TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF FEBRUARY 19, 2026
COMMITTEE ON REAL ESTATE
Mr. John P. Murray, Executive Director
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Authority to grant a 25-year, approximately 63,078 sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to Commonwealth Edison Company to install, construct, operate, maintain, repair, remove, and replace poles, electrical transmission lines, and related facilities over and across District property at the Cal-Sag Channel and Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 13.01, 13.03 and 13.04. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $39,740.00
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Dear Sir:
Commonwealth Edison Company (“ComEd”) has requested a 25-year, approximately 63,078 sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to install, construct, operate, maintain, repair, remove, and replace poles, electrical transmission lines, and related facilities over and across District property at 13360 Homan Avenue in Robbins, Illinois, over the Cal-Sag Channel and on Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 13.01, 13.03 and 13.04. ComEd would utilize the easement area to install new overhead fiber optic lines that will connect to ComEd’s other existing infrastructure in the vicinity.
The District’s technical departments have reviewed ComEd’s request and have no objections thereto. An initial annual easement fee of $39,740.00 is recommended, which represents 10% of the easement premises appraised fair market value.
It is requested that the Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize the grant of a 25-year, approximately 63,078 sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to Commonwealth Edison Company to install, construct, operate, maintain, repair, remove, and replace poles, electrical transmission lines, and related facilities over and across District property at the Cal-Sag Channel and Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 13.01, 13.03 and 13.04. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $39,740.00.
It is also requested that the 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 easement agreement after it is approved by the General Counsel as to form and legality.
Requested, Susan T. Morakalis, General Counsel, STM:BJD:MM:vp
Recommended, John P. Murray, Executive Director
Disposition of this agenda item will be documented in the official Regular Board Meeting Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for February 19, 2026
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