S-743 - 08/11/1992 - AGREEMENT - Ordinances AGREEMENT FOR USE OF THE PUBLIC WAY
ORDINANCE # S-743
AGREEMENT FOR USE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK,-ET PAGE AND. 000K COUNTIES, IL
SECTION 1. DURATION
That the ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, (hereinafter referred to as"the Company'), its lessees,_
successors and assigns,are hereby granted the 'jht to construct,erect, renew, maintain and operate in,
upon, along, across, under a,,!d over the streets, alleys and public ways of the VILLAGE OF
OAK BROOK (hereinafter referred to as"the Municipality"), lines of poles,anchors,
wires,cables,conduits,vaults, laterals and fiber optics other fixtures and equipment,and to use the same for
the transmission of sounds and signals by means of electricity or light, and especially for the conduct of a
general telephone business for the period of ten(10)years from and after the effective date of this ordinance
and thereafter until terminated by sixty(60)days written notice either by the Municipality to the Company,or by
the Company to the Municipality.The provisions of this Agreement shall be renegotiated upon written notice
from one party to the other at any time after July 1,2000.Any new terms and conditions agreed to as a result
of such renegotiation shall be effective upon the expiration of this Agreement in accordance with the terms
contained herein unless the parties agree otherwise.
SECTION 2. EXISTING FACILITIES;PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
(a)Existing Facilities
The location and height above or the depth below the public thoroughfares of the existing lines of poles,
anchors,wires,cables,conduits,vaults, laterals and other fixtures and equipment of the Company(hereinafter
referred to as"structures"), within the Municipality are hereby approved,and the same shall be maintained and
operated under and subject to the provisions of this ordinance. Any change in or extension of any of said
structures or the construction of any additional structures, in, upon,along, across,under or over the streets,
alleys and public ways of the Municipality shall be made under the direction of the individual designated by the
Municipality or such officer as may be designated from time-to-time by the governing body of the Municipality
for that purpose, (hereinafter referred to as Municipal Telecommunications Representative or MTR).The
height above public thoroughfares of all aerial wires and cables hereafter constructed shall conform to the
requirements of the Illinois Commerce Commission or other regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof.All
structures hereafter installed shall be so placed,and all work in connection with such installation shall be so
performed, as not to interfere unreasonably with ordinary travel on the highways of the Municipality or with any
municipal water or sewer pipes then in place, and in case of bringing to grade or change of grade,or change of
width of any street or alley,the Company, provided it is notified thereof in writing at least thirty(30)days prior
to the commencement thereof, shall change its structures so as to conform thereto, except where such change
of grade or width of any street or alley is made in connection with the rearrangement,separation or alteration
of railroad crossings or is incident to any such rearrangement,separation or alteration.The tops of all vaults
constructed by the Company within the Municipality shall present an even surface with the pavement at the
point where laid,and,subject to the exception contained in the last preceding sentence,shall be lowered or
raised by the Company to conform to the top of paving or improvement as required by the governing body of
the Municipality whenever the grade of the street or alley in which any such vault is located may be at any time
hereafter lowered or raised.
(b)Permit Required
The construction and installation of said facilities or any change thereof including extension, reduction or
removal of the telecommunications systems shall be subject to the issuance of a permit therefore by the MTR.
No telecommunications facility shall be laid or installed in or under any streets,alleys or other public way until
a permit therefore is issued by the MTR. Said permit shall indicate the time, manner and place of laying or
installing each telecommunications facility. Permit approval shall be granted if the proposed improvements are
consistent with the use of the public way granted by this Agreement. Each application for a permit shall be
accompanied by prints, plans and maps showing the proposed location of each telecommunications facility to
be laid or installed,the location of each conduit to be entered, and the number of manholes or other openings
to gain access to said conduit. In the event of an emergency which the Company believes poses a threat of
immediate harm to the public or to any of the Company's facilities,the Company shall be permitted access
to the public way to ameliorate the threatened harm without the benefit of a permit, provided however,the
Company shall advise the Municipality of the emergency at its earliest opportunity and seek a proper permit
within a reasonable period of time thereafter.
