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11 /19/2002
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AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an
Easement Agreement with COS III for
Encroachment of Aerial Fiber Optic Cable in the
Right -of -Way Adjacent to 2500 Ridge Avenue
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston ("Grantor") and COS III ("Grantee") desire to enter
into an Easement Agreement for encroachment of aerial fiber optic cable in the right-of-way
adjacent to 2500 Ridge Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the property located at 2500 Ridge is a four-story commercial building;
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WHEREAS, the owners of 2500 Ridge desire to connect their building to the
medical records systems of Evanston Northwestern Hospital via fiber-optic cable; and
WHEREAS, said cable and its housing will be located over and above the east/west
public alley, as indicated on Exhibit'A'; and
WHEREAS, the public alley is located south of Central Street and west of Ridge
Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the cable and its housing are planned to be located so as to encroach
on Grantor's public right-of-way within a ten (10) foot section of the alley running north from
the north property line of Grantee's property across the public alley descending from a
• height of fifty (50) feet at or near the south line of said public alley to no less than twenty-
five (25) feet above the alley on the north line of said public alley; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council has determined it is in the best interest of the City to
enter into said Agreement,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to sign, and
the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest on behalf of the City of Evanston,
an Easement Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof, between
the City of Evanston and COS III for encroachment of aerial fiber optic cable on the right-
of-way adjacent to the property at 2500 Ridge Avenue.
SECTION 2: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate
any additional terms of the Agreement as may be determined to be in the best interests of
the City.
SECTION 3: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: ,I_.11 'e0 4-Nt Ap , 2002
Adopted: ,�),� .� I, 17
ATTEST:
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, 2002
Approved:
2 0 , 2002
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