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The Real Estate Division
offers the following services and in addition, as part of
a comprehensive program has access to expert engineering in
mapping, geotechnical, environmental, design, and construction
services available in the District:
Right of Way Program Oversight & Review
Oversight
and review activities provide expert advice and consultation
to agencies participating with the Federal government through
cost sharing or other joint venture type initiatives and programs,
to include sponsor capability assessment, land acquisition activities
for water resource-related developments, etc. Services include:
- Scrutiny
of performance measures and compliance with Federal program
guidelines, to include supporting documentation, technical
competencies, and accreditation.
- Providing
Federal oversight and management of inherently governmental
functions which require discretion, intimation with public
interests, and judicial and policy or decision-making scopes
of reference.
Land
acquisition services involve accessing community land records
to locate owners, identify site uses, develop scope of agreements,
and settle transactions. The process includes the following:
- Ownership
research - determine property ownership through the
physical inspection and review of public records for purposes
of negotiations, surveys and descriptions, title evidence,
and property appraisal investigations.
- Preliminary
site assessment - investigate and categorize, by former
and present uses, a properties' potential for environmentally
hazardous conditions and/or materials.
- Negotiations
- establish and maintain amicable relationships with property
owners and occupants to ensure "Good Faith" efforts
in reaching mutually acceptable terms and conditions in
property agreements.
- Condemnations
and appeals - last resort venue exercised when negotiations
break down, issues are convoluted, or such an impasse develops
that settlement, by a disinterested third party, represents
the only means for a successful resolution.
- Certification
- provide assurances that applicable documentation is available
to evidence the completion of project transactions and program
requirements.
Real
Property Appraisals
Real Property Appraisals assist in determining marketable
value of real property interests through preparation and review
of property appraisal reports, analysis of approaches to valuation,
and assessment of appraiser competencies. Products and services
are:
- Property
appraisal reports -
provide detailed analysis of property value based upon recognized
and supportable approaches to value and property use.
- Property
appraisal reviews - provide competency level approval
of appraisal technique and methodology used in evaluating
property value and economic utility.
Utility/Facility
Relocation
Utility/Facility Relocations involve identifying the impacts
utilities potentially have on construction progress and developing
agreements to effectively adjust utilities to ensure success
of project schedules and efficient use of program resources.
The process requires:
- Identification
- through
available mapping and utility contact inquiries determine
the matrix of servicing utilities and assess potential impacts
to planned construction activities.
- Coordination
- establish responsible utility owner contacts to ensure
the execution of pre-construction activities, leading to
contract award and post-construction release.
- Contracts
- develop agreements between authorized parties that set
responsibility, liability, and accountability for activities
associated with the relocation or alteration of utility
and facility operations.
Relocation Assistance
Relocation
assistance is a program through which parties displaced by
a Federal program receive entitlements aimed at offsetting
reasonable expenses incurred for moving, housing, and business
reestablishment. Realty specialists assist the process through
the following activities:
- Displacee
interviews - conduct
meetings with parties adversely affected by project activities
to ascertain entitlements under the Uniform Real Property
Acquisition and Relocation Assistance Policies Act, Public
Law 91-646.
- Property
assessments
- record property statistical data for purposes of assessing
comparability, claim resolution, and determining allowable
entitlements.
- Residential
moves
- provide displaced parties with information and advice
in support of issues relating to their self-directed or
the commercial move of household effects.
- Business
moves
- provide displaced businesses or farms with information
and advice in support of issues relating to the self-directed
or commercial move of its operations.
- Coordinate
and approve
disbursement of authorized entitlements.
Real
Property Management & Disposal
Real property management and disposal services involve realty
specialists conducting the following types of activities:
- Site
Inspections -
perform real property investigations to assess use, condition,
maintenance, and code compliance requirements.
- Inventory
- develop records to establish and maintain accurate accountability
of ownership data, boundaries, and property improvements.
- Screening
eligible sources for disposal of surplus and excess
federal land holdings.
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