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Page 1 North Texas News
INTERNATIONAL RIGHT-OF-WAY ASSOCIATION
DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TEXAS
November 2015
In This Issue
November Meeting 1
President’s Message 2
Ask the Attorney 3
Spring Forum 4
October Event Photos 6-7
PDC Committee News 9
Education Committee News 10-11
Membership 11
Young Professionals 12
Career Page 13
North Texas News
Since 1960
President
KAREN STEARMAN, SR/WA
214-794-1014
Vice President
MARCUS BOYD, SR/WA, R/W-RAC
972.979.2850
Treasurer
KIM HIEBERT, SR/WA, R/W-NAC,
R/W-RAC
214.486.3208
Secretary
KRISTEN BENNETT, R/W-RAC
972.971.8660
Director/ 1 YR
DAVID HARRY, MAI
817.225.2025
Director/ 2YR
JENNIFER AYERS, SR/WA, R/W-AC
214.553.9133
Chapter Officers 2014-15
November Meeting Location: Cacharel Restaurant—Arlington
2221 East Lamar, 7th Floor
Arlington, Texas 76006
November 10, 2015 - 11:30 - 1:00
Luncheon Menu - Pumpkin Soup, Sliced Roasted Turkey, Wild Mushroom
Sauce, Chocolate Cake
Board Meeting: 10:00 — 11:15
Price—$20 before noon November 9th, $25 following and for guests
November Luncheon
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC SECTOR
John P. Campbell is director of the Right of Way Divi-
sion of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
He oversees the department’s right of way programs
and statewide right of way project delivery operations.
The Right of Way Division is also responsible for the
regulatory control of outdoor advertising along state
routes and the accommodation of utility infrastructure
impacted by transportation projects.
John served three terms as Chairman of the AASHTO
Subcommittee on Right of Way and Utilities from June
2006 through June 2012. He was appointed to the
Executive Board of the subcommittee in 2004 and
appointed Chairman of the Subcommittee in 2006.
John served a two year term as the Chairman of the IRWA’s International Transporta-
tion Committee from July 2012 through July 2014. He served as Vice Chairman of the
committee from July 2011 through July 2012 and has served as a Member at Large since
2009.
John began in TxDOT's Dallas District as a right-of-way utility coordinator in 1989. While at
the Dallas District, he was responsible for the successful completion of utility adjustments
required to accommodate the reconstruction and expansion of the US 75 Central
Expressway. Moving to Austin in 1993, he accepted the appointment as the depart-
ment’s Chief Utility Engineer for the Right of Way Division where he managed statewide
utility accommodations. Two years later, he was appointed Director of the Right of Way
Division’s Engineering Section. John was later appointed as Director of the TxDOT Right of
Way Division by Wes Heald, former TxDOT Executive Director, on February 1, 1999.
MBA, with a Finance concentration, from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1992. He is a
1999 graduate of the Governor’s Executive Development Program at the LBJ School of
Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin.
John was licensed as a Texas Professional Engineer in 1991. He was a recipient of the
TxDOT Journey Toward Excellence award in 1995. He is a member of the International
Right of Way Association (IRWA) Chapter 74 where he served as Utility Chairman from
1997 to 1998. In 2007, John earned the IRWA’s senior designation, SR/WA, and is a
certified IRWA course instructor.
Campbell
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Karen Stearman, SR/WA
President’s Message
Karen Stearman, SR/WA
President
Karen Stearman
Stearman and Associates, LLC
511 Monti Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75057
214.794.1014
Dear Members:
Happy November!
It is almost Thanksgiving! Oh my, where has the year gone? Sweater time, pies, holi-
days! We have a lot to be thankful for. I cannot count my blessings there are so
many. I am sure that each and every one of you feels the same.
Thank you to everyone who attended the Annual Joint IRWA/AI meeting on October
13. We had a great turnout at Cacharel. Our Programs Committee provided two
informative and interesting speakers for the meeting: Judge Mark Riles of Parker
County and Mark McAnnally, MAI, Deputy Director/Chief Appraiser, Texas General
Land Office. Chapter 36 sends a huge thank you to both of them for their time! We
also would like to thank Ruth Kelton for obtaining approval for our TREC and TALCB
licensees to receive CE credits. Thank you to PDC for the IRWA CE credits and Pro-
grams for a job well done.
