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.45 • DESCRIPTION OF EVERGREEN LAND SERVICES COMPANY 6110 BLUE CIRCLE DRIVE SUITE 140 MINNETONKA, MN 55343 (952) 930731.00 EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS Evergreen Land Services, Co. (ELS) has contracted with the City of St. Anthony through it's consulting engineering firm, WSB, to assist in the negotiation and acquisition of ponding rights for the Harding Street Project. 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 Uniform 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, CDBG, 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. Certified Appraisals were obtained on each parcel requiring acquisition for the necessary ponding easements on the Harding Street Project. These appraisals were obtained by an independent appraisal firm named Bettendorf, Rohrer, Knoche .& Wall. Mr. Mike Bettendorf completed the reports at the end of November 2000. Mr. Bettendorf's completed reports are the basis for the monetary offers that have been given to the individual landowners. All 10 property owners have received written offers for the acquisition of the easement rights. Due to time constraints it will be necessary to file the condemnation petition in February of 2001 to meet the construction schedule for this project. All landowners have been informed of this process and understand the need to file the petition in February. ELS will • continue negotiations with all landowners that have not signed the easement documents