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Governmental or Municipal Agencies
California Dept. Transportation (Caltrans)
County of Nevada
City of Grass Valley
City of Nevada City
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E)
Placer County Water Agency
Nevada Irrigation District
Wildlife Conservation Board – State of CA
USDA - Rural Development
County of Yuba

Attorneys at Law
Attorney Law Firm of

Steven Spiller & Clarence McProud                   Spiller & McProud, Nevada City
John Bilheimer & Alan Haley Haley & Bilheimer, Nevada City
Charles Compton & Ray Shine        Compton Shine, Grass Valley
Paul Aronowitz & Lawrence E. Skidmore                            Aronowitz & Skidmore, Auburn
Robert Murphy Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Sacramento
Anthony Soares Minasian, Meith, Soares, Sexton & Cooper, LLP, Chico
Mike McGuire Special Counsel, Archer Norris, Sacramento
Gregory Fayard    Hansen, Kohls, Jones, Sommer & Jacob, LLP, Rocklin
Samuel Emerson Best Best & Krieger, Sacramento
Jeffery Galvin Downey Brand LLP, Sacramento

Individual Attorneys

Jennifer Wilkerson Steven Haas
Charles Farrar    Scott Richert
Richard Keene   Diane Iglesias
Scott Browne    Ann Armstrong
Andrew Harris    Susan Corcornan
Richard Hawkins    Nancy Christie

Financial Institutions

Bank of America Wells Fargo Trust Department
West America Bank    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Tri Counties Bank    Resolution Trust Corporation
Union Bank    Federal National Mortgage Association

Corporations & Organizations

First American Title Insurance    Bear Yuba Land Trust
Trust of Public Lands Placer Title Insurance Company
Home Equity Relocation    Allstate Insurance Company
Valuation Administrators                                                     First Baptist Church - Grass Valley
Trans America Relocation    Calvary Bible Church - Grass Valley
Newmont Mining Corporation - Nevada Lowell Robinson - Robinson Enterprises
Universal Field Services    Ross Guenther - Emperor Gold Corporation

Individuals
Jim Didion – former owner of CB Commercial Patty Irish - GP, Ninety-Five Ten Partnership
Mike & Maureen Merrill, Northview Estate Ken Myers & Jerry Sakai – Altair Subdivision
Lance & Julia Amaral - North Star Mine Holdings Bruce Ivy - Earth Song & Button Works
Bob Nix - Gateway Commercial Center Charlie Maier - Maier Manufacturing

Summary of Recent Valuation Assignments

As of September 2024 - as completed by Daniel R. Ketcham & Associates

Published Articles

by Daniel Ketcham

Daniel R. Ketcham & Associates

Daniel R. Ketcham, Real Estate Appraiser

Daniel R. Ketcham

MAI, SRA, SR/WA

Just as no two properties are alike, no two appraisers are alike. It is the appraiser's professional experience, judgment and qualifications that will make the difference.

Sierra Joint Community College District

Nevada Union Joint High School District

Placer High School District

Yuba River Charter School

Nevada City Elementary School District

Union Hill School District

Twin Ridges School District

Woolman School – Sierra Friends

Nevada County Fair Board

UC Davis Alumni Association

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

California State University Long Beach, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - emphasis in Finance & Real Estate.

Orange Coast College, Associate of Arts & Certificate of Achievement in California Real Estate.

Courses successfully completed with the Appraisal Institute (AI) include Appraisal Principles, Methods & Techniques, Capitalization Theory & Techniques, Case Studies, Valuation Analysis & Report Writing, Standards of Professional Practice, Single Family Residential Appraisal, Fundaments of Separating Real Property, Personal Property, & Intangible Business Assets, and Introduction to Green Buildings – Principles & Concepts.

Litigation Certificate of Completion having successfully completed the following required AI specialized courses: Litigation Appraising: Specialized Topics & Applications, Condemnation Appraising: Principles & Applications, The Appraiser as an Expert Witness Preparation & Testimony.

Courses successfully completed from the International Right of Way Association (IRWA) include Problems in the Valuation of Partial Acquisitions, Easement Valuation, Legal Aspects of Easements, Valuation of Contaminated Properties, Appraisal of Partial Acquisitions, Communications in Real Estate Acquisition, Bargaining Negotiations, Engineering, Appraisal & Law sections of Principles of Real Estate Acquisition, Property Descriptions, and Engineering Plan Development & Application.

