Task Assignment Notification Form for Appraisal Services

This document is a Task Assignment Notification Form (TAN) issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for appraisal services related to the Lake Kissimmee State Park property acquisition. The principal parties include the State of Florida, Division of Recreation and Parks (DRP), the Board of Trustees of the Internal Trust Fund of the State of Florida (BOT), and String Appraisal Services, Inc., a contractor based in Florida. The property in question is located in Polk County, Florida, and is owned by Mary Ann Z. Trasdo and William A. Trasdo of North Carolina. The appraisal is being conducted under DEP Contract PL288, Task Assignment #1, with Bureau of Appraisal File #14-7348.

The assignment requires String Appraisal Services, Inc., represented by Joseph S. String, to conduct a professional appraisal of the subject property—approximately 250.16 gross acres comprising 218.9 acres of upland and 31.3 acres of non-contiguous wetlands in Section 18, Township 29 South, Range 30 East, Polk County. The fixed-price contract value is $2,070.00, with a delivery timeline of 21 days (excluding holidays) from task execution. The appraisal must comply with Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and Supplemental Appraisal Standards for the Board of Trustees, and shall be delivered as a narrative, single-parcel-ownership appraisal report in electronic and printed formats. The funding source is the Florida Forever Trust Fund, and the project funding includes Organization Code 37500206000, Fund #348020, and Project #5RP67. An appraisal review will be performed upon completion, and the appraiser must immediately notify the contract manager if the property valuation exceeds $1 million.