Don’t forget to check the Chapter 36 website for classes that your Education Com-
mittee has planned for you. It may be time to take that class for certification or
recertification. I cannot stress how important it is to continue your education. The
classroom settings are fun, interesting, interactive, and you benefit from the wisdom
and experience of the instructor and your colleagues. You cannot put a price on
the classroom experience. Make time in your schedule-it is well worth it.
Our Programs co-chair Jace Whatley reached out to John Campbell with TxDOT and
he has graciously agreed to speak at the November meeting. You will not want to
miss this meeting. Register early online. You do not have to have a PayPal account
to pay online.
During the November meeting, if you renew your IRWA membership we will add your
name to a drawing the day of the meeting. The winner will receive a nice gift from
IRWA Headquarters for renewing early. If you have already renewed, bring your re-
ceipt with you to the meeting and we will be happy to add your name to the fish-
bowl. You must be present at the meeting to win.
Even though the year is almost over for us, the fiscal year just began for the Chapter
Board members and committee members. I am happy to say we have a great
team working hard for you and each committee has set goals to make Chapter 36
shine even brighter.
Save the Dates:
December 3, 2015 - Year End Event will be held at Maggiano's Little Italy (North Park)
in Dallas. Please join us to help celebrate another successful year and to honor the
Chapter Professional of the Year, Employer of the Year and Young Professional of the
Year.
April 28 & 29, 2016 - the Annual Chapter 36 Spring Seminar and Golf Tournament;
details to follow.
I hope to see you at the meeting in November! Remember to wear your official IR-
WA name badge.
Truly yours,
Karen Stearman, SR/WA
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Scott Moran
Ask the Attorney
Submit Questions About
Right-of-Way Matters to
Scott Moran
Baker Moran Doggett Ma & Dobbs
1400 Preston Road, Suite 350
Plano, Texas 75093
469.351.3495
Question: I am new to the right-of-way profession. Do I have
to be licensed by the State of Texas?
Answer: Yes. The Texas legislature, by statue effective June
1, 2003, requires “a person may not sell, buy, lease or transfer
an easement or right-of-way for another for compensation or
with the expectation of receiving compensation, for use in con-
nection with telecommunication, utility, railroad, or pipeline ser-
vice unless the person: (1) holds a license, or (2) holds a certifi-
cate of registration. Licensing and registration is handled by
the Texas Real Estate Commission (www.trec.state.tx.us). An
application for easement or right-of-way registration by a busi-
ness is form ERW AB-3 and the application for easement or right
-of-way agent registration by an individual is for ERW A1-4.
TREC also has other easement or right-of-way registration forms
available online or information by phone at 512-936-3000.
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IRWA Spring Forum Flyer
LORA GUNTER
Education Committee Chair
817.370.3682
DALTON VANN, RWA, R/W-AC Education Committee (2YR)
817.962.2371
JIMMY THOMAS, SR/WA
Education Committee (3 YR)
214.486.3208
MICHAEL KERSTEN, SR/WA
Professional Development
Committee Chair
940.206.3577
DENISE PEREZ, SR/WA
Professional Development
Committee (1YR)
972-721-2472
MICHAEL HALE, SR/WA
Professional Development
Committee (2YR)
817.445.1016
DORRIEN HIMES
Webmaster
214.553.9133
TOMMY MATTHEWS
Membership Chair
214.924.4550
JENNIFER HALL, R/W-NAC
Programs Co-Chair
817.665.8213
JACE WHATLEY
Programs Co-Chair
214-340-5880
MARGARET LEIN
PR & Marketing Committee
214.486.2206
SHERRY SMITH
PR & Marketing Committee
817.215.6588
TREVOR BRITTINGHAM
Young Professionals Chair
214.846.6529
KREG HODGE
Newsletter Editor
214.340.5880
JACE WHATLEY
Historian
214.340,5880
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Chapter 36 back at
Cacharel prior to the
meeting.
Featured speaker Parker
County Judge Mark Riles.
Featured speaker Mark
McAnnally, MAI.
Chapter 36 President
Karen Stearman, and
Appraisal Institute North
Central Texas Chapter
President Keri Redford.
