ST9905-ES030420 k VALUATION ASSOCIA'I'ES
RIGHT OF WAY LANI) RIGH FS ACQUISITION APPRAISAl, SOLUTIONS
April 20, 2003
Mr. Ken Griffin, P.E.
Director of Engineering and Public Works
City of Coppell
P.O. Box 478
Coppell, Texas 75019
Re: Proposal to provide Appraisal Services for Bethel Road 1 - ST 99-05 - City of Coppell,
Texas - Property Owners: Walter Hogg - Parcel 3.
Dear Mr. Griffin:
Thank you for considering Evaluation Associates as your appraisal services provider. In
response to your request, this letter serves as a statement of interest, and a professional services
proposal and agreement related to the referenced project.
Scope of Work
Based on our understanding the project, our review of the plats which you have provided, and
field inspection, it appears that there is one property, owner, xvith three types of land rights
acquisitions, including the fee simple ROW, and two other easements to appraise for the
referenced Pcl 3.
The City needs, and Evaluation Associates will provide, a site specific appraisal report addressing
all issues noted during the inspection and analysis. We customarily contact the owner to
announce the fact that we are providing the City with appraisal services for the subject properib,.
If this in not appropriate in this situation, please advise. It is not required that xve contact the
property owner. We do it as a courtesy.
Report Format
For Hogg (Pcl 3) the appraisal process will be Complete in Scope, and the report will be in
Summary Format. The report will be prepared as if it will be used to support the expert witness
testimony in a Special Commissioners ttearing.
Professional Fee and Additional Services
The fee is based on the anticipated time required to perform the professional services. For the
scope of services required for the project, the fee is anticipated to be in the range of $2,900 to
$3,200 Inot to exceed). The anticipated production schedule is early May 2004.
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Mr. Ken Griffin, P.E., Dir~.,,or of Engineering and Public Works
Appraisal Sen'ices for Bethel Road I - ST 99-05 - City of Coppell
April 20, 2003
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Additional services may be requested at your discretion. Additional properties may be added
at approximately the same implied per parcel fee. No additional fee would be anticipated to
update the Pcl 3 report for a Special Commissioners Hearing, if scheduled in the next six
months, as has been mentioned in our meeting. It is possible that some minor additional work
may be required to prepare the Pcl 3 file for litigation. Additional Services related to expert
witness preparation and testimony in invoiced at $150/hour.
Professional Staff to be Assigned
In addition to myself, other professional personnel that may be assigned to this project may
include, Richard N. Baker, MAI, and/or other highly qualified professional staff.
Contract Agreement
I fthis letter satisfactorily states and outlines the services desired by the City of Coppell for this
project, and is of adequate formality to use it as a contract, you may authorize our employment
by signing one of the copies and returning a copy to us.
We are looking forward to the opportunity to serve the City of Coppell on this project. If we
can provide any additional information, please call us.
Respectfully submitted,
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jimcullar@evaluatio~-associates, corn
City of Coppell, Tex~is