Submitted By
Bill McKenna, Village Engineer/Assistant Public Works Director
Reviewed By
Erin E. Baynes, Assistant to the Village Manager
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Resolution Approving an Electrical Utility Easement Agreement with the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust and Authorizing its Execution
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Overview
Overview
The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust (FLW Trust) is proposing the construction of a new building at 929 Chicago Avenue. This project would require relocating the Village's existing electrical service for the street lighting system into a new easement at the adjacent property at 925 Chicago Avenue. The FLW Trust is granting the Village an easement for these electrical utilities at 925 Chicago Ave. The FLW Trust will perform the work to relocate the Village's utilities into the new easement area at their cost.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Adopt the Resolution.
Background
The Village has existing underground electrical cables and conduit which provide power to the Village's street lighting system in an existing shared easement with AT&T and Comcast. This is located at the 929 Chicago Avenue property owned by Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. These electrical utilities were installed in 2017 at the Village's cost at the request of the FLW Trust to remove older aerial electrical and AT&T cables that ran through the large Gingko tree in the FLW Home and Studio's courtyard.
The FLW Trust is now proposing to construct a new building at this 929 Chicago Ave. property which conflicts with the existing utility easement. The Village has been working with the FLW Trust to relocate these utilities to a new proposed shared easement at the adjacent 925 Chicago Avenue property also owned by the FLW Trust.
In this proposed easement, the FLW Trust will pay their contractor to install new underground electrical cable and conduit that meet Village requirements and connect this new electrical service to the Village's street lighting system. They will also pay to relocate C...
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