Document Summary

This is a Task Assignment Notification Form (DEP Contract #PL285, Task Assignment #12) issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of State Lands, Bureau of Appraisal. The contract involves Clayton, Roper & Marshall, Inc., with contractor representative Craige H. Clayton, and is managed by DEP Contract Manager Jay F. Scott and Designated Task Manager Julie Story. The assignment pertains to appraisal review services for two related conservation easement acquisition projects in Polk County: Green Swamp-Lanier-FF-CE (BA File #18-7844) and Green Swamp-Fussell-FF-CE (BA File #18-7845). The property owners are B.L. Lanier and Associates (Lanier project) and Dewey R. Fussell, Dewey R. Fussell Jr., and Myra K. Fussell (Fussell project).

The contract provides for appraisal review services on a fixed-price basis totaling $2,275.00, with no additional fee schedule or cost reimbursement authorized beyond this amount. The review assignment requires delivery within 35-45 days from receipt of work, with an estimated delivery date of June 20-25, 2018. The scope of work includes technical review of draft appraisals prepared for proposed conservation easement acquisitions across multiple non-contiguous parcels (546 acres across four parcels in the Lanier project and 679 acres across seven parcels in the Fussell project), field review of subject properties, review of appraisal documentation, and preparation of an Appraisal Review Report with recommendations for acceptance or rejection. The project is funded through Florida Forever under the Division of State Lands, with FLAIR accounting code 3720234801437100400000841816 and organization code 37102200000. The cost is allocated 50/50 between the two project files, and the contractor must comply with Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and Supplemental Appraisal Standards for the Board of Trustees.