25F - AGMT - ON-CALL RIGHT-OF-WAY SRVS

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RFP No. 13 -075 On -Call Right of Way Specialty Services Specialty Area (A4) Acquisition, Relocation, and Property Management Services Education: 0 Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley Professional Senior Member, International Right of Way Association (IRWA); Past President, Affiliations: IRWA Chapter 67 Years of Initial Year in Industry: 1988 Experience: Initial Year with OPC: 1995 Overview Mr. La Bonte has been involved in the real estate and right of way field since 1988. Working with public agencies, developers, and non - profit organizations, his work has included appraisal, acquisition, relocation, and management for publicly funded projects. Beginning his career with the California Department of Transportation as a practitioner in the appraisal, acquisition, and relocation fields, along with continued casework and overall program management, he has a broad understanding of the process and issues involving the public acquisition process. Mr. La Bonte's experience includes simple full take acquisitions of single family homes to complicated part take acquisitions of commercial properties involving severance damages; relocations have involved simple tenant displacements to a complicated industrial move with costs exceeding 4 million dollars. This work has been completed for various clients who include Cities, Counties, Redevelopment /Economic Development Agencies, Housing Authorities, Transportation Agencies, School Districts, Developers, and Non - Profit Organizations. Mark has a thorough understanding of federal and state laws which govern the acquisition process, working with the various regulations which must be followed depending on the funding agency, i.e., FHWA, HUD, FAA, and FTA. He speaks regularly at public meetings for projects, as well as industry conferences on issues relating to the public acquisition process. Mr. La Bonte is responsible for the oversight of projects, assuring quality control procedures are followed along with training and mentoring of staff. He also prepares and reviews proposals and acts as Project Manager preparing relocation plans, needs analysis, cost studies, and casework for the more complicated business relocations. Project Examples Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC), SR -91 GAP Closure Project. Acted as Project Manager for the project which involved the widening of approximately 7 miles of the SR -91 freeway from the SR -60/1 -215 Connector and Adams Avenue to construct carpool lanes and auxiliary lanes in each direction, aiding in the continuity with the existing HOV west of Adams. Responsible for managing delivery of right of way including acquisition, relocation, appraisal and environmental coordination, utility potholing (including permitting for railroad parcels), property management, Caltrans R/W Certification, and related services. Managed OPC staff that were responsible for acquiring 73 partial and 8 full -take acquisitions and the relocation of 11 business occupants, 1 residential occupant, and 164 Self- Storage and RV units. 25F 'f92