55B - AA FOR RESO RELOCATION PLAN FOR WARNER AVE

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The non-residential displacement may be identified as potential candidate for extensive advisory services and relocation assistance. Mommy Vicky's Daycare —Is a small daycare business run from inside one of the impacted homes. It has a small clientele base of children from the surrounding neighborhood and local schools. Services are provided to children ages z to 7 years of age. Moving smaller businesses can be, more challenging than moving larger businesses, presumably with larger capital reserves. For this reason, it would be essential to provide timely, viable referrals to replacement sites, with assistance in relocation planning, while simultaneously executing the move carefully and efficiently. Information obtained during the relocation interview process will assist in determining the financial capacity of a business to accomplish a move, and if an advance relocation assistance payment is necessary. Upon implementation of the Relocation Assistance Program, relocation timing issues and replacement site concerns will be discussed and addressed, as appropriate. The list of affected businesses provided in Table 4 below reflects data gathered from field observations and business interview. Table 4: Affected Non -Residential Uses III. Relocation Resources The California Relocation Assistance Law provides that no eligible residential persons shall be required to move from their dwelling unless comparable replacement dwellings are available to such persons. The purpose of this section is to identify whether sufficient comparable replacement housing resources exist for all potential residential displacees. Additionally, while available replacement locations are not required for non-residential occupants to move, a survey of available replacement commercial sites have been searched to determine what sites may be available to the non-residential occupants and to determine what impacts, if any, may occur due to a lack of available replacement sites. The City is committed to making every effort to satisfactorily relocate all displaced occupants. A. Methodology To determine the availability of residential and commercial sites prior to the displacement of occupants from the Project area, resources were researched through the following sources: • Internet sources (MLS listings, Zillow); • Canvassing the Project area for properties available for lease and or for sale; • Telephone and field contact with real estate brokerages serving the area; • Classified rental listings from local publications, and; 9 55B-20