(c) Noncompliance of Facilities
The Municipality reserves the right to make physical on-site inspections of the telecommunications systems
at its discretion.The Company shall correct or substantially correct any default or nonconformance with the
Municipality's written, publicly available installation standards,weather or conditions beyond the reasonable
control of the Company permitting, within thirty(30)days of receipt of written notification(hereinafter"the
30 day correction period")from the MTR. If the MTR determines that the Company has not corrected or
substantially corrected the default or nonconformance and has so advised the Company in writing,the
Company must submit a time table within five(5)days of the lapse of the 30 day correction period to the
Municipality specifying the anticipated date of completion. In an emergency, affecting the public health,.
safety and welfare in the public way as determined by the MTR,the Company shall immediately correct
the default or nonconformance. If the Municipality, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion,determines i
that the Company has not substantially corrected the emergency within five(5)days of such an order,the
Company shall be in default and shall pay the Municipality liquidated damages of Five Hundred Dollars
($500)per day, each day after the five day period that the Company fails to substantially correct the default
or noncompliance.
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(d)Maps
Upon request by the Municipality,the Company shall file with the MTR a map which details existing and new
facilities. Subject to the provisions of the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 111. Rev. Stat. Ch. 116, par.201 et.
seq. (1989),any maps, plans or drawings depicting Company facilities that have been properly designated
"Confidential"shall be regarded by the Municipality as proprietary and confidential as to third parties.The
foregoing shall not apply to any information which the Municipality can demonstrate is in the public domain
through no breach of this Agreement by the Municipality.The Company and Municipality agree,to the extent
practicable,to exercise their best efforts to coordinate the timing of the construction activities of each, so as to
minimize any public inconvenience. On or about January 1, of each year,or as otherwise agreed to by the
parties,the Company shall meet with the Municipality to detail,to the extent possible, its currently planned
construction activities within the Municipality.
SECTION 3. REPAIR OF COMPANY WORK SITES
The Company,after doing any excavating or construction work shall, at its sole cost and expense, promptly
repair and restore the site including all sidewalks, parkways or pavements disturbed by the Company to the
_ condition in which it existed prior to the performance of the work, or nearly as practicable as determined by
the Municipality in the exercise of its reasonable discretion. In the event that any such sidewalk, parkway
or pavement shall become uneven, unsettled,or otherwise requires repairing, because of such disturbance
by the Company,then the Company, as soon as climatic conditions will permit, shall promptly, upon receipt
of notice from the Municipality so to do, cause such sidewalk, parkway or pavement to be repaired or restored
to the condition in which it existed before said sidewalk, parkway or pavement was disturbed by the Company.
Such restoration shall be completed within ten (10)days after the date of commencement of such restoration
work. In the event that the Company fails to commence and complete the restoration work in the manner and
within the time periods prescribed herein,the Municipality may, but shall have no obligation to, perform such
work and recover from the Company any costs and expenses the Municipality incurs. In the event that such
public way or improvement cannot be so repaired, replaced or restored,the Company shall justly compensate
the Municipality.All excavations in lawns or grassy parkways shall be immediately backfilled,tamped and then
restored within a reasonable time thereafter to the original condition with sod or hydroseed in accordance with
the applicable provisions of this Agreement.The Company shall keep all structures which it shall construct by
virtue of this ordinance, in a reasonably safe condition at all times,and shall maintain such barriers and danger
signals during the construction, repair or renewal work performed hereunder as will reasonably avoid danger to
life, limb and property.
SECTION 4. DEFENSE, INDEMNIFICATION OF MUNICIPALITY
The company shall,at its own expense, defend all suits that may be brought against the Municipality on
account of or in connection with the violation by the Company of any of the obligations hereby imposed upon
or assumed by it,or by reason of or in connection with any damage to life, limb or property connected with its
failure to meet its obligation hereunder or any of the structures constructed or maintained by it under or by
virtue of this Agreement, and hold and save the Municipality harmless from any and all liability and expense
as herein defined.As used in this Section, liability and expenses shall include judgments,costs and damage
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for or associated with removal, relocation, alteration, repair maintenance and restoration of the structures or
appliances herein authorized, and for any and all damages hereto and on account of the location,construction,
alteration, repair or maintenance of any public ways, including bridges,tunnels,vaults,sewers, water mains,
conduits, pipes, poles and other public utilities.
