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AUG-14-00 MON 11 :42 EVERGREEN LANDSERVICES FAX NO. 9350862 P. 24 DESCRIPTION OF EVERGREEN LAND SERVICES COMPANY Evergreen Land Services, Co. (ELS) is a Minnesota corporation that has provided land and right of way acquisition and relocation assistance services since 1972. Our current level of staffing is 12 full time employees and 3 part time employees, with individual experience in the right of way and relocation fields of up to 35 years. Different employees have different areas of expertise (often overlapping), but collectively the company has employees experienced in the areas of route selection and development, both field and title research and analysis, document and file preparation, negotiation and relocation assistance (including compliance with local, state and federal procedural requirements). ELS has extensive experience in acquisition activities and relocation work for public entities. The firm's staff is recognized for the wide variety of projects on which they have worked under the guidelines of the Federal Unifonn Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Act of 1970, as amended, the implementing federal regulation 49 CFR Part 24..We have also worked on, projects under specific funding sources HUD Section 811, CD$G, US Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Highway Administration, and Minnesota State Aid. ELS has provided acquisition and relocation services to over 60 public entities. ELS is the only consultant approved by Minnesota Department of Transportation for both acquisition and relocation services and we are currently providing services to them. ELS' staff are qualified professionals with diverse experience in land acquisition and relocation services, which insures the quality and cost effective implementation of each project. Realizing that the abilities of individual professionals are paramount to the success of a team, ELS has assembled a team which assures our client that the proper blend of experience and expertise provided for their particular..type of project ELS' excellent reputation and record of accomplishment is an extension of the experience of our qualified personnel, as well as the close working relationship we establish with our clients. Our primary objective is client satisfaction, which is attained by working closely with our clients, dedication to sensible and practical project implementation, maximizing financial participation and meeting the time and budgetary needs.