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A public notice must be published inviting offers from property owners. This <br />notice must: <br />1. Accurately describe the type, size and approximate location of the <br />property it wishes to acquire; <br />2. Describe the purpose of the purchase; <br />3. Specify all terms and conditions of sale, including maximum price; <br />4. Indicate whether or not an owner -occupant must waive relocation benefits <br />as a condition of sale; <br />5. Announce a time and place for offers to be accepted; and <br />6. Announce that local powers of condemnation shall not be invoked to <br />acquire any property offered for which-a'mutually agreed to sale price <br />cannot be reached. ,� �,\ \ <br />Property may also be acquired at,auction. The Unif m Relocation Act will be <br />followed, but all acquisitions shall be'voluntary and without displacing legal, <br />URA eligible occupants. <br />In each voluntary acquisition, a public,solicitation shall oc u' .Offers shall be <br />sealed and opened at(the same time, in,.the same place, by a County official. <br />Records of offers shall bekept`�­Appraisals,are\inot required for purchases less <br />than two thousand five hundred -dollars ($2,500)\if a mutually agreed -to sales <br />price can be reached. Clear title must b'e.present in every transaction. The PA <br />must decide at the time of approvingAhe acquisition whether or not appraisals <br />and review appraisalswill be necessary and.what the maximum permissible <br />sales price `will be. The decisiono acquire will rest with the County <br />Commission that can reject or accept any and all offers. Written records shall <br />be-maintained,documenting-d.ecisions\and rationale for selected courses of <br />f/action.. <br />X11\Non-Voluntary Acguisition,Plan: when applicable under DRI for emergency <br />Acquisition of property (including easements and right-of-way) using federal <br />funds \shall occur in accordance with the Uniform Relocation Act of 1970 (as <br />amend''e and with any State and Federal regulations that may apply. <br />Fundamental,. is eps that occur in each purchase may vary case by case. <br />However, in general terms, the following should take place: (1) source of <br />funds and authority to acquire confirmed, (2) property/site identified and <br />suitable, (3) legal description/survey/preliminary title search performed <br />(services procured as necessary), (4) notice of intent to acquire sent to <br />owner, (5) appraisal services solicited and appraiser retained, (6) where <br />recommend by the HRS or program required, review appraisal services <br />solicited and appraiser retained (7) appraisal received and sent for review, (8) <br />title companies solicited and retained after review received (title insurance <br />amount and necessity determined in advance), (9) offer to purchase and <br />