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mitigation, items that cannot be moved to replacement site due to zoning, housing codes or other restrictions), prepares Abandonment Certification and deducts reasonable moving costs if necessary. 9.6 Determine Eligible Reestablishment Expenses Determine expenses (e.g., improvements to the property, advertisement, unused license fees, increased operating costs) necessary and eligible as reestablishment expenses, not to exceed $10,000.00. Inspect the replacement property, obtain cost estimates, verify previous two years' expenses and income and project next two years to assess whether increased operating costs will exist, if necessary. Based on decisions of displacee and program guidelines, determine eligibility for reimbursement. Ensure all items in the estimate are actually reestablished. Photograph before and after improvements, review invoices and work performed. 9.7 Abandoned Property if displacee decides not to relocate some personal property, verify that a bona fide attempt has been made to sell the items. Determine eligibility for direct loss payment and compute the amount of payment. Notify the AAWC of any items to be abandoned and ensure those items are not included in the moving cost estimate. Prepare an Abandonment Certification and have the displacee sign waiving all rights in property abandoned. 9.8 Site Search Expenses Determine eligibility for actual reasonable site search expenses not to exceed $1,000.00 under Title 25 compliance or $2,500 under federally funded projects. 9.9 City/Owner Liaison Provide liaison duties between the City and business owners. 9.10 Contact Documentation Thoroughly document all contacts with the business owner and/or their representative indicating attendees, time and place of meetings. Documentation will include thorough diaries and copies of all correspondence and emails. Diaries should be updated immediately after each contact, if possible, and retained in the permanent relocation file. 10.0 ESCROW COORDINATION TASK NO. 10.1 Monitor Escrows Coordinate with title companies and open escrows on all purchases. Monitor escrows, review all escrow documents, request funds from City and ensure that the City receives title insurance policies in the amount of the purchase cost of the land and improvements and clear title to all properties acquired. CPSI will also provide multi-lingual (Spanish) services as needed for an efficient closing. 10.2 Part-Take Acquisitions Special attention will be taken on part-take acquisitions, due to the difficultly in obtain partial release documents on a timely basis. At the City's option, the CPSI Team will complete the entire escrow and work directly with the Title Company to obtain the necessary Title Policy. 11.0 CONDEMATION SUPPORT TASK NO. 11.1 Condemnation Assistance Prepare necessary condemnation reports or paperwork for unsuccessful negotiations, and provide pre-condemnation assistance and testimony for the City Legal Counsel. This includes: obtaining and reviewing Litigation Guarantees; listing the names and mailing addresses of the appropriate fee, leasehold, and tenant owners; completion of a summary sheet with recommendation regarding title issues; and making copies of the contents of the parcel file. CPSI can also provide expert 250-11