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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />'physically or where the railroad will be relocated. There will be less <br />lead time in those areas than in the less critical areas, say up in the <br />upper regions of the reservoir. <br /> <br />~ !" <br /> <br />.W,4i!' intend to begin the purchases in June of next year. The first actual <br />,construction work that we would intend to begin would be about a :year <br />later. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: That would be on the railroad? <br /> <br />MR. HALL: Yes. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: It appears then that the lead time will be anywhere from <br />two to eight years. The only immediate requirements would be for the <br />railroad right-of-way. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Mr. Hall, am I correct that if there is agreement on <br />the price, the price will be paid and the landowner will be allowed to <br />remain on the land until it's needed for your purposes so they can <br />continue the farming operations or whatever they are doing? Is that <br />normally the procedure? <br /> <br />MR. HALL: Yes, that's the normal procedure. I think we have enough <br />flexibility there to allow us to work with the landowners, with the <br />exception of where we need land for the initial construction work. <br /> <br />MR. VANDEMOER: Do you have any office that is able to help in relo- <br />cations? Do you ever go out and help t~ to find replacements? In <br />other words, is it just a question of it s up to them to go out and find <br />s,omething or do you have any kind of an office set up that you will go <br />out and look for land and help them with that sort of thing? <br /> <br />MR. HALL: The Uniform Relocation Act does provide us with more legis- <br />lative and monetary flexibility than we have hade in the past in dealing <br />with the very real problems of people having to relocate. Our interest <br />wQuld be as to how much those",relocation ~costs will actually be and <br />trying to honestly evaluate that and reach a fair price. And in answer <br />~;to your specific question, I don't know of any mechanism to actually <br />find the replacement for him. I don't know of any vehicle or office <br />that does that.. <br /> <br />As far as providing him with the money, I think we can do a fairer job <br />today than we have been able to in the past. <br /> <br />MR.'VANDEMOER: You mean the expense necessary to go out and find land? <br /> <br />MR. HALL: Yes. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: I would like to clarify that a little. There is now a <br />requirement that relocation expenses be paid. That is fairly new law. <br />In the old condemnation procedures, we only paid for what is called <br />the "fair market value" and there were no relocation expenses. But <br />under the current law which was enacted a few years ago, in addition to <br /> <br />-7- <br />