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Vision
Statement
Mission
for CIMO – Right–of-Way: To be
an efficient and effective property
acquisition team which will assist infrastructure improvement
construction. The
departments within the city and the property owners affected by
upcoming
improvements depend upon a knowledgeable team to administer the
acceptable
city/state/federal guidelines with impartiality. We see ourselves as
facilitators for improvement—transportation and other
improvement projects that
support economic opportunity and increase the livability of our
communities for
all citizens of Kansas City.
Our Values are outlined by our ethics: These
values guide our decision making as we implement our Right-of-Way
mission and
goals. We recognize our responsibility to our Department and to the
people of
the City of Kansas City and its communities in which we work, and feel
that we
should encourage and foster high ethical standards in our work group,
we do
hereby state our Code of Ethics which is the basis of our work ethic
and our
constant guidance and inspiration, predicated upon the basic principals
of
trust, justice and fair play:
- To
show that our profession is worthy by the example we
set by our industriousness, honesty and courtesy, so that we may
deserve our
reputation for high quality of service and fair dealing with our
associates.
- To
add to our profession’s knowledge by continuous
study, an attitude that shows we are not afraid to change our methods
if the
change is merited and a willingness to share our knowledge, experiences
and
methods with our fellow employees and those in our profession.
- To
gain an always increasing self-confidence in ourselves,
and in turn the confidence of the public and those we work with, by
using
poise, self-restraint and constructive cooperation in carrying out our
duties.
- To
use the best methods available to determine just
compensation in acquiring property.
- To
conduct ourselves in an ethical and competent manner
in negotiations with property owners, meriting confidence in our
knowledge and
integrity.
- To
accept our full share of responsibility as public
servants in service to our city and community.
- To
attain an honest sincerity of character that enriches our contacts with
the
affected public always aiming toward the practice of the
“golden rule”.
CIMO
Right-of-Way Team is divided
into
two groups – Right-of-Way Services and Right-of-Way
Acquisition.
Right-of-Way
Services’
major function to our clients is:
- To
review Right-of-way plans and documents for sewer and street projects
to assure
correctness and conformance with City standards;
- To
prepare
acquisition
documents for city projects;
- To
review condemnation plans and prepare condemnation ordinances for
property
acquisition;
- To
prepare grade
resolutions and ordinances;
- To
review and
process
submissions for easement releases;
- To
prepare monthly ordinances for acceptance of acquired properties for
easement,
street, other purposes;
- To
investigate some queries and problems pertaining to the city rights of
way;
- To
check engineering plans and
adjacent tracts for correct identification and legal;
- To
interpret engineering
plans–translating
engineering plans to written legalese for our documents—that
ultimately will be
recorded by the agent.
Services
that our
Right-of-Way Acquisition agents provide to our clients:
- To
confirm that title work was
ordered and the tract owner is correctly
identified;
- To
contact owners and explain the
need for their land and their rights as owners;
- To
ensure that the documents
used to acquire the
property rights are legal and explain them to the owners, notarize the
documents
and record them at the county;
- To
interpret engineering plans
for the owners
and negotiate with owners and explain the eminent domain process;
- To
order appraisals when needed
and to
formulate and make an offer to the owner(s);
- To act
as the initial contact
representative
of the City of
Kansas City, MO to
property owners, and act as a liaison to the legal department.
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