RELOCATION PROCESS UPDATE: UT, WV, WA Requested by: Minnesota Survey Deadline: August 31, 2007 The Minnesota Department of Transportation would like to receive copies of any flow charts states may have depicting their relocation process used for both residential and commercial properties. Thank you. Steve J. Mackenthun Direct Purchase Supervisor Office of Land Management Mail Stop 631 8th Floor 395 John Ireland Blvd. St. Paul, Mn. 55155-1899 steve.mackenthun@dot.state.mn.us ALABAMA ALASKA Alaska DOT&PF doesn’t have a graphic flow chart depicting our relocation process. The process is described in narrative in Ch. 7 of our Alaska ROW Manual. Ch. 7 is available online at: http://dot.state.ak.us/stwddes/dcsrow/assets/pdf/manual/ch07.pdf ARIZONA ARKANSAS The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department has developed the attached flow charts related to calculating payments for displaced business, increased interest, closing cost, rental subsidy and replacement housing. If you have questions concerning these processes, please contact James Braden, Relocation Coordinator, at 501-569-2306 or James.Braden@arkansashighways.com. RHP 2nd Draft.vsd Rental Subsidy Payment.vsd Closing Cost Payment.vsd Increased Interest Payment.vsd Displaced Business Payment.vsd CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA Reloflwchrt.xls If additional information is needed, please advise. Thank You. Robbie Knight State Relocation Administrator, Office of Right of Way Florida Department of Transportation Voice: (850) 414-4587 FAX: (850) 414-4850 E-mail: robert.knight@dot.state.fl.us GEORGIA HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS In response to your inquiry pertaining to flow charts which show our state's relocation process used for both residential and commercial properties, this information can be found for Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) at: www.dot.il.gov/landacq/preface.html This site will take the reader directly to the IDOT Land Acquisition Policies and Procedures Manual site whereby you can either choose from several options: the 2006 Land Acquisition Manual, Download Manual, Manual Updates and Land Acquisition Forms. When you click on the 2006 Land Acquisition Manual, it will take you to the Table of Contents for the manual. Under the Preface is a very good synopsis of our land acquisition process along with a flowchart depicting the various responsibilities in Land Acquisition and how they fit together. For a more concise understanding of the relocation process, click on Chapter 6 in the Table of Contents. One of the exhibits, LA 6019B Relocation Assistance Check List provides a mechanism for the relocation agent to make sure he/she has followed the relocation assistance procedures and provided the displaced person(s) with all of their eligible relocation assistance. Should anyone have any additional questions pertaining to the relocation assistance program at IDOT, please do not hesitate to contact this office. Teresa S. "Teri" Pointer Appraisal Unit Manager & Acting Relocation Manager Illinois Department of Transportation 2300 South Dirksen Parkway Springfield, IL 62764 (217) 782-3982 (217) 782-3813 fax Teresa.Pointer@illinois.gov INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND Maryland does not have a flowchart for our relocation process. MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN Per your inquiry, the Michigan Department of Transportation does not have any flow charts depicting the relocation process used for residential or commercial properties. However, good luck with your search. MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA Attached below are the relocation flow charts of the Nebraska Department of Roads. Document.pdf NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE A flow chart is attached below. ~max0004.pdf NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NYSDOT has not developed flow charts which depict the relocation process used for residential and commercial properties. We would be interested in seeing what other states are doing, so would you please share their responses with us? Thank you. NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA While we certainly have applicable written procedures as required, we have not developed any flow charts that are in compliance with the Final Rule as of yet. All of the flow charts that we do have are over a decade old and need to be updated if they are to be used or disseminated. We would actually appreciate receiving the results of this survey for our own benefit. OREGON PENNSYLVANIA PUERTO RICO RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESEE TEXAS UTAH UDOT uses the flow charts FHWA and NHI developed and included in their Acquiring Right of Way for LPA's training materials. I have attached those along with their flow chart of the Acquisition Process and Title page. Acq process 1.vsd title page 1.vsd Relocation-process.v non-res-relo1.vsd sd acq-relo diagram 1.vsd VERMONT VIRGINIA acq-relo diagram 2.vsd WASHINGTON Real Estate Process Diagram.vsd WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia has not developed a flow chart for relocation. WISCONSIN WYOMING