This is real estate work supervising the municipal government's program of acquisition, rental, lease and disposal of real property. Work includes conducting and submitting appraisals for commercial and industrial property to be acquired for federally-funded transit projects. Effective communication with property owners, their agents, and federal agency representatives is a significant aspect of the work.

Work is performed under the general direction of an administrative superior. Assignments require analytical thinking and are carried in accordance with departmental management and policy direction. The employee has controlling responsibility for real estate appraisal, acquisition, leasing, disposal and related real estate transactions for municipal government activities.

• Plans, assigns, reviews and coordinates the activities of a technical and clerical staff responsible for conducting all municipal government real estate business; establishes price ranges within which technical staff will conduct negotiations for acquisitions, based on property appraisals and current market values; serves as technical consultant on preparation of the more complicated real estate documents; reviews appraisal and research data for reliability and accuracy; supervises the maintenance of a perpetual inventory of city owned real property; interprets real estate policy to technical subordinates.
• Determines need for specialized appraisers in fields of real estate, machinery and equipment, moving services, etc.; prepares proposals, solicitations and service contracts; reviews contracted appraisers' reports for completeness, accuracy of detail and justification of valuations; determines adequacy of reports for possible eminent domain proceedings; incorporates contracted appraisers' findings into negotiation value justification report.
• Meets with attorneys, brokers, appraisers and property owners in instances of contested appraisals.
• Conducts appraisals of real property required by the city for implementation of federally-funded transit project plans; evaluates additional appraisals of these sites prepared by subordinate technical staff members; establishes property valuation based on these appraisals and taking into consideration business relocation and other special expenses; submits estimated property value to appropriate federal agency.
• Provides technical advice on occasion to city departments concerning proposed site developments.
• Supplies budget information concerning divisional operations to departmental authorities; prepares and forwards rental and leasing information to city officials upon request.
• Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• the principles, practices and techniques involved in the transfer of real property.
• the effects of mortgages, deductions, liens and other encumbrances and actions affecting real estate titles.
• the methods and techniques of commercial and industrial real estate appraisal.
• current developments and trends in the local real estate market.
• the laws relating to land title work and real estate transactions.

• plan, assign and supervise the work of a technical staff engaged in carrying out the various functions involved in a real estate program for a municipal government.
• conduct appraisals of commercial and industrial properties.
• negotiate and carry to completion the most complex real estate transactions involved in meeting the real property needs of city departments and agencies.
• present ideas with marked effectiveness, both orally and in writing.
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with real estate brokers, property owners and their representatives, federal and municipal government representatives, and associates.

• Completion of a bachelor's degree course at an accredited college or university.
• Six years of real estate experience buying, selling or appraising real property or negotiating for the sale or purchase of real property, three years of which shall have included appraisal of, or conducting negotiations for acquisition of, complex commercial and/or industrial property.

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.

PAY RANGE: EP25
Class Established: 1/1968
Latest Spec. Revision: 9/1974

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