Meeting Photos - October 13, 2015
IRWA 2016 Education
Conference
IRWA on the Web
Page 6 North Texas News
Darlene Snow and
Trish Graham
Education Committee
member Dalton Vann
speaking on the fall
education lineup
From left to right:
Gordon Roark,
Wendell Pyles, Donnie
Sherwood, Melissa
Earhardt, and Mike
McKinney
Meeting Photos - October 13, 2015
IRWA 2016 Education
Conference
IRWA on the Web
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November 10 IRWA Monthly Board Meeting and Luncheon
November 17-20 Valuation of Partial Acquisitions
December 2 Ethics and the Right of Way Profession
January 26 Skills of Expert Testimony
Recertification is required for both the Right of Way Professional
Certification (RWP) and the Senior Right of Way Professional
Designation (SR/WA). When taking class for recertification the
course exams are not required. If the exams are taken and
passed the course can be used for both recertification and for
a Specialist Certification Program. These programs include the
R/W-AC Appraisal Certification, R/W-AMC Asset/Property Man-
agement Certification. R/W-NAC Negotiation and Acquisition
Certification, R/W –RAC Relocation Assistance Certification, R/
W-URAC Uniform Act Certification and the Appraisal Cross Cer-
tification.
Michael Kersten
IRWA Chapter 36, PDC Chair
Michael Kersten, PLS, CFM, SR/WA
Michael Kersten, PDC Chair
Denise Perez, SR/WA
PDC Committee (2 YR)
972-721-2472
Michael Hale, SR/WA
PDC Committee (3 YR)
817-445-1016
PDC Committee Members
2740 North Dallas Pkwy, Suite 280
Plano, Texas 75093
214.473.4640
Calendar of Events
Professional Development Committee News
Page 9 North Texas News
Chapter 36 Education Committee Newsletter Update- November 2015
Chapter 36 held its first Fall 2015 class on September 22-23. Charles
Stearman taught Course 400 Principles of Real Estate Appraisal at Halff
Associates in Richardson. We are fortunate to be able to have our
chapter’s 2014 Professional of the Year instruct this class!
Course 803 Eminent Domain Law Basics for the ROW Professional was
held October 7-8 at the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in
Fort Worth. James Kirk, a ROW Division Attorney for TxDOT, instructed
the course. James was able to incorporate many examples from his ex-
perience working at the State of Texas Office of the Attorney General,
which handles large volumes of condemnation proceedings. We
appreciate James traveling up to be a guest instructor for our chapter.
James Kirk instructing
Course 803; Eminent
Domain Law Basics for
the ROW Professional
Charles Stearman in-
structing Course 400;
Principles of Real
Estate Appraisal
Education Committee News By Lora Gunter
Education Committee
Lora Gunter
Committee Chair
Dalton Vann
Member (2 YR)
Integra Realty Resources
Jimmy Thomas
Member (3 YR)
Oncor
Lora Gunter
TxDOT
2501 SW Loop 820
Fort Worth, TX 76133
(817) 370-3682
Page 10 North Texas News
Rounding out the fall schedule are Courses 421 and 103.
Course 421 Valuation of Partial Acquisitions is an excellent four
-day course that really immerses the participant in appraisal
methodology. The class is being held November 17-20 at the
City of Irving. It will be taught by Donnie Sherwood. In Decem-
ber, Course 103 Ethics and the ROW Profession will be at Halff
Associates in Richardson. Scott Moran is teaching this class on
December 2. Contact Dalton Vann for more information
about these two classes.
Education Committee News By Lora Gunter
Education Committee
Lora Gunter
Committee Chair
Dalton Vann
Member (2 YR)
Integra Realty Resources
Jimmy Thomas
Member (3 YR)
Oncor
Lora Gunter
TxDOT
2501 SW Loop 820
Fort Worth, TX 76133
(817) 370-3682
2015 EDUCATION CALENDAR
COURSE TITLE/INSTRUCTOR LOCATION DATES
421
Valuation of Partial Acquisitions
Instructor – Donnie Sherwood, SR/WA
To register contact: Will Snider [email protected]
City of Irving
Irving, TX
November 17-20
103
Ethics and the ROW Profession
Instructor – Scott Moran
To register contact: Dalton Vann [email protected]
Halff Associates, Richardson, TX
December 2
804
Skills of Expert Testimony
Instructor – Scott Moran
To register contact: Dalton Vann [email protected]
Halff Associates, Richardson, TX
January 26
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Membership
Tommy Matthews, R/W-AC
15851 Dallas Parkway
Addison, Texas 75001
214-924-4550
Don’t put off advancing
your career. Visit the clas-
ses section of Online
Learning Center at
www.irwaonline.org
or call 310-538-0233 ext.