The governing body of the Municipality may, under the direction of the Company or its attorneys, assist
in defending any such claim or suit.The Company shall not be required to reimburse the Municipality for
expenses incurred by it in case of the election so to assist.
The Company shall,at its own expense, indemnify and hold harmless the Municipality and its officers, agents
and employees,from liability, arising out of all judgments or settlements, including reasonable attorney fees,
whether for personal injury, bodily injury, property damage or loss or interruption of utility service arising out
of the reconstruction, installation, maintenance or other operations of the Company.
SECTION 5. USE OF POLES BY MUNICIPALITY
During the term of this Agreement and while the Company is using any pole or poles erected or maintained
hereunder, it will permit the Municipality the use of space, if such space is not required for Company needs,
for attaching the Municipality's police and fire alarm signal wires, provided that the police and fire alarm system
is provided to the public without charge.Any such attachments are to be in accordance with specifications
designated by the Company and all work will be performed by the Municipality at its expense at the top of
the space available for the use of the Company on any of said poles, it being understood that the poles upon
which space is permitted for use by the Municipality shall be considered,for the purpose of this agreement,as
personal property; provided that such wires shall be so placed and maintained by the Municipality that the use
of the same will not interfere with the operation and maintenance of the Company's equipment or its use of
said poles, and provided further that a thirty(30) inch climbing space shall be maintained between the pole
pins on poles jointly used with another public utility. All such police and fire alarm signal wires shall be attached
and maintained under the direction and supervision of the Company's authorized representatives and only in
compliance with any rules for construction and maintenance of electric power and communication lines as
may be ordered by the Illinois Commerce Commission.The Municipality shall,at its own expense, defend.all
claims, demands,or suits on account of any injury to life, limb or property that may result by reason of or in
connection with the presence, use, maintenance, erection or removal of the Municipality's police and fire
alarm signal wires that their appurtenances pursuant hereto,and hereby agrees to save and keep harmless
the Company from any and all damages,judgments, costs and expenses of any kind which may arise by
reason thereof.
SECTION 6. COMPENSATION FOR USE OF RIGHT OF WAY
So long as the Company exercises and enjoys the rights granted to it hereunder,it shall pay to the Municipality
for each Access Line that the Company maintains and operates within the Municipality:$0.38 per Access Line
per month for the calendar year 1991, and thereafter retroactive to January 1, 1991. In no event shall the
payments for any year be less than the amounts the Municipality received in cash for the calendar year 1991.
The Company shall make said payments on a monthly basis,due the last day of the succeeding calendar
month. "Access Line"as used in this Section shall mean"the connecting facility between a customer's premise
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and the Company's serving central office that provides customer access to the dial network for placing and
receiving calls.""Within the Municipality"means within the corporate boundaries of the city,village or
incorporated town named in Section 1 of this Ordinance as recorded with the appropriate county recorder and
as provided to the Company.The Municipality agrees to notify the Company of any ordinances annexing to or
disconnecting from such corporate boundaries and agrees to provide to the Company an accurate map of such
changes showing, if available,street name and number detail.
The Company shall,within forty-five (45)days of the effective date of this Ordinance, make an appropriate
adjustment between payments to which the Municipality is entitled under this Ordinance and payment that the
Municipality is entitled to or has received under a prior Interim Agreement dated _-SRuuckw iL,�_ i et 9�;-
for the period commencing January 1, 1991.
The Company agrees to provide annually,within a reasonable time from Municipality's request,the names,
addresses and number of'Access Lines for each of its customers within the Municipality, subject to the
Municipality's agreement not to disclose said information,which Municipality agrees shall be used solely
for the purposes of verifying the number of the Company's Access Lines within the Municipality.The
Company further agrees to substantiate, upon request the contents of such report and all records and other
documents required for such verification shall, upon reasonable advance notice, be subject to inspection
by the Municipality. In compiling such report the company shall be permitted to delete the names of those
customers subscribing to the Company's non-published listing service.
