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Contributors <br />Rod P. Kasegame 777 108th Avenue Nc, Suite 1900, Bellevue. WA 98004 <br />Attorney (425) 455-1234 <br />Inslee, Best, Doezie 6 Ryder, P.S. rkaseguma@insleebest.com <br />Rod Kaseguma has advised and represented Washington cities and special purpose districts for <br />over 32 years. He served as an assistant city attorney for the City of Seattlefrom 1977 through <br />1985, focusing on general municipal law. From 1985 through 1989, he was ar associate with <br />Foster Pepper €+ Shefelman, focusing on municipal finance, special purpose district <br />representation and LID formation, financing and proceedings. While at Foster Pepper 6 <br />Shefelman, Rod prepared a comprehensive paper/manual regarding LID assessment <br />delinquencies, liens and foreclosures, and presented it to the Association of Washington Cities <br />and the Washington Association of Sewer Districts. <br />Rod joined Inslee, Best, Doezie 8 Hyder, P.S., in 1990. Since joining the firm, he has served as <br />City Attorney and special City Attorney for several cities, and as general counsel and special legal <br />counsel for water -sewer districts, fire districts, a joint operation of fire districts and cities, a ferry <br />district, a flood district and a 911 -call center. He is legal counsel to the Washington Association <br />of Sewer and Water Districts. A significant portion of his work for municipalities has involved all <br />aspects of LID's, ULID's and RID's, including formation, financing, special benefit studies, <br />methods of assessment, deferral of assessments, construction of improvements, levying and <br />collection of assessments and appealsfrom final assessment rolls. Recently, Rod worked on an <br />LID having noncontiguous units of improvements and areas, which is an LID that is authorized <br />but infrequently used. <br />P. Slaphen DiJello 1111 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101-3299 <br />Attorney (206) 447-8971 <br />Foster Pepper Ft Shefelman PLLC dijup@foster.com <br />P. Stephen DiJO% a partner in the Seattle office of Foster Pepper PLLC ("FP"), focuses his <br />practice on litigation involving majorinfrastructure projects. Before joining FP in 1986, Mr. DiJulio <br />was a Seattle Assistant City Attorney. He served in that capacity from 1977 through 1982. Mr. <br />Di.:ulio was the City Attorney for the City of Kent from 1982 through 1986, serving additionally as <br />City Administrator in 1986. His valuation work for local government has included such diverse <br />public facilities as wastewater treatment plants, solid waste handling facilities, city halls, golf <br />courses and cemeteries, as well as operating utility systems and franchises. <br />His extensive experience in eminent domain and valuation proceedings includes representation <br />of large and small jurisdictions. See Wong v. City of Long Beach, 119 Wn. App. 628 (2004); <br />(successful trail corridor acquisition); CentralPugetSoundRegionalTransitAuthorityv.Miller 12B <br />P.3d 588 (2006); and, NTKv Seattle Popular Monora#Autharity, 155 Wn.2d 612 (2005). <br />Mr. DUulio has served as special litigation counsai fcr the City of Lynnwood in contested <br />proceedings in federal and state courts over development of the 196th Street Interchange at 1-5. <br />Mr. DiJu!io represented the City in acquisition of the main, 12 -acre parcel necessary for the <br />freeway interchange construction. He also represented the City in the extensive Local <br />