ELLIS GROUP, INC. DBA INTEGRA REALTY RESOURCES, LOS ANGELES

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Response to RFP No. 18-082 for On -Call Right of Way Property Appraisal Services 1 Firm and Team Experience Integra Realty Resources — Los Angeles specializes in completing appraisal assignments for public agencies and for litigation purposes. We have significant experience in eminent domain appraisals with a specialty in appraisals for transportation projects (right of way). The work we do for public agencies involves full and partial acquisition appraisals, disposition appraisals, appraisals of land for mitigation purposes, and appraisals for bond financing. We also do consulting and appraisals relating to reuse studies. All senior professional staff members at IRR-Los Angeles are current in their continuing education requirements in their status as certified general appraisers in the State of California. Accordingly, they are sufficiently familiar with the requirements of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and especially with Standards Rules 1 and 2 that apply to the development of real property appraisals and the preparation of real property appraisal reports. The requirements of all applicable regulations are reviewed on a regular (and not less than annual) basis to assure our current knowledge of these requirements and the full compliance of our appraisal development and reporting. We also review the Caltrans Right of Way Manual, Uniform Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions, and the California Code of Civil Procedure regularly as a significant portion of our work is written to these standards. All of our work conforms to best business practices as generally recognized by other market participants, including other government agencies. Overall administration for services provided to the City will be coordinated by Beth B. Finestone, MAI, AI- GRS, FRICS, CRE. She will also have direct and personal involvement in the completion of the appraisals and In the communication of the results of these appraisals to the staff or other designated representatives of the City. John G. Ellis, MAI, CRE, FRICS, Robert M. Lea, MAI, and Adam M. Bogorad, MAI, also qualify as project managers for any work for the City. Beth B. Finestone, MAI, AI-GRS, FRICS, CRE, Managing Director, is in line to become chapter president for the Southern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute (SCCAI), the largest chapter in the United States. She also holds the AI-GRS (review appraiser) designation of the Appraisal Institute. In addition, she is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RIGS). She is also a member of the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE) and of the International Right of Way Association (IRWA). She is a certified Yellow Book (Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions) appraiser. Ms. Finestone specializes in the appraisal of property for public agencies. This work includes acquisition and disposition appraisals as well as rent studies, ground lease analyses, and right-of-way appraisals (both full and partial acquisition appraisals). Ms, Finestone has also been active in valuing land for conservation and mitigation purposes and has been awarded on call appraisal contracts with many public agencies in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside Counties.