Qualifications
Appraisal Experience:
Independent fee residential, subdivision, commercial, and industrial appraisals for numerous
banks and savings and loan associations including Bank of America NT & SA, U.S. Bank,
Umpqua Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, North Valley Bank, Redwood Capital Bank, Coast Central
Credit Union, Luther Burbank Savings, and other major lenders.
VA fee panel, FHA fee panel, USDA fee panel, various venture capital groups, Mortgage Brokers
Venture Capital lenders - appraised the Halverson site on Humboldt Bay for potential hotel and
retail development.
Harbor Development - Crescent City - appraised leased land and did comprehensive lease
analysis for motel development on harbor property. Appraised the Sutter Coast Hospital Site for
harbor development and analyzed the impact of hazardous waste on the value of the land.
Crescent Bay Development Company - Crescent City - did mitigation work in conjunction with
subdivision analysis for development on several large tracts of land.
Crescent City Harbor District - appraised the dredge disposal site for the Crescent City harbor for
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Del Norte Solid Waste Management - appraisal of properties for wetlands exchange with the State
of California to expand the solid waste disposal property site and appraised various industrial sites
for future development.
Westhaven Community Services District - appraised land with high capacity water output to
secure Federal funding for development of the community water system.
Weott Community Sewer District - appraised land for sewer easements for the entire community
within tight time frame so that the district could secure Federal funding for the project.
Redway Community Services District - appraisal of land to be included in new sewer treatment
system.
City of Eureka - appraised many tracts of improved and unimproved land, including
waterfront land for development and acquisition purposes.
City of Arcata - worked on various projects including ranches, water rights, wetlands, industrial
development, and easements.
City of Arcata - appraised former industrial log pond for acquisition purposes.
Appraisal of large former log mill properties in Humboldt County
U.S. Bureau of Land Management - with Jack Retzloff - did a majority of the appraisals of
private land within the King Range Conservation Area for land swaps and buy-outs.
Wildlife Conservation Board/California Department of Fish and Game - appraisals of wetland
and non-wetland property for inclusion into wildlife refuge areas.
St. Joseph's Hospital - appraisal of and did ground lease analysis of leasehold improved hospital
land. Lease and feasibility analysis for planned St. Joseph's Activity Center in Fortuna.
Winzler and Kelly, Consulting Engineers - various projects involving wetland mitigation, finding
alternate sites for wetland development, sewer easements, river bed easements for percolation
sites for treated wastewater, and related projects. Sutter Coast Hospital site analysis.
Janssen Malloy Marchi Needham & Morrison - appraisal of improved lands condemned for the
Humboldt County Jail site; boundary disputes, water rights.
Jack Retzloff California State Probate Referee - appraised many estates for probate purposes.
Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District - appraisal of dredge disposal site
easement and temporary work easements.
Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District - appraisal of various industrial,
submerged lands, filled lands, and tidelands in or on Humboldt Bay for lease purposes, potential
acquisition, or trade purposes, all with approval by the State Lands Commission. Industrial
property rent analyses.
Currently California State Probate Referee Humboldt, Del Norte, and Modoc Counties -
appointment 1998; Shasta, Trinity, Siskiyou - temporary appointment 2011.
Appraisal of hydroelectric power plant riparian tunnel easements, lease analysis - Lassen County
Appraisal of JPA Temporary Transfer Station Arcata site/rent analysis
Wildlife Conservation Board - State of California - appraisal of ranch land in the Jacoby Creek
watershed area for acquisition
BLM - completed an appraisal of property with nearly one mile of ocean frontage for
inclusion into the KRNCA
Appraisal of Radio Towers
Appraisal of several tracts of coastal property in Bodega Bay for acquisition by the County of
Sonoma (Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District)
Appraisal of river front gravel bars leases and acquisitions
Manila Community Services District - appraisal of ocean front land for sewer leach field
expansion and acquisitions
Sign Appraisals/Highway widening takings and surface easements for stoplight pedestals.
Conservation easements - large ranches and timberlands.
Trust and Conservatorship appraisals for various law firms.
Appraisal of habitat sensitive lands for private parties
Appraisals of Cold Storage facilities
Appraisal of Aquaculture lands and facilities, Native Nursery lands
Appraisal of lands for acquisition by the City of Rio Dell for Sewer Plant
Appraisal of properties in multiple states for multi-national companies
Appraisal of sewer easements in the City of Eureka
Appraisal of various timberlands
Appraisal of large coastal ranch properties
Appraisal of commercial, retail, industrial, restaurants, post office buildings, etc. for national
employee benefit plan with property in several states.
Area of Competence:
General Real Estate Appraisals: Single-Family & Multiple Family residential appraisals;
Acreage, Ranch, and Timberland real estate appraisals; Commercial real estate appraisals;
Industrial property real estate appraisals; Special Purpose Properties; Probate appraisals;
Easement and right of way appraisals and negotiation; Wetland appraisals; Environmentally
sensitive land appraisals;
Boundary disputes.
