TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF OCTOBER 4, 2018
COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE
Mr. John P. Murray, Acting Executive Director
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Authority to issue a 30-day permit to Enbridge Pipelines (Lakehead) LLC to use an approximate 22,500 sq. ft. portion of Main Channel Parcels 19.01 and 19.08 located north of Romeo Road in Romeoville, Illinois for construction staging. Consideration shall be $5,000.00
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Dear Sir:
Since 1968, Lakehead Pipe Line Company, Inc., n/k/a Enbridge Pipelines (Lakehead) LLC (“Enbridge”), has operated and maintained a 34-inch pipeline beneath Main Channel Parcels 19.01 and 19.08 and suspended over the Main Channel located north of Romeo Road in Romeoville, Illinois under an easement that, as extended, expires December 18, 2019. The annual easement fee is $4,767.16.
Enbridge will be inspecting and performing repairs to the portion of its pipeline suspended over the Main Channel. Accordingly, Enbridge has requested a 30-day permit to use an approximate 22,500 sq. ft. portion of Main Channel Parcels 19.01 and 19.08 as construction staging areas to store vehicles and equipment.
Parcel 19.01 is located west of the Main Channel and is occupied by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) under an easement that commenced February 7, 2002, and expires May 31, 2022. The Corps operates the aquatic nuisance barriers as part of the Fish Barrier Project. Parcel 19.08 is located east of the Main Channel and is leased by PDV Midwest Refining LLC (“PDV Midwest”) under a lease that commenced January 1, 2006, and expires December 31, 2045, for storing, refining, and distributing oil and petroleum productions. Any permit issued will be subject to the written consent of both the Corps and PDV Midwest.
The District’s technical departments have reviewed this request and have no objections thereto. A permit fee in the amount of $5,000.00 is recommended, as the pro-rata share of 10% of the fair market value of the land would yield a fee less than the District's minimum permit fee of $5,000.00.
It is requested that the Acting Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize and approve the issuance of a 30-day permit to Enbridge Pipelines (Lakehead) LLC to use an approximate 22,500 sq. ft. portion of Main Channel Parcels 19.01 and 19.08 located north of Romeo Road in Romeoville, Illinois for construction staging. Consideration shall be $5,000.00.
It is also requested that the Acting Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and the Clerk be authorized and directed to execute said permit agreement after it is approved by the General Counsel as to form and legality.
Requested, Susan T. Morakalis, General Counsel, STM:CMM:npe
Recommended, John P. Murray, Acting Executive Director
Respectfully Submitted, David J. Walsh, Chairman Committee on Real Estate Development
Disposition of this agenda item will be documented in the official Regular Board Meeting Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for October 4, 2018
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