24-44 - Easement and Right of Way Acquisition Services

The City of Ann Arbor is seeking professional services from a Firm or Firms for as-needed easement and right of way acquisition services. Typically, a City Project Manager will identify the need for such services in the course of engineering design of City capital improvements projects for water, sanitary sewer, stormwater, or roadway improvements. The property rights needed may be either permanent or temporary.

Acquisition services may also involve services related to assisting the City with obtaining easements or rights of way for existing utilities or streets where the City’s rights to maintain its facilities are not clearly documented, or for other similar needed services.

Where state or federal funds are part of a project’s funding, procedures for acquiring rights of way and easements must comply with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 as amended and MDOT’s Acquisition and Relocation Procedure Manual.

The City is seeking these as-needed services for a three-year period. The City Engineer or his designee will oversee the direction and quality of work of this Firm.