CN-370000-PL288-T15.pdf

This Task Assignment Notification Form (Document PL288, Task Assignment 15) is issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under a state contract with String Appraisal Services, Inc. The document assigns appraisal services for the Green Swamp-Fussell property located in Polk County, Florida. The property owners are Dewey R. Fussell, Dewey R. Fussell, Jr., and Myra K. Fussell. The designated DEP Task Manager is Julie Story, and the appraiser representative is Joseph S. String. The acquisition is facilitated through the Division of State Lands under the Florida Forever Program (BLA #327602) and involves the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida as an intended user.

The appraisal assignment covers a conservation easement acquisition valued at $3,937.50 as a fixed-price deliverable. The property comprises 679 acres (41 acres of wetland and 638 acres of uplands) across seven non-contiguous parcels in Polk County. The appraisal is funded through Florida Forever with Organization Code 37102200000, Fund #348014, and is coded to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's accounting structure (FLAIR Code: 3720234801437100400000084108116). The appraiser must deliver the appraisal report in electronic format within 35-45 days, with the work subject to the Supplemental Appraisal Standards for the Board of Trustees and Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. The task assignment was executed and signed by all authorized parties on May 10, 2018, with an effective date of December 12, 2017.