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• DESCRIPTION OF EVERGREEN LAND SERVICES COMPANY (ELS) EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS ELS is a Minnesota corporation which has provided land and right of way acquisition and relocation assistance services since 1972. Our current level of staffing is 10 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 title research and analysis, document and file preparation, negotiation and relocation assistance(including compliance with local, state and federal procedural requirements). ELS complies with all licensing requirements established by the State of Minnesota, including the specific statutory requirement that the company be licensed as a real estate broker and all employees involved in negotiation activities also be licensed as real estate brokers or salespersons. Minnesota Statutes Sections 82.17, 82.18 and 82.19 mandate that any person or company who attempts to negotiate the purchase of an interest or estate in real estate be licensed under Chapter 82 except, in general, when the person is an employee of a public utility or governmental unit and acting on behalf of their employer. The law clearly requires that companies and personnel engaging in land and right of way acquisition activities on a consulting basis be properly licensed, and ELS fully complies with these 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, and Minnesota State Statutes 117.50-117.52. We have also worked on projects under specific funding sources such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Aviation Administration,Federal Highway Administration, and Minnesota State Aid. ELS presently provides acquisition and relocation services to over 45 public entities. ELS is the only consultant approved by Minnesota Department of Transportation for both acquisition and relocation projects and we are currently providing services to them. A list of seven clients with contact persons indicated are included with this packet as well as a complete list of our clients. If you need the names and the telephone numbers of any client on this list, please call and we will provide it. •