The payments due hereunder shall be in lieu of any permit, license, inspection or other similar fees or charges
customarily assessed by the Municipality to businesses operating in the public way or operating in a similar
business as that conducted by the Company including, but not limited to, all general business license fees.
The Company shall,without charge and when directed by the chief executive officer of the Municipality, move
within the same premises the customer premise wire associated with each Access Line provided to the
Municipality by the Company, provided that not more than one such change of location in any one year per
Access Line shall be made by the Company without expense to the Municipality. "Customer premise wire"is
defined as any wire beginning on the customer's side of the network interface or equivalent and ending at the
registration jack or connecting block, exclusive of wiring associated with key or PBX systems and their serving
terminals or main distribution frames.
SECTION 7. UNDERGROUND INSTALLATION
Newly constructed distribution lines shall be placed underground to the extent required by the Illinois
Commerce Commission.The Company shall not be required to bury any existing aerial facilities. However,
if a municipal construction project to the public way, such as a road widening or other improvement,would
require that existing aerial facilities be relocated,the Company agrees that if requested by the Municipality,
such facilities will be buried, provided the cost to the Company of burial does not exceed the cost of an
aerial relocation.
If during the term of this Ordinance,the Company shall receive authority from the ICC to undertake a system-
wide program or programs of undergrounding its existing transmission facilities,the Company will budget and
allocate to the program of undergrounding in the Municipality such amount as may be determined and
approved by the ICC.
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SECTION 8. MAINTENANCE OF TREES
The Company is authorized and directed to trim trees upon and overhanging the streets, avenues, alleys,
highways and other public places or grounds of the Municipality, so as to prevent the branches of such trees
from coming into contact with the wires and cables of the Company.All such trimming shall be in accordance
with standard local arboricultural practices, if established.All trimming debris shall be removed from the work
area on a daily basis.The Municipality may, if it so elects, specify times, methods and standards for the
Company's tree trimming operations.
SECTION 9. MOVING OF BUILDINGS
The Company after five(5)days written notice from the governing body of the Municipality to do so, shall
remove, raise, or lower its structures temporarily to permit the moving of a building, or any other object,
along a highway, provided the benefited party or parties shall agree to pay the Company an amount equal
to the actual cost of effecting such temporary changes in its structures;and provided further that, pending
the determination of such actual cost,the benefited party or parties shall have deposited with the Company
an amount equal to the cost as estimated by the Company. Should any amount of such deposit remain
unexpended, after deducting the actual cost involved, said amount shall be returned to the party making
the deposit.
SECTION 10. RIGHT TO REPEAL ORDINANCE; VALIDATION
In case the Company shall fail or neglect to comply with any or all of the provisions of this ordinance(unless
by order of the Illinois Commerce Commission or of any other body, board,commission or court of competent
jurisdiction,the Company is otherwise directed,or unless compliance by the Company with such provision is
prohibited or adjudged unlawful by an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission or by an order of any other
body, board,commission or court of competent jurisdiction),the Municipality reserves the right to repeal this
ordinance or rescind this contract, and forfeit the rights hereby created or sought to be created, provided that
no such repeal, rescission or forfeiture shall exist or be claimed because of such failure or neglect, until
written notice of such failure or neglect so claimed shall have been given to the Company, and a reasonable
opportunity afforded it to comply with the provisions hereof or to prove that such compliance already exists.
In the event that the Illinois Commerce Commission or any other body, board, commission or court of
competent jurisdiction shall adjudge any provision or provisions hereof invalid or illegal, or direct a change
by the Company in any matter or thing herein contained, such invalidity or illegality or change shall in no way
affect the remaining provisions of this ordinance, or their validity or legality and this ordinance in all other
respects shall continue in full force and effect,as if said provision or provisions had not been so adjudged
invalid or illegal or such change directed.
SECTION 11. AGREEMENT NONEXCLUSIVE
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit the Municipality from entering into an agreement with any
other entity similar to the one granted herein to construct, install, maintain and operate in the public way.The
Municipality agrees that it will use its best efforts to obtain appropriate compensation from any and all entities
that seek to use the public way to provide telecommunication services similar to the telecommunication
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services provided by the Company, it being the intent of the parties that all entities using the public way
to provide competing services be treated fairly.
