Education Bachelor of Arts, Economics. Political Science, University of California, Davis
<br />Licenses) Senior Right of Way Professional (SR/WA)
<br />• CA RE Broker License No. 01780060
<br />Affiliations President, International Right -of -Way Association Chapter 27
<br />International Right of Way Association - CLIMB -Certified Instructor
<br />Mr. McDonald's experience as an infrastructure real estate professional has encompassed all aspects of project
<br />delivery and Land management, including project planning; project management; public engagement;
<br />valuation: negotiation; acquisition; relocation: title; escrow: Land rights; and asset management. He is
<br />responsible for overseeing, managing, and coordinating the acquisition of real property, the relocation of
<br />displaced persons and property; and the management of real property assets. Conner has planned, purchased,
<br />and managed the necessary right of way for public and private projects as diverse as the the Feather River
<br />West Levee Rehabilitation Project; the Sites Reservoir Project; Nevada County's Newtown Road Widening
<br />Project and the California High -Speed Rail Project. With his varied and extensive right-of-way experience,
<br />Conner has served on numerous Project Delivery Teams to ensure timely delivery of the necessary right of way
<br />and prudent management of the real estate assets. He has served as an industry leader with the International
<br />Right of Way Association for the past decade and is currently President of IRWA Chapter 27; Chair of the
<br />International Public Agency Committee: and an IRWA-Certified Instructor. Mr. McDonald has had extensive
<br />participation in the IRWA at the Local, regional and international Levels, and has twice been named Chapter 27
<br />Professional of the Yeac
<br />Since 2017, Mr. McDonald has provided right-of-way consulting services in support of the initial. phases of the Sites
<br />Project Authority's project development process, including public outreach: right-of-way project management;
<br />systems development: and right-of-way policy and protocol. Conner has worked with the Project on efforts
<br />ranging from initial community engagement to procedure development; and parcel research to field access,
<br />including: property owner liaison and public outreach; stakeholder engagement, real-estate and right-of-way
<br />engagement strategy and execution, real estate policy and protocol development in support of near -term Land
<br />access for project development activities, and long-term acquisition for project delivery, impact analysis, cost
<br />studies; budgeting, risk management, coordination of project teams - engineering, environmental, geotechnical.
<br />California High -Speed Rail Project, Asset Management Lead, Senior Right -of -Way Agent
<br />For over seven years, Mr. McDonald provided right-of-way consulting services for all phases of the project process,
<br />including planning; public outreach, project management, valuation; negotiation; acquisition, relocation; leasing;
<br />and property management. From initial parcel research through property management, Mr. McDonald oversaw
<br />and executed right-of-way services for all stages of the project, including: property owner Liaison and public
<br />outreach; stakeholder engagement, negotiation, acquisition, and documentation of the real property transaction
<br />(under possibility of condemnation), title, escrow, closing; clearing recorded and unrecorded encumbrances;
<br />addressing encroachments, relocation of Displaced Persons, Businesses, and Property; utility coordination,
<br />coordination of project teams - survey, engineering, environmental, construction
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<br />CITY of SANTA ANA, RFP 2C-
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