CN-370000-PL313-T5.pdf

This is a Task Assignment Notification Form (Attachment A) for DEP Contract PL313, issued by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to W. H. Benson & Company for appraisal review services on the Eastern Scarp Ranchlands project located in Highlands County, Florida. The project involves the review of an appraisal for property owned by Elsie A. Smith. The contract is managed by Jay F. Scott (DEP Contract Manager and DEP Task Manager) with William H. Benson serving as the contractor's representative. The acquiring agency is DEP/TIITF, and funding is sourced from Florida Forever, with the project identified as FF09040.

The fixed-price task assignment totals $2,800.00 for appraisal review services of a 2,281-acre property (comprising 2,214 acres of uplands and 67 acres of jurisdictional wetlands) in Highland County. The scope of work includes performing a technical review of a draft appraisal and producing an Appraisal Review Report, excluding the development of an independent property valuation opinion. The contract requires deliverables within specific timeframes: initial markups within 7 days of receipt, a draft document within 14 days, and a final Appraisal Review Report within 21 days. The review must comply with Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and applicable Florida Statutes. Two appraisers—Thomas G. Richards and Joseph S. String—were selected for the assignment. The property is subject to easements and encumbrances, including a perpetual flowage and inundation easement affecting approximately 280 acres, and the extraordinary assumption includes a conservation easement in the after value.