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

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Fairview Bridge Replacement and Street Improvements: Relocation Plan 18 2. Relocation staff would review all necessary documentation including, but not limited to, scopes-of-services, contractor bids, invoices, lease documents and escrow material before reaching a determination as to which expenses are eligible for compensation; 3. Required claim forms would be prepared by relocation staff and presented to the claimant for review. Signed claims and supporting documentation would be returned to relocation staff and submitted to the City; 4. The City would review and approve claims for payment, or request additional information; 5. The City would issue benefit checks to claimants in the most secure, expeditious manner possible; 6. Final payments to residential displacees would be issued after confirmation that the Project premises have been completely vacated, and actual residency at the replacement unit is verified; 7. Receipts of payment and all claim material would be maintained in the relocation case file. G. Immigration Status Federal legislation (PL105-117) prohibits the payment of relocation assistance benefits under the Uniform Act to any alien not lawfully present in the United States unless such ineligibility would result in an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to the alien’s spouse, parent, or child any of whom is a citizen or an alien admitted for permanent residence. Exceptional and extremely unusual hardship is defined as significant and demonstrable adverse impact on the health or safety, continued existence of the family unit, and any other impact determined by the City to negatively affect the alien’s spouse, parent or child. In order to track and account for relocation assistance and benefit payments, relocation staff will be required to seek immigration status information from each displacee 18 years and older by having them self-certify as to their legal status. There is no legal presence requirement in order to be eligible for relocation assistance under the State Relocation Program. H. Relocation Tax Consequences In general, relocation payments are not considered income for the purpose of Division 2 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, which has been redesignated as the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Title 26, U. S. Code), or for the purpose of determining the eligibility or the extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under the Social Security Act (42 U. S. Code 301 et seq.) or the Personal Income Tax Law, Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or the Bank and Corporation Tax Law, Part II (commencing