2-Widder, Nickie Bio Form.docx

Key Personnel Bio

· The Offeror shall complete this form for each key personnel proposed.

· The Offeror shall describe relevant professional qualifications, experience and expertise for any resultant contract.

· The Offeror shall detail relevant work experience where they had a significant role that demonstrates their capability relevant to their proposed role in this contract.

· The Offeror may attach a brief resume to the Bio form outlining their qualifications, experience, and credentials. Any resume submitted is supplemental to this form and does not replace the requirement to complete the Key Personnel Bio.

Background

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) courses: Business Relocation – Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended (the Uniform Act), Basic Relocation

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Relevant Work Experience

Nickie Widder’s extensive right of way expertise includes conducting interviews and determining eligibility for relocation, obtaining move bids, performing comparable housing searches, and preparing determinations. She is skilled in negotiating acquisitions of property rights and providing advisory services to property owners and residential tenants. Her responsibilities also involve processing claims for property owners and tenants affected by projects, processing payment requests, and ensuring quality control and closing of files.

Ms. Widder has substantial hands-on experience with the Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT’s) procedures and processes. She has been involved in acquisition negotiations and advisory services for property owners and residential tenants, taking on tasks including presenting and negotiating offers, obtaining signatures on necessary purchase or easement documents, and reviewing counteroffers. She has also been responsible for compliance and quality control reviews for acquisition and relocation documents to ensure accuracy, completeness, clarity, and compliance with all applicable Federal and State regulations.

Her project experience includes roles such as senior acquisition agent for various projects in Arizona, where she negotiated acquisitions of property rights, provided advisory services, and conducted interviews to determine eligibility. She has also been involved in processing claims and payment requests, ensuring quality control, and closing files. Additionally, she has experience in relocation assistance, including completing determinations and calculating rental housing payments. She is knowledgeable in FHWA requirements and procedures.

Ms. Widder’s role involves conducting interviews with relocatees to explain project overviews and determine eligibility. She is responsible for preparing and issuing various notices, such as general information, 30-day vacate, and 90-day vacate notices. Ms. Widder requests move bids from approved firms, reviews them, and confirms details to ensure accuracy. She prepares determinations, calculates benefit payments, and presents these to displacees. Additionally, she locates potential replacement properties, assists in lease contract negotiations, and performs decent, safe, and sanitary site inspections. Ms. Widder identifies issues, coordinates repairs or disability modifications, and attends and monitors moves. She confirms vacate status and notifies all parties involved; prepares and processes claim forms; coordinates activities with inspectors, contractors, real estate agents, and movers; and performs 42-month follow-up activities for additional payments. Ms. Widder maintains regular contact with displacees to ensure their comfort with the process and that all questions are answered promptly, as well as maintains regular contact with city staff, preparing and submitting completed files per city procedures.

Ms. Widder has 40 years of experience in the right of way and real estate industries and extensive experience working with government entities. A significant portion of her career has been dedicated to working with ADOT. From 1999 to 2010, she served as a right of way agent in the ADOT Urban Acquisitions Section, where she was involved in presenting and negotiating offers, reviewing counteroffers, and ensuring compliance with State and Federal regulations. Her role included coordinating with various stakeholders, such as district engineering, the attorney general, title companies, and other government agencies.

Ms. Widder's experience with ADOT also includes her work as a senior acquisition and relocation agent on on-call contracts for acquisition and relocation services statewide in Arizona from 2020 to the present. In this role, she conducts interviews; prepares and issues notices; determines eligibility status; and coordinates with inspectors, contractors, and real estate agents. Her work ensures compliance with the Uniform Act.

Additionally, she has worked on several Tierra projects for ADOT, such as the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway Design-Build Project and the Interstate 10 (I-10) Widening at Picacho, where she provided relocation assistance services and acquisition negotiations. Her comprehensive understanding of ADOT procedures and processes, along with her knowledge of FHWA requirements, underscores her expertise in working with transportation departments.

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