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the decedent's affairs pursuant to the power of attorney
from 1984 until the date of the decedent's death.
After receiving the decedent's power of attorney,
Mr. Sirmans proceeded to inventory and value all of the
decedent's property. Among other assets, the decedent
owned 56.5 acres of land in Hillsborough County, Florida.
The property is located on Hixon Road, approximately 1 mile
south of Citrus Park, a community northwest of Tampa,
Florida. The decedent had inherited the property from
her father in 1975. It had been used as an orange grove
until the orange grove was destroyed by a freeze.
The area in which the property is located, as well
as the Tampa area in general, had experienced substantial
growth in the decade preceding the decedent's death.
The direction of the growth from downtown Tampa had been
toward the subject property. As of the date of the
decedent's death, the development and construction of
residences and apartment complexes had slowed dramatically.
The subject property is identified on the Hillsborough
County tax roles as two contiguous parcels of property
referred to as "folios" 3143 and 3143.5. Folio 3143
consists of approximately 30.03 acres, and folio 3143.5
consists of approximately 26.47 acres. Much of both
parcels is wetland or environmentally sensitive property
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