The permission and authority herein granted are not intended to limit or modify any agreement,franchise,
license or permit previously granted by the Municipality to any other occupant of the public way.Therefore,
the Company, recognizing the prior rights of other contractors,franchisees, licensees and permitees in the
public way,shall exercise the rights granted herein in such a manner as not unreasonably to interfere with
the prior or future rights of other such contractors,franchisees, licensees or permittees in the public and so
as not to endanger or impair the facilities of any other such contractor,franchise, licensee or permitee.The
Municipality covenants that it shall require prior contractors,franchisees, licensees or permittees, in like
manner,to respect the rights and not interfere with the rights of the Company granted herein.
SECTION 12. COMPANY DEFINED
Whenever the word"Company"or the words"Illinois Bell Telephone Company"are used in this ordinance,
they shall be construed to mean the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, its lessees, successors and assigns,
and this ordinance shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, its lessees,successors
and assigns.
SECTION 13. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Agreement,or any covenant,stipulation,obligation, agreement,act or action,or part
thereof made,assumed, entered into or taken thereunder,or any application of such provision, is for any
reason held to be illegal or invalid,such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this
Agreement or any other covenant, stipulation,obligation, agreement; act or action, or part thereof, made,
assumed, entered into, or taken, each of which shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid
portion were not contained herein. Such illegality or invalidity of any application thereof shall not affect any
legal and valid application thereof, and each such provision,covenant, stipulation, obligation,agreement,act
or action,or part thereof, shall be deemed to be effective, operative, made, assumed entered into or taken in
the manner and to the full extent permitted by law.
SECTION 14. NOTICE AND MAILING OF ADDRESSES
Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices, requests,designations, deliveries,approvals,consents,
demands and waivers required or provided hereunder or desired by the parties hereto shall be in writing
and shall be deemed properly served if hand-delivered to the parties at the following addresses(effective
on delivery)or if sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed
to the parties at the following addresses(effective on mailing):
(i) IF TO COMPANY: Area Manager—Community Relations
20 North Main Street
Lombard, Illinois 60148
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(ii) IF TO THE MUNICIPALITY: Village Manager
VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK
1200 Oak Brook Road
Oak Brook, IL 60521
or to such other parties at other addresses as either party may designate by notice to the other.
SECTION 15. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall be in full force upon receipt by the Clerk of the Municipality of the Company's written and
unconditional acceptance of all the provisions of this ordinance executed by its proper officers thereunto duly
authorized, under the corporate seal of the Company, and attested to by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary.
PASSED this 11th day of August , A.D. 19 92
APPROVED this 11th day of August A.D. 19 92
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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
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COUNTY OF CC,k s l� rte,a o )
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I K. Clerk of the
of fzoc1C of County,
Illinois, do hereby certify that I am the keeper of the ordinances of said Municipality; and that the above
and foregoing is a true, correct and complete copy of Ordinance Number S -74 9 passed by the
►r.us;e s of said Municipality on the I I T� day of Fr
A.D.19_q-�2, and approved by the Pre4iJr;;r 412c'.4K'� -cE rr ;rocs thereof on the /i f/-
day of /1 c _, A.D.19 9.1 as appears from the records of said Municipality.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as Clerl(of`:
said Municipality and have hereunto affixed the seal thereof this day of
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ACCEPTANCE BY COMPANY
Illinois Bell Telephone Company, by and through its Vr•Q Praci dent _ and
Acgi stant Secretary by authority vested in them by The Corporation
do hereby unconditionally accept the foregoing Ordinance for the
purposes contained therein.
Accepted this /V day of S i✓i°7-,-/k 5 A.D.19
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
By: D i�
Its Vice President-External Affairs
ATTEST:
Its Assistant Secretary
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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
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COUNTY OF COOK )
I, Evelyn M. Kasprak , a notary public hereby certify that Brian T. .O'Connor,
personally known by me to be the Vice President of Illinois Bell Telephone
Company,and John W. McNulty, personally known by me to be the
Assistant Secretary of said company, appeared before me this 2nd day of
September , 1992 and acknowledge that they executed the foregoing Acceptance on behalf of Illinois
Bell Telephone Company as their free and voluntary act and that of the Company.
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