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PROPOSED LICENSE REQUEST
Request: Requesting authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”), as Licensor to grant a License to Nicor Gas Company (“Nicor”), Grantee, to locate, operate and maintain 5,783 feet of gas line mainly within Golf Road right-of-way in Big Bend Lake and Harms Woods South, except roughly 1,400 linear feet of existing gas line that runs within Big Bend Lake Preserve and under existing Union-Pacific Railroad line. 4,975 feet of the requested 5,783 foot gas line is an existing 18” gas line that was permitted by the Forest Preserves in 1946, however, that permit expired and needs to be brought into compliance as a license. The remaining 808 feet of requested linear feet is a new 20” gas line within the Golf Road right-of-way at Big Bend Lake. IDOT is completing a reconstruction project of Golf Road and asked that Nicor update the gas line infrastructure at that location. One (1) dead tree is scheduled for removal. Occasionally during the construction process, additional or fewer trees are ultimately identified as requiring removal. Any resulting adjustment to the tree mitigation fee will be made pursuant to the Forest Preserves Tree Mitigation Plan.
Term: Ten (10) Years
License Fee: $179,225.21
License Application Fee: $1,500.00
License Review Fees: $3,000.00
YELAR Fee: $6,750.00
Total one-time upfront fee of $190,475.21 for the term of the License
(Sec. 5-2A-4 and 5-2B-4)
Tree Mitigation Fee: $668.17
The area of the License is: 1.9914 acre
Concurrence(s):
The Chief Financial Officer has approved this item. Final license is subject to legal review and approval.
The Forest Preserves staff have reviewed this license application and plans and have found them to be acceptable; therefore, it is recommended that the Forest Preserves of Cook County Board of Commissioners approve the issuance of this license.
District(s): 13, 17
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