CALIFORNIA, STATE OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1997

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• • performance of work connected with the PROJECT shall incorporate Exhibits A(whenever State funds finance part of the PROJECT)and Exhibit B (with third parry's name replacing ADMINISTERING AGENCY) as parts of such agreement. ARTICLE II - RIGHTS OF WAY 1. No contract for the construction of a Federal-aid PROJECT shall be awarded until the necessary rights of way have been secured. Prior to the advertising for construction of the PROJECT, ADMINISTERING AGENCY shall certify and,upon request,shall furnish STATE with evidence that necessary rights of way are available for construction purposes or will be available by the time of award of the construction contract. 2. ADMINISTERING AGENCY agrees to indemnify and hold STATE harmless from any liability which may result in the event the right of way for a PROJECT is not clear as certified. The furnishing of right of way as provided for herein includes,in addition to all real property required for the PROJECT,title free and clear of obstructions and encumbrances affecting PROJECT and the payment,as required by applicable law, of damages to real property not actually taken but injuriously affected by PROJECT. ADMINISTERING AGENCY shall pay,from its own non-matching funds,any costs which arise out of delays to the construction of the PROJECT because utility facilities have not been removed or relocated,or because rights of way have not been made available to ADMINISTERING AGENCY for the orderly prosecution of PROJECT work. 3. Subject to STATE approval and such supervision as is required in REENGINEERED PROCEDURES over ADMINISTERING AGENCY's right of way acquisition procedures, ADMINISTERING AGENCY may claim reimbursement from Federal funds for expenditures to purchase only necessary rights of way included in PROJECT after crediting PROJECT with the fair market value of any excess property retained and not disposed of by ADMINISTERING AGENCY. 4. When real property rights are to be acquired by ADMINISTERING AGENCY for a PROJECT, said ADMINISTERING AGENCY must carry out that acquisition in compliance with the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970,as amended. 5. Whether or not Federal-aid is to be requested for right of way, should ADMINISTERING AGENCY, in acquiring right of way for PROJECT, displace an individual, family,business,farm operation,or non-profit organization, relocation payments and services will be provided as set forth in Chapter 5 of Title 23,U.S. Code. The public will be adequately informed of the relocation payments and services which will be available;and,to the greatest extent practicable,no person lawfully occupying real property shall be required to move from his/her dwelling or to move his/her business or farm operation without at least 90-days written notice from ADMINISTERING AGENCY. ADMINISTERING AGENCY will provide STATE with specific assurances, on each portion of the PROJECT, that no person will be displaced until comparable decent,safe and sanitary replacement housing is available within a reasonable period of time prior to displacement, and that ADMINISTERING AGENCY's relocation program is realistic and adequate to provide orderly, timely and efficient relocation of displaced persons for the PROJECT as provided in Federal Highway Programs Manual(FHPM 7-5). 6. In all real property transactions acquired for the PROJECT,following recordation of the deed or such other recorded instrument evidencing title in the name of the ADMINISTERING AGENCY or their assignee, there shall also be recorded a separate document which is an "Agreement Declaring Restrictive Covenants." Said Agreement Declaring Restrictive Covenants will incorporate the assurances included within Exhibits A and B and Appendices A,B, C and D, as appropriate,when executed by ADMINISTERING AGENCY. 3 11/29/95