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1 -STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS <br />B: CONTRACT AGREEMENT STATEMENT <br />DDA has reviewed the sample agreement attached as Attachment 2 in the Appendix of the <br />RFP. All terms of the agreement are acceptable with the exception of the following: <br />Insurance Coverage Requirement for Errors & Omissions: I respectfully request a <br />waiver of the $2,000,000 per claim with $2,000,000 aggregate coverage requirement. DDA <br />has E&O insurance coverage of $1,000,000 per claim with $2,000,000 aggregate. It is <br />difficult and expensive for a very small business to obtain the high level of coverage <br />included within the sample agreement. DDA has had E&O coverage since 1997 and has <br />never had a claim submitted. <br />C; FIRM & TEAM EXPERIENCE <br />Firm Description <br />Donna Desmond Associates is a business valuation firm specializing in valuing goodwill loss <br />in eminent domain proceedings pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section <br />1263.510. Donna Desmond has been providing condemning agencies and private parties <br />throughout California with goodwill loss appraisal services since 1988. DDA was founded in <br />1997 and since that time has worked closely with condemning agencies and their <br />consultants to provide comprehensive, well researched and defensible goodwill loss <br />appraisals. The firm is organized as a California corporation and is a certified DBE. It has <br />one office located at 265 S. Beverly Glen Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. Donna <br />Desmond is the firm's sole employee and will be responsible for all services provided to the <br />city. <br />Goodwill loss appraisal services provided by Donna Desmond Associates include the <br />following: <br />o Preliminary Estimates for Budgetary Purposes <br />o Goodwill Loss Appraisals <br />o Litigation Support <br />o Appraisal Review <br />o Court Testimony <br />Key Personnel - Donna Desmond, ASA <br />Donna Desmond, President of Donna Desmond Associates, has specialized in business <br />valuation since 1988. She has completed thousands of goodwill loss appraisal assignments <br />for both public agencies and private parties throughout the State of California since 1988. <br />Ms. Desmond has qualified as an expert in goodwill loss and business damages in the <br />Superior Court of California in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, <br />Kern, Santa Clara, Sonoma, San Mateo, San Francisco and Contra Costa counties and in <br />the states of Nevada and Texas. Ms. Desmond has also testified in Federal District Court <br />and has testified extensively in arbitration throughout California. Prior to founding DDA in <br />1997, she was a principal with Desmond, Marcello & Amster, responsible for appraisal <br />management and testimony. <br />3 of 8 <br />RESPONSE TO THE CITY OF SANTA ANA'S RFP FOR ON -CALL RIGHT OF WAY SPECIALTY SERVICES nk <br />