TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE
Mr. John P. Murray, Acting Executive Director
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Authority to grant Northern Illinois Gas Company, d/b/a Nicor Gas Company, a 25-year, 12,000± square foot non-exclusive easement to continue to operate and maintain a 4-inch diameter natural gas pipeline beneath the Cal-Sag Channel and a portion of Main Channel Parcel 26.03 in Lemont, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $6,480.00
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Dear Sir:
Northern Illinois Gas Company, d/b/a Nicor Gas Company (“Nicor”), operates and maintains a 4-inch diameter natural gas main which traverses a portion of the Cal-Sag Channel and Main Channel Parcel 26.03 in Lemont, Illinois. The existing easement, which comprises approximately 12,000 square feet, commenced October 15, 2000, and expires October 14, 2025. The annual easement fee is $3,284.24, which Nicor paid as a lump sum payment authorized by the Board of Commissioners (“Board”) at the beginning of the easement term.
Nicor has requested a new 25-year easement to continue to operate and maintain the 4-inch pipeline. The easement traverses a portion of Main Channel Parcel 26.03, which is under lease to IMTT Illinois LLC (“IMTT”). IMTT has no objection to its renewal.
The District’s technical departments have reviewed Nicor’s request and have no objections thereto. An initial annual easement fee of $6,480.00 is recommended, which represents 10% of the pro-rata share of the easement premises’ appraised fair market value. Consistent with the existing easement, Nicor requests the option to pay the easement fee for the entire term as a lump sum payment.
It is requested that the Acting Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize the District to grant Northern Illinois Gas Company, d/b/a Nicor Gas Company, a 25-year, 12,000± square foot non-exclusive easement to continue to operate and maintain a 4-inch diameter natural gas pipeline beneath the Cal-Sag Channel and a portion of Main Channel Parcel 26.03 in Lemont, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $6,480.00.
It is further requested that the Acting Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize and direct the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and the Clerk to execute said easement agreement after it is approved by the General Counsel as to form and legality.
Requested, Susan T. Morakalis, General Counsel, STM:BJD:JAW:vp
Recommended, John P. Murray, Acting Executive Director
Disposition of this agenda item will be documented in the official Regular board Meeting Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for September 18, 2025
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