138 for more information.
Learn. Lead. Advance.
Tommy Matthews, R/W-AC
At the September board meeting, five new members were approved to
become part of the IRWA Chapter 36 family.
Please join me in welcoming the following new members listed below:
Membership Status: Current membership count is 463.
As a reminder, annual dues renewal notices are currently being sent out to
all active members. To save time, you can renew online or by phone. If you
let your membership expire, so does any certification or designation you
may have through the IRWA. Please take the time to renew, and continue
to enjoy all the benefits membership has to offer. The deadline to renew is
December 31, so please be sure to get your renewal in by the end of the
year.
As discussed in the September newsletter, each new member to Chapter
36 receives a blue, “Texas shaped” badge. This badge identifies each new
participant as an active member of Chapter 36. There are also green
badges available to members that achieve a designation such as R/W-AC,
or, R/W – NAC, and red badges for our members that attain the highly elu-
sive SR/WA designation. If you would like a badge, please contact mem-
bership at [email protected].
Please check the Chapter website and view your contact information.
Each member has their own unique username and password to edit/
update their contact information. If you would like something changed or
do not have this information, please email me at
Mr. David Crumpler – Smith Roberts Land Services
Mrs. Kimberly C. Dearman - Land Services, Inc.
Mr. David P. Finley - Atmos Energy Corporation
Mrs. Sonja T. Word – Percheron, LLC
Mr. Mark David Yale – Dunaway Associates, LP
Page 12 North Texas News
Young Professionals Summer Recap
Trevor Brittingham
SRLS Texas, LLC—DFW Metro, TX
2300 Valley View Lane, Suite 338
Irving, Texas 75062
214.846.6529
Trevor Brittingham
Hello YP's
We have sent out a link for a very SHORT survey. Trevor and Leighton have
created the questions and it may take you all of 2 minutes to complete (5
minutes if you have a lot to say at the end). We are trying to come up with
a way to get more people involved. If you have any additional comments
that we may have missed please add them to the bottom of your response
of question 10. We would really appreciate everyone to take the time
(cough.. 2 minutes) to fill one out! If you have any questions about this let
me know. If you did not receive the survey please contact Leighton at
[email protected] for the link. Thanks so much!
Trevor Brittingham and Leighton Gambill
For details on our "Geeks who Drink" trivia night please check your email. We
are tentatively planning for Tuesday November 17th or Thursday November
19th in Fort Worth.
Please save the date for our annual White Ele-
phant Gift Exchange. We will be returning to
Pappadeaux off of Oaklawn in Dallas on Thurs-
day December 17th. If you haven't been be-
fore this is an event surely not to miss. The last
two years Chris McCarthy has won for most
coveted gift. It is definitely a good time filled
with laughter, good food, and great drinks!
Digital Course Catalog
Discipline/Course Descriptions
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these job listings can
be found at
IRWAchapter36.org/jobs
Post a Job Listing
Send your job listings
to Dorrien Himes at
Career Center
Search for jobs, post
your resume or post
an opening at IRWA’s
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Relocation Agent
Quality Assurance/Quality Control Agent
Universal Field Services, Inc
Positions: Right-of-Way Agent
Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Market
Qualifications: See Website
Send Resume here
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Career Opportunities Right of Way in North Texas and Beyond
Positions: Acquisition Agent, Property Appraiser
Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Market
Qualifications: See Website
Dallas County Public Works
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Administrative Assistant—Right-of-Way
Engineer-Mechanical or Chemical
Landscape Architect
Survey Technician
Civil Engineer—Land Development PE
Halff Associates
Click the following job title to see more details.
Property Acquisition Agent
Property Appraiser
Dallas County Public Works