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18655 tenant presently residing in the project, and the number and type of special category tenants over the preceding three years. For any such information not reasonably avail- able, the applicant shall state what steps were taken to secure such information. 4. Tenant Survey. A survey of all affected tenants in ~,~~ the conversion project indicating how long each tenant has been a resident of the project, why each tenant moved into the project, how long each tenant had planned to live in the project, whether each tenant would be interested in purchasing the unit, where each tenant would prefer to relocate if the conversion took place and the tenant did not purchase a unit, the extent of tenant approval and disapproval of the conversion, and any other information deemed relevant by the Director, To comply with this provision the applicant shall provide a questionnaire in a form approved by the City to each affected tenant with an envelope, postage prepaid, addressed to the City Housing and Community Conservation Department. The questionnaire shall direct the tenant to return the coampleted fc~rrq, directly to the City Housing and Community Conservation Department. fie} Tenant Assistance Plan. Each appl~,cant for prelimi-~ nary permit for condominium conversion shall prepare and supply to .the City a Tenant Assistance Plan ~~'~P~. No TAP need be pre- pared where all of the affected tenants have executed binding con- tracts to purchase their units or shares or have permanently relo- cated at the time of the preliminary permit application. The TAP shall be formalized by a contract between the developer and the City, the execution of which is a prerequisite to City preliminary permit approval. Each TAP contract shall contain the following: 1. An obligation on the part o~ the developer to pay moving expenses~to special category affected tenants. The amount of moving expenses to be paid shall be set by admin- istrative rules issued hereunder. Any such moving expense reimbursement shall be paid no later than twenty-four ~24~ hours prior to the date the apartment unit is to be vacated by the tenants or subtenants if the developer has received at least ten ~.1~~ days advance written notice of the date upon which the apartment unit is to be vacated. If no such notice has been received, the reimbursement shall be paid within thirty X307 days after the rental apartment unit is vacated.. 2. An agreement by the developer to contract with a housing counselor approved by the City, to assist special category tenants of the building to be converted in locating housing and to act as the developer's sole agent in repre- senting hous~.ng as comparable to special category tenants. The City may withdraw its approval of the housing counselor at any time.. The contract between a housing counselor and a developer shall be subject to approval by the City. Such contract sha~,l require the counselor to use his or her best Qrdinance -- 16