $2,127 Fisheating Creek Smoak Groves/Venus Ranch Spring $4,177 Big Bend Swamp/Holopaw Ranch Whaley Spring $2,343

Bombing Range Ridge Bombing Range Ridge/TNC Spring $4,040

Millstone Plantation Millstone Plantation Spring $962

Lake Wales Ridge Ecosystem Morgan Spring $1,823 Big Bend Swamp/Holopaw Ranch Camp Lonesome Ranch Spring $1,480

Old Town Creek Watershed Crews Groves Spring $4,120

Spring Monitoring Total $30,941

Total Monitoring Cost for FY 2019-2020 $58,241

PL263 - Details for Task Assignment #805 ( continued)

Exhibit A: Template Conservation Easement Monitoring Report

GENERAL EASEMENT INFORMATION

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

1. Conservation easement. {Y/N)

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 (Y/N)

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?

and identify permission given:

___ If not, name and address of representative

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)

Resources and Infrastructure

Natural Communities Acreage (use FNAI natural community classification)

Estimate any changes in acreage of natural communities from those noted in SOR 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.) SOR/last monitoring report acres current acres 2.) SOR/last monitoring report acres current acres 3.) SOR/last monitoring report acres current acres 4.) SOR/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

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

SOR/last monitoring report acres SOR/last monitoring report acres SOR/last monitoring report acres SOR/last monitoring report acres current acres current acres current acres current acres

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

Existing Infrastructure

1.)

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, 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:

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 Comments:

Other comments by inspectors Comments:

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:

PROHIBITED USES

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

RESERVED RIGHTS

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