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CED-79-95 1 (1979-06-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazkl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 017 b' UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RESTRCTR - Me ti be released ots'de the General COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC Accooui !,: - -~ l~ by the off=ce of Congressional RelatoW.E , B-114841 RELEASED The Honorable Don Edwards A =^0 M Dear Mr. Edwards: As agreed with your office, we inquird into the validity of Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Department of the Interior, payments to tenants residing in a boatyard acquired by FWS at Alviso, California. The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act (Public Law 96-646, 42 U.S.C. 460 et seq.) gives certain rights and benefits to tenants residing on land acquired by the Federal Government. These rights include Federal agencies paying tenants to move per- sonal property, or boats in this case; advancing rent dif- ferential relocation payments, not to exceed $4,000, to assist tenants in vacating the federally acquired property; and paying cash settlements to tenants for moving their own personal property (boats) if tenants elect to receive such a settlement. Tenants also have the right to insist that the Federal Government find comparable housing for displaced persons before they must vacate. As part of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge acquisition, FWS purchased two tracts of land, totaling approximately 5 acres, in Alviso to establish a visitor/interpretive/maintenance center. These tracts cost $345,000. Both tracts were being used as boat works, with the owners renting space on a month-to-month basis to a diverse group of individuals--boatbuilders; people living on boats which might never again be seaworthy; people living in shacks, trailers, and converted buses; people running businesses (such as boat moving, rigging, and oar making) out of the premises; and people storing miscellaneous items on the premises. FWS determined that 90 days before negotiations for the two properties, there were 99 tenants involved who would be eligible for benefits under the act and estimated relocation payments to be $132,000. However,,FWS officials CED-79-95 1109- '~~5~57 (14 0 040) ko- 00

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