CN-370000-PL288-T14.pdf

This document is a Task Assignment Notification Form (Attachment A) issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under DEP Contract PL288. The assignment involves String Appraisal Services, Inc., with Joseph S. String serving as the contractor's representative. The DEP Contract Manager is Jay F. Scott, and Julie Story is the Designated Task Manager. The project concerns a conservation easement appraisal for the Green Swamp - Lanier - FF - CE property located in Polk County, Florida. The property owner is B.L. Lanier and Associates, a Florida general partnership, with Dean Saunders serving as the owner's representative. The acquiring agency is the Division of State Lands under the Florida Forever Program, operating under the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida.

The task assignment involves appraisal services for a 546-acre conservation easement comprising 210 acres of uplands and 336 acres of wetlands across four parcels in Polk County. The fixed-price total for this appraisal is $2,500.00, with a project funding source of Florida Forever (Organization Code 37102200000, Fund 348014). The appraisal is due within 35 to 45 days and must be delivered as an electronic document in Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word format with full editing and commenting functions enabled. The appraiser must provide an Executive Summary for each parcel and an Appraisal Checklist in compliance with the Supplemental Appraisal Standards for the Board of Trustees. The appraisal will be reviewed by the BA (Bureau of Appraisal) and possibly a Fee Review Appraiser, and upon approval by the Chief Appraiser, a digital copy must be provided on CD or DVD to the designated task manager. The site visit date and time must be communicated to the DEP Task Manager in writing at least three business days in advance. The task assignment became effective on December 12, 2017, with signatures executed on May 10, 2018.