Continuing Education Seminars attended via Appraisal Institute (AI) & IRWA: USPAP Standards Update, Federal/CA Laws, AI Litigation Conference, AI Business Ethics & Practice, AI Regional Economic Forecast, AI Conference multiple topic, AI Conference multiple topics, AI Litigation Conference, IRWA Conference multiple topics, USPAP Update Course, AI Statistics, Appraiser Liability, Spring Litigation Conference, Economic Forecast, Detrimental Conditions in Real Estate, Litigation Conference AI - Trial Exhibits, Subsurface Easements & Managing Litigation Process, Business Practices & Ethics, Federal & CA Statutory & Reg. Laws, USPAP Standards Update, Uniform Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions (Yellow Book), IRS Valuation Summit, USPAP Standards, Valuation of Easements & Partial Interest in Condemnation, Economic Forecast, USPAP Standards Update, Litigation Conference AI – Temporary Construction Easements, Severances Damages and Preparing for Trial, Attacking & Defending An Appraisal in Litigation, Essentials: Current Issues & Misconceptions in Appraisal, Business Practices & Ethics, Understanding Environmental Contamination in Real Estate, California Eminent Domain Appraisal Practice, Conservation Easements, Subdivision Valuation & Special Purpose Properties, California Eminent Domain Case Update, Current Issues & Essentials of Appraising, Uniform Standards Update, Appraisal Litigation Practice & Courtroom Management, Scope of Work, Appraisal Consulting, Eminent Domain Appraisal Review, Standards of Professional Practice Part C.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES

Appraisal License - Certified General in California (AG001511) issued by Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers in 1991; retired license in September 2024; Real Estate Broker License in California (00660553) issued by Bureau of Real Estate in 1981 and currently active.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & DESIGNATIONS

Designated Member Appraisal Institute (MAI #7592 & SRA #1866); Designated Member of the International Right of Way Association (SR/WA #4174); REALTOR®, Nevada County Association of Realtors; member of Gold Country Estate Planning Council.

Appraisal Institute designated members make a commitment to advanced education and defined ethical requirements. The MAI designation is held by appraisers who are experienced in the valuation and evaluation of commercial, industrial, residential and other types of properties, and who advise clients on real estate investment decisions. The SRA designation is held by appraisers who are experienced in the analysis and valuation of residential property. The Senior Right of Way Professional (SR/WA) is the most prestigious professional designation granted by the International Right of Way Association to those right of way professionals who have achieved professional status through experience, education, and examination.

COURT QUALIFICATION

Experienced and qualified as an expert witness in real estate valuation in various California Superior Courts and United States Bankruptcy Courts. Former appointment by the Eastern District California United States Bankruptcy Court as a Resolution Dispute Advocate.

SCOPE OF EXPERIENCE

Appraisal experience includes valuation of all types and classifications of real property including unimproved development land, single and multi-family residential, commercial, office, retail, and industrial properties. Geographic area of practice emphasis is Northern California and Sierra Foothills. A primary focus of our practice is the appraisal of partial interest for right-of-way acquisition and appraisal of going concern interest wherein the value of a business is an integral part of the real property interest (e.g. service stations, racquet & tennis clubs, etc). Other practice services include litigation support and appraisal services rendered in conjunction with litigated and eminent domain matters, consultation services in conjunction with the feasibility analysis of proposed development, and/or purchase acquisitions or sale dispositions, and estate planning matters.

NOTABLE PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

Currently serves as Advisor for Candidates for Designation (both General & Residential) for Appraisal Institute (AI), 2010-2025 President Board of Directors - Nevada County Historical Society; 2009 Treasurer & Program Chair Historical Society; 2003-2008 member the Board of Directors, Golden Empire Council of Boy Scouts of America; Founding Scoutmaster Boy Scout Troop 855, and Unit Commissioner for Cub Scout Pack 855 - Grass Valley; 1998 President of Board of Directors Chapter 27 of IRWA; 1994 President of Board of Directors Nevada County Big Brothers Big Sisters; past instructor Community College level and for the AI; served on both General and Residential Admissions Review Committees for the Sacramento Sierra Chapter AI and National Review & Counseling and Ethics Committees of the AI; regular contributor to the Gold Country Real Estate Showcase as published by Grass Valley Union newspaper, writing on contemporary real estate issues; past guest speaker for the Nevada County Engineers Association and the Gold County Estate Planning Council; Big Brother from 1982-88. Recipient of the following awards & recognitions: Boy Scouts of America 2003 Silver Beaver Award, Golden Empire Council, 2000 Silver Bear Award Gold Country District, Boy Scouts of America; 1997 Member of the Year, IRWA Chapter 27; 1997 Pack 855 Unit Scouter of the Year; 1987 Big Brother of the Year for Orange County; BSA Sea Exploring "Quartermaster" 1973 (highest earned rank in Sea Scouting).

SUMMARY OF SELECTED CLIENTS OF
DANIEL R. KETCHAM & ASSOCIATES

Primary Market Area

Nevada County, California, with primary focus on Western Nevada County, inclusive of incorporated Cities of Grass Valley and Nevada City. Rural areas include Penn Valley, Cedar Ridge, Chicago Park, and North San Juan.

Secondary Market Area
Surrounding Counties of Placer and Yuba.

Primary Practice Focus
Eminent domain matters for public agencies, estate planning or estate management, charitable contributions, conservation easements and donations, various types of easements, rights of way, expert witness testimony, consultation on various real estate related issues.

Client/Assignment

Retained by investment ownership group to provide appraisal review and
valuation consultation in the matter of a proposed partial right of way taking
from a proposed residential land subdivision by Caltrans in Yuba County.
Services rendered a significant increase in compensation to the ownership.

