Item 39 - Relocation Plan for Fairview Bridge Replacement and Street Improvements

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Fairview Bridge Replacement and Street Improvements: Relocation Plan 11 IV. The Relocation Program The City of Santa Ana’s (City) Relocation Program is designed to minimize hardship, be responsive to unique project circumstances, maintain personal contact with all affected individuals, consistently applying all regulatory criteria to formulate eligibility and benefit determinations, and conform to all applicable requirements. The relocation program to be implemented by the City will conform with the standards and provisions of the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (URA), as amended, and the California Relocation Assistance Law, California Government Code §7260, et seq.; the Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Guidelines; California Code of Regulations, Title 25, Division 1, Chapter 6 (Guidelines); and the City’s adopted right-of-way policies and procedures. The City has retained Monument Inc. (Monument) to administer the Relocation Program. Monument has an extensive resume of public works projects undertaken in other Orange County communities. Experienced City staff would monitor the performance of Monument and be responsible to approve or disapprove Monument’s recommendations concerning eligibility and benefit determinations and interpretations of the City’s policy. The Relocation Program consists of two principal constituents: Advisory Assistance and Financial Assistance. A. Program Assurances, Standards and Objectives The City would provide the displaced residential occupants with the assistance, rights, and benefits required under federal and state relocation law and the City’s policies and procedures. The relocation program would provide advisory and financial assistance. Every effort would be made to facilitate relocation arrangements and minimize hardship for displacees. The program objectives would be as follows: 1. To fully inform eligible Project displacees of the nature of, and procedures for, obtaining relocation assistance and benefits; 2. To determine the needs of each displacee eligible for assistance; 3. To provide continuously updated referrals to potential replacement sites within a reasonable time prior to displacement and assure that no occupant is required to move without a minimum of 90 days written notice to vacate; 4. To provide assistance that does not result in different or separate treatment due to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status or other arbitrary circumstances; 5. To supply information concerning federal and state programs and other governmental programs providing assistance to displaced persons; 6. To assist each eligible occupant to complete applications for benefits; 7. To make relocation benefit payments in accordance with the appropriate guidelines; 8. To inform all persons subject to displacement of City policies with regard to eviction and property management; and