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of Santa Ana Public Works <br />Response to RFP for General Right of Way Services <br />12. Prepare notices under the direction of the City and personally deliver required notices, which may <br />include Informational Statements, Notices of Displacement, 90-Day Notices to Vacate, and other <br />notices. <br />13. Provide displacee, in writing, with referrals to comparable replacement housing. <br />14. Determine eligibility of each displacee and amount of relocation benefits, including moving <br />payments, rental/down payment assistance, and replacement housing payments and, to the extent <br />possible, include at least three comparables in the computation, and prepare an Entitlement Letter to <br />each displacee. <br />15. Conduct "decent, safe and sanitary" inspections of comparable replacement dwellings and advise <br />displacee of findings. <br />16. Prepare all necessary claim forms, secure displacee's signatures on claim forms, and submit claim <br />forms to City for processing. When checks are available, personally deliver checks to displacee, <br />whenever possible. <br />17. Obtain moving cost estimates, as needed, and monitor the move, as necessary. <br />18. Maintain files on each displacee and submit completed files to City when displacee has received <br />final payment. <br />19. Provide City with bi-weekly status reports, or as required, and a written report in a form pre - <br />approved by City staff summarizing the status of the relocation for each displacee bi-monthly. <br />20. Provide project management services to coordinate and meet with City staff to discuss progress and <br />schedule as needed. <br />B) Business (Non Residential) Relocation <br />The scope of services for displaced businesses includes, but are not limited to the following: <br />1. Interview prospective displacees to ascertain relocation needs. <br />2. Inform displacees of available relocation assistance services and benefits, and explain relocation <br />process. <br />3. Prepare notices under the direction of the City and deliver required notices, which may include <br />Informational Statements, Notices of Displacement, 90-Day Notices to Vacate, and other notices. <br />4. Provide displacee, in writing, with referrals to comparable business locations and assist in any <br />planning and/or permitting issues. <br />5. Advise business owners of potential claim for loss of goodwill. <br />6. Negotiate with business owner for fixtures and equipment (F&E), as may be required. The City will <br />provide appraisals for such F&E. <br />7. Facilitate the Notice of Bulk Transfer, fees for same to be paid by City. <br />8. Provide on -going advisory assistance to business owners. <br />9. Prepare specifications for the move and inventory of personal property, coordinate with acquisition <br />agent to assure that there is no dispute with property owner, if owner is not the business owner. <br />10. Obtain minimum of two bids from movers that are suited to the type of business being relocated. <br />11. Monitor the actual move to replacement site and re-establishment activities, as necessary. <br />