Retained by Nevada Irrigation District to prepare appraisal of seven easement rights of way, in conjunction with the proposed pipeline extension, as located in Nevada County.

Retained by Nevada Irrigation District to prepare appraisal of both canal and
access easement rights of way for the Valley View Reservoir, in conjunction
with the proposed acquisition, as located in Placer County.

Retained by City of Colfax and property owner to prepare appraisal of two
commercial parcels, for proposed acquisition by the City of Colfax, as located
in Placer County.

Retained by Newmont Mining prepare appraisal of the value of an existing
conservation easement, for proposed buy-out, as located in Nevada County.

Retained by Successor Trustee to prepare a retrospective appraisal of an owner the lease fee interest in a medical office condominium, as located in Grass Valley.

Retained by Successor Trustee to prepare a retrospective appraisal of an owner occupied retail building, as located in Grass Valley.

Retained by legal counsel to prepare appraisal of diminution of value
attributable to the economic cost of a permanent access right to a residential
parcel, as located in Placer County.

Retained by ownership to prepare appraisal for a partition in kind suit of a
larger rural residential parcel with unique frontage on the Yuba River, as
located in Yuba County.

Retained by ownership to prepare appraisal larger rural residential parcel,
as located in Yuba County. Analysis included study of proposed subdivision
(approved tentative map) of the larger parcel into rural residential parcels.

Retained by Nevada Irrigation District to prepare appraisal of two easement
rights of way, in conjunction with the proposed replacement of the Bear River
Siphon, as located in Placer and Nevada County.

Retained by Successor Trustee to prepare an appraisal of industrial site for
partner buy-out, as located in Grass Valley.

Retained by Sierra County Land Trust to prepare to prepare appraisal of a
remote landlocked 80 acre parcel containing a lake, for purpose of purchase
study and negotiations with ownership, as located in Gold Lakes Basin area of Sierra County.

Retained by Trustees of the Lydon Family Trust to prepare a retrospective
appraisal for estate accounting of an eighteen unit apartment property, as
located in Grass Valley.

Retained by KPFF Engineering and Newmont Mining prepare appraisal of
proposed site acquisition from City of Grass Valley of mine shaft parcel for
water discharge and remediation treatment plant, as located in Nevada County.

Retained by Nevada Irrigation District to prepare appraisal of canal and access road easement rights of way, in conjunction with the Cascade Canal, as located in Nevada County.

Retained by legal counsel to trust deed note holder to provide valuation and
testimony at mediation hearing. Parcels included four large newly developed
residential home-sites, once of which fronted on the Bear River, in southern
Nevada County.

Retained by property owner to prepare diminution in value appraisal for title
insurance claim, regarding missed NID easement, Nevada County.
Assignment include the study and consideration of a unique hydro-electric
facility.

Retained by property ownership to prepare market value appraisal of fee simple interest in a retail/commercial center, for asset management.

Retained by Nevada Irrigation District to prepare appraisal of two proposed fee acquisitions from PG&E, that included one improved parcel with a cabin style residence, as located proximal to the Lake Spaulding area, Nevada County.

Retained by Penn Valley Community Foundation to prepare rental appraisal of proposed community center for lease negotiations with County of Nevada for use of public library.

Retained by Nevada Irrigation District to prepare appraisal of seven easement rights of way in conjunction with the proposed Rock Creek Pipeline extension, as located in north Auburn, Placer County. Assignment include the valuation of private and PG&E owned lands.

Retained by Nevada Irrigation District to prepare appraisal of two easement
rights of way, in conjunction with a siphon for the Renken Canal, as located in Placer County.

Retained by Nevada Irrigation District to prepare appraisal of easement for
proposed acquisition of pumping facility, Nevada County.

Retained by Nevada Irrigation District to prepare appraisal both fee and
easement proposed acquisition for a propose hydro-electric generation facility located proximal to the Nevada County Airpark and within property owned by County of Nevada.

Property

State Highway 20
Right of Way Appraisal

Pipeline Easement
Condemnation Appraisal

Canal/Access Easement
Condemnation Appraisal

Commercial land
Appraisal

Easement
Appraisal

Professional Medial Office
Appraisal

Retail Commercial
Appraisal

Driveway Access
Nondisclosure Appraisal

Rural Residential
Appraisal

Rural Residence
Subdivision Appraisal

Pipeline Easement
Condemnation Appraisal

Industrial Acreage
Estate Appraisal

Remote Mountain
Acquisition Appraisal

Residential Apartments
Estate Appraisal

Mine Shaft
Appraisal

Pipeline Easement
Condemnation Appraisal

Home-site Valuation

Easement Valuation

Retail/Commercial Center

Mt. Lands & Cabin
Condemnation Appraisal

Market Rental Rate
Appraisal

Pipeline Easement
Condemnation Appraisal

Proposed Pump Facility
Condemnation Appraisal

Proposed Hydro Electric
Generation Facility